Fishing

Summary

Fishing is a relaxing pastime you can do around Quill, using your Fishing Rod. Fish make great eating and are good for cooking, and due to their abundant nature and relative ease to catch, can really fill out your inventory quickly ready for eating, gifting or selling. Be sure to visit Twig to upgrade your fishing skills.

How To Fish

Assign your Rod to hand and use it to cast. You can direct the target area to roughly aim at where you want the hook to go.

If the hook hits a fish directly, it catches them automatically.

A fish must be a dark shadow near the surface unless you have the relevant skill to catch deep fish.

If the fish is within the circle as it lands, the fish will be scared and swim out of the circle.

If a fish enters an empty circle, then rippling with LB will make it come for the hook.

When a fish nibbles the hook it creates a splash, so it needs reeling in at that moment. Some fish nibble longer and so are easier to catch.

Ponds, Rivers & Pools

Fish make their homes in either Ponds, River or Pools. Rivers are long flowing bodies of water. Ponds are large self-contained areas of water or large bodies of water a river flows in to. Pools are small bodies of water like a mini-pond.

Fish Type & Locations

Fish Name	Where to Catch	Water Type	When
Barbel	Mellowfields	River	Evening
Bluefish	Mellowfields	Pond	Not Spring
Checkered Chub	Vale	Pond	Not Autumn & Evening
Cointail	Anywhere	Pool	Any
Cursefish	Anywhere	Pool	During Storm
Eel	Anywhere	River	Night
Firefish	Anywhere	Pool	Not Autumn & Sunny
Fish of Many Fingers	Evergreen	Any	Afternoon
Fishie Wishie	Tir Na Nog	Pond	Night
Flagfish	Summerdown	Pond	Not Winter & Windy
Flickerfin	Tir Na Nog	River	Evening
Gasbelly	Woemarsh	Any	Morning
Lorianthe	Vale	Any	Morning
Minnow	Summerdown	Pond	Morning
Moonfish	Anywhere	Pond	Night & Even Days
Mudkipper	Woemarsh	River	Not Summer
Needlenip	Evergreen	Any	Evening
Offals Tench	Vale	Pool	Morning
Pike	Anywhere	River	Any
Pondlurker	Summerdown	Pond	Daytime
Rainfish	Anywhere	Pond	During Rain
River Trout	Anywhere	River	Evening
Salmon	Anywhere	River	Not Winter
Silverscale	Anywhere	Any	Daytime
Swamflatch	Tir Na Nog	Any	Any
Weed Skimmer	Anywhere	Pond	Daytime

Skills

Twig is the Fishing Master, from whom you can get the following skills:

Skill	Description
Hook Item	With this you aren't limited to catching fish on your line!
Angling Map	Identify currently active fish using the Angling Map feature on the map screen.
Big Hook	Hook fish instantly when the lure lands near them.
Fish Eye	Press F (keyboard) / RB (controller) to scan for nearby fish.
Unzipped Fly	Attract fish from further away when rippling your line.
Fish Food	Throw food into the water to attract nearby fish.
Dace in the Hole	The hook will land accurately in the centre of the target zone.
Codswallop	Fish near the hook will be splashed out of the water and automatically caught.