Best habitat to fish for sole and flounder?

[BenCantrell]

I'd love to see pics of any interesting flatfish people have caught from San Pedro south. Personally I've caught CA halibut, fantail sole, diamond turbot, Pacific sanddab, speckled sanddab, and longfin sanddab, but I'm very curious what else is common enough to go looking for. I know I've seen people post bigmouth sole pics. I've heard petrale sole mentioned a few times, but I'm not sure I've seen a pic from Socal. Lots of dive pics of turbots/soles like CO sole, spotted turbot, etc, but no one seems to catch them hook & line.

StrikerMC, how deep do you find those tonguefish? That's definitely a cool one!

[JohnMckroidJr]

Nice to see a good haul of a fish that still has a generous 10 fish limit.

[PapaDave]

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Nice to see a good haul of a fish that still has a generous 10 fish limit.

No limit on them... catch all you want.

[Saba Slayer]

X2 🤙🏽

Originally Posted by PapaDave

No limit on them... catch all you want.

[FullFlavorPike]

Saba, that is a beautiful shot of a load of flatfish!

I bet if they're small enough you could deep fry them whole and crunch the bones

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by PapaDave

No limit on them... catch all you want.

That what I remembered from when I lived in SoCal, but when I googled it ,misread the regs. It's the rock sole, sand sole, butter sole, curlfin sole, rex sole, and flathead sole that have the 10fish limit. Thanks for the correction.

[FoodGeekFish]

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[summers in kuwait]

Originally Posted by FoodGeekFish

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[govomit]

Back in the old days (just 2-3 years ago) people here were talking 30-40-50 pound fish, battling tuna. Now - sand dabs... 🙄 Global warming, I guess?

Focusing on the flat bycatch, first question out of the water:
How do you make sure it's not a baby halibut ?
Below is some help, but I still don't see a definitive rule.