Fishing (The Sims 3)

Fishing is a skill in The Sims 3. This skill is gained by fishing in the ponds or ocean around the map. The higher the Sims' fishing skill is, the more types of fish they can catch. Books can be bought at the bookstore showing the bait that can be used to catch specific fish, but a Sim can determine the bait through trial and error by simply selecting a bait and seeing what they catch. Water can be inspected to see what known fish can be caught there, and whether the fish are active.
The skill is augmented by the angler and loves the outdoors traits. Child Sims and older Sims with the childish or insane traits can fish in swimming pools. The fishing skill class is held at the grocery store.
When Sims reach level 3 in the gardening skill, they can use fish as a fertilizer for harvestable plants in their garden. The quality of the fish depends on how effective the fertilizer will be on the plant it is used on. 
There are certain types of fish that can only be caught if Sims travel to one of the three locations shipped with The Sims 3: World Adventures. Sims can catch frogs, snails and crawfish in Champs Les Sims. In Shang Simla the types of fish Sims can catch are doitsu koi, kawarimono koi, ochiba koi, tancho koi and dragon fish. In Al Simhara, Sims can catch crocodiles and mummy fish. These fish are exclusive to these locations and cannot be caught in any other world shipped with The Sims 3. 
With The Sims 3: Ambitions expansion pack, players can register as a self-employed angler.
When a Sim maximizes the fishing skill, they will receive a certificate in the mail, saying: "The Maught Key Fishers' Association congratulates you, for achieving the very highest level of achievement in your fishing endeavors. Please accept this handsomely framed certificate and display it with pride knowing others will see just how skilled you are."
==Statistics==
*Number Caught
*Fish Types Caught
*Heaviest Fish Caught
*Most Money Earned From Selling A Fish
*Total Money Earned from Fishing
==Challenges==
;Amateur Ichthyologist
:Amateur Ichthyologists have caught at least 20 types of fish. Their deep understanding of marine life helps them catch bigger fish than normal Sims.
;Commercial Fisherman
:Commercial Fishermen have caught at least 350 fish. They often catch more fish in less time than normal Sims.
===Notes===
* Commercial Fishermen fish 60% faster than the original time, if they also have the Angler trait then it is a total 145% faster.
==Abilities==
Level	Ability
1 	Inspect Water
3 	Choose bait
5 	Use live bait
Every two levels the game announces the Sim can catch more fish and to check the bookstore.
The Sim can learn the bait type for a specific fish species by buying and reading fishing books from the bookstore or just by successfully catching a particular species once using the right bait type. Fishing books are not available in the community public library.
All aquatic animals caught fishing can be kept as pets in an aquarium or they can be used to stock a pond.
== Fish ==
Fish	Skill	Name 	Habitat 	Rarity 	Bait	Weight (Kg)	Min Value	Max Value	EP
 	0 	Minnow 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	0.1 - 0.5 	5 	11 	
 	0 	Anchovy 	Salt Water 	Common 	 	0.1 - 0.5 	5 	11 	
 	1 	Goldfish 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	0.1 - 2 	6 	16 	
 	1 	Alley Catfish 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	0.1 - 5 	6 	20 	
 	2 	Jellyfish 	Salt Water 	Common 	 	0.1 - 10 	8 	19 	
 	2 	Rainbow Trout 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	1 - 10 	9 	18 	
 	3 	Red Herring 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	1 - 10 	5 	5 	
 	3 	Tuna 	Salt Water 	Common 	 	2 - 40 	11 	25 	
 	4 	Tragic Clownfish 	Salt Water 	Uncommon	 	5 - 15 	14 	30 	
 	4 	Siamese Catfish 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	5 - 40 	13 	32 	
 	5 	Piranha 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	3 - 25 	14 	41 	
 	5 	Blowfish 	Salt Water 	Uncommon	 	5 - 40 	14 	47 	
 	6 	Salmon 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	10 - 50 	14 	45 	
 	6 	Black Goldfish 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	5 - 25 	16 	49 	
 	7 	Swordfish 	Salt Water 	Common 	 	20 - 60 	17 	60 	
 	7 	Shark 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	1 - 150 	7 	70 	
 	8 	Angelfish 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	2 - 60 	21 	85 	
 	8 	Vampire Fish 	Fresh Water 	Rare 	 	25 - 80 	55 	225 	
 	9 	Lobster 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	5 - 50 	25 	120 	
 	9 	Robot Fish 	Fresh Water 	Rare 	 	250 - 1,000	50 	275 	
 	10 	Deathfish 	Fresh Water 	Rare 	 	20 - 80 	200 	1,000 	
 	0 	Frog 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	0.1 - 1 	6 	13 	
 	0 	Doitsu Koi 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	1 - 25 	7 	14 	
 	3 	Kawarimono Koi 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	1 - 25 	14 	28 	
 	3 	Snails 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	0.1 - 1 	8 	20 	
 	4 	Crocodile 	Fresh Water 	Uncommon	 	1 - 400 	14 	40 	
 	5 	Ochiba Koi 	Fresh Water 	Uncommon	 	1 - 50 	20 	65 	
 	5 	Crawfish 	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	0.1 - 3 	15 	45 	
 	7 	Tancho Koi 	Fresh Water 	Uncommon	 	1 - 50 	25 	90 	
 	8 	Mummy Fish 	Fresh Water 	Rare 	 	25 - 80 	280 	1,200 	
 	9 	Dragon Fish 	Fresh Water 	Rare 	 	40 - 150 	60 	300 	
 	2 	Sea Sludge 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	1 - 100 	11 	22 	
 	4 	Kissing Gourami 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	0.1 - 15 	8 	15 	
 	6 	Sewer Trilobite 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	1 - 100 	35 	75 	
 	1 	Sea Bat Starfish 	Salt Water 	Common 	 	1 - 25 	8 	42 	
 	5 	Linckia Starfish 	Salt Water 	Uncommon	 	1 - 40 	16 	76 	
 	10 	Ninja Starfish 	Salt Water 	Rare 	 	1 - 80 	50 	400 	
 	1 	Toad 	Fresh Water 	Common 	 	0.4 - 2 	8 	20 	
 	4 	Luminous Salamander	Fresh and Salt Water	Uncommon	 	0.1 - 1 	20 	90 	
 	8 	Fairy Damsel 	Salt Water 	Rare 	 	4 - 65 	50 	300 	
 	0 	Three Eyed Fish 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	2 - 10 	5 	25 	
 	0 	Rainbow Snail 	Fresh and Salt Water	Common 	 	0.1 - 5 	15 	50 	
===Notes===
*Ironically, the Vampire Fish's favorite bait is garlic, which is one of a vampire's weaknesses.
*Robot Fish can be found in a pond in most science labs. It's the only fish that can weigh over one ton.
*Deathfish can be found in a pond in graveyards. It can only be caught between midnight and 5 AM, unless it's caught from a Sim-made deathfish-stocked pond. The graveyard pond will only yield a maximum of six (sometimes five) deathfish per night. After the sixth is caught, the pond reverts to just red herring and vampire fish, regardless of the hour.
*Red Herring is not a real fish, but a common expression for something that distracts attention from a real issue. Like most fish, herrings have silvery scales.
*All fish from Island Paradise cannot be caught from fishing. The only way to catch them is from scuba diving in the diving areas, and is considered Sea Life Collecting.
**It is, however, possible to stock a pond with them like any other fish and catch them that way. If you stock a pond with these fish, they cannot be seen swimming in the water but they can still be caught like all other fish in the game. It appears that they were only partially implemented for regular fishing, as an oversight unintentional or with the intention of also making them fishable but ended up being cut.
*Traveling to the future is not enough to catch either of the unique fish in Into the Future without placing Buydebug spawners. You must go into the Dystopian future to catch a Three Eyed Fish and into the Utopian Future to Catch a Rainbow Snail.
==Opportunities==
	Opportunity 	Description 	Reward
	A Fish of Life and Death 	Catch a Deathfish and Deliver Deathfish at the Science Facility to earn some money. 	§350 + § Variable
	A Plumber and Fisherman 	Unclog pipes at City Hall before time runs out to earn some money. 	§500 + 1x Random Fish
	An Excellent Catch 	Catch an excellent fish and Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Aquarium Fishing 	Attend Fishing Competition at the Supermarket before time runs out to catch an assortment of fish.	§1,000 + 5x Random Fish
	Fishing for Suits 	Teach Fishing Seminar at the Business Office before time runs out to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Fresh Fish 	Catch 3 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Funny Looking Fish 	Catch a Tragic Clownfish at the Theatre to earn some money. 	§250 + § Variable
	Heaps of Fresh Fish 	Catch 15 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Lobsters in Demand! 	Catch a Lobster and Sell Lobster to the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§100 + § Variable
	Lots of Fresh Fish 	Catch 6 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Monster from the Deep 	Catch Behemoth at the Science Facility before time runs out to earn some money. 	§4,000
	Piscine Perfection 	Catch a perfect fish and Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money. 	§ Variable
	Robot Fish v2.0 	Catch a Robot Fish and Sell Robot Fish at the Science Facility to earn some money. 	§350 + § Variable
	Say Hello to My Little Fish	Catch a Black Goldfish and Sell Black Goldfish at the Police Station to earn some money. 	§650 + § Variable
==Wishes==
==Trophies==
Fish can be mounted on walls by clicking on a fish in a Sim's inventory and choosing "send to be mounted" and paying a small fee around 70 Simoleons. The trophy should arrive the next day in the mailbox.
Fish can also be put in fish bowls or an aquarium. Fish bowls can be bought in buy mode. All fish fit in a bowl, one fish per bowl or six fish per tank. Fish are nameable, but must be fed each day or they will die. Fish can be scooped out of bowls, and put back in a Sim's inventory.
==Stocking ponds==
If a Sim has 10 or more fish of one type in their inventory, they can stock any pond with that fish. By stocking fish, a new type of fish is introduced in that pond. The pond will then contain an unlimited supply of that fish type for fishing.
There is no limit on how many different fish types there can be in one pond. Any type of fish or any type of pond will do, including Deathfish and ponds not on playable lots. Stocking a pond with the Deathfish (or any other fish, for that matter) will allow it to be caught at any time of the day in that pond.
A tip in obtaining better Death Fish is purchasing 10 Alley Catfish and stocking them in a pond in order to obtain a perfect Alley Catfish. Then fish 10 Angel Fish and stock them in the same pond. At midnight to 5am the angler will be able to get a very good or perfect Deathfish.
==Buydebug fishing spawners==
Fishing spots can be populated with fish by using fishing spawners. Fishing spawners can be found under the buy menu when the cheat buydebug is turned on.
==Strange occurrences==
Sometimes a Sim may catch an old box which will give them various things. The box randomly grants the Sim one object from the following list, sorted according to the rarity of the items.
Since the game's files use weightings instead of percentages for the box's items, the conversions into percentages in the table below has the percentages rounded up or down to the nearest 2 decimals.
Item 	Without WA	With WA
Ducksworth of Bathington 	17.43% 	11.11%
Bubble Bath 	13.95% 	8.89%
Candle 	13.95% 	8.89%
Birthday cake 	13.95% 	8.89%
Garden gnome 	8.71% 	5.56%
Escape Dust 	 	5.56%
Mummy snacks 	 	5%
Liquid Courage potion 	 	5%
Sands of Understanding 	 	5%
Skeleton keystone 	 	3.89%
Guitar 	5.57% 	3.61%
Stereo 	5.57% 	3.61%
Death Flower 	5.22% 	3.33%
Mysterious Mr. Gnome 	5.22% 	3.33%
Sultan Sam the Magical Gnome of Egypt 	 	3.33%
Master Manchu the Magical Gnome of China	 	3.33%
Little Léon the Magical Gnome of France 	 	3.33%
Money Tree seed 	4.35% 	2.78%
Flame Fruit 	3.48% 	2.22%
Laptop 	2.6% 	1.67%
Master Thief's Coin 	 	1.11%
Eyes of Horus 	 	0.56%
==Gallery==
Arlo Bunch fishing.jpg|Arlo Bunch fishing at the Pleasant Rest Graveyard at night
Iqbal Alvi fishing.jpg|Iqbal Alvi fishing at the Old Pier Beach
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