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Discover sea fishing in Elwell, Dorset with fast access to Overcombe, Preston Beach and Bowleaze Cove. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Elwell, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
5.9 miles from Elwell
The Ferrybridge end of Chesil Beach is an easily reached shingle bank beside the causeway to Portland. The steeply shelving beach gives quick access to depth with a strong tidal run influenced by the Fleet outflow and Portland Harbour. It produces summer pelagics at dawn/dusk, bass in surfy conditions, spring...
6.1 miles from Elwell
Ringstead Bay is a long, shingle-and-pebble beach backed by cliffs between Osmington Mills and White Nothe. It offers mixed ground: clean sand and shingle in the central stretches with reefy, kelpy, and chalk ledges toward both ends. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer...
6.2 miles from Elwell
A classic Chesil shingle beach mark by the WWII ‘dragon’s teeth’ at Abbotsbury. Steep shingle with deep water close in over clean sand/shingle. Summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish (dusk into night); winter nights are reliable for whiting, pouting and dogfish. Occasional smoothhound and small‑eyed rays show on crab or...
6.4 miles from Elwell
Rocky limestone headland on the east side of Ringstead Bay with kelp-filled gullies and quick access to deeper water. Best in settled conditions on a flooding tide, especially into dusk; summer to early autumn sees prolific wrasse and surface-feeders, with pouting and conger after dark. Access from the National Trust...
6.9 miles from Elwell
A prominent chalk headland between Ringstead Bay and Durdle Door with steep, committing access to rough, kelpy ground and fast‑moving tides. Deep water is close in with ledges and platforms that fish best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark in settled seas. Expect summer surface action and...
7.2 miles from Elwell
Chesil Cove is the southern end of Chesil Beach at Chiswell, Portland. It’s a steep shingle beach with deep water close in and rocky/kelp fringes on either side, giving access to both clean-ground and rough-ground species. Summer brings prolific mackerel, garfish and scad, with wrasse and pollack from the rockier...
