Common catch

Milkfish

Fun fish fact + real football fact

Philippines national team (Philippines)

Fun fish fact: the milkfish, or bangus, is popularly called the national fish of the Philippines, and young ones grow up among mangroves. Football: the Philippines played at their first AFC Asian Cup in 2019.

Source: Wikipedia

Fish tale

A milkfish is a long, silvery fish that grows up among mangrove roots and then swims out to sea. In the Philippines it is called bangus, and the national team reached its first Asian Cup in 2019. This one swims in at sunset, when the water turns gold.

Island story

On Futbol Island the milkfish can be caught at:

  • Palm Point: A curving beach on Summit Isle’s shore, shaded by a lone dune palm where five boulders break the swell. Shore crabs work the sand between them.

Comes out at sunset.

Size on the island: 50–100 cm.

Go fishing on the island