Pouting Fishing in Dorset

Very common under the pier. Small strips of mackerel/squid on 1–2 hook flappers, size 2–4, tight to the piles. Best on the flood into dusk/night.

Small strips of mackerel/squid on size 2–4, fished under the rod tip at dusk/night. Best around the pier head on the flood when the tide runs. Minimal casting.

After dark year-round; abundant close in over rough/shingle. 2-hook flappers with small squid/mackerel strips, short casts. Keep rigs above snags.

Over mixed/rough ground; small strips of mackerel or squid on 1-2 hook flappers. Very good after dark, mid-flood to high in 10-30 m. Expect bites quickly.

After dark over rough ground with small mackerel/squid strips on size 2–1/0 two-hook flappers. Short casts into the drop-offs on the flood; best autumn–winter.

Small strips of mackerel/squid on size 2–4 two-hook rigs dropped straight down the cliff face. Reliable at dusk and after dark on a rising tide.

After dark drop small strips of mackerel/squid straight down the walls into 6–12 m. Neaps and slack water fish well.

Abundant after dark year-round; small baits (mackerel/squid) on 2-hook flappers lobbed close in. Flood and ebb both fishable.

Very common after dark over rough ground; small strips of mackerel or rag on a 2-hook paternoster. Short casts into gullies.

After dark; small fish/squid baits on 1/0 flappers dropped tight to the ledges. Best around slack to first push of the flood.

Very common after dark; small strips of mackerel or rag on size 2-4 hooks, short casts into kelpy holes. Little lead and rotten-bottom to reduce losses.

Abundant after dark over rough ground. Small fish baits or rag tipped with mackerel. Best mid-flood to high.

Plentiful after dark; small mackerel/squid strips fished near the bottom tight to the wall.

After dark, two-hook flappers with mackerel/squid into rough ground and gullies; bites through the flood to top.

Small mackerel/squid strips on a short-cast paternoster; best into darkness over rough ground. Use a rotten-bottom.

Small mackerel strips on 1-2 hook paternoster dropped into rough ground; fishes best after dark on the flood.

Small hooks with worm/squid strips over the kelp gullies, especially after dark on the flood. Frequent in autumn–winter.

Darkness around the rougher patches/ends; small hooks and fish/squid baits; steady action through the flood.

Small fish baits or rag on 2-hook flappers into rough ground; best after dark on the flood. Year-round, peaking autumn-winter.

Regular after dark; 2–3 hook flappers with worm or squid cocktails anywhere along the shingle on the flood.

Small rag or squid strips dropped down the wall after dark; target slacker periods or neaps to hold bottom.

After dark from rock edges into depth. Small fish baits or rag on size 2–4 hooks, short casts. Best on the flood and over high in autumn–winter.

Small fish/worm baits fished down the slope into the channel from dusk into dark; year-round, best autumn–winter.

Night fishing with small strips of mackerel/squid on a two-hook paternoster dropped into deeper gullies; bites through the tide near bottom.

After dark, small strips of mackerel or worm down the side near structure; steady action from mid to high tide.