Fish

How to Fish

On day 2, Nobu will post the quest Fishing for Compliments on the bulletin board. Talking to him will give you a blueprint for a

Bobber Rod

. Crafting the Bobber Rod recipe will give you the Bobber Rod, which is used to fish.

To fish, set the Bobber Rod as your active tool, and face a body of water with fish shadows. Press the tool button (left click on keyboard, right trigger on controller) to cast your line out in the direction the farmer is facing; holding the button longer will send your line out farther away. You can also press the tool button again to quit fishing. Once the fish shadows notice your bobber near them, they will nibble on your line (shown as the shadow poking your bobber with bubbling noises) until one bites, indicated with an ! over the farmer's head and a splashing sound. When that happens, press the tool button again to launch the fishing minigame.

Fishing Minigame interface

The minigame interface shows the fish you've hooked, the fish's capture zone (light blue pie slice), your fishing dial, and a yellow bar indicating your time left to reel the fish in. The fish will move away from you very slowly when you aren't pressing the reel button; if it reaches the top of the minigame screen, it will escape. To reel in the fish, line up your fishing dial so it's inside the fish's capture zone and press the Reel button (shown at the bottom of the screen). Pressing the reel button when the dial is outside of the fish's capture zone will cause it to move away from you very quickly. Successfully catching a fish requires pressing the reel button while your fishing dial is inside the fish's capture zone and letting go if your fishing dial leaves the fish's capture zone.

Where to Fish

Fish can spawn in rivers, ponds, and oceans. Each body of water may have one or more spawn area for fish, and each spawn area has a maximum number of fish. The images below show the spawn areas across the different biome maps. Periodically when the current number of fish in a spawn area is less than the maximum, the spawn area will attempt to spawn a new fish. The Fishing Locations table below shows how often the spawn area checks if it can spawn a fish, as well as the chance for each fish to spawn when that check happens.

Farm spawn areas	Town spawn areas	Grassy Plains spawn areas
Desert Canyon spawn areas	Mushroom Forest spawn areas	Frozen Tundra spawn areas

Available Fish

Image Name Biome Shadow Type Sell Price Used In

Angelfish Farm
Mine 1-2F Small 560 -

Betta Farm
Mine 1-2F Small 50 -

Carp Farm
Town
Grassy Plains
Frozen Tundra Large 50 -

Catfish Farm
Town
Grassy Plains
Desert Canyon Large 75 Catfish Sandwich

Clownfish Desert Canyon
Mine 1-2F Small 480 -

Crawfish Farm
Town
Grassy Plains
Frozen Tundra
Mine 5F Small 500 -

Fire Goby Gacha
Mine 5F - 460 -

Great White Shark Frozen Tundra
Mine 5F Giant 8900 -

Guppy Gacha
Mine 3-4F - 400 -

Haddock Farm
Town
Desert Canyon
Mushroom Forest Large 75 -

Koi Grassy Plains
Mine 3-4F Large 780 -

Mackerel Farm
Town
Desert Canyon
Mushroom Forest Small 60 -

Mystfish Mushroom Forest
Mine 5F Giant 9800 -

Salmon Farm
Town
Frozen Tundra
Mushroom Forest (Chest)
Mine 3-4F Large 2400 Salmon Sashimi
Temari Dragon

Sea Bass Farm
Town
Mushroom Forest
Frozen Tundra Large 180 -

Softshell Turtle Grassy Plains
Frozen Tundra
Mine 1-4F Small 320 -

Squid Frozen Tundra
Mine 3-5F Giant 4800 -

Tilapia Frozen Tundra
Mine 3-4F Small 90 -

Tuna Farm
Town
Frozen Tundra Giant 2800 Temari Dragon
Tuna Sashimi

Yellow Perch Farm
Town
Desert Canyon
Small 55 -

Fishing Locations

Image Spawn Area Biome Timer Fish 1 Fish 2 Fish 3 Fish 4

Farm North Farm 4s Catfish
70% Crawfish
20% - -

Farm River 1 Farm 20s Angelfish
10% Betta
20% - -

Farm River 2 Farm 15s Betta
10% Salmon
5% Angelfish
1% -

Farm River 3 Farm 15s Yellow Perch
50% Betta
20% Salmon
18% -

Farm Pond East Farm 12s Catfish
50% Carp
10% - -

Farm Pond West Farm 4s Yellow Perch
30% Carp
30% Crawfish
10% Catfish
30%

Farm Ocean 1 Farm 4s Mackerel
50% Tuna
5% Sea Bass
40% -

Farm Ocean 2 Farm 4s Mackerel
50% Tuna
5% Sea Bass
40% -

Farm Ocean 3 Farm 4s Mackerel
50% Salmon
10% Tuna
5% -

Farm Ocean 4 Farm 4s Mackerel
50% Salmon
10% Tuna
5% Sea Bass
30%

Farm Ocean 5 Farm 10s Mackerel
50% Haddock
30% - -

Town Beach 1 Town 20s Haddock
30% Mackerel
10% - -

Town Beach 2 Town 9s Mackerel
80% Haddock
30% - -

Town Beach 3 Town 15s Mackerel
50% Tuna
1% - -

Town Docks 1 Town 15s Mackerel
50% Haddock
50% Tuna
0.5% -

Town Docks 2 Town 9s Mackerel
50% Haddock
50% Tuna
0.5% -

Town Docks 3 Town 20s Sea Bass
50% Haddock
50% Tuna
0.5% -

Town Pond West Town 12s Yellow Perch
40% Carp
40% Crawfish
20% Salmon
15%

Town Pond East 1 Town 12s Yellow Perch
40% Salmon
15% Catfish
50% -

Town Pond East 2 Town 12s Carp
60% Crawfish
10% Salmon
8% -

Plains Center Pond Grassy Plains 12s Koi
10% Catfish
50% Carp
50% -

Plains Camp Pond Grassy Plains 12s Softshell Turtle
80% Crawfish
10% - -

Plains Lotus Pond Grassy Plains 12s Softshell Turtle
10% Koi
5% - -

Desert Oasis Pond Desert Canyon 15s Catfish
80% Yellow Perch
30% - -

Desert Beach 1 Desert Canyon 6s Clownfish
40% Mackerel
50% Haddock
50% -

Desert Beach 2 Desert Canyon 6s Clownfish
40% Mackerel
40% Haddock
70% -

Desert Beach 3 Desert Canyon 6s Clownfish
40% Mackerel
50% Haddock
50% -

Forest Beach North Mushroom Forest 7s Mackerel
30% Mystfish
20% Sea Bass
40% Haddock
50%

Forest Beach West Mushroom Forest 7s Mackerel
30% Mystfish
10% Sea Bass
50% Haddock
50%

Tundra Ocean Center 1 Frozen Tundra 8s Great White Shark
20% Tuna
10% Squid
30% Sea Bass
50%

Tundra Ocean Center 2 Frozen Tundra 15s Great White Shark
10% Tuna
20% Squid
30% Sea Bass
50%

Tundra Ocean South Frozen Tundra 8s Great White Shark
10% Tuna
10% Squid
30% Sea Bass
50%

Tundra River North Frozen Tundra 15s Salmon
10% Carp
30% Tilapia
30% -

Tundra Pond Frozen Tundra 5s Carp
30% Softshell Turtle
10% Crawfish
20% -

Tundra River South 1 Frozen Tundra 20s Salmon
10% Carp
40% Tilapia
80% -

Tundra River South 2 Frozen Tundra 20s Salmon
10% Carp
40% Tilapia
80% -

Tundra Springs Frozen Tundra 5s Softshell Turtle
10% - - -

Trivia

• Fish spawn rates are not affected by time of day, weather, or season - only location.
• Up to 3 fish of each type can be donated to the Cultural Center; after donating 3 of one type, you can only donate more if the fish you're donating breaks the current record for smallest or largest fish of that type
• There are some recipes that can use any fish. These include: Baked Fish on Rice, Fish 'n Chips, Fish and Tofu Stew, Fish Tacos, and Grilled Fish.