Fishing in Canford Cliffs

0.5 miles from Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs is a steep-sided stretch of Poole Bay where anglers fish from the shingle/sand at the foot of cliffs, accessed via zig-zag paths and steps from the clifftop (check tides and your return route). It’s mainly a clean-ish bay mark with occasional rougher patches and weed, best for mixed...

0.6 miles from Canford Cliffs

Evening Hill is a sheltered Poole Harbour shoreline/sea wall with easy roadside access and views across to Brownsea Island. It’s a shallow, mud-and-sand flat with weed fringes and nearby channel edges that come within casting range on the flood. Classic winter flounder fishing, with school bass and mullet through the...

0.9 miles from Canford Cliffs

Salterns Marina Wall is a sheltered harbour-wall mark on the entrance channel at Salterns/Poole Harbour, fished from a paved footpath/edge with short casts into deeper marina/approach water. It’s mainly a light-gear, close-range spot for mullet, bass and mixed flatfish, with occasional eels and rays in warmer months; tides run but...

0.9 miles from Canford Cliffs

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...

1.1 miles from Canford Cliffs

Alum Chine is a steep-sided wooded chine cutting down to Bournemouth’s sandy beach, with fishing mainly from the open beach and occasional rougher patches near the chine/outfalls. Access is easy via the promenade and zig-zag paths from the clifftop, and the mark fishes as a classic surf-beach venue: clean sand,...

1.4 miles from Canford Cliffs

A long, gently shelving sandy beach on the Poole Bay side of the Sandbanks peninsula. Clear, clean ground with occasional shallow gutters and rips; strongest tides are toward the harbour entrance. Best results at dawn/dusk and into darkness, especially on a flooding tide with a light surf. Summer-autumn see bass,...