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Planning a session in Hatchet, Dorset? Start with Church Cliff Beach, The Cobb and Monmouth Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
7.8 miles from Hatchet
Steep shingle beach immediately east of West Bay harbour at Bridport. It shelves quickly into clean sand and mixed shingle, giving respectable depth at medium-to-long range. Productive on the flood through high and into the first of the ebb, especially at dusk and after dark. Summer sees mackerel, scad and...
8.0 miles from Hatchet
Hooken Cliffs is a rugged undercliff and boulder field between Beer Head and Branscombe in East Devon. The mark offers kelp-filled gullies, broken ground and patches of deeper water close in, fishing best in settled to moderate seas from late spring through autumn. It’s primarily a rough-ground, lure-and-bait rock mark...
8.2 miles from Hatchet
Long, steep shingle on the Jurassic Coast with mixed clean-to-rough ground and quick depth off the middle sections. Easy access from the National Trust car park at Branscombe Mouth; rockier ground at both ends towards Beer Head and Sidmouth holds wrasse and pollack. Summer brings dense shoals of mackerel, scad...
8.8 miles from Hatchet
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...
9.6 miles from Hatchet
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...
