Do Smelt Really Smell of Cucumber? : FISH MYTHS UK

The fish that smells of cucumber?
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[@BlackCountryPiker]

Sat here on the river Severn watching you sniff one whilst I have one on the hook 😂. The only bait to deliver a fish I may add 👍😂

[@jorvikangler]

I've never come across a Smelt that smells like cucumber. There is a Thyme like smell to a freshly filleted Grayling.

[@thegamingscotsman4018]

Truly peak TH-cam content 🤣
Thanks for the laughs Jack

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@thegamingscotsman4018 glad I could help!

[@TheWobblyFace]

I've never smelt Smelt, because I've never caught one. However, I have caught grayling and can definitely say " they smelled more of cucumber when alive". Great entertaining video Jack.

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@TheWobblyFace glad you enjoyed it

[@johnbruce2868]

I don't know about thyme, but I've caught enough grayling to know they smell of cucumber. It's amazingly distinct. Brown trout also have a unique smell. I caught 1,000's of them over 65 years of fly fishing. Don't know how to describe their smell other than that of 'trout'. Crucian carp are also distinct but I haven't caught any since a teenager, 55 years ago, so I can't remember exactly what the distinction was. Perhaps you should do a series of videos on the different smell of each freshwater species. I wonder if, rather like the sense as developed in dogs and radar in bats, if otters can smell fish in cloudy water?

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@johnbruce2868 ha that would be niche but I’m game!

[@ryandoherty6174]

😂 anyone would think you opened a tin of that surstroming stuff!
Great video, good humour, you big wuss! 😂

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@ryandoherty6174 ha can’t stand the smell of fish ironically

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Thanks for the facts loved the wreching!! Hahah 😂👍🏼🎣🍺

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@mattgoodchild8215 ha im terrible with stuff like that

[@Denofu]

It's a tradition to ice fish smelt in Finland and can say that the whole house smells like it for a week after

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@Denofu i won’t be doing that then I’ll be constantly sick

[@trevorcole7455]

All fish smell different

[@groovedodger]

Funny I ate a Cucumber recently that had a distinct fishy taste .

[@stuartlast8156]

Caught hundreds of them years ago on Breydon Water in eel nets and en masse I can assure you they do smell like cucumber and it takes weeks to get rid of the smell !!

[@jointgib]

this is the content i want

[@Chasingscalesspecieshunt]

@@jointgib I’ll just start a series of me smelling stuff

[@Headspr0uter]

did you not mean onlyfins, Jack?

[@trevorcole7455]

💯

[@daysofnick]

Can you catch a pike with a 🥒 that will rest the case

[@philoffhistree6700]

so you smelt and smelt then.

[@RenatasSam]

Delikatesas ❤❤❤❤