Fishing

**Fishing** is an activity that allows the player to capture fish from rivers and oceans. When equipped with a fishing rod and bait, the player can approach designated Fishing Spots and cast a line into the water.

Fishing Day is an annual festival that celebrates fishing and is an ample source of rare and difficult fish, such as Emperor and King quality fish. These rare fish may make good gifts for the Day of the Bright Sun later in the month.

## Controls

1. To cast a line, the player needs to approach a designated fishing spot and press the left mouse button.
	* The player consumes 6 stamina points per cast.
	* Bait is consumed when the player chooses to begin reeling.
2. When a fish bites onto the hook (indicated by an exclamation mark), use the left mouse button to start reeling. Reeling will increase the tension which is indicated by the red bubble within the white bubble.
3. Hold the left mouse button to reel the line.
4. While reeling, keep the white bubble on the fish by moving the mouse. When the white bubble is too far off, it will turn red. Stop reeling when that happens and move the now red bubble back onto the fish.
5. Continue reeling until the fish is captured. A small figure above the player's fishing rod shows how much longer the player will need to reel. The fish is captured when the figure reaches 0.00.

### Tips

1. If the red bubble (tension) fills the white bubble, the line snaps and the fish will escape.
	* It is recommended to only reel the fish in when the white bubble is *on* the fish to avoid quickly overfilling the tension bubble.
	* The red bubble shrinks when the white bubble is *on* the fish while *not* reeling. Especially with tough fish like goliaths, these reeling breaks are necessary between reeling attempts.
2. The skill Fish Encyclopedia allows the player to identify which fish is currently biting, which is very useful for only catching specific fish.
3. Timer is paused but time does pass while the player is fishing: once the player reels a fish in, the amount of time they spent catching it is subtracted from the timer. The time spent per fishing attempt is capped at one in-game hour; if the player spends more than one hour reeling the fish in, only one hour will be subtracted from the timer.

## Fishing spots

*Main article: Fishing spots*
The fishing spots page lists fish by location, as well as shows where on the map that each fishing spot is.

## Catches

The chance to catch a fish is 92%, while the chance to catch other items is 8%.

**Note:**

* All the chance and price values were extracted from the game's files as of version 1.1.129956.
* King fish catch rates on console versions may be significantly lower;[ verify ] this may or may not be a bug.

### Special items

These items can be caught only once, and they are considered as "fish" when it comes to catch chance; in other words, for any cast, there is a 92% catch chance to catch a "fish", and the Golden Ring counts a one of those fish.

## Uses for fish

Fish can be used for cooking various consumables, gifting to other characters, selling for Gols to shops, breeding, or donated to the Portia Museum's aquarium on the second floor.

Specific fish are called for in certain recipes:

* Catfish can be cooked into Salty Grilled Catfish on a Grill
* Blade Fish can be dried into Dried Blade Fish on a Drying Rack
* Common Catfish, Emperor Golden Salmon, Emperor Banner Fish, Golden Salmon King, and Bubblefish King can be made into specific dishes by Ack

### Selling fish

Fish can be sold to the following stores:

* Best Brother
* Farm Store
* Food Store
* Harbor Trade Station
* Martha's Bakery
* South Block Trade Post
* Temporary Store
* Total Tools

### Breeding fish

*Main article: Breeding fish*
 A pair of same-species fish can be bred together to produce another fish of the same quality as the parents. For example, two emperor Goliath can be bred to spawn another emperor Goliath, or two Wiser Fish can be bred to produce another Wiser fish.