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Planning a session in Court Orchard, Dorset? Start with Eype Beach, West Bay West Beach and West Bay West Pier. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
2.9 miles from Court Orchard
A steeply shelving shingle section of Chesil between West Bay and Burton Bradstock, with deep water close in. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings mackerel, bass, scad, garfish and smoothhounds; rays are possible, and winter sees whiting and pouting with the chance of a...
2.9 miles from Court Orchard
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...
3.6 miles from Court Orchard
Steeply shelving shingle on the Jurassic Coast at Burton Bradstock, offering quick access to deeper water. Productive in summer for mackerel, scad and garfish, with bass in the surf; winter nights bring whiting, pouting and dogfish, with the chance of rays. Strong lateral tides and a heavy shore break at...
4.3 miles from Court Orchard
Cogden Beach is a quiet stretch of the Chesil shingle bank between Burton Bradstock and West Bexington. It is a steeply shelving, clean-ground beach with quick access to deeper water, producing mackerel and bass in summer, flatfish and gurnards at range over sand, and rays and smoothhounds after dark; winter...
5.9 miles from Court Orchard
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...
6.1 miles from Court Orchard
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...
