Dover Sole Fishing in Cornwall

Calm nights on clean sand; small rag/lug or maddies on size 2-4 hooks; short casts; summer–autumn, after dark.

May–Sep, warm settled nights. Fish close-in over clean sand with rag/king rag on light snoods; best on neap tides and a gentle surf.

Small rag/lug baits on size 2–4 hooks, short casts onto clean sand after dark; best June–Oct on a gentle flood.

Warm nights Jun–Oct; fish close in over clean sand with ragworm or peeler on light running rigs. Last 3 hours of the flood into slack are best.

Warm nights May–Oct; rag or peeler fished close-in on the sand. Slow tide, last of the flood into slack.

Warm, calm nights May–Sept. Small rag or crab on long snoods; 20–40 m lob over clean sand. Neaps often better.

June–Oct on warm, calm nights. Short casts to the surf line with rag/lug on long snoods; minimal lead movement. Try 2 hrs after dusk on the flood.

Warm nights Jun–Oct; fish small rag/lug close in on light grip leads over clean sand. Keep rigs simple and static. Flood into high.

Warm months after dark; small rag or peeler crab baits close in with light leads. Gentle surf, last of ebb to early flood.

Late summer/autumn nights; small ragworm or crab baits close in on clean patches with light leads.

Warm, calm nights May-Sept. Short casts just beyond the first breaker; rag or lug on small hooks and long snoods. Neaps, last of the flood.

Late summer–autumn after dark on clean sand. Rag, lug or crab on long snoods; short casts into surf troughs on a flooding tide.

Warm, calm nights. Small rag on long snoods; short to mid cast over clean sand. Best around slack water into first push.

After dark, small rag/lug or maddies on size 4-6 hooks over mud/sand close in on a gentle flood, late summer to autumn.

Warm nights May-Sep; rag or lug close in on the flood. Clip-down rigs with long snoods; aim 20-40 m over clean sand.

Warm, calm nights; light running ledger with rag or peeler kept static in the gutter; last of the ebb into first flood.

Warm, calm nights Jun–Sep. Small rag on size 4–6, long snood; short lob just beyond the first wave. Last of the flood into first ebb.

Warm nights Jun–Sep; short lobs 10–30 yd onto sand. Small hooks with rag/lug or sandeel strips; use light leads to slowly trundle with the tide.

Warm, calm nights Jun–Sep with gentle surf. Rag/lug or crab on long snoods; hold near channel seams with a grip lead. Low to first half of the flood.

Warm, calm nights over clean sand. Short lob with rag/lug on long snoods; top of the flood into early ebb.

Calm, warm nights May-Sept; small rag or lug on long snoods, cast short into the near sand. Gentle surf, last of the flood.

Warm nights on neap tides; ragworm or lug fished static close in over clean sand. Gentle lob; avoid heavy surf.

Warm nights Jun–Oct. Fish close in with worm/crab baits on long, fine snoods over clean sand; first of the flood best.

Warm, calm nights May–Sep; short casts with rag/lug on size 4–6 hooks and light leads. Fish the inner gutter on the flood.