Fishing

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Before you can fish, you need to get a fishing rod. You will find the fishing rod at Gannon's shop for 5000 G. He is the only one who has it on the islands, and he only has one in-stock. If you accidentally Trash your fishing rod, it will reappear back at Gannon's shop for you to buy again.

Fishing in the game is an easy way to make a little bit of money. You just have to stand next to a body of water, press Y to use your equipped fishing pole, and then press Y again when you see an exclamation point ( ! ) above your head. If you time it right, then you will reel in an item. It could be a fish, junk, or a rare item like a Bottled Message, Pirate Treasure, or Fish Fossil.

The number of Fishing points you have will determine what you can fish up. At the beginning you will only be able to catch Fish (S) and junk, but as you increase your Fishing points, you will catch larger fish and other items. You need to earn at least 10,000 Fishing points before you can start catching Fish (L) and Bottle. For Pirate Treasure and Fish Fossil, you need to earn at least 15,000 Fishing points:

When you do catch a fish, you will be told what type of fish it is. The fish that you catch will appear in the Fish and Mushroom list inside of your Assets menu. The fish list will tell you where you can catch a fish via a map on the top screen when you select a fish, but it doesn't tell you what season you can catch it in. The tops screen also tells you the biggest fish of the species you've caught; if the fish size is in orange text instead of white, then you've caught the largest size possible. There's no advantage to catching the largest fish of each fish species.

On Summer 23 there is a Fishing Festival. To win, you will need to give a Fish (L) to Denny at Meadow Island during the festival time. This may take a long time to earn the necessary Fishing points, so don't expect to win in your first year of the game.

After you have caught at least 1 of each fish species available, the King Fish will unlock for you to catch. The Kings are rare fish for you to catch, but you don't get to keep them when you do. The Kings are tossed back into the water after you catch them and their information is added to your fish list. Catching all of the Kings is the ultimate angler's challenge.

Fish List

You can fish from the shore of any island in the archipelago, but you won't catch anything but junk from Sprite Island and Lighthouse Island. Link, Greenhouse, Rice, and Fruit islands are a part of your "Farmland" area. Mystic Island has the Goddess Pond on it, where you can find different kinds of fish than from the waters surrounding the island. For fishing on Sunny Island, you have to go onto the island and head to the river in the upper-left corner.

No.	Fish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Location	Minimum Fishing Points
001	Rabbitfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Verdure/Sprout Meadow	00501
002	Greenling	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Farmland Meadow	02001
003	Red Stingray	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	05001
004	Red Lizardfish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Mushroom Volcano	00000
005	Red Barracuda	~~~~	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Mystic	02001
006	Red Rockfish	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	00501
007	Sea Eel	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano	05001
008	Amur Minnow	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00000
009	Red Spotted Trout	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00000
010	Tilefish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic	02001
011	Saw-edged Perch	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	05001
012	Chicken Grunt	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic	02001
013	Spotted Knifejaw	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	05001
014	Rock Flounder	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	02001
015	Striped Beakfish	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	05001
016	Striped Jewfish	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Verdure/Sprout	05001
017	Threadfin Bream	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mystic	02001
018	Butterfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Meadow Mushroom Mystic Volcano Verdure/Sprout	00000
019	Tuskfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mystic	00501
020	Sardine	~~~~	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	00000
021	Char	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Goddess Pond	05001
022	Japanese Dace	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Sunny Island	00501
023	Moray Eel	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Verdure/Sprout	05001
024	Eel	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	10001
025	Filefish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	00501
026	Surfperch	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	00501
027	Pale Chu b	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00000
028	Stonefish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	00000
029	Halibut	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom	10001
030	Whitefin Jack	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Verdure/Sprout	00000
031	Marlin	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano	15001
032	Butterfly Kingfish	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom	10001
033	Skipjack Tuna	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mushroom	05001
034	Kwangtung Skate	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic	05001
035	Greater Amberjack	~~~~	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Verdure/Sprout	10001
036	Angler	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	10001
037	Kichiji Rockfish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom	00501
038	Yellowfin Tuna	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Verdure/Sprout Volcano	10001
039	Round Herring	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano	00000
040	Rainbowfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mystic	00000
041	Sea Smelt	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland	00000
042	Sablefish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland	05001
043	Golden Carp	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Sunny Island	00000
044	Crucian Carp	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Sunny Island	00501
045	Alfonsino	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom	00501
046	Longtooth Grouper	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic	05001
047	Black Porgy	~~~~	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Mystic	02001
048	Bluefin Tuna	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Animal Verdure/Sprout Volcano	15001
049	Bighead Carp	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	10001
050	Flathead	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mushroom Volcano	05001
051	Gizzard Shad	Spring	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic	00501
052	Saffron Cod	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland	00501
053	Salmon	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Farmland	02001
054	Cherry Salmon	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mystic	02001
055	Mackerel	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	02001
056	Japanese Mackerel	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Verdure/Sprout	10001
057	Pacific Saury	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Animal Meadow Volcano	00501
058	Dorado	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	10001
059	Shishamo	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Mushroom	00000
060	Tonguefish	~~~~	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	00000
061	White Trevally	Spring	Summer	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	02001
062	Tigerperch	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	00000
063	Striped Bonito	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano	05001
064	Icefish	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00000
065	Mantis Shrimp	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00000
066	Whiting	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Farmland Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00000
067	Drum	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom Mystic	02001
068	Alaska Pollock	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom Volcano	05001
069	Seabass	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	05001
070	Kawakawa	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Animal Mystic Volcano	05001
071	Soi Rockfish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00501
072	Fusilier	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano	00501
073	Spotted Morwong	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic	02001
074	Sweep	~~~~	Summer	Fall	Winter	Animal Meadow Volcano	00000
075	Beltfish	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	10001
076	Needlefish	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	05001
077	Butterfly Fish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Mushroom	00000
078	Weather Loach	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00000
079	Flying Fish	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Farmland Meadow	02001
080	Torafugu	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	05001
081	Dark Sleeper	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00000
082	Surgeonfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Animal Volcano	00501
083	Rainbow Trout	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	10001
084	Pacific Herring	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	00501
085	Nibe Croaker	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	05001
086	Slimy Dragonet	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	00000
087	Richard's Dragonet	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00000
088	Bonito	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Animal Meadow Volcano	05001
089	Silver Carp	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	10001
090	Lanternfish	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Mystic Volcano	00000
091	Sailfin Sandfish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland	00000
092	Flame Snapper	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mushroom	05001
093	Pike Eel	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	10001
094	Porcupine Fish	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Farmland Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00501
095	Frigate Tuna	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic	05001
096	Striped Amberjack	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	10001
097	Olive Flounder	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mystic	05001
098	Albacore	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal	10001
099	Parrotfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Animal Volcano	02001
100	Black Bass	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond Sunny Island	05001
101	Yellowtail	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	05001
102	Bluegill	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond Sunny Island	00000
103	JP Crucian Carp	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Sunny Island	05001
104	Gurnard	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	00501
105	Okhotsk Mackerel	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Mushroom	02001
106	Gray Mullet	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow Verdure/Sprout	02001
107	Jack Mackerel	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00501
108	Wanieso Lizardfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Mushroom Volcano	00501
109	Brown Sole	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	02001
110	Red Sea Bream	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	02001
111	Gray Cod	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Animal Volcano	10001
112	Target Dory	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Verdure/Sprout Volcano	02001
113	Pomfret	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Animal Verdure/Sprout/Volcano	02001
114	Yellowfin Goby	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	00000
115	Convict Grouper	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	05001
116	Purple Puffe	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Mystic	02001
117	Ocean Sunfish	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow Verdure/Sprout	15001
118	Luna Lionfish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Animal Volcano	00501
119	Gnomefish	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Meadow Mystic Verdure/Sprout	10001
120	Gray Bream	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Animal Volcano Verdure/Sprout	00501
121	Blackfish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mystic	02001
122	JP Butterfish	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Meadow	05001
123	Big-eye Tuna	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Animal Verdure/Sprout Volcano	10001
124	Goldeye Rockfish	Spring	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	00501
125	Masu Salmon	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Goddess Pond	00501
126	Snakehead	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Sunny Island	00000
127	Japanese Smelt	Spring	~~~~	Fall	Winter	Sunny Island	00000
128	Japanese Huchen	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Goddess Pond	15001
129	Monkfish	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Farmland	15001
130	Catfish	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Volcano	15001
131	Koi	Spring	Summer	Fall	~~~~	Goddess Pond	15001
132	Coelacanth	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Sunny Island	15001
133	Squid	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Mushroom Island	15001
134	Octopus	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Verdure/Sprout	15001
135	Oarfish	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Winter	Animal	15001
136	Alligator Gar	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Meadow	15001
137	Pirate Treasure	~~~~	Summer	~~~~	~~~~	Verdure/Sprout	15001
138	Fish Fossil	~~~~	~~~~	Fall	~~~~	Meadow	15001
139	Bottle	Spring	~~~~	~~~~	~~~~	Mystic	10001
140	Empty Can	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Farmland Meadow Verdure/Sprout	00000
141	Branch	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Farmland Meadow Sunny Island Verdure/Sprout	00000
142	Fish Bone	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Animal Goddess Pond Mushroom Mystic Volcano	00000
143	Boot	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Farmland Meadow Verdure/Sprout	00000

Fish King Specifications

The King Fish only can be caught after you have caught at least one of every fish species. This includes the unique fish on Sunny Island. Besides the "catch them all" requirement, the kings may also have their own special requirements you must meet before they will be catchable:

Fish	Season	Location	Special Requirements
Japanese Huchen	Sp/Su/Fa	Goddess Pond	No special requirements
Monkfish	Sp/Wi	Farmland	The weather must be Sunny or Clear
Catfish	Sp/Su/Fa	Volcano	The weather must be Drizzle or Rainy
Koi	Sp/Su/Fa	Goddess Pond	Catch the Japanese Huchen, Monkfish, Catfish, and Coelacanth
Coelacanth	Sp/Su/Fa/Wi	Sunny Island	Only available between 6:00 am and 12:00 am
Squid	Sp/Wi	Mushroom	Only available between 9:00 pm and 4:00 am
Octopus	Sp/Su/Fa/Wi	Verdure/Sprout	The weather must be Cloudy
Oarfish	Wi	Animal	Catch every fish available; this will be the last one
Alligator Gar	Su	Meadow	Have over 100 Stamina, which requires equipping the Goddess Pendant to temporarily increase your overall Stamina points

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