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Sand Sole| Fish Species Guide | Angling Direct

Sand Sole

Sand Sole

aka Pegusa lascaris

A close relative to the Dover Sole, the Sand Sole is a right-sided flatfish that is paler in colour and has continuous fins around its body. Mostly found on the Southern coasts of England, Wales and Ireland as well as parts of Southern Europe extending to the Mediterranean Sea, sand sole enjoy sandy or muddy seabed It also has a tiny tail and has rosette shapes nostrils on its underside.

FactWhen at a larval stage, these species have eyes on both sides of their body (like other fish) but as they grow into adults, they become like other flatfish and their eyeballs move to the same side of their body!

Stats

Habitat

Habitat

Found in shallow waters around 30m deep, over sandy or muddy seabeds.

Bait

Bait

Prawns, worms & chunks of dead fish.

Fishing Tackle

Fishing Tackle

Native or Invasive

Native or Invasive

Native

Where

Where

Southern coasts of England, Wales and Ireland as well as parts of southern Europe extending to the Mediterranean Sea.

Catch Experience Catch Experience

Sand sole is an excellent sportfish. They typically feed after dark and is, therefore, anglers tend to offer hookbait near the shore on a night-time rising tide for the best catches. As an opportunistic feeder, sand sole are pretty easy to catch unless you're aiming for a large-sized fish. Keep increasing your bait size to catch bigger fish until you find the size range that gives you what you want, however, smaller fish are easier to come by so many anglers catch soles in quantities, not in size. Sand sole are known for its skin to be mostly smooth from its nose to its tail but it does have coarse sandpaper-like skin on the head which calls for careful handling when unhooking this fish before returning.

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