Double Sided Flounders

[Hesos Christos]

Hi everyone. I received an e-mail via our club website the other day and wondered if any of you had any experience to share on the following:-

 

"I am a Marine Biology Student researching flounder at Newcastle University.

Over the last few years there have been reported catches of double sided

flounder in the North East , with the flounder having identical pigment on

both sides. I am looking into the incidences of these catches and was

wondering if there have been any recorded sitings on the south coast."

 

Thanks, Chris

[madmax]

hello

 

I live in jersey c.i. so don't know if your study will travel this far

 

I used to fish for flatties a lot, and pioneered flounder fishing here in jersey, twenty years ago now,(phew that long).

 

any way what your asking, a one in fifteen flounder used to come up double sided, and one in four used to be other faced.

 

I had a none pigment one once, white both sides, but that was after a lot of flounders.

 

anyway flat fishing is still my best sport, bass are great yeah but you can't beat a flattie session.

[Alan Taylor]

Hesos Christos:

We used to catch them in Pool harbour if thats any help but I hav'nt fished there for years.

You could try contacting Hamworthy RBL SAC as they fish the area a lot in the winter.

 

Alan(nl)

[Harold.]

If you do catch a double sided Flounder, please send the info to Alison Lee at:

 

Alison.Lee@ncl.ac.uk or phone 07779 582086.

[H.A.]

A few taken in Chichester Harbour and Langstone Harbour ......

 

but numbers of flounders have dramatically dropped compared to 12 years ago, so a double- sider is a bit of a rarity these days.