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Discover sea fishing in Poyntz, Sutton, Dorset with fast access to Bowleaze Pier, Bowleaze Cove and Overcombe. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Poyntz, Sutton, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
1.2 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
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...
1.3 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
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...
1.6 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
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...
2.0 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
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;...
2.1 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
Classic Jurassic Coast rock ledges and boulder ground beneath the village and Smugglers Inn. Mixed rough ground with kelp-filled gullies and patches of broken shell/sand make this a reliable summer-to-autumn rock mark. Expect wrasse and pollack by day in clear water, with mackerel, garfish and scad moving through at dusk;...
2.5 miles from Poyntz, Sutton
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,...
