Brill
Scophthalmus rhombus · Flatfish
A less common cousin of the turbot that lives over clean sand and fine gravel, with smaller fish inshore and adults on offshore banks.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Season
- May–Nov[1]
- Found over
- sand, sandbanks, fine shingle, wrecks, reefs[1]
- Baits
- mackerel strip, sandeel strip, squid strip, whiting[1]
- Tide
- Neap tides are often preferred; bites tend to come about 90 minutes into the flood and last roughly two hours.[1]
- Light
- Overcast days and low light are best; very bright days fish poorly.[1]
The traditional season runs May to November; August to November is usually best in the south, July to October further north.[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.