Common catch

Tarpon

Fun fish fact + real football fact

Tampa Bay Rowdies (United States)

Fun fish fact: the tarpon of Florida's coasts can grow over 2 m long and gulps air at the surface. Football: the Tampa Bay Rowdies from Florida won the 1975 Soccer Bowl in their very first season.

Source: Wikipedia

Fish tale

Tarpon are big, shiny fish with scales like silver coins, and they rise to the top to gulp air. In Florida, the Tampa Bay Rowdies won the league in their first season. This one leaps out of the water like a striker celebrating.

Island story

On Futbol Island the tarpon can be caught at:

Channel Bend: The causeway's big bend over the deepest water between the two islands. Shoals swim through the open channel, and now and then a tuna or a little shark follows them.

Size on the island: 60–150 cm.

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