Fishing in Lower Hyde

0.5 miles from Lower Hyde

Shanklin Beach is a broad sand-and-shingle bay backed by a promenade, with easy access from town and fishing available between groynes and from clearer open stretches. It is mainly a light-to-medium beach venue for summer mackerel, garfish, bass and flatfish, while dusk and night can produce dogfish, rays and pouting;...

1.6 miles from Lower Hyde

Luccombe Bay is a small, scenic and fairly exposed south-east Isle of Wight beach beneath steep, unstable-looking cliffs, with mixed sand, shingle and rocky edges. Access is on foot via the coastal path and steep local approaches, so it is best treated as a light-travel mark; summer daylight fishing can...

1.8 miles from Lower Hyde

Sandown Pier projects into the sheltered, sandy-watered sweep of Sandown Bay, with straightforward promenade access and rail-side space subject to pier opening rules and any local restrictions. It is chiefly a light-to-medium shore mark: summer brings mackerel, garfish and bass opportunities, while baits fished downtide on the sand can produce...

2.1 miles from Lower Hyde

Sandown Beach is a long, gently shelving sandy bay backed by an easily reached promenade, with numerous access points from the seafront and nearby parking. It is a comfortable, family-friendly shore mark where anglers fish the cleaner sand for flatfish and rays, with bass close in around dusk and mobile...

2.4 miles from Lower Hyde

Monks Bay is a small, secluded shingle-and-rock cove below the Bonchurch/Luccombe coast, reached on foot via steep coastal paths and best tackled with a light, mobile approach. It fishes as a mixed rough-ground mark: bass and mackerel are possible in daylight, while wrasse, pollack and night-time dogfish or conger favour...

2.6 miles from Lower Hyde

Bonchurch is a scenic but awkward south-coast rock mark, reached by steep paths towards the shore and then over uneven ledges and boulders. It fishes best in settled summer conditions for wrasse, pollack and travelling pelagics, while deeper rough-ground gullies can produce bass, conger and dogfish; it is not a...