Dover sole
Solea solea · Flatfish
Also called sole, slip
Night-feeding flatfish of sand and mud; best on calm summer nights with small tides.
How to recognise it
- An oval flatfish with both eyes on the right side.
- A rounded head with a small, curved mouth set low.
- A black spot on the tip of the pectoral fin on the dark side.
- The fins run all the way round the body to the tail.
When and where
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Found over
- sand, mud, beach
- Baits
- ragworm, lugworm
Late spring to early autumn.
Sources
- FishBase: Solea solea
- General UK sea-angling guidance (to be verified)
This profile is a draft: we're still checking it against published studies.