Fishing
There are five locations to catch fish in the game: the grinding windmill, waterfall, Zephyr Café, Raul's Store, and manufacturing windmill. If you walk onto a fishing pier and equip a fishing pole, then you can press B to cast your line and catch fish. The fish shadows in the water give you a general indication on how large the fish you catch is going to be; small shadows close to the pier are typically small fish, the middle fish are often medium size, and the far away, large fish are of course, large in size.
There are three separate sizes of fishing poles that correlate to the three distances of fish:
- Short Fishing Rod - You get this from Felix around Summer 2 of your first year . You can catch fish closest to the pier.
- Medium Fishing Rod - Buy this from Felix's bazaar shop for 3000 G starting in year 2. This rod can catch fish farther out than the Short Rod can.
- Long Fishing Rod - This one is also at Felix's bazaar shop for 6000 G but not until year 4! With this rod you can catch the large fish that are the farthest out from the pier.
Usually you will only be able to cast as far as the size of the pole, but on stormy days you have a chance of casting farther. The Short Fishing Rod can reach the medium fish locations when the weather is really stormy.
To use a fishing rod, equip it and press B when standing on a pier. Your character will cast the line out and then you just have to wait until you see a ! mark appear. That is when you can press the A Button over and over until the fish is reeled in.
The star quality of the fish you catch depends on the star quality of your fishing rod. You can upgrade your fishing rod by using the manufacturing windmill. The windmill does not make fishing rods; it upgrades the star quality of your existing fishing rods. Each time you remodel a fishing rod, you will add .5 star quality to it. You can buy necessary ore for the remodels from Lloyd at the weekly bazaar.
- Upgrade Short Fishing Rod needs 1 Lumber and 1 Copper
- Upgrade Medium Fishing Rod needs 1 Lumber, 1 Copper, and 1 Silver
- Upgrade Long Fishing Rod needs 1 Lumber, 1 Copper, 1 Silver, and 1 Gold
You can start catching 5-star quality fish once you have a fishing rod at 4 or more stars.
You can go fishing during the winter season. Use your Hammer on the cracked ice by each pier to break it apart and open up a hole for fishing. The ice will reform every morning.
If you don't own a Hammer, buy it from Felix at his weekly bazaar booth for 8000 G after you buy the Sickle from him.
Besides junk like Long Boots, Empty Can, and Fish Bones, there are three rare items you can catch. These items can be sold at your bazaar or given as gifts:
- Fish Fossil - On a cloudy Summer day, use a Long Fishing Rod at the Grinding Windmill or Waterfall.
- Legendary Treasure - During a heavy rainy day in Fall, use a Long Fishing Pole by the Grinding Windmill or a Medium (or Short) Fishing Rod by the Waterfall.
- Letter in a Bottle - Catch at Zephyr Café, Raul's Shop, or by the Manufacturing Windmill during a rainy or snowy Spring or Winter day when you use a Medium Fishing Rod.
Cooking Ingredients
There are very specific fish that can be used for cooked dishes. For all of the rest of the fish, you can sell them individually without worrying about if you'd earn more profit by cooking them.
| Name | Utensil | Ingredients | Additions | Profit .5 stars | Profit 2.5 stars | Profit 5 stars | Appetizer Recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sashimi | None | (Char or Kokanee or Ocean Sunfish or Rainbow Trout or Sculpin or Tuna) | (no additions) | 360 G | 690 G | 1070 G |
| Fish Paste | None | (Dark Chub or Flounder or Sea Bass) | (no additions) | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Tempura | Pot | Flour + Oil + Egg + (Eggplant or Icefish or Shitake or Smelt or Yam) | (no additions) | 560 G | 1000 G | 1560 G | Main Dish Recipes |
| Sushi | None | Cooked Rice + Sashimi | Sea Urchin | 640 G | 1150 G | 1790 G |
| Sushi Bowl | None | Cooked Rice + Sashimi + (Black Egg or Cucumber or Egg or Fish Paste or Shitake) | (no additions) | 700 G | 1260 G | 1970 G |
| Grilled Fish | None | (Big Head Carp or Silver Carp or Sweetfish or Three-Lips or Willow Gudgeon) | (no additions) | 240 G | 430 G | 670 G |
| Fish Stew | Pot | (Dark Sleeper or Gin-Buna or Mackerel or Red-spotted Trout or Silver Goby) | (no additions) | 280 G | 500 G | 780 G |
| Meuniere | None | Flour + Oil + (Flounder or Masu Salmon or Salmon or Sea Bass) | (no additions) | 360 G | 640 G | 1000 G |
| Carpaccio | None | Olive Oil + (Flounder or Salmon or Sashimi or Tuna) | (no additions) | 620 G | 1130 G | 1740 G |
| Marinated Fish | None | Olive Oil + Onion + (Salmon or Sashimi or Tuna) | (no additions) | 620 G | 1130 G | 1740 G |
| Udon Noodles | None | Flour + Fish Paste | (no additions) | 240 G | 430 G | 670 G |
Fish List
| Name | Distance | Season | Location | Profit .5 stars | Profit 2.5 stars | Profit 5 stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Carp | Long | All year | Waterfall Zephyr Café | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Amur Minnow | Short | All year | G. Windmill Waterfall | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Red-Spotted Trout | Medium | All year | G. Windmill Waterfall | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Sweetfish | Short | Summer | Waterfall Zephyr Café | 200 G | 360 G | 560 G |
| Ayumodoki | Short | Spring Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Char | Long | Spring Summer Fall | G. Windmill | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Dace | Medium | All year | G. Windmill Waterfall Zephyr Café Raul's Shop | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Eel | Long | All year | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Pale Chub | Short | All year | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Large Eel | Long | Summer | Zephyr Café Raul's Shop | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Aucha Perch | Short | Spring Summer Fall | G. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Sculpin | Short | Spring Winter | G. Waterfall Waterfall | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Dark Chub | Short | Spring Summer | G. Windmill Zephyr Café | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Crucian Carp | Short | All year | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Gin-Buna | Medium | All year | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Big Head Carp | Long | All year | Waterfall Raul's Shop | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Salmon | Medium | Fall | G. Windmill M. Windmill | 320 G | 570 G | 890 G |
| Icefish | Short | Spring Winter | M. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Sea Bass | Long | Summer | M. Windmill | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Grass Carp | Long | All year | Zephyr Café M. Windmill | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Name | Distance | Season | Location | Profit .5 stars | Profit 2.5 stars | Profit 5 stars |
| Bitterling | Short | All year | Raul's Shop | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Silver Goby | Short | Spring Summer | Waterfall Zephyr Café Raul's Shop | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Loach | Long | All year | M. Windmill | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Amur Stickleback | Short | Fall Winter | G. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Dark Sleeper | Short | All year | Raul's Shop | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Barbel Steed | Medium | Spring Summer | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Rainbow Trout | Long | All year | G. Windmill Waterfall | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Silver Carp | Long | All year | Waterfall Zephyr Café | 160 G | 280 G | 440 G |
| Three-Lips | Medium | Spring Summer Fall | Zephyr Café M. Waterfall | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Kokanee | Medium | Fall Winter | Raul's Shop | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Black Bass | Medium | All year | Zephyr Café Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Bluegill | Short | Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 200 G | 360 G | 560 G |
| Willow Gudgeon | Short | Spring Summer Fall | Zephyr Café | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Striped Shiner | Short | Spring | Zephyr Café | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Killifish | Short | Spring Summer | G. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Topmouth Gudgeon | Short | Spring Summer Fall | M. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Masu Salmon | Medium | All year | G. Windmill Waterfall | 80 G | 140 G | 220 G |
| Blotch Snakehead | Medium | Spring | Zephyr Café Raul's Shop | 320 G | 570 G | 890 G |
| Smelt | Short | Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 50 G | 100 G | 150 G |
| Requires A Stormy (3 Wind) Day | ||||||
| Bonito | Short | Summer | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 800 G | 1440 G | 2240 G |
| Tuna | Medium | Summer | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 800 G | 1440 G | 2240 G |
| Ocean Sunfish | Long | Summer | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 1200 G | 2160 G | 3360 G |
| Moray Eel | Short | Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 560 G | 1000 G | 1560 G |
| Mackerel | Medium | Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 560 G | 1000 G | 1560 G |
| Flounder | Long | Winter | Raul's Shop M. Windmill | 800 G | 1440 G | 2240 G |
| King Fish (Can't Keep or Sell) | ||||||
| Giant Huchen | Long | Winter | Zephyr Café | Catch the Giant Salamander, Giant Carp, and Giant Catfish first | ||
| Giant Salamander | Long | Fall | G. Windmill | Walk into the waterfall area after midnight (0:00) | ||
| Giant Carp | Long | Spring | Waterfall | Sunny day, 3 blue-marks of wind strength | ||
| Giant Catfish | Long | Summer | Raul's Shop | Rainy day, 1 blue-mark of wind strength | ||