European Smelt

Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Fun fish fact: European smelt smell of fresh cucumber, and every spring St Petersburg celebrates their arrival. Football: Zenit, the city's club, won the UEFA Cup in 2008, beating Rangers 2-0 in the final.

Source: Wikipedia

A smelt is a small, silvery fish that smells like a fresh cucumber, which is a funny thing for a fish to do. In St Petersburg, home of Zenit, the streets smell of cucumbers when the smelt arrive. This one swims past in a big shoal, like a crowd heading to the stadium.

On Futbol Island the european smelt 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: 10–25 cm.