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Sea fishing in Goathorn, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Shell Bay, Sandbanks Ferry Slipway and Sandbanks Beach. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
5.0 miles from Goathorn
A prominent limestone headland at the eastern edge of Swanage Bay with stepped rock ledges, kelp-filled gullies and fast tidal flow off the tip. Deep water is close in, making it productive for float fishing, lures and heavy bottom fishing. Best on the flood and at dusk/dawn; summer–autumn for wrasse,...
5.4 miles from Goathorn
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...
5.7 miles from Goathorn
Exposed limestone headland with rugged rock ledges and deep water close in. Strong tidal run around the point brings baitfish and predators, with wrasse and pollack reliable in summer and conger and pouting after dark. Access is via Durlston Country Park; expect a steep walk and uneven, weed-covered rock platforms....
5.9 miles from Goathorn
A famous Purbeck rock ledge south of Langton Matravers with very deep water close in, kelp-fringed drop-offs and a man-made tidal pool. It fishes best in settled weather on a flooding or high tide for wrasse, pollack and summer pelagics, with pouting and conger after dark. Expect snaggy ground—use rotten-bottom/weak...
5.9 miles from Goathorn
Prominent rocky headland by the lighthouse at Durlston, offering deep, kelpy water close in and strong tidal flow. Best in settled weather with a flooding tide, especially dawn/dusk through late spring to autumn for pollack, wrasse, mackerel and garfish; winter can see whiting and pouting after dark. Access is via...
5.9 miles from Goathorn
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,...
