Fishing in Gotten Leaze

2.5 miles from Gotten Leaze

Grange Chine is a quiet south-coast shingle beach beneath soft cliffs, reached from the Military Road area by a steep chine path. The ground is a mix of shingle, sand and broken reef, producing varied summer fishing for bass, rays, smoothhounds and bream, while rougher patches can hold dogfish, huss...

2.9 miles from Gotten Leaze

Brook Bay is a quiet, south-facing shingle-and-sand beach below the Brook Chine area, reached by a short but fairly steep walk from the nearby coastal parking and path. It fishes as an open surf beach for bass, rays and summer smoothhounds, while low water exposes clay-and-rocky patches that can hold...

3.0 miles from Gotten Leaze

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...

3.3 miles from Gotten Leaze

A quiet, shallow tidal creek within Newtown Harbour, best approached on foot from Newtown village and the old quay area rather than as a conventional open-coast mark. Fish only from suitable public, firm margins at sensible stages of the tide: the muddy channels can produce flounder, small bass, mullet and...

3.3 miles from Gotten Leaze

A quiet, open shingle-and-sand south-coast beach backed by low cliffs, Brighstone Bay is reached via the chines and coastal paths from limited roadside or small local parking. It is primarily a mobile beach mark with mixed ground, occasional rough ledges and deeper gullies; it fishes best in settled summer conditions,...

4.1 miles from Gotten Leaze

Hamstead Ledge is a quiet, low-water mixed-ground mark on the north-west Isle of Wight coast, where broken rock, weed and silty patches meet deeper Solent water. It is reached by a fairly long walk along coastal paths and foreshore rather than easy roadside access; fishing is most productive around the...