Fishing in Hardown Hill

1.6 miles from Hardown Hill

Golden Cap is a steep, rugged stretch of the Jurassic Coast where shore fishing is mainly from rough ground and boulder/reef fringes beneath the cliffs, typically accessed via the coastal path and scrambles down to the shore (often via Seatown). Fishing is classic "rock mark" work: kelpy gullies, broken ground...

2.0 miles from Hardown Hill

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...

2.4 miles from Hardown Hill

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...

2.5 miles from Hardown Hill

Charmouth Beach is a wide, gently shelving shingle-and-sand beach at the mouth of the River Char, backed by cliffs and popular with walkers; access is straightforward from the village/sea front with short carries onto the shingle. Fishing is classic Lyme Bay surf/clean-ground work with occasional mixed patches near the river...

2.6 miles from Hardown Hill

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...

2.8 miles from Hardown Hill

A rocky headland between Eype and Seatown on the Jurassic Coast. Stepped ledges and kelp-filled gullies over mixed-to-rough ground drop into 5-15 m at range. Summer brings prolific wrasse and pollack, with mackerel, garfish and scad on calm evenings; after a blow, bass and the odd codling move in. Nights...