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Sea fishing in Stanpit, Dorset puts you close to top marks like Mudeford Quay, The Run Mudeford and Avon Beach. 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.
1.5 miles from Stanpit
A gently shelving sand-and-shingle beach backed by the Steamer Point Nature Reserve between Highcliffe Castle and Friars Cliff. You fish into mostly clean sand with patches of mixed ground and timber groynes. Best results are typically on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings shoals of mackerel,...
1.5 miles from Stanpit
A long rock-and-concrete breakwater projecting from Hengistbury Head into fast, clean water. It offers quick depth, strong tide run, and mixed sand/reef ground, making it a prolific summer feathering and lure mark with year-round bait potential. Expect shoals (mackerel/scad/garfish) on the flood, wrasse and scorpions tight to the rocks, and...
1.8 miles from Stanpit
Shingle-and-sand beach directly below Highcliffe Castle on Christchurch Bay, with timber/rock groynes and patches of clay and rough ground between cleaner sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark, when surf gutters form along the bars. Summer brings bass in the surf, smoothhounds on peeler...
1.9 miles from Stanpit
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...
2.3 miles from Stanpit
Highcliffe Beach is a shingle-and-sand surf beach backed by soft cliffs and groynes, facing Christchurch Bay with views to the Isle of Wight. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially at dusk and after dark, with onshore SW winds pushing a lively surf that draws bass close. Summer offers...
2.7 miles from Stanpit
Shingle-and-sand beach where the Chewton Bunny stream meets Christchurch Bay, on the east side of Highcliffe. The stream mouth creates gutters and a colour line that regularly draws baitfish and bass; nearby ground is mostly clean with patches of small stones between timber groynes. Best on a flooding tide, especially...
