Fishing in Cripplestyle

13.2 miles from Cripplestyle

A long, sandy, gently shelving beach flanking Boscombe Pier with timber/rock groynes and shifting sandbars. Access is easy from the promenade with nearby parking, toilets and cafés. Best results come at dusk, dawn and after dark, especially with a light surf or when the water is slightly coloured after an...

13.3 miles from Cripplestyle

Open, gently shelving sandy beach between Boscombe and Southbourne with timber groynes and a seasonal cliff lift. Best results come on a flooding tide into dusk or after dark. Whiting and pouting dominate in autumn–winter; summer brings bass in surf, dogfish, mackerel and the odd ray or smoothhound. Night fishing...

13.3 miles from Cripplestyle

Boscombe Pier is a long timber-and-metal pleasure pier on the open Bournemouth Bay frontage, giving easy access to deeper water than the adjacent beach and allowing anglers to fish clean sand or light mixed ground depending on tide and drift. Access is straightforward from the promenade with railings and lighting,...

13.3 miles from Cripplestyle

A long, gently shelving sandy beach below the East Cliff between Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers. Clean sand with timber groynes and shifting gutters/bars; fish it on a flooding tide at dusk or after dark once bathers thin out. Plaice show in spring, bass and smoothhounds arrive late spring–summer on crab,...

13.5 miles from Cripplestyle

Long, gently shelving sandy beach along Poole Bay backed by a promenade and groynes, with Bournemouth and Boscombe piers nearby. Clear, clean ground suits surf species; look for gutters and the edges of sandbars. Best results come at dawn/dusk or after dark, especially on a flooding tide and when a...

13.5 miles from Cripplestyle

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,...