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Sea fishing in Lonnen, Little, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Whitecliff, Baiter Park and Rockley Point. 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.
8.9 miles from Lonnen, Little
Open, gently shelving sandy beach between Boscombe and Southbourne with timber groynes and a seasonal cliff lift. Best results come on a flooding tide into dusk or after dark. Whiting and pouting dominate in autumn–winter; summer brings bass in surf, dogfish, mackerel and the odd ray or smoothhound. Night fishing...
8.9 miles from Lonnen, Little
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,...
9.0 miles from Lonnen, Little
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...
9.5 miles from Lonnen, Little
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...
9.8 miles from Lonnen, Little
Long, clean sand-and-shingle surf beach between Boscombe and Hengistbury Head with timber groynes. Generally snag-free with gentle to moderate slope; fishable at range for flats and close-in in a surf for bass. Best at dusk into dark, especially on a flooding tide. Summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish around groyne...
