Fishing in Sompting

1.8 miles from Sompting

Lancing Beach is a long, open shingle shore backed by a promenade, with easy access from nearby parking and short walks over the shingle. Fishing is typical Sussex open-beach angling: deeper water and occasional gullies form around the groynes, with the better sport often around high water, after a little...

2.0 miles from Sompting

Worthing Beach is a broad shingle shore backed by a promenade, with numerous timber groynes and easy access from seafront parking and town amenities. It is a flexible South Coast mark: fish close-in gutters and groyne ends for flatfish, bass and whiting, while summer brings mackerel, garfish and bream within...

2.3 miles from Sompting

Worthing Pier is a long, rail-lined Victorian pier over mixed sand and shingle, with easy town-centre access and a sheltered, comfortable platform. Fishing is generally limited to the winter open period (commonly 1 October to 30 April, subject to pier rules), when casts into deeper water can produce typical Sussex...

2.5 miles from Sompting

Widewater Beach is an open shingle shore beside the Widewater Lagoon at Lancing, reached easily from the seafront road, promenade and nearby parking. Fishing is typically straightforward beach casting over shelving mixed ground, with best sport around dawn, dusk, tides and calmer summer or autumn conditions; expect occasional weed and...

3.5 miles from Sompting

Shoreham Beach is an open, steeply shelving shingle shore on the south side of Shoreham Harbour, reached easily from the beach road, promenade paths and nearby parking. It is a practical all-round Sussex beach mark: daylight summer sessions favour bass, bream and mackerel, while evening and colder-water fishing produces flatfish,...

3.7 miles from Sompting

Goring-by-Sea Beach is a broad, easily reached shingle-and-sand shore west of Worthing, with groynes, shallow gullies and occasional mixed ground providing varied casting lines. It is a relaxed, family-accessible mark, generally best fished over the flooding tide and into darkness for flatfish, bass, whiting and occasional rays, while summer brings...