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Planning a session in Overcombe, Dorset? Start with Overcombe, Preston Beach and Bowleaze Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
2.9 miles from Overcombe
A rugged rocky headland east of Weymouth between Bowleaze Cove and Osmington Mills, Redcliff Point offers kelp-filled gullies, ledges and mixed rough ground dropping into 3–10 m. It fishes best on a flooding tide from late spring to autumn for wrasse and summer pelagics, with dusk into darkness producing pout,...
3.0 miles from Overcombe
Sandsfoot Castle sits on the north side of Portland Harbour near Weymouth, offering sheltered rock and shingle ledges with sand and weed patches in front. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings surface activity and bait fish; winter sees small whiting and pouting....
3.2 miles from Overcombe
Rocky limestone ledges and gullies between Osmington Mills and Ringstead Bay. The mark gives quick access to mixed rough ground with kelp and broken reef, producing consistent sport through the warmer months. Best fished on a flooding tide into high and the first of the ebb; depth drops off fairly...
3.8 miles from Overcombe
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of boulders; best on a flooding tide and into dusk when baitfish push in. Suits light ledgering, float tactics and small metals/feathers. Summer brings mackerel, scad, garfish and mullet;...
3.9 miles from Overcombe
A well-known tidal bottleneck where the Fleet Lagoon meets Portland Harbour beside the A354 bridge. Expect a strong tidal run, clear water on neaps, and a clean-sand channel bordered by mixed ground and lagoon shallows. Best results come on the flood and first of the ebb; slack can be quiet....
4.1 miles from Overcombe
Ringstead Bay is a long, shingle-and-pebble beach backed by cliffs between Osmington Mills and White Nothe. It offers mixed ground: clean sand and shingle in the central stretches with reefy, kelpy, and chalk ledges toward both ends. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer...
