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Diving Lure

**Diving Lure** is a rod upgrade. It increases the sink speed of the lure, making it descend faster once cast. It does not extend the depth of a cast (and should not be confused with the Sinker upgrade, which makes the lure descend to the rod's maximum depth).

## Usefulness

The Diving Lure is the first available rod upgrade, and also one of the cheapest. However, its usefulness is quite limited since the faster descent doesn't become helpful until you can stack four or more upgrades onto your rod (at which point you probably have better options). In addition, the slower reel speed means your catches are more likely to get caught and eaten by larger fish.

Essentially, it's better than no upgrades, but probably will be one of the first ones you swap out once more options are available.

Equipping a Diving Lure to your rod will earn you the **Fast Forward** achievement.

Stacking five or more Diving Lure upgrades on your rod will earn you the **Impatience** achievement (this requires a Power Rod or above).

Equipping both a Diving Lure and a Rising Lure upgrade to your rod will earn you the **Fine Tuning** achievement.
Blissy

> *"The Blissy swims in a staccato fashion above and to the east of the coral reef."*
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## Blissy

### Location

Coral Reef

The Blissy is a slow-moving Medium fish with a striped purple and pink body. Despite its colourful appearance it is rather unremarkable and not too difficult to catch, even on Realism Mode.

### Location

The Blissy is found in the waters above the Coral Reef basin, typically in the midwaters at around the level of the reef itself. It may be found in the company of other varieties of Medium and Small fish, but usually spawns by itself.
Equipment

In *Cat Goes Fishing*, the player can obtain a variety of equipment to help them navigate the game world and catch larger, more challenging fish.

Equipment is purchased from various shop tabs that unlock across the top of the screen as the player levels up, including the Rod Shop, Boat Shop, and Hatalog.

## Fishing Rods

*Main article: Fishing Rods*

   The rod is the player's core tool, used to catch fish. The player begins with a Basic Rod but is able to upgrade through the Rod Shop, allowing them to cast farther, sink deeper, reel faster, and tackle more and more challenging fish.

Rods have upgrade slots, allowing the player to purchase and install useful rod upgrades. Higher-tier rods have more available slots.

## Rod Upgrades

*Main article: Rod Upgrades*

Rod upgrades are available for purchase through the Rod Shop menu, by clicking on an equipped rod. They provide an array of useful bonuses that make catching fish easier, and are unlocked gradually through game progression.

Each rod comes with upgrade slots which are specific to that rod, so the player can build different upgrade sets on different rods.

## Lures

*Main article: Lures*

   Lures are purchasable, one-use items that are purchased from the Lure Shop and can be attached to your line. Each lure has a different effect, such as providing light in deep waters or allowing the player to catch Huge fish.

## Tools

*Main article: Tools*

The minimap, sonar and deep sonar are all purchased from the Tool Shop. They allow the player to better navigate the water, first with the use of the wider-screen minimap and later with increasingly high-resolution sonar displays.

## Boats

*Main article: Boats*

    The Boat Shop, unlocked at Level 7, allows the player to purchase a boat and travel away from the shore. This opens up the ability to fish in other regions of the map, giving access to newer, more valuable fish.

The Basic Boat, which is the first boat available to the player, can only travel a short distance away from the shore. Successive boats will increase your maximum travelling range.

## Hats

*Main article: Hats*

Hats can be fished up from the ocean, and after they are unlocked in this way they may be purchased from the Hatalog while the player is not out at sea. Hats have a variety of helpful passive effects which may aid the player in a variety of ways (such as increasing the effectiveness of different lures or making the boat move faster).
Stormy

> *"This energetic fish explores the surface during some thunderstorms."*
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The Stormy is a rare Medium fish that appears during storms. It is easily spotted due to its distinctive bright yellow, jagged fins and pale brown body. It is usually solitary.

### Location

The Stormy will only appear during a thunderstorm, and even then its arrival is not guaranteed. It appears near the entrances to caves in the Open Ocean, at around the midwater level, and continuously flicks back and forth.

## Catching Guide

The primary difficulty in catching the Stormy is finding it in the first place, since its appearance is not guaranteed during a given storm. The easiest way to find the Stormy is to scout the Open Ocean using your line equipped with a Lightbulb lure. It is primarily a matter of luck, since there is no way of knowing whether a Stormy has spawned or not without seeing it. You will also need a Sinker upgrade to reach it.

The Nightfall hat, which increases storm frequency, can be helpful in tracking down a Stormy.
Celad

> **Normal:** *The green Celad swim along the coral reef, using the weeds as natural camouflage.*
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## Celad

"The green Celad swim along the coral reef, using the weeds as natural camouflage."

### Location

Coral Reef

The celad is a small, green fish with circular fins on its tail, head, and sides. it lives in the coral reef, amongst the other small fish, like the Pink Kisser or Inno. A full celad is worth $13,000 or you can throw it back for a medium bait. It can be eaten by anything larger. Its disguise using colour and weeds is similar to the nearby Sassy .

## Catching Guide

A small bait, that's all, just try avoiding all The Lionfish.

## Trivia

Celad sounds like Salad, which may be the reason for its name as it is green.
Beakfish

**Normal:** *"Once hooked, the Beakfish turns in response to tension on the line. Clever fishercats have been known to use this behavior to their advantage."*

**Extinct:** *"Once hooked, the Beakfish would turn in response to tension on the line. Clever fishercats were known to use this behavior to their advantage.It is now Extinct"*

## Beakfish

"Once hooked, the Beakfish turns in response to tension on the line. Clever fishercats have been known to use this behavior to their advantage."

### Location

The Bay

The Beakfish is a medium fish. Once hooked it spins in a circle, by reeling you can change the direction of the fishes path. It is not very aggresive.

### Location

The Beakfish is mostly found in the deeper waters of The Bay, sometimes going near the Tiger Shark. They are much more common in The Bay however.
Moga

> *"The Moga never tires and never sleeps. He can easily snap a weak line. Accustomed to darkness, he fears the light."*
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## Moga

### Location

The Open Ocean (Depths)

The Moga is a Huge, flat, grey fish that resembles a real-world sunfish. Although it appears fairly commonly, it is rarely seen due to its aversion to light that drives it away from any lines equipped with a Lightbulb.

### Location

The Moga swims in the Open Sea, and will follow the boat until it passes the reef wall. Using this knowledge, a player can estimate where the Moga will be at any given time.

## Catching Guide

   As with other Huge fish, a huge hook and medium bait are required to catch the Moga. Since it will flee from a Lightbulb, the sonar is extremely useful in locating it.

The Moga is one of the harder fish to catch on Realism mode, thanks to its persistence, high stamina and aversion to light. This last point requires it to be caught during the night or during a storm, otherwise it can never be reeled into the boat as it will constantly drag the line down as soon as it leaves the depths. This means that the player will have to track their line tension through the audio cues, or using deep sonar if they have it.

You will need:

* At least three Gauge and Improved Crank rod upgrades.
* A huge hook.
* Sonar or (ideally) deep sonar, to track the Moga's movements and time your reeling with its movements.
Brimble

> *"The Brimble feeds on scraps that fall from the edge of cliffs."*
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The Brimble is a Large, bulbous red fish with tiny eyes. It floats motionless and completely vertical in the water, and does not move unless it sees prey.

### Location

The Brimble is found in the deeper waters of the Bay, directly below the starting cliff at the point where the water turns dark.

## Catching Guide

Without the Sinker rod upgrade it can be difficult to reach the area where Brimble are found, as many other fish are in the way (including other Large, fast fish such as Seraph which will steal your bait).

A rod equipped with the Sinker, Crankbait and Bait Guard upgrades will be able to quickly sink down to the Brimble's level with minimal attention from other fish, making the task very simple.

If you have not unlocked the Lightbulb, then on Realism mode the Brimble can be a difficult catch, as it will quickly and powerfully swim down into the darkness and has a good chance of snapping the line. Generally, it takes a very long time and a lot of patience to catch the Brimble on Realism mode. It can be easier to lure the Brimble up further where it can be quickly dragged to the surface, but it is unlikely to follow the lure all the way.

A group of Brimble in their normal position near the Shore.
Crystalfish

> **Normal:** *"This crystalline fish consumes trace elements from the mineral rich water in the caverns, developing large, valuable crystals on its back."*
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> **Endangered:** *"This crystalline fish consumes trace elements from the mineral rich water in the caverns. Their population is dwindling."*
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## Crystalfish

### Location

Caverns (coral basin caves)

The Crystalfish is a Small, extremely rare fish found deep in the coral basin caves. It has a spherical, cyan-coloured body with large crystals growing from its back. The Crystalfish has a similar level of rarity to the Dragon Fish and Goldbeard, in that it is disproportionately valuable, there is only one of it at any given time, and it takes a very long time to respawn. At $500,000, the Crystalfish is the most valuable Small fish, whose value can be doubled to $1 million using the Bones Hat.

### Location

The Crystalfish is found very deep down in the coral basin caves, in a small dead-end chamber sometimes called the crystal cave. It is located directly below the cave containing the Jackfish.

## Catching Guide

Like the Jackfish, the Crystalfish can be a difficult catch due to the difficulty in reeling it out of the caves intact. It may be more useful to bring it up and out through the empty caves (see the map), where there is more space to maneuver.

A Lightbulb lure and the Sinker rod upgrade are reccomended for navigating the dark cave system. The Flick rod upgrade can help in case the line becomes snagged while reeling the Crystalfish to the surface. Once the Crystalfish is on the rod, the Abyssal will swim towards the hook and attempt to eat it.
Forebearer

## Statistics

The Forebearer is a large, robotic fish. It is a secret fish and will not show up in the Catalog until caught.

Despite showing up in the Catalog after being caught, it does not have an actual entry.

## Catching Guide

To catch the Forebearer, a sequence of fish catches is required ***without*** recasting the line. Using a Huge Hook, first catch a Conpas. Then, with a live Conpas on the line, use it to catch a Powerfin. The Powerfin will then swim to the Forebearer, where it can be caught.
Rodi

*"This carefree juvenile fish enjoys the protection of its caring parent. It swims happily with its sibling. It has a calm nature."*

## Statistics

Rodi is a orange-striped fish with black eyes. Its striped pattern and tail fin matches the back half of its parent, the Rodilav.

### Location

Rodi can be found following the Rodilav in the Kelp Plateau.

## Catching Guide

To catch Rodi, there are a few ways, first one are bringing Rodi to the surface, so Rodilav don't have time to break the line. Second method is super hard, you need as much as you only can Improved Cranks, Catch the Rodi, and don't let Rodilav help him. Third way is to boom Rodilav, and catch him.
Bait

**Bait** is required in order to catch bigger fish. Bait is attached to the end of your fishing line when you throw back a Small or Medium-sized fish. Throwing back a large or huge fish will not give you bait; the fish will simply swim away.

There are three bait types. The type of bait received depends on the size of the fish that you throw back:

**Small bait** is attached to the rod by default and can be used to catch small fish.

**Medium bait** is attached when a Small fish is thrown back, and it can be used to catch small or medium-sized fish. Wearing the Bait Hat hat makes this your default bait.

**Large bait** is attached when a Medium fish is thrown back, and it can be used to catch a fish of any size (small, medium, large or huge).

If a huge hook is used when catching a fish, it can be used to catch larger fish without having to throw it back as bait. This is the only way to catch certain fish, such as the Shark.

**Rocks**, which can be picked up off the seafloor, serve as bait for the Bombat.
Ghast

> **Normal:** *"This fish was recently discovered when it swam up from the depths near the silo."*
> **Extinct:** "*This ghastly, looking fish occasionally swims up from the depths near the silo. It was hunted to extinction for its meat."*
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## Ghast

### Location

The Silo

The Ghast is a common Medium fish with a ale blue body and white fins. They are easily spotted in the dark waters they frequent due to their pale colouration. When they see the bait, Ghast will behave like Sourfish do and slowly move towards it, making them easy to dodge.

### Location

It is found in the deeper waters of the Silo, particularly in the western section closer to the cliff wall.
Quester's Beret

**Quester's Beret** is a Hat. It doubles all quest rewards and allows the player to take a maximum of two extra quests.

## Usefulness

The Quester's Beret is a direct upgrade of the Ballcap, and since it also provides doubled quest rewards it allows quests to remain worthwhile in the late game. However, wearing this prevents the player from taking advantage of more practical bonuses such as those from the Bait Hat, Battery Pack or Explorer.

Fishing up the Quester's Beret 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 Quester's Beret 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.
Bagu

> *"The energetic Bagu live very far from shore, though they occasionally swim inland to hunt smaller fish."*
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## Bagu

### Location

Open Ocean

The Bagu is a Large green fish with a large, bulbous head. It hunts smaller fish during the day, and is found in pairs. It resembles a Humphead Wrasse.

### Location

The Bagu can be found in the surface and midwaters on the eastern side of the Open Ocean, towards the reef wall. It is found during the day only.

## Catching Guide

Finding the Bagu is quite simple, as although it is fairly rare it usually swims near to the reef wall. In Realism mode, it will pull on the line and drag it hard in the opposite direction.
Sea Jeepy

> **Normal:** *The Sea Jeepy lives in the basin east of the coral reef.*
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## Statistics

The Sea Jeepy is a Small fish with a greyish-white body and long, angular fins. It is usually solitary, but may be found with other reef fish, like the Hue or Casper.

### Location

The Sea Jeepy is found in the basin to the east of the Coral Reef, above the seafloor. It may also swim onto the reef itself.
Dig Hat

**Dig** is a Hat. It allows the player to utilize a worm on the hook by casting backwards on the shore at the start of the game.

## Usefulness

The worm is very useful in that it effectively acts as a large bait, without the player needing to catch any fish. Even many huge fish like the Shark and Hamahed can be caught with just the worm.

It acts as the Skrimp, because it's like using a mega hook, as you can catch a variety of fish with just the worm.

The Dig Hat is also required to catch the Problematicus which only hooks onto worms.

Although it has a unique rarity, the Dig Hat still counts for obtaining the Super Swag achievement, which is awarded for fishing up a Legendary or Mythic hat.

## How to Acquire

Unique to the hat rarity *Discovered*, it can only be found at a specific part of the map. It resides at the bottom of the third cave at the Rocky Plateau, which must be charged at and broken by a Buffalofish.
Cat Goes Fishing Wiki:Editing Guidelines

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## General Rules of Thumb

* Ask before making new pages, most missing pages have already been made or are already planned.
* Make articles short and concise. Do not clutter pages. Less information is sometimes better.
* Ask questions if you need any help or advice or if you can't find anything.

## Formatting and Editing

* Use correct punctuation, capitalisation and spelling. Avoid run-on sentences.
* For Fish articles, use the established format (refer to the Cuddlefish, Shark and Lumina pages for examples). Add "Catching Guide" sections only when the fish is notably difficult to catch due to either method or Realism mode difficulty.
* Make use of headings so as to avoid long text walls.
* Capitalise Small, Medium, Large and Huge when referring to fish sizes ONLY.
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* Avoid using subjective language where it isn't warranted, and keep articles informative, clear and concise.

## Trivia

Any information about a specific item, fish or mechanic that does not fit into any other section on a page is considered Trivia. Not every article needs or warrants a Trivia section, but you may add one if you feel you have something interesting to mention.

### What is trivia

* Information about previous versions of the game or information that may be useful as a point of reference.
* Inspiration on designs that may have been taken from the real world, other games, or literature.
Dire Trillow

> **Normal:** *"This larger species of Trillow swim in large circles east of the coral reef."*
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## Dire Trillow

### Location

Coral Reef

The Dire Trillow is a Small, dark blue fish that closely resembles the smaller Trillow to which it is related. It behaves in a similar manner, swimming in large circles in groups of three or so in open water.

### Location

The Dire Trillow is found in the Coral Reef basin, just east of the reef itself. It is usually spotted at around mid-ocean depths but its circling pattern may bring it up closer to the surface.

## Catching Guide

A small bait, that's all, try avoiding Grumpers.
Tappy

> **Normal:** *Tappy follow the shadows of boats in deep, scattered schools.*
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## Tappy

"Tappy follow the shadows of boats in deep, scattered schools".

### Location

Open Sea(Coral Wall)

The Tappy is a small exotic purple and yellow fish that swim in groups. You can find them during the day close to the deep waters. They can be caught with the small bait and later be sold for $2,800 if it stays uneaten.

### Location

They tend to be found underneath the boat as the description states, but I recommend looking for them near the Coral Wall, where The Clownfish are. They have a similar shape, location and name to the Tetra.
Blooper

**Normal:** *"This fish can be found roaming far and wide. Though sometimes tricky to catch, it's an excellent bait fish when traversing the distant sea."*

**Extinct:** *"This fish could once be found roaming far and wide. It was tricky to catch, but it's trickier now. They are extinct."*

## Blooper

### Location

Drop Off

The Blooper is a round shaped mainly light blue colored fish with a gray dot as its eye. The Blooper arranges itself in smaller groups. However, catching the Blooper is very difficult, as it avoids the bait and has a small lunge range. It is much easier using a Huge Hook and catching a small fish to catch the Blooper than to use a small bait. It is not the most reliable bait.

### Location

The Blooper can be found at the beginning of the Drop Off, past the Coral Reef. Usually swimming in circles.
Rocky Plateau (region)

The **Rocky Plateau** is the second furthest region in Cat Goes Fishing. It can only be reached with the Tech Boat or the Conpas, although the latter could also travel to the Goldfish. The Rocky Plateau contains a plethora of unique fish inside a complex cave system.

## Sub-regions

### Dunkan's place

This area is just home to Dunkan and maybe Smarty.

### Kingfish Cave

This cave is home to Ancient Kingfish and its minions.

### Time Cave

To enter this cave, firstly you need to catch the Ancient Kingfish, once done, take the Buffalofish's attention and take him with you. Grab a Bomb or Boom Puff, and take him to the wall. Then let the Buffalofish eat your Bomb/Boom Puff and the wall should open. There are many unique Fish like Minute or Primitive.

### Dig Cave

To enter this cave use the same tactic as in the Time Cave. This cave is home to Dig Hat.

## Fish

The Rocky Plateau is pretty big, but with smaller amount of Fish than the Kelp Plateau.

### Small Fish

* Fumer (before the cave is opened or after the Ancient Kingfish has been caught)
* Orwellian
* Chrono
* Newk
* Spec

### Medium Fish

* Smarty
* Bulbeater
* Garm
* Dijon
* Young Cusper
* Cuda
* Fin
* Bishop (before the cave is opened or after the Ancient Kingfish has been caught)
* Caval (before the cave is opened or after the Ancient Kingfish has been caught)
* Minute
* Swoosher
* Bramble
* Lumos

### Large Fish

* Blue Cusper
* Great Carver
* Ancient Kingfish
* Regina
* Chook
* Paladin
* Primitive
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Cat Goes Fishing

*Cat Goes Fishing* follows the fishing adventures of the main character, the aptly named Cat. The game does not have a set storyline or plot and is mainly upgrade based.

Although there is no true end to the game, there are certain milestones that most players will eventually reach. This includes: catching the first Huge fish, catching the most expensive fish, and completing the Catalog. There is also a secret ending followed by credits that is available after reaching level 42, using the rare Josie fish.

## Update History

*Cat Goes Fishing* was initially released in 2015 by the studio Cat5Games. The last update was 93 days ago.

* **May 2015** - Realism mode introduced.
* **April 2016** - Night mechanics introduced.
* **February 2017** - Caves and coral introduced. Minor bug fixes.
* **October 2017** - Performance improved.
* **April 2018** - New fish added. More bug fixes.
* **October 2019** - The Silo area and related fish introduced. Mega Hook and Collier Boat added.
* **November 2019** - More bug fixes.
* **July 2022** - Added more fish, including a number of Huge fish. Significant changes to swimming mechanics.
* **August 2022** - Added Trawler Lure.
* **July 2023** - Tech Boat and new regions introduced. Minor bug fixes.
* **August 2023** - New fish added. Change to Swimming and bug fixes.
* **October 2023** - Halloween update. New hat and fish costumes.

## Trivia

The game's art is derived from a concept called *"Fishing Girl"* by game developer Daniel Cook. The game concept was similar, although the player was a bear, who ultimately tried to reach another bear at the other side of an ocean. Daniel Cook created a prototyping challenge of this in 2008, and it was turned into Flash, Unity, and Xbox Indie games before Cat Goes Fishing was released.

Cat Goes Fishing mentions Fishing Girl as the "original design" in its credits.
Luifin

> *"The Luifin wanders the distant sea, happily enjoying the company of her mate."*
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## Luifin

### Location

Coral Reef

The Luifin is a large pink fish that is never found without its partner, the Mizifin. If its partner is caught, the Luifin will go into a sad, slow state, stopping its rapid movement.

### Location

The Luifin and Mizifin swim together at mid-ocean depths in the basin east of the Coral Reef.

## Catching Guide

Because of their distinctive colours and tendency to swim in a pair, the Luifin and Mizifin are fairly easy to spot. A Sinker upgrade can help in reaching their usual swimming depths.

Both the Luifin and the Mizifin put up a significant fight when hooked in Realism mode, pulling the line sharply and for long distances. It may take a while for them to tire, and since they can pull the line into the darkness a Lightbulb may be needed to keep track of line tension. When one is caught, the other one becomes easier to catch.
Cowfish

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> *"This lumbering fish sits around waiting for a snack to float past its face."*
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## Statistics

The Cowfish is a Large, slow-moving orange fish commonly encountered in the early regions of the game. Although it is sluggish, it will slowly gravitate towards and eat bait of any size, as well as Small and Medium fish. On Halloween, its appearance changes to dark orange, with a lighter eye.

### Location

Cowfish are quite common in shallow and midwater depths throughout the Bay, and can also be found at the westernmost edge of the Open Ocean.

## Catching Guide

The Cowfish requires large bait but otherwise is not particularly hard to catch. Even in Realism mode, it doesn't fight the lure much at all and can be reeled in with no trouble. The main challenge is actually reaching it, and keeping the lure near its head long enough for it to bite. For this, the Bait Guard and Crankbait upgrades can help to protect against smaller fish.

## Trivia

* The Cowfish shares its name with a real-life species of fish, the Longhorn Cowfish, although their appearances are very different.
Minute

> *"This fish lives near Chrono, coordinating a slow , temporal dance."*
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"This fish lives near Chrono, coordinating a slow , temporal dance."

This blue and white medium fish lives in the time cave along with the Chrono. Underneath the Plateau. It can switch places with the Chrono from time to time.

## Catching Guide

First, you need to bomb the Buffalofish to open the time cave after capturing the Ancient Kingfish.

Then, you use medium or large bait to catch it.
Realism Mode

*"This premier update adds a new challenge to Cat Goes Fishing. The fish are fighting back. Cat's prey will thrall once hooked and attempt to break the line. Reinforce your line and fight with brute strength or cleverly outsmart your flailing foes."*

**Realism mode** was added in an update on May 20, 2015. It is significantly harder than Classic mode. Fish will fight against being caught, and will have to be tired out by resisting at times. Overly aggressively fishing will result in a broken line and lost bait. This mode requires smarter play and is not recommended for novice players.

The May 20 update added the line breaking mechanic, where the line will break if snagged on a rock or pulled too much against a resisting fish. While fish do not resist in Classic mode, the line can still snap if it hits a rock. Snapping a line for the first time will unlock the Flick rod upgrade.
Tophat

**Tophat** is a Hat. It doubles the cost of caught fish, but disables all rod upgrades.

## Usefulness

The Tophat is most useful for quickly making money from easy-to-catch fish. Since the bonus that it provides is applied immediately upon reeling in a fish (not when selling), it can't be exploited by catching fish while wearing a different hat and then equipping the Tophat purely for selling. Fish that are caught without the Tophat retain their standard price even if it is worn when they are sold. This limits its usefulness.

If the player is confident they can catch rarer fish without rod upgrades, the Tophat can provide the highest yield from Huge fish (which can't be given a similar bonus from the Bones hat).

Fishing up the Tophat 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 Tophat 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.
Purdy

> **Normal:** *The Purdy swim along the ocean floor in the basin past the coral reef.*
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## Purdy

### Location

Coral Reef

The Purdy is a Small greyish-white fish with a long, thin body and a large head. Like the Angle, which is found in the same area, the Purdy is a valuable Small fish that is well worth catching on the occasions when it appears.

### Location

The Purdy is found east of the Coral Reef, near the floor of the coral basin.

## Catching Guide

A bait, that's all, just avoid other fish.
Catfin

> **Normal:** *"The lithe and energetic Catfin are fairly common away from the shore."*
> **Extinct:** "*The lithe and energetic Catfin was once fairly common, though it has since been farmed to extinction."*
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The Catfin is a Large orange-brown fish with dark stripes across its body and prominent barbels, or whiskers, on its nose. Like the Felish, it resembles a catfish. Although it doesn't gather in schools, small numbers of Catfin can sometimes be found together, swimming in random directions.

### Location

Catfin are found at shallow and midwater depths across the Open Ocean, often close to the reef wall.

## Catching Guide

The Catfin requires large bait but is otherwise a relatively standard catch as far as Large fish go, although it does require a boat to reach. On Realism mode, it fights harder than passive fish like the Cowfish but is still not too difficult to reel in.
Sodafish

> **Normal:** *"The Sodafish will steal your bait unless you give him something he truly desires."*
> **Extinct:** *"The Sodafish would steal your bait unless you gave him something he truly desired."*
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## Sodafish

### Location

The Silo

The Sodafish is a very rare and valuable Medium fish. It is tied for most valuable fish with the Dragon. Unlike most other fish, the Sodafish has a different sprite depending on which way it is facing - the soda attached to its body is only visible on one side.

### Location

It can be found a bit beyond the Silo, but may very rarely be found near the coral reef or in other parts of the map. It usually swims at mid-ocean depths, above total darkness.

## Catching Guide

The Sodafish cannot be caught using normal bait. When you approach it make sure not to get too close, or it will steal your bait and cause the cast to fail. You need to make the Sodafish flip upside down so that the can attached to it falls off. When that happens, quickly rotate around the fish and hook the can (do not leave it or else the fish will dash for the can and get it back). After you have the can, the Sodafish can be caught as normal.

The difficulty is often maneuvering the Sodafish into a good position in the first place. Since it often appears at the far end of the map, beyond boat range, your movement is limited. It may be necessary to lure the Sodafish back to an area under your boat where it is easier to flip it upside down.

You will need:

* Collier boat or Tech boat (to reach the edge of the Silo)
* Sinker and Glitterbait rod upgrades (Glitterbait is not essential but helps to keep the fish's attention)
* Lightbulb and Bait Hat are optional but helpful

Before you go for the Sodafish itself, it can be helpful to clear the area of other fish using bombs. For this, the rod upgrades Detonator and Bomb Stack are very effective. Be careful when using bombs that you do not scare off the Sodafish itself.

Sodafish following the lure.
## Trivia

* Unlike other fish, the Sodafish has unique animated expressions that change as it swims. There are different animations on the eyes when it is following the line, pulling on the hook, or tired. Additionally, an animation on the mouth occurs when it loses the soda.
* When whole, the Sodafish is tied for most valuable fish with the Dragon. However, since it is a Medium fish and can be eaten, the Bones hat will affect it and can potentially make it a $3,000,000 fish.
Flash

> *"This ancient relative of the swordfish speeds around the labyrinth, spearing unlucky small fish."*
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## Flash

### Location

The labyrinth

The Flash is a Medium, very fast fish with a sleek blue and white body. It will chase after Small fish and can steal them off the hook, leaving them stuck to its long snout. It has a similar body shape to the Swordfish as it is related to it.

### Location

The Flash is found floating in a labyrinth under Kelp Plateau.

## Catching Guide

The way to catch a Flash is similar to the method of catching a Swordfish, although not one specific fish is needed.

You will need to find and capture a small fish, such as the Centy or Maize found in the labyrinth, and let the Flash spear it. This allow you to bring it up to your boat. A huge hook is required for this fish.
The Bay

The **Bay**, also called the Shoreline, is the first area of the ocean available to new players. It encompasses the waters closest to the shore, and is primarily home to very common fish such as Mustardfish, Cuddlefish and Grumpers.

This region can be fished without the aid of a boat, relying on only the length of the line and rockets to increase casting distance.

## Caves

The Bay features a vast cave network which connects the the caves of the Open Sea. There are many fish that can be found there such as the cavefish, Yang, Cavin and Nightfish Sire.

## Fish

The majority of the fish found in the Bay are relatively common and can be found in other areas of the ocean as well. However, some fish are only found close to shore. In the caves you can also find the explorer hat necessary for catching certain fish.

### Small fish

* Cuddlefish - Swims in large schools in the upper waters.
* Swooper - Swims in large schools in the upper waters.
* Roundfin - Swims in large schools in the upper waters.
* Snobfish - In the upper waters, only ever found by itself.
* Gallina -Found in large schools further offshore, often requiring the use of a Rocket.
* Kingfish - Follows Queenfish in large schools.
* Tangfin - On the very edge of the shoreline casting radius, at the point where it becomes the Open Ocean

### Medium fish

* Mustardfish - Extremely common in all areas of the Bay.
* Grumper - Slightly further from shore, in the upper waters.
* Queenfish - Found in the midwaters just offshore and also in the Open Ocean, surrounded by Kingfish.
* Sibilfin- In the upper and midwaters of the eastern Bay, usually being chased by Turgeon.
* Gawker - Found offshore in the deeper waters, just above the point where the water turns dark.
* Leofish - On the very edge of the shoreline casting radius, just above the depths.
* Bullfish - After the player has ventured out to sea in a boat at least once, Bullfish will appear closer to shore near the surface.

### Large fish

* Cowfish - In the upper and midwaters.
* Seraph - In the upper waters just offshore, and also further out.
* Turgeon - In the upper and midwaters of the eastern Bay, usually chasing Sibilfin.
* Brimble - Directly below the shore, floating vertically just above the point where the water turns dark.
* Felish - Lives in the depths but ventures up into the shallower waters at night.

### Huge fish

The most notable Huge fish in the Bay is the Shark, which is an aggressive fish that will grab the line and drag it out to sea. It is found lower down, just above the point where the water turns dark.

the Maw tends to hover on the floor under the bay, but may sometimes venture into the Open Sea aswell.
Dunkan

**Before Catch:** *"This newly discovered huge fish ravages the local landscape. Its tough armour makes it impossible to catch."*

**Caught/Normal: "***This huge fish ravages the local landscape. Its tough armour makes it resistant to bombs, but it's not so tough."*

**Endangered:** *"This huge fish ravages the local landscape, due to its large size its a big target and has been overfished."*

**Extinct:** *"This huge fish used to ravage the local landscale, but it was fished to extinction."*

## Dunkan

### Location

Rocky Plateau

The Dunkan is a Huge fish with a craggy brown body that resembles worn stone. Its head is heavily armoured, with dark brown plates and sharp teeth.

### Location

The Dunkan can be found on the Rocky Plateau, in the open water just above the sea floor.

## Catching Guide

In order to catch the Dunkan it needs to be scared all the way to the right side of the map with bombs, simultaneously damaging its armor. This is achieved by using the Bomb Stack and Detonator upgrades on your rod.

After you have successfully repelled it all the way to the right, its armor can be blown off with the use of enough bombs, allowing it to be caught with a large bait and a huge hook or mega hook. The exact amount of bombs needed for this is 8.

Another way to break its armour is to bring a Puff from the open ocean although this is not the intended way and may get changed

## Trivia

Dunkan is based of a prehistoric fish called Dunkleosteus. It had tough armor and could open and close its mouth as fast as you can blink. It lived in Devon which is about 419 to 359 million years ago. It could grow to 10 meters and it’s razor sharp fangs were made of the same material as it’s tough armor,it had the strongest bite force of any creature on the planet (up to 80000 PSI) and the name Dunkan was commonly used as its name because it's actual name was too long to say.
Lens Cap

**Lens Cap** is a Hat. It allows the player to see the lunge range of fish once the line is cast.

## Usefulness

The Lens Cap is useful for avoiding the range of unwanted fish and homing in on a specific target. The lunge range of individual fish is shown as a circle of varying size, and most fish will only pursue the hook once it enters their circle. Once a fish is targeting the hook, their lunge circle will turn red. When navigating regions with a large number of fish, such as the Open Ocean or Coral Reef, this hat can help the player to largely avoid attention even without the use of Crankbait or Stealthbait upgrades.

Fishing up the Lens Cap 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 Lens Cap 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 Lens Cap in action, showing the lunge range of many fish.
Tart

> *"The Tart lives near the Lindfin, ready to snap the line when you hook them."*
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## Tart

### Location

Kelp Plateau

The Tart is a Large fish with a green body and orange-black fins. It seems to protect the Lindfin from being caught as it will snap the line if nearby when your trying to catch the Lindfin.

### Location

The Tart is found at the end of the Kelp Plateau area which is reachable via the Tech Boat. It resides near the bottom, but above the exit of the labyrinth where a Chook swims around. The Tart can be found in the same location as the Lindfin and the Fennec Hat.

## Catching guide

The Tart can be caught with Large bait. However, it will only lunge at your bait when you flick it forward.
Ghost

**Normal:** *"The Ghost is a corporeal spirit of a now extinct fish.It only appears when the veil is thin."*

**Extinct:** *"The Ghost was the corporeal spirit of a now extinct fish; it now finally rests."*

## Ghost

### Location

Open ocean

The ghost are the former Torby who met a short unfortunate end now just a mere apparition of itself revenging the sea at night.

## Catching guide

The ghost only appears once the only 2 Torby in existence get caught and go extinct, after the 2 Torby are extinct the ghost will become catchable, when it's a thunderstorm. (The ghost can't go extinct). They can put up a fight like its past self.

When it's a thunderstorm you'll need to have any medium fish on your hook, and then you'll need to cast your hook when thunder strikes, (If done correctly, semi transparent Torby will be visible above the boat for a moment) then when your hook (with fish) hits water, a Ghost will spawn near your hook.

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Regions

The *Cat Goes Fishing* game world is divided into distinct regions based on depth and distance from the shore. Different regions contain different fish, with the difficulty of individual catches increasing the further the player goes from shore.

While there are no distinct borders between different zones of the map, they are usually separated by underwater land masses, such as the wall that divides the open sea from the reef.

The easternmost regions of the map (as well as some of the deeper parts of the chasm) are irradiated, which prevents sonar from functioning without the tech boat.

## The Bay

*Main article: The Bay*

The Bay is the area closest to shore, where the player begins the game. It is the westernmost section of the map, and contains mostly common, easy-to-catch fish such as the Cuddlefish, Mustardfish and Cowfish.

## Open Sea

*Main article: Open Sea*

The open sea is the region directly east of the Bay. It contains a large number of rarer, more colourful fish, but also several species of fish found in the Bay such as Seraphs and Grumpers.

## The Coral Reef

*Main article: Coral Reef*

The Coral Reef is an area filled with rare and diverse varieties of fish not seen closer to shore, such as the Clownfish, Dire Trillow and Josie. It is separated from the open ocean by a tall undersea cliff, the reef wall. To the left of the reef itself, a shallow basin opens into the coral reef caves.

## The Drop-Off

*Main article: Drop-Off*

The Drop off is an area east of the coral reef separated by a big cave known as "The empty cave". Not many fish live in the drop off. It is the main area in which the Dragon is found.

## The Distant Ocean

*Main article: The Distant Ocean*

The Silo, also known as the Open Ocean or Distant Ocean is a deep area of open water that lies beyond the Drop-Off. On the seafloor lies the disused entrance of a nuclear silo which also acts as a sonar jammer, and the surrounding waters are heavily irradiated to the point that certain fish are becoming mutated. Within this area many strange fish can be found, such as the eerie Abyssal.

## The Plateau

*Main article: Rocky Plateau and Kelp Plateau*

The Plateau is a large, flat section beyond the Silo. The left half is rocky and scarcely populated aboveground, but features a large cave system with three main caverns blocked off by rocks. These rocks must be broken using a Buffalofish. The right half of the Plateau is covered by a large forest of kelp and glowing plants. Its underground features a vast labyrinth full of narrow passages.

## The Furthest Ocean

*Main article: The Furthest Ocean*

The Farthest Ocean is the area past the Plateau. It is populated only by a couple of fish, namely the Problematicus, Yellow Carp, and a single Bulbeater.
Grumper

> **Normal:** *"The Grumper is very territorial. Once he begins his lunge, he never relents."*
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## Grumper

### Location

The Bay, Open Ocean

The Grumper is a common Medium fish. It is extremely fast and aggressive, and has a very wide detection range, meaning that it will immediately chase and try to eat any bait that lands near it.

The Grumper's territorial behaviour can be problematic for those seeking other fish nearby (particularly Small fish, which it will eat). There is a hat that repels Grumpers - the Dainty hat - if the player is becoming too frustrated by them. the Grumper often fights on the line, Sometimes often getting eaten by larger fish

### Location

Grumpers are widely found in the upper waters of the ocean across the map, although they are much more common in the Bay and the Open Ocean.
Bones

**Bones** is a Hat. It causes clean fish bones (a fully eaten fish on the hook) to be worth double the value of the same fish, intact.

## Usefulness

The Bones hat is an extremely situational hat but its effect can be very powerful if the player fully leans into it. High-value Medium and Small fish can be reeled in for double their value once eaten, making it a rather stress-free way to catch these fish. This is especially the case for the Sodafish, which has a doubled value of $3,000,000 when eaten (the highest in the game).

Fishing up the Bones 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 Bones 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.