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Discover sea fishing in Arne, Dorset with fast access to Lake Pier, Rockley Point and Hamworthy Park. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Arne, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
5.8 miles from Arne
A long, gently shelving sandy beach between Bournemouth and Sandbanks, centered on the Branksome Chine stream outflow. Groynes create gutters and bars that hold fish, with surf and coloured water after a westerly blow suiting bass. Summer evenings bring mackerel, scad and garfish; nights produce dogfish and the odd ray...
6.3 miles from Arne
A long, gently shelving sandy beach within Swanage Bay. Clean sand between timber groynes offers easy, comfortable fishing with parking, shops and toilets along the promenade. Best fished outside peak bathing hours. Expect surf-seeking bass on a ripple, flatfish over the clean ground, summer pelagics on calm evenings, and winter...
6.4 miles from Arne
Alum Chine is a wide, sandy section of Bournemouth’s Poole Bay between Durley and Branksome Chines. It’s a clean-ground beach backed by a promenade and wooden groynes, with easy, year-round access and facilities close by. Fishing is best on a flooding tide into and after dusk when bathers thin out....
6.8 miles from Arne
Durley Chine is a wide, sandy beach on Poole Bay between Bournemouth Pier and Alum Chine. It’s mostly clean sand with wooden groynes and a gentle gradient, making it ideal for standard beach gear and long casts. Best results come on the flooding tide into dusk and after dark, especially...
6.9 miles from Arne
An extensive system of flat limestone reefs and kelp-filled gullies on the south-facing Jurassic Coast. The ledges provide mixed rough ground with pockets of sand and shallow-to-moderate depth, ideal for wrasse and light-rock fishing in settled, clear water from spring through autumn. Bass and pollack patrol the flooding tide and...
7.0 miles from Arne
Kimmeridge Bay is a reef and ledge venue of flat rock platforms, kelp beds and gullies, with clear water and a gentle slope into deeper ground toward the bay mouth. It fishes best on a flooding tide, at dawn/dusk, and through the summer into early autumn when baitfish and predators...
