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Common dentex
Dentex dentex · Déntol · Dentón
The prize of Mediterranean boat fishing — wary, and worth the early start.
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- Scientific name
- Dentex dentex
- Also called
- Déntol · Dentón
- What it takes
- boga vivaTrolled minnowVertical jig
- How to rig for it
- Trolling live bait over rocky pinnacles at first light
- Best light
- First light · Dusk
- Depth
- 10–80 m
- Water temperature
- 17–26 °C
- Minimum landing size
- 30 cm
When Common dentex is in season
Where to catch Common dentex around Barcelona
Not a shore species around Barcelona — this one is a boat or an inland fish. See the species reference for how to reach it.