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Sea fishing in Canford Cliffs, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Evening Hill, Branksome Chine and Sandbanks Beach. 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.
9.5 miles from Canford Cliffs
Winspit is an old coastal quarry near Worth Matravers with rugged rock ledges and deep water close in. The mark fishes best on a flooding tide with some movement, especially around dusk and dawn. Summer and early autumn bring reliable wrasse and pollack sport, plus mackerel, garfish and scad; after...
9.7 miles from Canford Cliffs
Shingle-and-sand beach directly below Highcliffe Castle on Christchurch Bay, with timber/rock groynes and patches of clay and rough ground between cleaner sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark, when surf gutters form along the bars. Summer brings bass in the surf, smoothhounds on peeler...
9.7 miles from Canford Cliffs
A remote, scenic rock cove west of St Aldhelm’s Head with kelp-lined ledges, mixed rough ground and small shingle patches. Best in settled weather with a light swell. Classic summer mark for wrasse, pollack and mackerel, with bass on lures in the surfy mouth of the cove and conger/pouting after...
