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Sea Fishing
South West
South West Beach Marks
Chesil Beach,
Dorset
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The vast Chesil Beach stretches for some 17 miles from West Bay to Portland, there are many marks along it's length these include Cogdon, West Bexington, Abbotsbury & Ferrybridge. Some require a long walk over shingle unless you have access to a dinghy to cross the fleet.
Tackle
Standard beach rods capable of casting 5- 6oz are required, reels such as the Daiwa 7HT range loaded with 15-18lb mainline & 60lb leader will suffice.
Rigs will depend on what you want to target, in general I tend to use 1 or 2 hook clipped down traces with size 1's for the flatfish, bream etc and pulley rigs with 4/0's for the Cod and Ray.
Bait
Fresh Black Lug, Blow Lug or Ragworm for the Flatfish &Cod. Launce or fresh Mackerel for the Ray. I have done well for the Bream using long strips of Cuttlefish.
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Myself with a Codling taken from
Langton Herring.
Here I am with a lovely shore caught Sole from West Bexington.
Steve Puckey with a near double figure Cod taken at Bridging Camp.
And yes, here I am again with a Black Bream around the 1lb 8oz mark. This one was taken from the Ferrybridge area.
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