A rocky point below Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead on the inner Bristol Channel. Fast tides, huge tidal range and turbid water define the mark. The foreshore is rough ground with boulders, kelp and gullies interspersed with small sand/gravel patches. Best results come over the flood into high water and...

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Flounder

Redcliff Bay

(6.3/10)

9.8 miles from Ringwood Hill

A rough, rocky shoreline on the Portishead coast of the Bristol Channel with fast tidal flow and heavy ground. Best fished around the last two hours of the flood and first hour of the ebb on medium to large springs. Expect strong currents, snaggy bottoms, and rapidly rising water; a...

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling

Charlcombe Bay

(5.7/10)

10.0 miles from Ringwood Hill

A small, tidal rocky cove on the North Somerset coast between Clevedon and Portishead. Charlcombe Bay is mostly rough, bouldery ground with weed and gullies, opening onto patches of mud/sand at distance. The Bristol Channel’s big tides and fast run are the dominant factors here: it fishes best over mid...

Bass Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Thornback Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish