Dover Sole Fishing in Devon

Warm nights Jun–Sep on clean sand; small rag/lug or maddies. Short lob in gentle surf, last of ebb into flood.

Jun–Oct on warm, calm nights. Rag/maddies on small hooks; fish close in along the shingle edge on the last ebb and first flood.

Warm nights May–Sept over fine sand or muddy patches; small ragworm or lug baits fished static close in on neap tides.

Warm calm nights Jun–Oct; small ragworm/black lug on size 2–4 long-shank, short snoods. Fish 10–30 yd over clean sand, 2–3 hrs after dusk.

Warm, calm nights May–Oct; rag, lug or maddies on short snoods. Short lob into the first gutter; top of flood into first ebb.

May–Oct evenings; ragworm or lug cocktail on 2-hook flapper with long snoods over clean sand 20–40 yd out. Best from dusk into dark on a gentle flood.

Warm nights May-Oct on sand patches; gentle lob with long snoods and size 4-6 hooks. Ragworm or black lug. Best in first 3 hours of flood.

Warm, calm nights late spring–autumn; ragworm or small sandeel strips; fish close in on the estuary side; last of the flood and first of the ebb.

Calm, warm nights May–Oct; last 3 hrs of flood best. Size 4–6 hooks with rag/lug or maddies; short lob 15–30 m onto sand between shingle patches.

Warm nights Jun–Oct; small rag/lug baits on size 2–4 hooks cast just beyond the surf on neap tides.

Warm, calm nights May–Sep; small ragworm baits, short casts into the first gutter. Neap tides and gentle surf fish best.

After dark on neaps over clean sand; ragworm or lug on light running rigs with long snoods. Cast short to the first gutter.

Aug–Oct nights; short cast rag or crab to firmer sand at the channel edge. Slack water into first push often scores.

Warm nights Jun–Oct. Fish close in (10–30 m) with rag/lug/maddies on long snoods and light leads; gentle surf best.

June–Sept, warm nights. Fish close in along sandy gutters with rag/lug or peeler; light running rigs kept still on the flood.

Calm nights after dark; short lob of rag or lug tipped with squid onto clean sand. Late summer–autumn, last of flood into early ebb.

Warm, calm nights; rag or lug on long snoods, short lob within 10-20 m over clean sand. Fish last of flood into slack.

After dark on neap tides; small rag/lug or crab on long snoods over clean sand. Jun–Oct; cast short along the margin.

Warm nights Jun-Sep; short lob of ragworm on a light ledger over clean sand. Slack to first of the ebb after high can score.

Warm nights on neap floods over cleaner sand; fish close in. Rag/lug with a touch of crab on long snoods; light leads to register bites.

Warm, still nights Jul-Sep. Ragworm or crab on short snoods, short casts into the first gutter. Fish 2 hours either side of low water.

Warm months, after dark on neaps; fish ragworm/peeler on long snoods over cleaner sand/shingle patches at medium range around high water.

Warm nights on clean/mixed ground; small ragworms or crab strips fished static close in. Best last of ebb into early flood.