Fishing in Furzey Island

1.7 miles from Furzey Island

A busy harbour‑mouth slip next to the Sandbanks chain ferry on the Poole side. The mark gives access to a deep, fast tidal channel with a mostly clean sand/shell bottom and strong rips and eddies along the walls and adjacent beach. Summer brings shoals of mackerel, garfish and scad, with...

1.8 miles from Furzey Island

Poole Harbour Walls are the stone/concrete harbour training walls at the mouth of Poole Harbour, fished from the top or edges where safe footholds exist. It’s a tidal, current-swept mark with deep water close in and a strong mix of harbour and open-sea species; spinning and float fishing work in...

1.8 miles from Furzey Island

A wide, sandy beach on the Studland side of the Poole Harbour entrance, just south of the chain ferry. Gentle bars with strong tidal run along the harbour channel create rips and seams that draw baitfish and bass. Best on a flooding tide at first/last light for bass; spring–autumn for...

2.0 miles from Furzey Island

Hamworthy Park is a sheltered, family-friendly harbour beach on the north side of the Hamworthy peninsula, offering easy, level access to shallow mud–sand flats and the adjacent channel within Poole Harbour. Fishing is most productive on the flooding tide and into dusk, when bass and mullet patrol the margins and...

2.0 miles from Furzey Island

A long, gently shelving sandy beach on the Poole Bay side of the Sandbanks peninsula. Clear, clean ground with occasional shallow gutters and rips; strongest tides are toward the harbour entrance. Best results at dawn/dusk and into darkness, especially on a flooding tide with a light surf. Summer-autumn see bass,...

2.1 miles from Furzey Island

Hamworthy Beach sits on the inner Poole Harbour shore, with easy parking and level access to a shingle/sand edge and adjacent harbour walls. Fishing is typically for harbour flatfish and mullet with light tackle, plus occasional bass and dogfish when tide run picks up; best results come from working the...