Fishing guide: rods, bait, weather fish and King of Fishing

Cast with a fishing rod at a fishing spot, wait for a bite and hit the timing circle. Which fish can bite depends on the time of day and the weather: night-only fish never appear in daylight, and rain, sun and storm fish need that weather. Three quest fish also need a specific bait in a specific map, including the Azure Galaxias for King of Fishing: an R6 Battery in Farm Town during rain.

Rods and bait

Item	How to get it	Effect
Worn Fishing Rod	Loot; it doubles as a weak melee weapon	No bonus
Decent Fishing Rod	Blueprint purchase unlocked by Road to Fishing King V	+40% fishing time
Superior Fishing Rod	Workbench blueprint; Vogo drops one in the Island Challenge	+60% fishing time
Earthworm	Dig hiding spots with a shovel (two spawn per spot since update 1.0.30)	Standard bait
Bait	Vogo sells it after Road to Fishing King III; craft it from 3 Earthworms and 2 Soda Crackers	Raises fishing luck
Flat Cap or Straw Hat	Flat Cap unlocked by Road to Fishing King I	+20% fishing time

Update 1.0.23 gave every catch 25% more time. Odd baits such as the Cippo lighter, R6 Battery and Toilet Cleaner cut fishing ability by 15% and luck by 90%, so use them only for the fish that need them.

Special bait fish

Fish	Bait	Map	Weather	Needed for
Azure Galaxias	R6 Battery	Farm Town	Rain	King of Fishing
Red Bigeye Fish	Cippo	Warehouse Area	Sunny	Road to Fishing King V
Green Porcupinefish	Toilet Cleaner	Ground Zero	Any	Road to Fishing King V

Fish that need a time or weather

The fish spawner removes any fish whose conditions do not match: night-only fish need night, day-only fish need day, and rain, sun and storm fish need exactly that weather (storm means either storm phase).

Fish	Condition	Base value
Golden Fish	Day and storm	12,300
Red Spotted Grouper	Night and storm	6,534
Blue Catshark	Day and storm	6,084
Orange Greenfin Fish	Day and storm	4,113
Blue Sailfish	Night and storm	4,107
Yellow-green Snapper	Night and sunny	3,807
Pinkfin Flamefish	Night and rain	3,798
Blue Marlin	Day and sunny	3,762
Green-yellow Porcupinefish	Night and rain	2,057
Greenback Bighead Carp	Night and rain	1,578
Brown Mullet	Day and rain	1,128
White Flatfish	Rain	1,006
Pink Goldfish, Purple Damselfish, Green Fathead Fish	Night	525 to 1,640
Red Goldfish, Red Banded Fish	Day	515 and 983

Brown Sardine, Bighead Goldfish, Blue Mackerel, Blue Tang, Redfin Snapper, Orange Squirrelfish and Brown-white Grunt bite any time. The Blue Damselfish is found only in extremely cold areas. Storm fish are the most valuable for their weight: a Golden Fish weighs 0.71 kg. The loot value table has all fish values.

Vogo’s fishing quests

Quest	Hand in
Fishing Novice	Brown Sardine
Road to Fishing King I	Bighead Goldfish, Red Goldfish
Road to Fishing King II	Pink Goldfish, Purple Damselfish (night)
Road to Fishing King III	White Flatfish (rain), Red Banded Fish (day)
Road to Fishing King IV	Greenback Bighead Carp (night and rain), Brown-white Grunt
Road to Fishing King V	Green Porcupinefish, Red Bigeye Fish
King of Fishing	Azure Galaxias

King of Fishing also needs Never Miss a Catch (a Blue Barrel) and Pest Control?! (two Spider-Bots each in Ground Zero, the Warehouse Area and Farm Town). Its rewards are 6,000 money and purchases of the Tactical Salted Fish and the Great Swordfish melee weapon. The matching Steam achievement was earned by 11.9% of players (global attainment). Night Fishing Preparation, which checks a fishing spot with a flashlight, unlocks the Headlamp.