Southerton

Fishing Marks near Southerton

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Sea fishing in Southerton, Devon puts you close to top marks like Jacobs Ladder Beach, Chit Rocks and Ladram Bay. 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.

20 Marks Found

Jacobs Ladder Beach

(6.9/10)

3.2 miles from Southerton

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Chit Rocks

(6.6/10)

3.5 miles from Southerton

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Ladram Bay

(7.4/10)

3.5 miles from Southerton

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Sidmouth Beach

(6.5/10)

3.6 miles from Southerton

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...

Bass Pollack Whiting Dover Sole Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Salcombe Mouth

(6/10)

4.6 miles from Southerton

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....

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss

Otter Ledge

(6.6/10)

5.2 miles from Southerton

A kelp-covered rock ledge on the red sandstone coast between Budleigh Salterton and Ladram Bay, dropping quickly into mixed rough ground with sand patches. Best in calm to moderate summer conditions on a flooding tide, with depth and tide run bringing fish tight to the ledge. Access is via the...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)