I SUCK AT Fishing... is there a trick?

[RainaMermaid]

Like seriously I've caught one fish and almost through the entire first 4 seasons. Is there any trick to it?? I seriously suck!

[Vroomi]

Carp.

[Talon]

Fish at the lake near Robin's house, it has the easiest fish to help you level up and make your green bar longer to catch the more difficult fish

[SapienChavez]

not really, it is mostly luck.

that said, try to keep the fish at the top of the green bar, not the center. this is because you can raise it with clicks faster than you can let it fall-naturally.

eat for any food that increases fishing. this will increase the size of the green bar.

i like to click in pulses (hold each click for 0.5-1.0 seconds or so), not rapid clicks. i have read others swear by fast-clicks, so i suggest trying both styles and see what works. I find fast clicks better for when they are at the top of the bar, as pulses will bounce off the top and push the green-bar farther down. pulses help me keep the fish at the top of the green-bar.

to reaffirm what the others are saying, focus on where the fish are easiest to catch (check the wiki) and just keep at it and you will figure it out.

my advice. good luck! (fishing made me rage-quit this game. took me a day to calm down and come back to the game, where i avoided fishing until i had to. then i just tried to stay patient and eventually caught every fish)

[Zombo]

Get a controller. This game becomes a lot easier with it, especially fishing.

[Milkaholic]

To add what others have said you can use the Easier Fishing mod as a last resort.

[Ashe]

For the fish that actually prove a challenge, I try to guess where they're gonna dart to next based on where they are. If they're really low you should be gearing to move up fast and vice versa. Otherwise just raise your fishing skill a bit and eat the soup that willy sells. Also Trap Bobber or bust.

[RainaMermaid]

Originally posted by Torum Gath:

Get a controller. This game becomes a lot easier with it, especially fishing.

I actually have a steam controller and didn't find it any easier hahaha

[I Kinda Fail]

Are you using a trackpad / laptop? If you're using a mouse, just click and hold... It's not rapid clicking. If you hold the button, it flies to the top. If you let go, it hits the bottom fast.

Most early fish, like sardines, carp and chubs shouldn't be too hard...

[Ryvaku]

Just get to use to the patterns. Harder fish are always hard to catch especially when they're fast.
It's not based on luck. Just skill. So practice with enough trial and error.

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by RainaMermaid:

Like seriously I've caught one fish and almost through the entire first 4 seasons. Is there any trick to it?? I seriously suck!

Ignore harder fish and focus on easier ones (which will be carp). If you have access to the secret forest then fish in that pond. Carp are easy to catch; they hardly move at all. Once your skill improves and you can buy better rods fishing will get easier. In the beginning if a fish seems too difficult just let it go. It will be easier at higher skills and better rods so the "trick" I think is to level up on the easier fish.

Oh, and food, like trout soup which Will sells, that gives you a fishing skill buff can really help too.

[Cid]

The trick is to keep the fish in the middle of the bar. You get fishing points even if you don't make the catch and it gets easier as you level up - good luck!

[Milkaholic]

It's so much easier using the X button on a 360 controller. With mouse click the bar is harder to control for me. It's too sensitive.

[Kuro]

Fishing seems really difficult until one day it just clicks. It gets easier as you level up the skill. That means when you start, most fish will bob wildly up and down too much. The easy ones are carp, in the mountain lake, and sunfish, in the rivers. They pretty much stay near the bottom of the fishing pole image when you fish, so you don't have to click much if at all. It's luck whether you come across them while fishing but they're not so uncommon.

The way I fish is via the rapid clicks other people mentioned. A shorter click moves the bar a shorter distance, and I find this makes hovering easier when a fish isn't moving much. I hold it a bit longer if I need to follow a fish a farther distance, when I need to move the green bar to the top of the fishing pole, or to slow down on a drop so that the green bar doesn't bounce off the bottom.

If you can get your fishing level up to 3 so that you can craft crab pots, you can also leave those around with bait and level up fishing without having to fish with a rod at all. They might take longer to level you up though, but I'm not sure.

[Sue]

Originally posted by (ง'̀-'́)ง:

Fish at the lake near Robin's house, it has the easiest fish to help you level up and make your green bar longer to catch the more difficult fish

This is a good place to begin raising your fishing level and yes, it does get easier with practice. I'd also suggest the following:

Buy Trout soup from Willy. This will raise your level to 1, which will help.

Let the harder fish go. Focus on easy catches.

Complete the crab pot bundle at the Community Centre and use them, with bait, to raise your level. You can buy bait from Willy once you're fishing level 2. A way around this is to befriend Linus as he will eventually teach you how to make a special bait. To make this bait you need to have explored the mines to around level 10/15. I have - in an earlier game - raised my level (using crab pots) from 0 to 3 by befriending Linus.

Upgrade your rod as soon as Willy sends you a message he has new stock in.

Other areas where you can catch easier fish are the Secret Forest and the far left pier on the beach - the one which adjoins where Willy's shop is situated.

Good luck.

[LehfSamus1]

click and hold slightly