Fishing is just IMPOSSIBLE.

[Ojisan]

Ok so I tried fishing for such a long time because I am really bad with this.

I found out it's impossible to fish if you use PC.

I don't know about the controllers, but the bars just flies everywhere.

Also the fishing gage decreases so fast which makes it much harder for people like me to fish.

So I give up on fish and fishing is one of the important thing you have to do appearently.



I'm wondering, am I doing this wrong? I tried my best to keep the bars behind the fish but if the bar is slightly off or even, if it's not in the middle of the fish the timer decreases like lol you ♥♥♥♥ing suck.

This is pissing me off so much.

[CeliriaRose]

It's not impossible as many people (myself included) manage just fine.

It's a mixture of skill and bonuses. Early on many fish will be difficult and some will be outright impossible but as you learn how to do it on top of building up your fishing skill and getting better gear it will get easier.

[Ojisan]

Originally posted by CeliriaRose:

It's not impossible as many people (myself included) manage just fine.

It's a mixture of skill and bonuses. Early on many fish will be difficult and some will be outright impossible but as you learn how to do it on top of building up your fishing skill and getting better gear it will get easier.

I found out some fish just sit there or some fish just slowly rises.
I had bad luck with these fishes that are rising like they are high on drugs

[Ojisan]

Originally posted by Deiformis Ira:

We here are all deeply sorry that a game about farming, fishing, and socializing is too difficult for you. Might I recommend 52 Pick Up as a replacement game?

And you're just being an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Not many people are full time no life gamer like you you know.

[NotThatHarkness]

I use a PC (not with a controller) and find the fishing game difficult and not fun at all. You have to recognize that when you cast you might hook a very difficult fish, or an easy one. And you'll never know until you start the mini-game and observe it's behavior. It's easy to get discouraged if you get a lot of very hard fish when your skill is very low.

The mini game does get easier as your fishing skill increases and after you purchase better fishing rods. Add tackle when you finally get the iridium rod and many fish get fairly easy to catch. But you have to level up first and in every game I play that's always a drag.

Some tips:

1. Start in the mountain lake. Better yet start in the pond in the secret woods once you've unlocked that area. Both areas have carp; the secret woods has mostly carp. Carp as very easy to catch, they hardly move at all. I rely on catching carp to gain levels until I can buy the fiberglass rod. If you are in the mountain lake and get a fish that moves too much for you, let it go and cast again.
2. Use food with fishing skill buffs. Willy sells trout soup which gives +1 to fishing. Other foods give up to +3. Consult the wiki to find out where to get the recipes, and check the saloon which sells a rotating selection of prepared food (scroll to the bottom of the list). Some, like fish taco, buffs fishing.
3. Practice.

[Nakos]

There are those who love fishing.

Personally, I hate it, and fish as little as possible (as soon as the Community Center is done, I usually stop fishing).

Three things that might help you:

First, fish in the ponds on your farm. You won't catch anything except "trash", however, you still get some Fishing experience doing it. Also, the trash can be converted into useful building materials using a Recycling machine.

Second, complete the Crab Pot bundle in the Community Center. Four of the items you need to complete that bundle can be found on the beach (as forage). A fifth item (the crabs) can be acquired by fighting Hermit Crabs in the mines. Once you complete this bundle and get the 3 Crab Pots, you can use those to fish. They don't require the used of the rod (although they do require bait) but they still give fishing experience. And fish too.

Third, fish for Carp. Carp can be found in the Lakes (there's one south of the farm and there's one northeast of Robin's house. Carp are sluggish. You can often catch Carp without moving the green bar at all.


All three of these things will improve your (in game) fishing skill, and as your skill improves, the size of the green bar increases, (and fish get somewhat less jumpy) making it easier.

Also, don't do long casts, do as short a cast as possible for the area you're fishing in. Long casts means you're more likely to get higher quality fish (in my experience). Lower quality fish are easier to catch.

And finally, Trout Soup (Willy sells it) and Dish O' The Sea, will both give you a temporary buff to fishing.

Don't give up, I hate it too, but if you work at it, it does get easier.

[nike276]

Originally posted by TreyNutz:

I use a PC (not with a controller) and find the fishing game difficult and not fun at all. You have to recognize that when you cast you might hook a very difficult fish, or an easy one. And you'll never know until you start the mini-game and observe it's behavior. It's easy to get discouraged if you get a lot of very hard fish when your skill is very low.

The mini game does get easier as your fishing skill increases and after you purchase better fishing rods. Add tackle when you finally get the iridium rod and many fish get fairly easy to catch. But you have to level up first and in every game I play that's always a drag.

Some tips:

1. Start in the mountain lake. Better yet start in the pond in the secret woods once you've unlocked that area. Both areas have carp; the secret woods has mostly carp. Carp as very easy to catch, they hardly move at all. I rely on catching carp to gain levels until I can buy the fiberglass rod. If you are in the mountain lake and get a fish that moves too much for you, let it go and cast again.
2. Use food with fishing skill buffs. Willy sells trout soup which gives +1 to fishing. Other foods give up to +3. Consult the wiki to find out where to get the recipes, and check the saloon which sells a rotating selection of prepared food (scroll to the bottom of the list). Some, like fish taco, buffs fishing.
3. Practice.

tbh, i started in the ocean. The herrings and sardines ain't hard at all, and fetch a good amount for starting. I got to fish lvl 7 and got an iridium rod in the first month. Then i started minin gand got to fishing lvl 10 in the 5 month lol

[Acey Drgn]

Some fish are harder to catch than others. Perhaps you're trying to catch more "advanced" fish? The fish in the ocean during Spring seem to be easier to catch.

I've never played with a controler before, however i'm assuming the controller has a press-hold additude, whereas PC has more of a repeated-click feature.

Give it time and you'll get some skill with it. Trust me, it pissed me off, too.

[cocodojo]

Some of the above are excellent suggestions. Fish at the lake in the mountain, or at the beach and if you get a very jumpy fish, let it go.

Its not impossible to fish with a mouse and keyboard, but it is a little easier with a controller.

When moving the green bar, try not to hold the button, but just do a series of light tapping to move it and / or keep it steady. Your green bar starts out fairly small (like almost the size of one of those "sections" on the side of the fishing rod, but by max level, it will be almost 2 whole sections long/wide. I actually found it a little harder to catch some fish with the huge bar since sometimes you don't have a good idea how fast it's moving before hitting the top or bottom, and it bounces off a few times (usually making you lose a huge chunk of progress and possibly the catch).

Tapping the mouse or controlelr button to reel is the key, quick light taps. If fish is going up, tap it a little more, but slow down to stay as even with the fish as possible. If it drops to the bottom, let the bar sink, but tap the button a bit to slow the bar down so it doesn't bounce too hard off the bottom.


If nothing else, once you unlock crabpots, just put it someplace next to the water, add some bait (easy to make if you go in the first few levels of the mkines and kill those bugs and insects. just turn the meat into bait afterwards). Crabpots still give you fishing exp, but it'll only catch something overnight while you sleep, so you'll have to check your pot every morning .


IF you don't mind modding the game, the Automate mod makes crabpots automatic once you unlock the wormbin recipe. Just place 1-3 crabpots in the water, a regular chest next to the middle crabpot, then a wormbin on either side of the chest. The wormbin will make bait and as soon as bait is ready, the chest will take the bait out of that machine into itself, then it will put the bait into the 1st empty crabpot near it. As soon as it catches anything in a pot, the chest will remove the caught item from the pot and put it inside the chest itself, ready for pickup.

All you have to do is just swing by and check the chest once in a while.

[BocBau]

Until now, 2nd year summer, my main income still from fishing. Still I found some mysterious fish that hard to catch (move frequently and further from the green bar). In this case I just ignore it and continue fishing. So, you need to consider these:

- fish type (depends on weather, time, and location)
- fishing rod and its attribute (tackle)

I use Iridium rod with bait only, mostly.

[Ballsm]

If it was easy it would get boring

[NotThatHarkness]

Originally posted by nike276:

tbh, i started in the ocean. The herrings and sardines ain't hard at all, and fetch a good amount for starting. I got to fish lvl 7 and got an iridium rod in the first month. Then i started minin gand got to fishing lvl 10 in the 5 month lol

There are some very easy fish in the ocean, true, but I think there are a lot more difficult fish in the ocean as well. I find it easier to start in the secret woods pond or the mountain lake where the chance to catch an easy fish (carp) is much higher and I don't waste time or energy with more difficult fish. TBH, I don't bother with fishing until I can access the secret woods, then fish there until I can purchase the fiberglass rod.

[gemmy]

it takes some practice. i struggle my ass off sometimes. youll get the hang of it

[及川彻]

in fact practice makes perfect.

[Iron Fist]

You could practice, or you could just install an instant fish catching mod

[ピよ]

Use Fishing mod