Fishing

Fishing is a skill, and an activity that allows you to use a fishing rod combined with bait to catch fish. As Fishing levels improve, so does the quality of fish you are able to catch. This ability is a great way to feed yourself if you have decided to camp near the river, as a single fish could feed you for a day.

Mechanics

To begin fishing, you must have a Fishing Rod and some bait in your main inventory (not a bag), and right click on a river or lake to select the "Fishing" option. Fishing takes about 5 seconds to complete. While fishing, the rod will occupy your main hand, and the bait will occupy your secondary, so you may want to leave any secondary bags at home, or at least make sure they are relatively unpacked.

Bait

There are three types of bait that you can use for fishing:

• Worms
• Fishing Tackle
• Little Bait Fish

Worms are the most common bait to find. You can find them uncommonly while scavenging around the town, or you can find them frequently while digging with a trowel. So long as it's your selected bait, a worm will be consumed every time you fish, even if you fish up 'junk' like socks.

Fishing tackle is found while scavenging. They have a durability, unlike both worms and bait fish, thus you can use them more than once, reducing the weight for the bait you need to bring.

Bait fish are fish that you have a chance of obtaining while fishing or by using a Fishing Net Trap. Aside from obtainment, bait fish act as worms, and are consumed when used as bait.

Repairs

Quite often, your rod will lose it's line while fishing. To re-line your rod, you must have:

1. A nail or paperclip
2. String (Twine) or Fishing Line

When used in the repair, the nail/paperclip is consumed, while the string/fishing line loses some of its durability.

The fishing rod doesn't lose durability when used for fishing.

Fish

After right clicking on the water and selecting Fishing, you may occasionally catch something, such as a Bass, Catfish, Crappie, PanFish, Perch, Pike, Trout or if you are unlucky, Socks. Fish come in a variety of sizes, with the size affecting how much hunger the fish will remove. To cook the fish, you first need to fillet it. With either a Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife in your inventory, right click on the fish and select Cut Fillet. This will result in a Fish Fillet, which can be cooked. If the fish is too small, you will not be able to cut a fillet.