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Sea fishing in Ottery St Mary, Devon puts you close to top marks like Sidmouth Beach, Jacobs Ladder Beach and Chit Rocks. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
5.4 miles from Ottery St Mary
Steep shingle beach backed by a promenade on the Jurassic Coast. The western end (by Jacob’s Ladder/Chit Rocks) has rough, kelpy ground and shallow rock ledges; the central and eastern stretches are cleaner mixed ground with the River Sid entering at the far east. Summer sees mackerel, garfish and bass...
5.4 miles from Ottery St Mary
Jacob's Ladder Beach in Sidmouth, Devon is a mixed shingle and sand beach backed by striking red sandstone cliffs, with reefy, kelp-lined ground and extensive rockpools at lower tides. Anglers typically fish the western end around the ladder/Connaught Gardens rocks and the adjacent clean-to-mixed ground. Summer brings clear water and...
5.5 miles from Ottery St Mary
A tidal rock platform at the eastern end of Sidmouth seafront, bordering mixed rough ground and patches of clean sand. Best on a flooding tide into dusk through summer and early autumn for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and scad; winter brings whiting and dogfish. Expect kelp, snags and swell; use rotten‑bottoms...
5.7 miles from Ottery St Mary
A remote shingle cove on the Jurassic Coast below Salcombe Regis (east of Sidmouth). Mixed rough ground with boulders and kelp at both ends produces wrasse and pollack in summer; the open shingle sees mackerel and garfish in calm, clear weather, with pouting, rocklings and the odd whiting after dark....
6.1 miles from Ottery St Mary
A remote shingle/pebble beach beneath high cliffs on the Jurassic Coast between Sidmouth and Branscombe. The central stretch offers cleaner shingle with sand patches, while both ends run into rougher, snaggy ground and boulders. Best results typically come on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer sees mackerel,...
6.4 miles from Ottery St Mary
Ladram Bay is a red-sandstone rocky bay with sea stacks and ledges set between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth. The ground is mixed rough and kelpy with pockets of cleaner water toward the bay mouth, making it ideal for wrasse, pollack and LRF species, with mackerel/garfish in summer and scad after...
