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Discover sea fishing in Crossways, Dorset with fast access to Ringstead Bay, Ringstead Point and Bran Point. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Crossways, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
8.4 miles from Crossways
A rugged limestone headland on the Jurassic Coast at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay, inside the Lulworth (MOD) Ranges. You fish from low rock ledges into clear, relatively deep water with kelp beds, ledges and rough ground interspersed with sand patches. Excellent for wrasse and pollack around the kelp,...
8.9 miles from Crossways
A small, sheltered shingle/sand beach in Portland Harbour beneath Sandsfoot Castle. Clean, gently shelving ground with patches of weed and occasional rock at the margins. Best fished on a flooding tide through high water with light tackle. Summer brings shoaling mackerel, garfish and scad; bass and mullet patrol the margins...
9.0 miles from Crossways
Sandsfoot Castle sits on the north side of Portland Harbour near Weymouth, offering sheltered rock and shingle ledges with sand and weed patches in front. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings surface activity and bait fish; winter sees small whiting and pouting....
9.3 miles from Crossways
A broad, steeply shelving shingle-and-sand beach inside the Lulworth Ranges (open limited days). Clean sand dominates the middle of the bay, with mixed/rough ground and kelp around the flanks near Worbarrow Tout and the eastern rocks. Reasonably deep water for a bay and a useful push on spring tides. Best...
9.9 miles from Crossways
Sheltered shingle-and-sand on the Portland Harbour side at Ferrybridge (Smallmouth Bay), with easy parking and level access. Clean-to-mixed ground with patches of boulders; best on a flooding tide and into dusk when baitfish push in. Suits light ledgering, float tactics and small metals/feathers. Summer brings mackerel, scad, garfish and mullet;...
10.0 miles from Crossways
A well-known tidal bottleneck where the Fleet Lagoon meets Portland Harbour beside the A354 bridge. Expect a strong tidal run, clear water on neaps, and a clean-sand channel bordered by mixed ground and lagoon shallows. Best results come on the flood and first of the ebb; slack can be quiet....
