Fishing

Once you reach a certain stage, you can find a fisherman randomly. He changes location each month. Talk to him if you want to fish. This does not seem to serve any purpose other than unlocking new cooking recipes (you cannot keep the fish).

I found him in the summer of first year sitting on a cliff in the field with the wild horses. Fall, first year, sitting on the river bank across the repaired bridge.

You level up your fishing skill with each fish you catch. Small fish are worth 5-8 points, large fish can be around 30 points. Time stops while you are fishing. When you fish in Summer, listen to wave sounds - you will hear small wave, large wave (loud), pull the line right at the large wave! (I got about 10 fishes first day using this method, couple worth 30 exp. points!). In Autumn, watch white patterns on the water - there is something that looks like a fish - big white spot, when its *head* reaches your line, pull.

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The fisherman can also teach you how to whistle so you can talk to and ride the wild horses. But you can not keep a horse, so not much point to this either.