This table is designed to give an indication of what species you can expect to catch from each Pier at Dover in any given month. Compiled from over 25 years of personal recorded data, the list is fairly extensive but is in no way precise and taking into consideration local and global factors, it is possible you may catch anything at any time on any bait from any Pier!
Month |
Admiralty Pier |
Prince of Wales |
Southern Breakwater |
| January |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Dab Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Squid |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Dab, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, Peeler Crab |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Dab, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Squid |
| February |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm |
Species: Whiting, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Flounder Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, King Ragworm |
| March |
Species: Codling, Dab, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm |
Species: Codling, Dab Effective Baits: Common Lugworm |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Dab Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm |
| April |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies' |
Species: Pouting, Whiting, Dab, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm |
Species: Pouting, Codling, Whiting, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, White Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab |
| May |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Dab, Flounder, Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Peeler Crab, Feathers |
Species: Pouting, Pollack, Dab, Silver Eel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, 'Maddies' |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Bass, Dogfish, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Silver Eel, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Herring, Garfish, Dragonet Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, King Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Mackerel, Sandeel, Featheres, Redgills |
| June |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Bass, Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Feathers, Mackerel |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Dab, Silver Eel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Dogfish, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Dover Sole, Silver Eel, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Herring, Garfish Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Mackerel, Sandeel, Feathers, Redgills |
| July |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Dab, Bass, Mullet, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Mackerel, Feathers, Bread |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Whiting, Pollack, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Silver Eel, Horse Mackerel, Wrasse, Smelt Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Feathers |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Mullet, Dogfish, Dab, Plaice, Dover Sole, Conger Eel, Silver Eel, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Herring, Wrasse, Dragonet Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab, Squid, Mackerel, Feathers, Redgills, Bread |
| August |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Dab, Bass, Mullet, Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Peeler Crab, Mackerel, Feathers, Bread |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Dab, Plaice, Silver Eel, Garfish, Wrasse, Goby Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Mackerel |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Mullet, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Dover Sole, Thornback Ray, Conger Eel, Silver Eel, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Herring, Garfish, Wrasse, Goby, Blenny, Dragonet, Scorpion Fish, Lesser Weever Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, White Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Squid, Mackerel, Sandeel, Herring, Feathers, Redgills, Spinners, Lures, Bread, Shrimp, Prawn |
| September |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Bass, Mullet, Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Mackerel, Feathers, Bread |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bass, Mullet, Dab, Plaice, Silver Eel, Horse Mackerel, Smelt Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Mullet, Dogfish, Smoothound, Dab, Plaice, Flounder, Dover Sole, Silver Eel, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Herring, Shad, Sandeel, Garfish, Gurnard, Wrasse, Goby, Blenny, Dragonet, Scorpion Fish, Lesser Weever Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, King Ragworm, White Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Squid, Mackerel, Sandeel, Herring, Pouting, Feathers, Redgills, Shrimp, Prawn, Bread |
| October |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Peeler Crab |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Whiting, Pollack, Flounder, Silver Eel, Smelt Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Bass, Dogfish, Dab, Plaice, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Squid, Mackerel, Sandeel, Feathers, Redgills, Bread |
| November |
Species: Pouting, Codling, Whiting Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, Peeler Crab, Squid |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Whiting, Pollack, Flounder, Smelt, Lesser Weever Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab, Mackerel |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Dogfish, Dab, Flounder, Horse Mackerel Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab, Squid, Mackerel, Herring, Sandeel, Feathers, Redgills |
| December |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Dogfish, Dab, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, Peeler Crab, Squid, Mackerel, Sandeels |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Whiting, Pollack, Dab, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, 'Maddies', Peeler Crab, Squid |
Species: Pouting, Poor Cod, Codling, Whiting, Pollack, Coalfish, Bass, Dogfish, Dab, Flounder, Rockling Effective Baits: Common Lugworm, Black Lugworm, Yellowtail Lugworm, King Ragworm, Peeler Crab, Squid |