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Bo

> **Normal:** *"This odd fish is prized for a unique endogenous hormone that induces a state of delirious calm when ingested."*
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> **Endangered:** "*This odd fish is prized for a unique endogenous hormone that induces a state of delirious calm when ingested. Fishercats are cautioned against overfishing this endangered species."*
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> **Extinct:** *"This odd fish was prized for a unique endogenous hormone that induced a state of delirious calm when ingested. They were overfished, leading to their extinction."*
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## Statistics

Bo
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### Location

Coral Reef

The Bo is a Medium fish with a rounded blue body. Due to its relatively high value and how simple it is to catch, it is worth reeling in a Bo if you see one.

### Location

The Bo is found in the mid-waters around the Coral Reef and coral reef basin. Occasionally it can be found lower down, but it almost never ventures into the dark zone of the basin.
Garm

> *"This simple fish exibits no interesting abilities or behaviours."*
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Garm is a very curious looking creature. Ironically it doesn't look like Germ at all. It's an orange fish with green fins. Behind its black eye you can see some bright spots.

The fish stays in one place and doesn't really care about anything surrounding it.

### Location

It is located at the very beginning of the Rocky Plateau

## Catching guide

The fish itself is very easy to catch, but the small Brambles surrounding it will try and get in the way. There are many of them and they will instantly go for the bait when they see it, so be sure to take some bombs with you.
Stalker

> *"These odd creatures are shunned by most; they follow the most powerful fish they can find, simply hoping to be safe."*
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## Stalker

These odd creatures are shunned by most; they follow the most powerful fish they can find, simply hoping to be safe.

### Location

The Silo, The Drop off, The Furthest Ocean

Stalker is a purple-blue striped fish with a heart-like-shaped tail. It can be found following some powerful huge fish - mainly the Dragon, Abyssal, and especially since the Ancient Ancestors update, the Problematicus.

### Location

Stalker will be found trailing a powerful Huge fish like the Dragon, Abyssal, and Problematicus. If one of these Huge fish are caught, the Stalker will swim up to the boat where it can be easily caught with medium bait or larger. In some rarer cases, even if the stalker wasn't following the Great Cusper or Magnalav initially, but happens to be nearby, the stalker will follow your boat anyways.

## Trivia

Many People find the relatively low price of $26,000 to be too low for how hard it is to aquire.
Anglerfish

> *"The Anglerfish's face is illuminated by its head lamp, a beacon in the dark depths."*
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## Anglerfish

### Location

The Depths

Floating motionless and eerie in the darkness of the deep ocean, the Anglerfish is possibly the most iconic Large fish from that region. They are very slow-moving, and swim only slightly towards the hook, but when reeled up can serve as a good source of money in the early game.

### Location

Anglerfish are easy to spot because of their bright glow. They are found throughout the ocean depths, from the Bay to the Open Sea, and usually swim a short distance above the seafloor.

## Catching Guide

Strategies for catching the Anglerfish are much the same as catching any other Depths fish. Using the Sinker rod upgrade will help immensely, although it is also possible to get your hook down to this fish's level with a lucky cast using a rocket. Since the Anglerfish does not chase bait, the player must be able to guide the hook past its face in order for it to bite. Like all Large fish, Anglerfish require large bait.

While a Lightbulb is not essential for spotting the Anglerfish, it can be helpful when trying to avoid other, non-bioluminescent fish in the Depths that may steal bait.

An Anglerfish contemplates the hook.
Flechette

> *"These fish swim in a school around a Rogachev, they are in symbiotic relationship."*
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## Flechette

### Location

Kelp Plateau

Flechette is a red and blue fish and it's pretty wide. They hang out in symbiosis with the Rogachev and are a pest.

### Location

Flechette can be found with Rogachev in the Kelp Plateau.

## Catching guide

Firstly find a Rogachev, once done wait till he shoot one and then you can catch one.

You may as well wait till Rogachev will shoot all fishes, then you can catch Rogachev and catch Flechette.
Bullfish

> *The Bullfish patrol the surface, trailing the wake of boats, waiting for an opportunity to eat.*
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## Statistics

This Medium fish has a body coloured varying shades of grey, with dark grey on the dorsal fin. It has a wavy caudal fin and a pelvic fin. As said in their description they are opportunistic carnivores, breaking the surface water waiting for easy catch for their ever-present need for food.

### Location

They are found on the surface of the Open Ocean, in waters east of the Bay. They are found in the same area as Swordfish and Bagu.

## Catching Guide

The Bullfish will always stay close to your boat, and needs a medium bait to be caught.
Conpas

**Normal:** *"This fish aligns to point at deposits of valuable metal."*

**Endangered:** *"This fish aligns to point at deposits of valuable metal, it's population is dwindling."*

**Extinct:** *"This fish, now extinct, once aligned to point at deposits of valuable metal."*

## Conpas

### Location

Caves above the Silo and near the Sea Tree

The Conpas is a small fish which was added in the Ancient Ancestors update, it comes in a gray to black colour, and its head looks like a pencil, its name refers to a Compass.

#### Location

Its mostly located on the dropoff right before The Silo but can be located up to the Dragon's Area. Occasionally they are also found in The Sea.

## Catching Guide

You have to catch the Conpas like any other normal small fish in the game, but if you dont reel it in, the fish will slowly but surely take you to the new area in the Ancient Ancestors update, or redirect you to the Goldfish.
Curby

> *"Curby are highly social and extremely curious. They traverse the sea in a swarm, stopping to investigate interesting fish."*
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## Curby

### Location

Open Ocean

The Curby is a Medium fish with a dull green body and darker fins. They travel in schools of three or more individuals, and are often found near other fish (particularly larger fish). They often get spooked by Bagu and flee.

### Location

The Curby is found in the eastern Open Ocean, west of the reef wall. It usually swims at mid-ocean depths but may move deeper or shallower if it is following other fish.
Dainty

**Dainty** is a Hat. It increases the value of Small and Medium fish by 40%, and repels Grumpers.

## Usefulness

The Dainty hat has its usefulness throughout the early and midgame, since its range of increased fish values is broader than that of the Sunhat. Since it repels Grumpers, it can also help to free up a rod upgrade slot if the player is having a lot of issues with Grumpers stealing bait but doesn't want to equip one or more Repel upgrades.

Fishing up the Dainty hat is one way to obtain the **Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up your first hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Dainty hat is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.
Ray

> *"These fish inhabit the depths, cleaning the ocean floor as they stop to rest."*
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## Ray

### Location

Open Sea (deep ocean)

The Ray is a Large fish that has a similar appearance to real life stingrays, with a predominantly grey body, pale blue spots on its large wing-like pectoral fins, and a cream underbelly. Its eyes are very prominently bulbous and stick up from the top of its head.

### Location

Rays can be found anywhere on the seafloor, either laying down or swimming horizontally. They are mostly found in the deep Open Sea, but may also swim into the Caverns and get stuck.

## Catching guide

The Ray needs a large bait, like all Large fish. It is relatively easy to hook, being found flat on the ocean seabed. It doesn't put much of a fight when hooked and can be reeled in without worry.

## Trivia

* The Ray resembles a number of real ray species, including the round stingray and bluespotted ribbontail ray.
Kingfish

> **Normal:** *"This fish and his kin follow their magnificent queen."*
> **Extinct:** *"This fish and his kin once hopelessly followed their queen."*
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The Kingfish is a Small fish with a pale orange body, swooping fins, and large staring eyes. It swarms around the Queenfish in large schools. A school will follow their Queenfish even when she is caught and reeled in, and swarm around the front of the boat. In this state, they can be easily caught and used for bait or quick money.

### Location

The Kingfish is found following Queenfish in large schools throughout the Bay and the Open Ocean.

## Catching Guide

A bait, that's all. Just beware of Queenfish, Mustardfish and Grumper.

A school of Kingfish surrounding a Queenfish.
Surgeon

**Surgeon** is a Hat. It reduces the aggression and lunge range of fish, and the explosion radius of bombs.

## Usefulness

The Surgeon hat has a small number of very specific uses, but the most notable of these is when attempting to catch the Bonefish. Since the Bonefish requires a bomb to wake it up, but sleeps in an area populated by aggressive Bombats, this hat can help the player more easily sneak a bomb down to their target fish. The Surgeon can also be used in any area where fish aggression is a problem, such as the Silo.

Fishing up the Surgeon hat is one way to obtain the **Super Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up a Legendary or Mythic hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Surgeon hat is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.
The Silo

The **Distant Ocean**, also known as **the** **Silo**, lies on the eastern end of the map, beyond the Coral Reef and the Drop-Off. It is a mysterious, eerie stretch of open water above the entrance to an abandoned nuclear silo, and one of the deepest areas in the game.

The waters of the Silo lie so far from shore that sonar fades out and becomes unusable here, unless the player uses the more advanced Tech Boat. In its depths lie a number of strange fish.

## Sub-regions

### Shallow Silo

The waters above the deep Silo, closer to the surface. The vast majority of the fish in this region can be found here.

### Deep Silo

Lies at the lower limit of the map. Using a Lightbulb lure, the entrance to the nuclear silo can be seen in the darkness.

## Fish

The Silo's waters contain a large number of unique fish.

### Small fish

* Chaw - Swims in large schools and swarms bait.
* Snuggler - In the outer areas of the Silo, where Chaw spawn less frequently.
* Babyjaw - In the upper waters, follows Yellowjaw in groups of two or three.
* Tim - In the Deep Silo, swimming at small groups.

### Medium fish

* Bitterfish - Above the Silo at most depths, from the midwaters down.
* Furrow - Above the Silo at most depths, from the shallower waters down.
* Yellowjaw - In the upper waters above the Silo.
* Slimey - In the Deep Silo, often close to the seafloor.
* Lamby - In the Deep Silo, often close to the seafloor.
* Goldbeard - Usually swims beyond boat range, at the very edges of the map in the shallower waters.
* Ghast - In the Deep Silo, often close to the seafloor and close to the Silo cliff wall.
* Sodafish - Usually swims beyond boat range, at the very edges of the map in the midwaters.
* Tim - Littered through the Deep Silo, slightly higher than Geiger.
* Powerfin - Usually in medium depth near the center of the Silo.
* Zub - Deep down and to the left of the Silo in the Fossil Area.

### Large fish

* Piercer - In the shallows and mid-ocean waters.
* Thistle - In the deep to mid-ocean waters.
* Lampis - In the Deep Silo, slightly higher than Geiger.
* Old Cusper - In the Deep Silo, near or around Germ's den.

### Huge fish

* Abyssal - Found far down in the Deep Silo, and is elusive despite its size. It requires the Mega Hook to catch.
* Magnalav - A mysterious fish that rests in the distant ocean past the silo and out of reach without using the tech boat, unless one of the multiple methods of making it appear are used.
* Great Cusper - A mutated Cusper that will slowly seek out Large Bait when in the water for long enough.
Newk

> *"This colorful fish hides in little crevices. Dunkan seems to be attached to this fish and protects it fiercely."*
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## Newk

### Location

Rocky Plateau

The Newk is a Small half-green half-red fish with multi-colored fins. Being worth $420,000, it is one of the most valuable Small fish. There is only one Newk on the map at a time.

### Location

The Newk is found in a crevice of the Rocky Plateau area to the right of where Dunkan swims.

## Catching guide

Catching the Newk is difficult while Dunkan is in the area. If you try to catch Newk, Dunkan will swim to your line and try to snap it. Rather if Dunkan is caught first, Newk can be caught normally and will put up little resistance.

That being said, if Dunkan does swim to the line, the Flick upgrade can still be used to gradually bring Newk to the surface.
Cave Shark

> *"The Cave Shark spends most of its existence in silent reflection, subsisting only on the occasional stray Bombat."*
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## Cave Shark

### Location

Sea Caverns

The Cave Shark is a Huge grey fish with a streamlined body and eyes that appear half-closed. It is considered one of the hardest fish in the game to catch, and is also one of the most valuable (beaten by the extremely high-value fish like the Dragon, Josie and Sodafish).

### Location

The Cave Shark is found in a small cavern to the west of the central Caverns. It remains motionless, making it reasonably easy to find, but even getting it to bite is not easy.

## Catching Guide

The first challenge in catching the Cave Shark is convincing it to bite. As its Catalog entry suggests, it requires a Bombat to be used as bait (the Bombat does not need to be alive).

You will need:

* A rock (Bombats will also bite a bomb, but since this will explode and cause them to flee, this does not allow them to be used as bait for another fish) and the Scouting rod upgrade (otherwise the line will be reeled in upon catching a rock)
* Sinker upgrade
* Lightbulb (Optional but recommended)
* Gauge and Improved Crank upgrades (at least three of each) if in Realism mode.
* Bomb Stack and Detonator upgrades are highly advised if in Realism mode.

**Note:** The Cave shark cannot be caught with a huge hook or a mega hook.

Rocks can be found across the seafloor above where the Cave Shark is found. Bombats are found throughout the central Caverns, including in the area around the Cave Shark, which makes attracting one easy as long as you have a rock on your line beforehand. After this, you must lead your line into the Cave Shark's lair and attract its attention.

Using Bombs instead of Rocks and the Detonator upgrade makes the fight much easier as detonating a bomb while the Cave Shark is on the line will stun it and allow you to reel it for awhile. Usually a Bombat will set off the bomb if it bites however if the bombat is eaten before that happens it won't activate the bomb.

Once hooked, the Cave Shark is an extremely challenging catch in Realism mode that requires a lot of patience. It will lead itself out of the Caverns, and the player must stop it catching itself on the floor. Once out of the Caverns it will repeatedly attempt to snag the line on the same section of seafloor. Reel aggressively, and use the boat while reeling to pull the Cave Shark away from the seafloor where it is trying to snag the line. It will (eventually) tire.
Trucker

**Trucker** is a Hat. It changes the music that plays in the background of *Cat Goes Fishing* to the track "Lionfish" by Kevin MacLeod.

## Usefulness

The Trucker hat is purely aesthetic and has no effect on actual gameplay. However, if a player is very confident in their ability and feels that they don't need the assistance of a hat's effect, then it can provide a fun change in ambience.

Fishing up the Trucker hat is one way to obtain the **Super Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up a Legendary or Mythic hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Trucker hat is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.
Santu

> **Normal:** *"The Santu rarely stray from the ocean floor, inhabiting a narrow basin past the coral reef."*
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## Santu

### Location

Coral Reef

The Santu is a Large pinkish-orange fish that resembles a cross between a carp and a crappie, both in appearance and also in its seafloor-hugging swimming patterns. It is usually found in small schools.

### Location

The Santu is located in the basin east of the Coral Reef, where it swims extremely close to the seafloor in a long horizontal pattern.

## Catching Guide

Since it is usually close to the seafloor, it is very easy for the Santu to snag the line on Realism mode when it dives away from the line. In this situation, the Flick upgrade can be helpful. A Sinker upgrade can help in reaching it, although it isn't necessary if using a rod with a long enough line (Power Rod or better).
Rod Upgrades

Rod upgrades are purchasable add-ons in *Cat Goes Fishing* that can improve the effectiveness of your fishing rod in many different ways. The menu for purchasing rod upgrades is accessed by clicking on an equipped fishing rod in the Rod Shop menu. Equipping upgrades will improve the capabilities of even a Basic Rod, and allow the player to access new depths of the map, defend against unwanted fish, or make progressively bigger and more difficult catches.

Because upgrades are accessed from the Rod Shop menu, they can be changed and swapped around while out at sea on a boat. This allows for a lot of versatility, and players can tailor their upgrade setups for different situations.

Each fishing rod has a different number of slots for equipping upgrades. For instance, the starting Basic Rod has only three available slots, but the Master Rod has an impressive eight slots.

## Unlocking and Buying Rod Upgrades

Most rod upgrades are unlocked as the player levels up. However, some upgrades require that specific actions be completed before they will be unlocked (for example, the Flick upgrade, which is unlocked the first time your line snags or breaks).

The cost of purchasing an upgrade increases according to the rod it is on. A Scouting upgrade for a Master Rod will cost much more than one for a Basic Rod. This cost is not refunded when the upgrade is removed.

## List of Rod Upgrades

The player can buy and remove the same rod upgrade as many times as they would like. The effects of some upgrades stack - however, most of these have a maximum number of times they can be stacked on the same rod.
Blue Cusper

> *"Like all Cusper, this fish possesses some form of extra-sensory perception."*
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## Blue Cusper

### Location

Open Ocean and above Plateau

The Blue Cusper is a Large fish with a body similar to a whale. They travel in pods of about five at a time. They like, Old Cuspers have an extra-sensory perception to detect the bait, by arriving at your location whenever you are AFK after a certain period of time.

### Location

The Blue Cusper can be found at the surface from the The Bay to the Furthest Ocean and will follow your boat if you don't have your bait in the water for a while. This group of Blue Cuspers usually swim above the Rocky Plateau area with Young Cuspers.
Lionfish

> *The picky Lionfish lives along the coral reef. It won't eat anything but live bait.*
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## Statistics

The Lionfish is a Medium fish with a striped, tan-coloured body and distinctive spiny fins. It closely resembles a real-world lionfish. It congregates in large numbers, and particularly favours eating Skrimp.

### Location

The Lionfish is found only on the Coral Reef shelf. It does not move vertically away from the shelf but may swim horizontally into the coral basin or west over the chasm.

## Catching Guide

The Lionfish, much like the Shark, Maw and Swordfish, will only eat live bait.

There are two ways to catch a Lionfish; either using a huge hook and any Small fish as bait, or using a Skrimp as bait. While the huge hook might seem more convenient, Skrimp are easily found lower down to the west of the Coral Reef, and it's only a short trip to bring one back up to a Lionfish. Unless you're really desperate to catch a Lionfish, the huge hook is generally a waste of money for this particular fish.

In Realism mode, it may be convenient to lure a Lionfish into open water that it doesn't snag the line on the reef once hooked.

A school of Lionfish in the reef.
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Cuddlecanth

Before encounter: *"This extinct fish used to live in the deep caves under the coral reef."*

After encounter: "*This fish, once thought extinct, was somehow spotted!"*

After catch: *"This fish lives in the deep caves under the coral reef; it was presumed extinct until a few examples where isolated."*

## Cuddlecanth

### Location

Coral Reef

The Cuddlecanth, is a Dark Blue fish which may be related to the Cuddlefish and Snuggler.

### Location

Cuddlecanth are found inside a cave deep beneath the Coral Reef. They can only be found if the player sets their device's date to *before* the date Cat Goes Fishing was released (January 19th, 2015).

## Trivia

The Cuddlecanth seems to be based on the Coelacanth of the real world, a fish once though to be extinct, that was later found to still live. The Coelacanth is known to hide in undersea caves during the day. The Cuddlecanth's description appears to reference these facts.
Bramble

"This close relative of the brimble is much more active, stopping small fish from straying into the plateau. It seems to be protecting something."

## Bramble

"This close relative of the brimble [sic] is much more active, stopping small fish from straying into the plateau. It seems to be protecting something."

### Location

Rocky Plateau

This fish resembles its relative the Brimble , it is medium but moves a lot more than its relative. You can find it on the left side of the Rocky Plateau swimming upwards and then returning downwards in fast motion. It is worth $50,000 when caught. It will attempt to prevent small fish such as Rare fruit from passing through the area.

## Catching Guide

To Catch, you need a medium bait or large, then it will grab when nearby the bait.(simple)
Wombler

> **Normal:** *The yellow Wombler vigorously shakes its tail to ward off larger fish.*
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## Statistics

The Wombler is a Medium fish with a lumpy yellow body, a swollen head, orange fins, and a vacant stare. Since it usually remains motionless and is quite slow-moving, it's not too hard to hook and reel up.

### Location

The Wombler is found low down in the Coral Reef basin, just above the dark zone. It floats motionless in a large school, occasionally vibrating in place. The Wombler school is generally located below the Spinefish.

A school of Wombler in the darkness.
Paladin

> *"This fish is named after its supposed resemblance to an armored knight, but some suspect it is actually a semi-organic probe sent from a neighboring star system."*
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## Paladin

### Location

Rocky Plateau (Time Cave)

The Paladin is a Large silvery-grey fish found in the Time Cave. It looks like a rock or a semi-organic probe sent from a neighboring star system.

### Location

The Paladin is found in the Time cave in the Rocky Plateau, which must be broken into using a Buffalofish.

## Catching Guide

Catching the Paladin requires a large bait, and avoiding the other fish nearby.
Mechanic

**Mechanic** is a Hat. It reduces the cost of all rod upgrades by 25%.

## Usefulness

The Mechanic is a handy mid-game hat, when the player has a fairly decent number of upgrades unlocked but is still looking to save money. This is particularly the case with higher-level rods like the Master Rod, since upgrades on those rods cost much more than normal. Its usefulness falls off somewhat as soon as the Tinkerer hat is fished up, since that hat is better for purchasing stackable upgrades, but it is still useful for purchasing very expensive upgrades like Bait Guard.

Fishing up the Mechanic is one way to obtain the **Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up your first hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Mechanic is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.
Thresher

*"The territorial Thresher avoid narrow caverns, claiming large clefts in the ocean floor as their home."*

## Thresher

### Location

Cavern

The menacing looking thresher with a reddish orange color, rows of sharp teeth and rigid fins, they inhabit the caverns preying on tougher prey who can match their brute strength. for examples: Gorbon, Stankin, and Lemonback.

## Catching guide

Can be found anywhere in large clefts swimming in the middle of them, they have the capability to overpower the casual unsuspecting players either breaking line or using the rocky caves. using Gauge and the Flick rod upgrade is recommended to be easier to catch
Scouting

### Effect

Your line will NOT be automatically reeled in after a failed cast. You can still catch hats or discover new fish!

## Purchase Cost

### Master Rod

$3,200

**Scouting** is a rod upgrade. It stops the line from being automatically reeled in once the bait is eaten, allowing the player to move the lure around and explore an area. The line will still be reeled in if it snaps.

## Usefulness

The Scouting is a very early upgrade, but it maintains its usefulness well into the late game. This is primarily because it allows the player to catch hats without worrying about pesky fish getting in the way. However, this upgrade also allows players to hook rocks and move around with them, and so is essential for catching the Cave Shark.

Since it is one of the cheapest upgrades across the board, it's also easy to equip and unequip whenever you might need it.

Equipping a Scouting upgrade to your rod will earn you the **Scouter** achievement.
Egg

Dragon's entry: *"The Legendary Dragon is primarily ovivorous. He is highly sensitive to high frequency sound waves."*

Mamo's entry: *"Guards its nest in the caverns under the coral basin, though a Mamo egg has never been observed hatching."*

## Some attributes

### Third

egg

The Egg of the Mamo is used to feed to the Dragon and catch it. The Mamo protects its egg fiercely and will snap your line if you try to get close to the Egg.

### Location

Can be found in the Drop-Off in The Mamo's Cave.

## Catching Guide

To Catch the Egg, you need to lure the dragon down to the Mamo's Cave, Causing the Mamo not to Snap your line out of fear. Then the egg is free to catch and to feed to the Dragon to catch it.

If you want to just catch the egg without the Dragon biting on. Lure the Dragon down but once you reach the Mamo you can try to not catch the egg or dragon and instead let it swim away. The Mamo won't snap your line still due to a bug (for now). Then once the Dragon is gone you may grab the Egg freely and take it away.

You will need:

* Sinker
* Explorers Hat
* Dragon
Twohead

*"This mentally challenged fish appears to be uninterested in food, but its mouth is wide open."*

## Twohead

### Location

Kelp Plateau (Dark Kelp Area)

The Twohead is a Large Exotic red fish with yellow fins found at the Kelp Plateau. Its name is likely a reference to the emote on the livestreaming site Twitch.

## Location

The Twohead lives in the dark area, on the right side of the Kelp Plateau, which is only reachable with a Tech Boat. It essentially stays in one spot and doesn't swim around.

## Catching Guide

A large bait is required. Sonar is also recommended because of Bulbeaters in the area. Once hooked, the Twohead puts up little resistance in Realism Mode.
Bomb Stack

The ***Bomb Stack*** is a rod upgrade, which allows you to equip up to 5 bombs at a time.

## Usefulness

The Bomb Stack is very effective at clearing many groups of fish at once, rather then having to bomb them one by one. This is further the case when paired with Detonator, which allows manual detonation.

Bomb Stack is useful for catching Dunkan. However, it is hardly a necessary upgrade compared to options like Sinker and Flick, and can be used at any time.
Bombig

> *"This large relative of the common bombat can quickly pull water through its mouth to inhale little fish."*
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## Bombig

### Location

Kelp Plateau (Labyrinth)

The Bombig is a Large fish with a blue blotched body with a purple eye and purple fins. It is a much larger relative of the Bombat, and has a similar appearance.

### Location

The Bombig is found at the top of the labyrinth area under the Kelp Plateau. It will stay in that one place and hardly swims around.

## Catching guide

The Bombig will only be enticed with small fish. When a small fish comes near the Bombig, it will open its mouth and inhale it. Once the Bombig inhales 10 fish, it will be full and then you can hook it onto large bait.

A faster method involves feeding a Boom Puff as bait. The Bombig will open its mouth and try to suck it in, detonating the Boom Puff. Then it can be immediately caught with a large bait.
Yin

> **Normal:** *"The Yin is found in caves far from shore. It will not take the bait until it finds balance.*"
> **Extinct:** *"The Yin was found in caves far from shore. It would not take the bait until it found balance."*
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## Yin

### Location

Caverns (chasm)

The Yin is a small fish with a white body and rounded black fins. Elusive and curious, it has a tendency to follow bait, but will not bite the hook unless it is swimming alongside its partner the Yang.

### Location

The Yin is found in the open water directly west of the reef wall, far down at the point where the water becomes totally black. It is always found in a school of three, and is easy to find by simply following the reef wall down.

## Catching Guide

The Yin and Yang will only bite the hook when they are next to each other. This is not a trivial task, as the Yin is found far east close to the reef wall and the Yang is found on the far left-hand side of the map below the Bay.

   When approaching either the Yin or Yang with bait, they will begin to follow it. Unlike other fish, it is very difficult to break the attention of the Yin and Yang, and they will follow the lure indefinitely as long as it does not get too far away. The player must use this tendency to lead one school to the other, at which point they will begin circling around each other. When they are in this circling motion, they can be hooked.

You will need:

* Crankbait and Sinker rod upgrades, for avoiding the attention of fish and leading the Yin through the water.
* A Luxury Boat or better, since you need to travel between the Bay and the reef wall.
* Lightbulb lure (both Yin and Yang are found in darkness).
* Nightfall hat (not essential, but can make navigating easier as there are less small fish to avoid at night).

It may be convenient to clear the Yang's cave, because the larger fish will try and eat anything you catch as you are trying to get it out.

Note that the Yin and Yang both have very long respawn times. If you are trying for a specific one and fail to hook it, do not clear out an entire school or you will have to wait for all three of them to respawn. It is more convenient to back off until both schools have returned to their respective homes, and then try the journey again. Sometimes, the fish that you did not lead to a new location will refuse to bite. In this case, try the journey from the other direction.
Spallow

> *The Spallow roam far and wide. but they are often found playing with schools of Skitter.*
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## Statistics

The Spallow is a Medium fish with a blue body and bold yellow stripes. It is most often found in the company of schools of Skitter and Red Skitter, which it follows around. It does not gather in groups of its own kind, but its colourful patterns make it easy to spot.

### Location

The Spallow is found along the westernmost edge of the Bay and throughout most of the Open Ocean at mid-ocean depths. It is usually close by one or more schools of Skitter.

## Catching Guide

Because the Spallow is almost always following Skitter, catching it early on can be quite tricky, as the chances are high that a normal Skitter will be hooked instead. Equipping a Bait Guard completely removes this risk, and makes catching the Spallow much easier. It's also wise to watch out for the fast Large fish such as Seraph that inhabit the Open Ocean, which might eat a potential catch. Using bombs to clear out aggressive fish or pulling the Spallow into clear water can be useful in this situation.
Ancient Kingfish

> **Before Capture:** *"This powerful fish built an army while imprisoned in the caves, now he seeks to take over the plateau with his loyal companions."*
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> **After Capture:** *"This powerful fish built an army to server under his banner, and took over huge regions of the ocean. Only one has ever been seen."*
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## Ancient Kingfish

### Location

Rocky Plateau Cave

The Ancient Kingfish is a Large fish with an orange body. It wears a crown on top of its head. Worth $1 million, the Ancient Kingfish is the most valuable large fish, and one of the most valuable fish in the game.

#### Location

The Ancient Kingfish is found in the Rocky Plateau area which is reachable via the Tech Boat. It resides in the first cave which must be broken by a Buffalofish. Even when the cave is broken, the Ancient Kingfish will stay in the same spot while his chess-themed minions swim outside of the cave.

## Catching guide

Catching the Ancient Kingfish is very difficult due to all of his minions which try to interfere with you. These are 1.) Fumer 2.) Caval 3.) Bishop 4.) Chook and 5.) Regina. It is recommended to catch these fish or scare them away with bombs to clear the way for the Ancient Kingfish.

One fact which you can use to your advantage is that the Ancient Kingfish does not get affected by explosions. By luring the fish outside of the cave and toward the boat with bombs on the hook (See Bomb Stack), you can use Detonator when his minions swim to you. Eventually all his minions will be gone and the Ancient Kingfish will be left undefended.

Another method is to carry bombs on the hook while luring the Ancient Kingfish toward your boat, scaring the other fish on the way up. Make sure to reel him in before you reach the water's surface.

Once the Ancient Kingfish is caught, all of his minions will retreat back into the cave, where they can easily be caught. Furthermore, the Kingfish will never respawn. The only other fish which exhibits this property is Torby, once two are caught.
Cat Goes Fishing Wiki

**The official wiki for the relaxing indie game *Cat Goes Fishing*.**

*"Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!"*

Welcome to the **Cat Goes Fishing Wiki**, a community-maintained encyclopedia about Cat5Games' video game *Cat Goes Fishing*.

If you wish to contribute, please refer to the Editing Guidelines and Rules of Conduct for more info!

Did you know that there is an official **Cat Goes Fishing Discord server**? It's a small one, but we are always looking for new Fishercats to join. You can join the Discord here. We hope to see you soon!

*Cat Goes Fishing* is available for $6.99 on Steam.

## Navigation

Small Fish
Medium Fish
Large Fish

The Bay
Open Ocean
Coral Reef
Caverns
Drop-Off
The Silo
Rocky Plateau
Kelp Plateau

Fishing Rods
Rod Upgrades
Lures
Tools
Boats

The Catalog
Bait
Night
Storms

Achievements
Realism Mode
The Tinkerer

**The Tinkerer** is a Hat. It makes stackable rod upgrades, like the Sinker and Improved Crank, much cheaper.

## Usefulness

The Tinkerer allows for a lot of customisation of rod upgrades on the fly, particularly with higher-tier rods. It can be worn solely while a rod is being refitted with upgrades and then sold again, to get the maximum benefit while still using the effect of another hat out at sea. In Realism mode, it can offset the cost of buying multiple Gauge upgrades for catching harder Huge fish.

Fishing up the Tinkerer hat is one way to obtain the **Super Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up a Legendary or Mythic hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Tinkerer hat is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.
Primitive

> *"This fish is quite unrelated to any other species though it appears to be not too distantly related from some common ancestor, making its existence a temporal curiosity."*
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## Primitive

### Location

Rocky Plateau (Time Cave)

The Primitive is a Large orange fish with sharp teeth found in the Time Cave. It has a 'Primitive look' hense its name and is a temporal curiosity.

### Location

The Primitive is located in the Time cave in the Rocky Plateau, which must be broken into using a Buffalofish.

## Catching Guide

Catching the Primitive requires a large bait. And avoiding other fish as it is quite fast moving.
Remi

> *"These shy cave fish swim alone in the labyrinth, avoiding the Feens."*
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These Small purple-grey striped fish live in the labyrinth caves avoiding the Feens. These fish normally travel alone.

### Location

Remi lives in the labyrinth caves beneath the Kelp Plateau. Accessible by entering the first opening to the left of the plateau.

## Catching Guide

Only Small bait is required to catch Remi. It may be easier to catch the Flash first to avoid it being stolen by the fish but it is not necessary.
Snobfish

> **Normal:** *These lonely fish have a hard time making friends.* **Extinct:** *These fish are nowhere to be found.*
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## Statistics

The Snobfish is a Small, pale purple fish with a perpetually sad expression. It is usually found alone, or following other fish.

### Location

The Snobfish can be found in any part of the map, even above the Silo or in the deepest parts of the ocean. Despite this, it can be easy to miss, as it never appears in large groups and looks similar to other, more common Small fish such as the Roundfin and Cuddlefish.

## Catching Guide

Just take a bait, but beware of bigger fishes.
Bleaper

> *"These daysleepers are keen hunters in the evening light. They feed on flying bugs and have been known to steal bait out of the air."*
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## Bleaper

* Normal
* Halloween

### Location

The surface, during night

The Bleaper is a Medium fish that is found exclusively at night. It is very fast, and typically races back and forth through the water. It will frequently steal bait off the line, sometimes even when the hook is still in the process of flying through the air.

### Location

The Bleaper can be found anywhere during the night, usually close to the surface of the water. It often follows the boat for long distances.

## Catching Guide

The Bleaper is fairly common during night time, so if a player wishes to find one then equipping the Nightfall hat is a good way to begin. Since it is a Medium fish and finding medium bait can be difficult during night time, it may be convenient to equip the Bait Hat during a natural night instead, or to fish near the coral reef where small fish are plentiful.

In Realism mode it is quite a fast and athletic fish which will pull hard against the line, but can typically be reeled in quickly as it doesn't stray far from the surface.
Yang

> **Normal:** *"The Yang is found in caves near the shore. It will not take the bait until it finds balance."*
> **Extinct:** *"The Yang was found in caves near the shore. It would not take the bait until it found balance."*
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## Yang

### Location

Caverns (Bay caves)

The Yang is a Small fish with a black body and jagged white fins. Elusive and curious, it has a tendency to follow bait, but will not bite the hook unless it is swimming alongside its partner the Yin.

### Location

The Yang is found in the far western Caverns, in a small chamber directly below the Bay. It is always found in a school of three.

## Catching Guide

The Yang and Yin will only bite the hook when they are next to each other. This is not a trivial task, as the Yang is found on the far left-hand side of the map below the Bay, and the Yin is found far east close to the reef wall.

   When approaching either the Yin or Yang with bait, they will begin to follow it. Unlike other fish, it is very difficult to break the attention of the Yin and Yang, and they will follow the lure indefinitely as long as it does not get too far away. The player must use this tendency to lead one school to the other, at which point they will begin circling around each other. When they are in this circling motion, they can be hooked.

You will need:

* Crankbait and Sinker rod upgrades, for avoiding the attention of fish and leading the Yang through the water.
* A Luxury Boat or better, since you need to travel between the Bay and the reef wall.
* Lightbulb lure (both Yin and Yang are found in darkness).
* Nightfall hat (not essential, but can make navigating easier as there are less small fish to avoid at night).

The small cave that the Yang is found in is also home to several Cavefish, Stankfin, and occasionally Carvers. This makes attracting its attention without getting your bait eaten a tough prospect, and it may be convenient to clear out the Yang's cave before starting the endeavour. This is especially true if you are leading the Yin into the Yang's cave, because the larger fish will try and eat anything you catch as you are trying to get it out.

Note that the Yin and Yang both have very long respawn times. If you are trying for a specific one and fail to hook it, do not clear out an entire school or you will have to wait for all three of them to respawn. It is more convenient to back off until both schools have returned to their respective homes, and then try the journey again. Sometimes, the fish that you did not lead to a new location will refuse to bite. In this case, try the journey from the other direction.

**Easier catch method:** requires Trawler and a Flick rod upgrade. All you have to do is lead the fish to your boat and then flick the bait through the Trawler. **Important:** This does not seem to count towards completing the quest nor does it reveal the fish in the Catalog.
Sneaky

**Sneaky** is a Hat. It hugely reduces the aggression and lunge range of fish, which has the side effect of making some fish harder to hook.

## Usefulness

The Sneaky hat is most useful when needing to sneak past large numbers of aggressive fish, such as when catching fish deep in the Silo or in Bombat territory. Unlike the Surgeon hat it doesn't reduce bomb explosion radius, so it can be used while scaring off large schools of fish to clear the area for a hard catch.

Fishing up the Sneaky hat is one way to obtain the **Super Swag** achievement, which is awarded for fishing up a Legendary or Mythic hat.

## How to Acquire

Like most hats in *Cat Goes Fishing*, the Sneaky hat is obtained by finding it underwater and fishing it up. Hats can be hooked even if the bait has already been eaten (provided the Scouting rod upgrade is equipped).

While searching for hats, they show up as distinctive icons on the sonar and deep sonar. In addition, hats seen floating in the water will eventually sink to the seabed if not caught, requiring the use of the Sinker rod upgrade to find them and pull them up.