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Planning a session in Little Woolgarston, Dorset? Start with Seacombe, Dancing Ledge and Chapman's Pool. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
4.8 miles from Little Woolgarston
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...
5.0 miles from Little Woolgarston
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...
5.3 miles from Little Woolgarston
A remote rock ledge on the Kimmeridge Ledges within the Lulworth Firing Ranges. Broad Bench offers deep kelpy gullies and tide run close in, producing best from late spring to autumn. Expect quality wrasse, lure-caught bass and pollack, with summer mackerel and garfish; after dark, conger and pouting from the...
5.4 miles from Little Woolgarston
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,...
5.4 miles from Little Woolgarston
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...
5.5 miles from Little Woolgarston
Lake Pier is a small wooden pier at Hamworthy on the western edge of Poole Harbour. It offers sheltered, easy-access fishing over predominantly muddy/silty ground with eelgrass and access to nearby channels. Best results are typically two hours either side of high water; at dead low the water is shallow....
