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Planning a session in Dodbrooke, Devon? Start with Salcombe North Sands, South Milton Sands and Salcombe South Sands. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
5.9 miles from Dodbrooke
A remote, mixed-ground cove of sand tongues between kelp-covered rock fingers. Lannacombe fishes best in settled to moderate seas with some movement and clear to lightly coloured water. Summer brings excellent wrasse and lure fishing for pollack, with mackerel and garfish passing tight to the rocks; after dark expect pouting,...
6.0 miles from Dodbrooke
Steep shingle beach below the old Hallsands ruins on the east side of Start Point. Rough, kelpy ground with rock fingers and occasional clean patches; deep water close in. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark in calm to moderate seas. Very snaggy—use strong gear, short casts...
6.0 miles from Dodbrooke
Strete Gate is the northern end of Slapton Sands: a long, steeply shelving shingle beach with quick access to depth and clear water in calm weather. It fishes year-round, with summer action for mackerel, garfish and scad at dusk, bass in surf after a blow, and rays and smoothhounds on...
6.2 miles from Dodbrooke
A very exposed rocky headland and the most southerly point of Devon. Stepped ledges and deep gullies drop quickly into fast‑moving water, with kelp beds and a powerful tidal race off the point. Summer and early autumn bring prolific lure and float fishing; winter can see scratch fishing for smaller...
6.2 miles from Dodbrooke
A long, exposed shingle beach stretching between Start Point and the Dartmouth side of the bay (Slapton Sands/Torcross). Clean sand/shingle over a quick-shelving foreshore gives fast access to depth. Bass show after onshore blows; summer brings mackerel, scad and gurnards; nights produce dogfish, rays and the odd smoothhound; winter sees...
6.7 miles from Dodbrooke
A secluded east-facing sand-and-shingle cove beneath Start Point with kelp-fringed rocks at both ends and clean sand tongues in the middle. The mixed ground gives reliable wrasse and pollack from the rocky flanks, with mackerel, scad and garfish passing in summer; bass show when there’s some surf or colour, and...
