Fishing in Freshwater Bay

0.3 miles from Freshwater Bay

Freshwater Bay is a steep shingle-and-sand beach beneath high chalk cliffs, with rocky ledges and broken ground at both ends of the bay. Parking and a short walk give straightforward access, but the beach is exposed to south-westerly swell; it fishes best for summer pelagics, bass and wrasse by day,...

1.7 miles from Freshwater Bay

Totland Bay is a broad, gently shelving shingle-and-sand beach with groynes and more broken, rocky ground toward the bay’s ends. It is an easy daytime venue for float, spinning and light ledgering, while evening and night sessions over the cleaner ground can produce rays, smoothhound and dogfish; fish the margins...

2.1 miles from Freshwater Bay

Colwell Bay is a sheltered, gently shelving sand-and-shingle beach on the north-west Isle of Wight, with easy promenade and beach access plus occasional groynes and firmer patches to target. It is mainly a summer light-tackle venue for bass, mullet, mackerel and garfish, while evening or cooler-season fishing can produce flatfish,...

2.3 miles from Freshwater Bay

Compton Bay is a long, open shingle-and-sand surf beach beneath the Military Road on the Isle of Wight’s south-west coast. Anglers generally use the roadside car parks and signed paths down the slope, then fish the gutters, surf line and occasional rougher patches; it is best known for bass and...

2.4 miles from Freshwater Bay

A dramatic, west-facing shingle beach backed by steep cliffs, with rocky ground and ledges towards the bay edges. Access is from the Alum Bay attraction/car-park area followed by a steep walk down; it is mainly a summer daylight mark for spinning, float fishing and bottom fishing, but exposed conditions and...

2.4 miles from Freshwater Bay

Fort Albert is a tidal rock-and-shingle Solent shore mark beside the former fort, best approached on foot via the public foreshore/coastal path rather than through private fort grounds. It offers close-range fishing around weed, stone and small gullies for bass and flatfish, with summer float or lure chances for mackerel...