TURBOT (Scophthalmus maximus)

Angler Eddy Barham with an huge turbot caught from the shore. 

Angler Robert McMillan with the Scotland state record turbot a spectacular 29.76 pound turbot.

A big turbot caught off Isle of Alderney (UK) (www.outrage-charters.co.uk)

A big size turbot of 20 lb - 9,2 kg caught by Simon Blåhaga while fly fishing from the shore. 

Huge turbot by Jörgen Larsson (Sweden)


The turbot fish (Scophthalmus maximus) is a member of the  flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. Turbot is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic and all Baltic Sea.

DISTRIBUTION:	North Atlantic Ocean
MAX SIZE:	35 lb / 15 kg
MAX LENGTH:	43 inch / 110 cm
MAX AGE:	Unknown
ENVIRONMENT:	Saltwater