Fishing in Winford Cross

2.3 miles from Winford Cross

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;...

2.5 miles from Winford Cross

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...

2.7 miles from Winford Cross

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...

3.3 miles from Winford Cross

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...

3.4 miles from Winford Cross

A long, open sand-and-shingle beach east of Sandown, reached easily from the seafront, roadside parking and nearby paths. It fishes as a classic shallow surf mark, with best results around the flooding tide and into darkness for bass, rays and dogfish; summer can produce smoothhound and mackerel, while winter brings...

4.0 miles from Winford Cross

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...