Common catch

Bloater

Real football fact · Nickname

Great Yarmouth Town F.C. · “The Bloaters” (England)

Great Yarmouth Town F.C., from the Norfolk fishing port of Great Yarmouth, are nicknamed "The Bloaters" after a whole smoked herring, once the town’s biggest catch and export.

Source: Wikipedia

Island story

On Futbol Island the bloater can be caught at:

  • Lookout Rocks: Four boulders set out like stepping stones along a straight stretch of beach, in sight of the island’s old lookout. Shoals of silvery fish pass close to shore here.

Size on the island: 20–34 cm.

Go fishing on the island