Fishing in Synderford

6.7 miles from Synderford

A mixed shingle-and-sand beach backed by the Black Ven cliffs, with patches of rough ground and clay ledges interspersed with clean sand. Best fished on a flooding tide into dusk; the River Char outflow creates surf lines and food lanes that draw bass and mullet. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and...

6.7 miles from Synderford

A shingle-and-sand beach on the east side of the River Char, backed by the Black Ven landslips. Mixed ground with sand patches, shallow reefs and gullies offers varied fishing: bass in the surf and river mouth, summer mackerel/garfish/scad in clear settled weather, flatfish on the cleaner stretches, and wrasse/pollack tight...

6.8 miles from Synderford

A sprawling landslip and reef system between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, with boulder fields, clay ledges and interspersed sand gullies. Best fished over low to mid tide when the clean patches are exposed; the first push of the flood is prime for bass and wrasse, while the sand runs hold...

7.4 miles from Synderford

Church Cliff Beach at Lyme Regis is a tide-cut rock and shingle platform with kelp-filled gullies and patches of clean sand. It fishes best on a flooding tide and the first of the ebb, with summer sport for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, and nighttime fishing producing pouting, small conger...

7.8 miles from Synderford

Seatown Beach is a steeply shelving shingle beach on the Jurassic Coast near Chideock. It offers relatively deep water close in, with mixed ground: clean sand patches along the middle sections and rougher, snaggy ground toward the ends beneath the cliffs. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially into...

8.0 miles from Synderford

Historic curving stone breakwater forming the harbour wall at Lyme Regis. Fishable on both the outer (rough/kelp and deeper water) and inner (cleaner, calmer) sides. Summer brings shoals and surface action; autumn nights see good sport under harbour lights. The lower walkway offers easier access, but the higher wall can...