Fishing in Lilliput

0.2 miles from Lilliput

Evening Hill is a sheltered Poole Harbour shoreline/sea wall with easy roadside access and views across to Brownsea Island. It’s a shallow, mud-and-sand flat with weed fringes and nearby channel edges that come within casting range on the flood. Classic winter flounder fishing, with school bass and mullet through the...

0.5 miles from Lilliput

Salterns Marina Wall is a sheltered harbour-wall mark on the entrance channel at Salterns/Poole Harbour, fished from a paved footpath/edge with short casts into deeper marina/approach water. It’s mainly a light-gear, close-range spot for mullet, bass and mixed flatfish, with occasional eels and rays in warmer months; tides run but...

1.0 miles from Lilliput

Canford Cliffs is a steep-sided stretch of Poole Bay where anglers fish from the shingle/sand at the foot of cliffs, accessed via zig-zag paths and steps from the clifftop (check tides and your return route). It’s mainly a clean-ish bay mark with occasional rougher patches and weed, best for mixed...

1.3 miles from Lilliput

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,...

1.4 miles from Lilliput

A long, gently shelving sandy beach between Bournemouth and Sandbanks, centered on the Branksome Chine stream outflow. Groynes create gutters and bars that hold fish, with surf and coloured water after a westerly blow suiting bass. Summer evenings bring mackerel, scad and garfish; nights produce dogfish and the odd ray...

1.4 miles from Lilliput

A flat, easily accessed harbour shoreline inside Poole Harbour with firm paths, slipways and patches of shingle over mud and sand. Shallow for long distances at low water, with gullies and channel edges that fish best on the flood and around high tide. Classic winter flounder venue and a reliable...