lemon sole

[paulthespark]

my wife asked me why i don't catch any lemon sole for the table as she loves the flavor, yet i have never seen one landed anywhere ever, i would't even know what it looks like 'has anyone caught one and does it go by another name,cheers lads

[Charlton]

my wife asked me why i don't catch any lemon sole for the table as she loves the flavor, yet i have never seen one landed anywhere ever, i would't even know what it looks like 'has anyone caught one and does it go by another name,cheers lads

only have a handful of reports of lemon sole being caught over many years, they mostly have been taken from Seaham pier and area.

[paulthespark]

cheers alan , so it's a proper species of flat fish, how big are they and are they round like a flounder, or oblong shaped like a dover sole , and by what you said they are quite rare round our coast

[Charlton]

cheers alan , so it's a proper species of flat fish, how big are they and are they round like a flounder, or oblong shaped like a dover sole , and by what you said they are quite rare round our coast

they are roundish but they have bigger shoulders than a flounder and they look as if they have frills on the shoulder, often coulourfully speckled, with a smooth slimy skin with no lumps of bumps anywhere and a slightly curved lateral line.
On another point there is no such thing as a Dover Sole, the so called dover sole is just a common sole. The name came about when restaurants wanted to charge more and they all used to buy their sole from Dover, hence dover sole. So next time you go to a restaurant say the dover sole is to expensive I will just have a common sole.

[paulthespark]

now there's a thing, you learn something new every day,thanks a lot alan i appreciate it .

[Charlton]

na problem Paul

[dizzydaz]

only have a handful of reports of lemon sole being caught over many years, they mostly have been taken from Seaham pier and area.

just a quick one come to think of it i had one off the huegh about 2 yr ago i knew it was a sole just wasnt sure of the difference betweeen the two but now i think back it was just a common

[garry]

i caught one at maryport last year

[seanyrooroo]

Saw a lad pull this in a few months back from the heugh.

[dizzydaz]

Saw a lad pull this in a few months back from the heugh.

to be honest mate mine was about the same size wasnt sure what it was til i had a proper look at it lol

[Charlton]

sons birthday today, had a lovely lemon sole at the Dolphin in Tynemouth

[willywetegg]

Was there nee Mackerel left like Alan I really love fish too mate, especially if it is a new kind or different recipe, I think I eat it more now than I ever did.

Jim.

[Charlton]

Was there nee Mackerel left like Alan I really love fish too mate, especially if it is a new kind or different recipe, I think I eat it more now than I ever did.

Jim.

no Jim naaaa mackerel, you just can't get the staff.

[5150]

Got a big sole off a lad I knew who used to run a trawler out of Blyth a long time ago, they were picking up a fair whack of them in the nets but you're talking a long, long, long way out.

[tonynufc]

one of my mates got common sole on tynemouth pier one night.