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Quick links: Overcombe · Preston Beach · Bowleaze Cove · Bowleaze Pier · Greenhill Beach · Redcliff (Weymouth)

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Overcombe

(7.3/10)

0.2 miles from Overcombe

Overcombe is the eastern end of Weymouth Bay in Dorset, a gently shelving shingle/sand beach by the River Jordan outflow. Clean ground with occasional sandbars makes it a reliable venue for surf bass and a good mix of flatfish; summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad, while winter nights see whiting...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Preston Beach

(6.8/10)

0.4 miles from Overcombe

A long shingle-and-pebble beach on the eastern side of Weymouth Bay between Greenhill and Overcombe. Clean sand at range with shallow gradient and occasional weed beds; fishes best on the flood into dusk and at night. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and bass, with plaice and sole over the clean ground;...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dab

Bowleaze Cove

(6.6/10)

0.5 miles from Overcombe

A mixed shingle-and-sand cove on the eastern side of Weymouth Bay with cleaner patches toward Overcombe and rockier, kelp-lined ground as you head east to Redcliff Point. Easy access from nearby car parks and amenities makes it a convenient all-round shore mark. Best results often come on a flooding tide...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Dover Sole

Bowleaze Pier

(7.1/10)

0.7 miles from Overcombe

Despite the name, Bowleaze Pier is a rocky ledge (often called Folly Pier) on the eastern side of Bowleaze Cove near Weymouth. It’s mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and nearby sand patches, fishing best from mid-tide up, especially around dusk in summer and early autumn. Expect wrasse and pollack...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice

Greenhill Beach

(6.9/10)

1.1 miles from Overcombe

A long, gently shelving shingle-and-sand beach on the eastern side of Weymouth Bay, backed by the Greenhill promenade and gardens. Mostly clean ground with occasional weed and groynes, making it a straightforward venue with easy access and plenty of space. Best results are on a flooding tide into dusk; summer...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Redcliff (Weymouth)

(6/10)

1.3 miles from Overcombe

Redcliff (Weymouth) is a low cliff/rocky shoreline mark on the exposed side of the Isle of Portland, fished from broken ledges and boulder-strewn ground with quick access from nearby pull-ins/footpaths. It’s typical rough-ground fishing into mixed kelp, shingle and sand patches: good for lure/float work close in and for bottom...

Bass Pollack Thornback Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

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