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Sea fishing in Portishead Dock, Somerset puts you close to top marks like Woodhill Bay, Battery Point and Black Nore Point. 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.
7.1 miles from Portishead Dock
A well-known mark on the Severn Estuary promenade at Clevedon with easy, rail‑side access and parking along The Beach. Expect extremely strong tides, fast currents, heavy weed on springs, and very turbid water. Ground is mixed rough over clay, boulders and patches of mud/sand with plenty of snags, so use...
7.1 miles from Portishead Dock
Spike Island lines the Bristol Floating Harbour between the New Cut and Cumberland Basin. It offers deep, sheltered, largely non‑tidal water along quay walls, pontoons and slipways. The mark is best known for big shoals of mullet in warmer months, with occasional bass moving in around the lock/sluice flows. The...
7.4 miles from Portishead Dock
New Passage sits on the upper Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary shoreline in South Gloucestershire. You fish from the sea wall and rock armour onto a very rough, muddy/stone foreshore with fierce tidal flow and a huge range. Expect strong currents, fast-flooding water and soft mud beyond the rocks—stay on firm ground....
7.5 miles from Portishead Dock
The New Cut is a fast-flowing tidal channel of the River Avon running through south-central Bristol, with steep stone/concrete embankments, mud margins at low water, and strong currents on spring tides. It fishes like an urban estuary: mullet are the headline quarry, with flounder, eels and the odd bass. Access...
7.5 miles from Portishead Dock
Urban tidal mark on the New Cut (River Avon) beside Gaol Ferry Bridge. Steep quay walls, strong tidal flow and a silty bottom with occasional debris; best fished from the paved paths on either bank near the bridge (do not fish from the bridge itself). Depth is decent on bigger...
7.9 miles from Portishead Dock
Urban tidal mark on the New Cut of the River Avon at Bedminster Bridge. Fast-flowing, very turbid estuarine water with steep stone/concrete banks, strong currents and deep mud at low water. Access is good from the paved paths and railings on both banks near the bridge; fishing from the bridge...
