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Best marks near Castletown
Top spots within about 10 miles, ranked by distance and rating.
Chesil Cove
0.6 miles from Castletown
Chesil Cove is the southern end of Chesil Beach at Chiswell, Portland. It’s a steep shingle beach with deep water close in...
View markWest Weares
1.1 miles from Castletown
A rugged stretch of boulder and ledge ground beneath the west cliffs of the Isle of Portland (below Blacknor/Tout Quarry). Deep water...
View markChesil Beach Ferrybridge
1.2 miles from Castletown
The Ferrybridge end of Chesil Beach is an easily reached shingle bank beside the causeway to Portland. The steeply shelving beach gives...
View markBowers Quarry (Portland)
1.4 miles from Castletown
Bowers Quarry on Portland is a rough, low rock-ledge/shingle mark on the exposed west side, fished by scrambling down quarry tracks and...
View markFerrybridge
1.5 miles from Castletown
A well-known tidal bottleneck where the Fleet Lagoon meets Portland Harbour beside the A354 bridge. Expect a strong tidal run, clear water...
View markSmallmouth Bay
1.6 miles from Castletown
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of...
View markQuick links: Chesil Cove · West Weares · Chesil Beach Ferrybridge · Bowers Quarry (Portland) · Ferrybridge · Smallmouth Bay
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Chesil Cove
0.6 miles from Castletown
Chesil Cove is the southern end of Chesil Beach at Chiswell, Portland. It’s a steep shingle beach with deep water close in and rocky/kelp fringes on either side, giving access to both clean-ground and rough-ground species. Summer brings prolific mackerel, garfish and scad, with wrasse and pollack from the rockier...
West Weares
1.1 miles from Castletown
A rugged stretch of boulder and ledge ground beneath the west cliffs of the Isle of Portland (below Blacknor/Tout Quarry). Deep water lies close in with kelp-filled gullies and broken ground, carrying strong tidal movement and clear water on settled days. It’s a classic lure-and-float venue for wrasse and pollack...
Chesil Beach Ferrybridge
1.2 miles from Castletown
The Ferrybridge end of Chesil Beach is an easily reached shingle bank beside the causeway to Portland. The steeply shelving beach gives quick access to depth with a strong tidal run influenced by the Fleet outflow and Portland Harbour. It produces summer pelagics at dawn/dusk, bass in surfy conditions, spring...
Bowers Quarry (Portland)
1.4 miles from Castletown
Bowers Quarry on Portland is a rough, low rock-ledge/shingle mark on the exposed west side, fished by scrambling down quarry tracks and casting into deep, clear water tight to kelp and broken ground. It’s primarily a rough-ground venue where bites come close in, with bigger fish often after dark; in...
Ferrybridge
1.5 miles from Castletown
A well-known tidal bottleneck where the Fleet Lagoon meets Portland Harbour beside the A354 bridge. Expect a strong tidal run, clear water on neaps, and a clean-sand channel bordered by mixed ground and lagoon shallows. Best results come on the flood and first of the ebb; slack can be quiet....
Smallmouth Bay
1.6 miles from Castletown
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of boulders; best on a flooding tide and into dusk when baitfish push in. Suits light ledgering, float tactics and small metals/feathers. Summer brings mackerel, scad, garfish and mullet;...