Dover Sole Fishing in Somerset

Calm, warm nights Jun–Sept. Short casts 10–40m into muddy sand. Ragworm/lug on light rigs; neaps and top of tide best.

Warm nights Jun-Sept. Small rag-lug or maddies on size 4-2 long-shank, short snoods, close in. Gentle lob into first 10-20 m. Slack to early flood.

June–Sept after dark. Small rag/lug or crab strips tight in over muddy sand; light snoods, size 2–4 hooks. Neaps and gentle surf improve bites.

Jun–Sep nights on neaps. Small lug/rag on size 2–4, short casts (10–30 yd) into shallow gutters at low light.

Warm nights Jun-Sep over soft mud/sand. Small lug/rag or maddies on long snoods; short lob into margins. Ebb or slack water can score.

Rag/lug with small hooks size 2–4 on long snoods; Jun–Sep, calm nights; short cast 10–40 m over mud/sand; minimal lead to hold.

Summer nights. Small lug or rag baits on short snoods; fish last of the flood and first of the ebb at modest range on clean patches.

Warm, calm nights Jun-Sep; rag or lug close in over muddy sand. Fish last of flood and first of ebb; use light snoods for shy bites.

Warm, calm nights Jun–Sep, neap tides. Small rag/lug on size 4–6 hooks, short traces, 10–40 m. Keep baits small and static.

Warm nights Jun–Sep. Rag or lug tipped with a sliver of squid. Short lob into clean sand; neap tides often best. Small hooks and long snoods.

Warm nights Jun-Sep over mud/sand; rag or lug on long snoods, short lob into the gutter. Best last 3 hours of flood into slack.

Night sessions on neaps, close in over firm mud/sand. Small rag or lug on long snoods; keep baits still. Best late spring to autumn.

Calm summer nights; ragworm/maddies on size 2 hooks, short casts into the gutter within 30–50m, minimal lead and slack line.

Calm summer nights over soft sand/mud at short range; small rag or lug on size 2-4 hooks, long snoods. Fish the flood.

Warm, calm nights Jun–Sep. Small rag/maddies on long snoods; short casts along gutter lips on neap tides. Light grip leads.

Jun-Sep, warm settled nights. Short lob into close sand with ragworm/lug on a one-up one-down. Neap tides and minimal swell fish best.

Summer nights; fish ragworm or crab close-in over cleaner sand in the gutters on a running ledger. Neap tides help.

Warm, calm nights Jun-Sept. Ragworm or lug tipped with crab, short lobs 10-30 m over clean sand; last of flood into early ebb.

Jun–Sep warm nights. Rag/king rag on small hooks; short casts into shallow mud/sand close in around slack to high.

Warm, calm summer nights. Rag or sandeel on small hooks fished very close (10–30m) over clean sand; light leads, minimal grip.

Jun–Sep on calm neap nights; fish close in with rag/lug on long snoods and small hooks over clean sand/mud. Minimal grip so baits creep.

Warm, calm nights Jun–Sep. Short lob with rag/lug to muddy sand close in. Light hooklengths, watch lead to grip in flow. First two hours of flood.

Warm nights Jun–Sep on neaps. Rag/lug or crab strips; short cast into shallow gutters; light grip leads to hold.

Warm summer nights; rag/maddies on size 2 hooks, short lob onto muddy sand, 1–2 hrs after dusk on neap tides.

Warm, calm nights; short lob into the gutter with small rag baits on size 4-6 hooks; last 2 hrs of flood to HW.