Aldeburgh can produce a few decent sized bass and flatfish but to be honest the summer fishings not as good as it use to be. As for best places to fish, these would be my personal recommendations,
1. Where the sluice/sewer pipe comes out just before you enter thorpness from the Aldebugh direction. You can park on the side of the road and walk over. Possible fish - eels, bass, codling!
2. Just to the north of the fishing boats on the town beach. Possible flat fish
3. In front of the last hotel (Brundle?) on the south side of the town, fish close in. Possible fish flat fish and bass
4. Just north (Aldeburgh) side of Martello tower on the dirty wall, close in and at range. Possible bass, flatfish, dogfish and smoothounds.
There's now getting quite a lot of dogfish about, so if your after them fish at medium to long range and tip off your bait with fish strips for best results.
Obvisously, the best times are early morning or evening with the best baits being rag, fish baits and don't forget fish bites or whatever there called (artifical baits). If you want to try for a smoothound you'll really need crab.
Don't know much about the river but the general opinion is to take the road just past the fish shop and head in land a bit and theres a carpark and acess to the river. Possible bass, flounder, eels and thornback!
Most people fish the above in the river and not opposite the dirty wall.
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Good luck
Simon, Braintree S.A.C.