Fishing in Eastbourne

0.3 miles from Eastbourne

A long, open shingle frontage with timber groynes and relatively easy promenade access, Eastbourne Beach is best fished by casting into the gullies and deeper water between banks. It is a seasonal mixed-ground venue: summer brings mackerel, garfish, bass and occasional bream, while autumn and winter favour whiting, pouting, plaice...

0.4 miles from Eastbourne

Eastbourne Pier is a central, decked pleasure pier over the shingle beach, offering elevated access to relatively shallow Sussex water when fishing is permitted by pier management. It is mainly a summer float/spinning and light-bottom-fishing venue, with mackerel and garfish showing in clear, settled conditions, while evening and winter bait...

1.0 miles from Eastbourne

Holywell Beach is a steep shingle shore at the western end of Eastbourne, backed by chalk cliffs and reached via the seafront/Promenade and nearby paths. It is mainly a clean beach-casting mark, with groynes and scattered rougher ground adding interest; summer daylight brings pelagic fish close, while dusk and darkness...

1.6 miles from Eastbourne

Holywell Ledges is a tide-sensitive chalk-rock mark below the western end of Eastbourne, reached from the seafront and then on foot across uneven foreshore ledges. It fishes best with enough water over the rough ground, producing summer pelagic fish and wrasse by day, with bass, pouting and occasional larger rock-dwelling...

2.2 miles from Eastbourne

Langney Point is a broad shingle beach on Eastbourne’s eastern seafront, fished from the open shore between timber groynes with promenade access and short carries from nearby parking. It is a straightforward mixed-ground Sussex beach mark: daytime summer fishing brings mackerel, garfish and occasional bass, while evening, night and colder-water...

2.3 miles from Eastbourne

Cow Gap is a relatively quiet shingle beach beneath the chalk cliffs west of Eastbourne, reached via the Cow Gap car park and a steep stepped path. It fishes as a mixed rough-and-clean ground mark, with broken chalk and reef close in, deeper water on a rising tide, and useful...