Fishing in Bettiscombe

4.6 miles from Bettiscombe

A shingle-and-sand beach on the east side of the River Char, backed by the Black Ven landslips. Mixed ground with sand patches, shallow reefs and gullies offers varied fishing: bass in the surf and river mouth, summer mackerel/garfish/scad in clear settled weather, flatfish on the cleaner stretches, and wrasse/pollack tight...

4.7 miles from Bettiscombe

Charmouth Beach is a wide, gently shelving shingle-and-sand beach at the mouth of the River Char, backed by cliffs and popular with walkers; access is straightforward from the village/sea front with short carries onto the shingle. Fishing is classic Lyme Bay surf/clean-ground work with occasional mixed patches near the river...

4.7 miles from Bettiscombe

A mixed shingle-and-sand beach backed by the Black Ven cliffs, with patches of rough ground and clay ledges interspersed with clean sand. Best fished on a flooding tide into dusk; the River Char outflow creates surf lines and food lanes that draw bass and mullet. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and...

4.9 miles from Bettiscombe

A sprawling landslip and reef system between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, with boulder fields, clay ledges and interspersed sand gullies. Best fished over low to mid tide when the clean patches are exposed; the first push of the flood is prime for bass and wrasse, while the sand runs hold...

4.9 miles from Bettiscombe

Golden Cap is a steep, rugged stretch of the Jurassic Coast where shore fishing is mainly from rough ground and boulder/reef fringes beneath the cliffs, typically accessed via the coastal path and scrambles down to the shore (often via Seatown). Fishing is classic "rock mark" work: kelpy gullies, broken ground...

5.2 miles from Bettiscombe

Seatown Beach is a steeply shelving shingle beach on the Jurassic Coast near Chideock. It offers relatively deep water close in, with mixed ground: clean sand patches along the middle sections and rougher, snaggy ground toward the ends beneath the cliffs. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially into...