Game Help:Fishing

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Fishing

The Seasons expansion includes new options to fish in ponds. To fish, a sim first needs a fishable pond. A fishable pond must be wide enough and deep enough (about 4x4 and 2 tiles deep). It's fishable if it shows the Fish interaction when you click on it. Also, if you can see the fish swimming around in it, then it's obviously fishable.

What To Do With Fish

When fish are caught, they are put into your inventory and stacked according to species and size. Fish have three different uses:

  • Food
  • Selling
  • Decoration

Cooking Fish

Fish are a special type of food in that they don't need to be put in the refrigerator. You can stock your fish in the fridge if you want but you don't have to in order to cook them. Fish that are stocked in the fridge do not add to the refrigerator's food count. To cook a fish, simply click on any stove, fridge or grill. Note: the only difference between stocking fish in the fridge and keeping them in your Sim's inventory is flexibility. Once you stock them in the fridge, you can't take them out to sell, mount, or feed to your cats/kittens. And because your Sim can hold an infinite amount of fish in inventory, there's really no need to stock them in the fridge.

Selling Fish

Mounting Fish

Fish and Meals

Here is the list of the different things you can catch when fishing, and the meals that can be cooked with the fish.

  • Blue Catfish - Blackened Catfish
  • Jumbo Blue Catfish - Blackened Catfish
  • Boot - Can't cook meals, but you can use it in the juicer.
  • Largemouth Bass - Bass with Squash
  • Jumbo Largemouth Bass - Bass with Squash
  • Rainbow Trout - Stuffed Rainbow Trout
  • Jumbo Rainbow Trout - Stuffed Rainbow Trout
  • Golden Trout - Stuffed Golden Trout


Fish meals are a great option for your sims:

  • They cost nothing in grocery bills, as you can fish out of your own pond.
  • If you use "Serve" then you get several servings out of a single fish.
  • They require very little cooking skill to cook.
  • As they are fresh food, they will sparkle when cooked - this makes them very satisfying. Generally just half a plate of food will be enough to fill up your sims.
    • Just be careful - sims eating after they're full makes them fat. Cancel them eating when they're full, and put the leftover individual and serving plates in the fridge as leftovers for later.
  • Keep the fish in your inventory - they'll stay fresh infinitely there.

The Golden Trout

The golden trout is the rarest of the fish, and the hardest to catch. It doesn't use any special lure to get it, but the chances of catching one increase when you get a gold badge. Even with a gold fishing badge, the chance of catching one is just 3%. It doesn't really do anything special (beyond being worth a lot, and making a very satisfying meal) but it's worth bragging rights.  ;)

Baits/Lures and Badges

As you gain skill in fishing, your sim will gain fishing badges. Depending on which badges you have, you'll be able to use different baits, which will effect the types of fish you can catch.

  • No Badge - Worm
  • Bronze - Riverblossom Minnow
  • Silver - Stink Ball Bait
  • Gold - Sparkle Spinner

Can't Fish?

If you click on a pond and do not get the option to fish, please see here for more information: Game Help:Seasons Options Missing.

Credits

Thanks to the following people for contributing tips that have gone into this FAQ: 4oh4error, proxian_girl

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