Fishing in Cobb

0.2 miles from Cobb

Historic curving stone breakwater forming the harbour wall at Lyme Regis. Fishable on both the outer (rough/kelp and deeper water) and inner (cleaner, calmer) sides. Summer brings shoals and surface action; autumn nights see good sport under harbour lights. The lower walkway offers easier access, but the higher wall can...

0.3 miles from Cobb

Shingle-and-rock beach immediately west of the Cobb at Lyme Regis, with reefy ledges, kelp beds and gullies that fish well on a flooding tide, especially at dawn/dusk in summer and early autumn. Expect mixed rough-to-sand patches; short to medium casts are usually enough and snags are common—use pulley/rotten-bottom rigs. Lures...

0.5 miles from Cobb

Church Cliff Beach at Lyme Regis is a tide-cut rock and shingle platform with kelp-filled gullies and patches of clean sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide and the first of the ebb, with summer sport for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, and nighttime fishing producing pouting, small conger...

1.4 miles from Cobb

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...

1.7 miles from Cobb

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...

1.9 miles from Cobb

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...