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Chesil Cove is situated at the
southern end of Chesil Beach. Car parking is free but sometimes
difficult to find in the summer. Park in the village of
Chiswell, there are usually spaces on the road leading up to the
promenade but please don't block the emergency access at the
top. The southern end of the cove is very snaggy with kelp beds
close in. My favourite spot is to ten yards to the left of the
first slip way, there is a disused out flow pipe that holds
fish. All species can be caught here including Cod, Wrasse, dog
fish, whiting, pout Conger and Huss. A 20lb+ Cod was caught here
during winter 2004/5 and the British record shore Rockling was
caught here (1lb 9oz 12dr), was caught by Dave Lane of Weymouth
A.S. Chesil Cove is great
for float fishing in the summer evenings for Scad, Mackerel and
Garfish.
During a night session in
January 2004 I caught a Conger that looked to be about 6' long
while fishing with a standard two hook clipped down rig to 2/0
hooks. I unhooked the fish in the water so I didn't weigh it.
Since then I always put out a Conger line when fishing there.
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