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Best marks near The Ring

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Quick links: Rockley Point · Bowleaze Pier · Osmington Mills · Bowleaze Cove · Redcliff Point · Bran Point

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Marks near The Ring

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Rockley Point

(6/10)

22.0 miles from The Ring

A small, sheltered point inside Poole Harbour by Rockley Park, offering mixed sand–mud ground with patches of rock and weed, shallow at low water with a defined channel close in. Best fished on the last two hours of the flood through high and into the first of the ebb. Winter...

Bass Whiting Flounder Dover Sole Undulate Ray

Bowleaze Pier

(7.1/10)

22.2 miles from The Ring

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

Osmington Mills

(7/10)

22.2 miles from The Ring

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;...

Bass Pollack Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Bowleaze Cove

(6.6/10)

22.2 miles from The Ring

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

Redcliff Point

(6.9/10)

22.4 miles from The Ring

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,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Bran Point

(7/10)

22.4 miles from The Ring

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel