Rock Goby Fishing in Dorset

Size 12–16 hooks with tiny worm/fish baits over rubble at the pier foot. Drop straight down; neaps and slack water help.

Sabikis or single size 12–16 hooks with rag; fish right by ladders and wall on either tide. Lots of small fish—strike gently.

Mini-lures or size 12–16 hooks with rag or squid slivers around boulder edges and pools; bites all states, best in calm water.

LRF tactics with tiny hooks and isome/rag in rock pools and kelp fringes. Fish the flood; calm clear water.

LRF down the side of kelpy ledges. Tiny hooks (14–18) with slivers of worm/shrimp. Summer–autumn, rising tide.

LRF with small worm baits or isome along rockpools and sheltered gullies; short casts on the flood; fish tight to the bottom.

Drop-shot or light float with small worm baits straight down the rocks; slack to mid-flood in clear water.

Tiny hooks (12–14) with bits of worm or shrimp under the rod tip among boulders; best at low water in calm seas.

LRF at your feet around rocks/weed; size 16 hooks with tiny rag/squid; short drop-shot or split shot; best on the flood.

Tiny hooks and bits of worm/shrimp fished down the side of ledges and pools; any tide with clear water; great for LRF.

Micro-fish in rockpools and gullies at low to mid tide; tiny hooks and rag or squid slivers lowered straight down. Good for sheltered pockets.

Micro tactics in rock pools and kelpy holes; tiny rag/squid slivers on size 10–14 hooks. Short drops from the rod tip. Daytime low-to-mid tide.

LRF close to boulders; tiny hooks with rag or prawn. Best on calm days at mid-tide. Keep rigs simple and fish inches from rocks.

Ultra-light gear; tiny hooks with rag/mussel in rock gullies at mid-to-low tide. Calm seas, clear water.

HW along the boulder toe of the wall. Tiny hooks (16–20) with worm slivers; present baits tight to the rocks.