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At that place are tons of fish in Stardew Valley and sometimes, information technology tin be hard to figure out when they are bachelor to catch. There are several fishing spots, and fish tin can exist affected by weather condition and fourth dimension of day. If yous are struggling to grab every fish, then yous have come to the right place.

In this guide, we are going to go over every fish that you tin can find in the game. At that place is a lot of fish spread throughout a few categories, which tin be found below. First, permit'due south have a look at fish that you can grab with your fishing pole effectually the valley.

Fish Locations And Requirements

Stardew Valley Secret Woods Fishing Pond

These are fish that you tin can take hold of with your fishing rod from locations around the valley. They do not pertain to any effect and can exist caught every twelvemonth. Beneath, y'all can find each fish along with its location, seasonal availability, weather conditions, and time of day it appears.

On Spring 2, y'all will acquire the bamboo pole from Willy. Equally you build up your fishing skill, you will also be able to purchase the fiberglass rod that holds bait, and the iridium rod that holds bait and tackle. A lot of these fish are also needed to complete the fishing bundle at the Customs Center. For more than information on bundles, check out this guide to completing the Community Center.

Fish Blazon Location Season Atmospheric condition Time of Twenty-four hour period
Pufferfish
  • Ocean
  • Ginger Isle Ocean
  • Summer
  • All Year on Ginger Island
Sunny 12 pm to 4 pm
Anchovy
  • Ocean
  • Jump
  • Fall
All Atmospheric condition All 24-hour interval
Tuna
  • Ocean
  • Ginger Isle Ocean
  • Summertime
  • Wintertime
  • All Year on Ginger Island
All Weather 6 am to seven pm
Sardine
  • Ocean
  • Spring
  • Fall
  • Wintertime
All Weather 6 am to vii pm
Bream
  • Boondocks River
  • Wood River
  • Whatsoever Season
All Weather 6 pm to 2 am
Largemouth Bass
  • Mount Lake
  • Whatsoever Season
All Weather 6 am to 7 pm
Rainbow Trout
  • Town River
  • Wood River
  • Mountain Lake
  • Summertime
Sunny half-dozen am to 7 pm
Salmon
  • Boondocks River
  • Wood River
  • Autumn
All Weather condition half dozen am to 7 pm
Smallmouth Bass
  • Boondocks River
  • Forest Pond
  • Leap
  • Autumn
All Weather All Day
Walleye
  • Town River
  • Wood River
  • Wood Pond
  • Mountain Lake
  • Fall
  • Winter (with pelting totem active)
Rain 12 pm to ii am
Perch
  • Forest River
  • Boondocks River
  • Forest Pond
  • Mount Lake
  • Winter
All Weather All Day
Carp
  • Mountain Lake
  • Hole-and-corner Woods Swimming
  • The Sewers
  • Any Season
All Weather All Day
Catfish
  • Forest River
  • Wood Swimming
  • Secret Wood Pond
  • Witch'due south Swamp
  • Bound
  • Fall
  • Summertime only in Secret Woods
Rain 6 am to 12 am
Superhighway
  • Wood River
  • Boondocks River
  • Forest Pond
  • Summer
  • Winter
All Conditions All Day
Sunfish
  • Forest River
  • Boondocks River
  • Spring
  • Summertime
Sunny or Windy Days 6 am to 7 pm
Ruby-red Mullet
  • Ocean
  • Summertime
  • Winter
All Weather 6 am to seven pm
Herring
  • Ocean
  • Jump
  • Winter
All Weather All 24-hour interval
Eel
  • Sea
  • Jump
  • Fall
Rain 4 pm to 2 am
Octopus
  • Body of water
  • Summertime
All Weather condition 6 am to 1 pm
Ruby-red Snapper
  • Ocean
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Wintertime (with pelting totem agile)
Rain 6 am to 7 pm
Squid
  • Body of water
  • Wintertime
All Weather 6 am to 2 am
Sea Cucumber
  • Ocean
  • Autumn
  • Winter
All Weather condition half-dozen am to vii pm
Super Cucumber
  • Ocean
  • Ginger Island Bounding main
  • Summer
  • Fall
All Weather 6 pm to 2 am
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Fish Type Location Flavour Atmospheric condition Time of 24-hour interval
Ghostfish
  • Mines
    • Level 20
    • Level 60
  • Drops From Ghost Enemies
  • Any Season
All Weather All Twenty-four hour period
Stonefish
  • Mines
    • Level 20
  • Any Flavour
All Weather All Day
Ice Pip
  • Mines
    • Level 60
  • Whatever Season
All Weather All Day
Lava Eel
  • Mines
    • Level 100
  • Volcano Caldera
  • Any Season
All Conditions All Day
Sandfish
  • Desert Pond
  • Any Season
All Weather 6 am to 8 pm
Scorpion Carp
  • Desert Pond (with level 4 fishing)
  • Any Season
All Weather 6 am to 8 pm
Flounder
  • Ocean
  • Ginger Island Ocean
  • Spring
  • Summer
All Atmospheric condition six am to 8 pm
Midnight Carp
  • Forest Pond
  • Ginger Island Pond
  • Ginger Isle Rivers
  • Autumn
  • Winter
All Weather 10 pm to two am
Sturgeon
  • Mountain Lake
  • Summer
  • Winter
All Weather 6 am to 7 pm
Tiger Trout
  • Forest River
  • Boondocks River
  • Fall
  • Winter
All Weather vi am to 7 pm
Bullhead
  • Mountain Lake
  • Any Flavour
All Weather All Twenty-four hours
Tilapia
  • Ocean
  • Ginger Island Rivers
  • Summer
  • Fall
All Weather 6 am to 2 pm
Chub
  • Wood River
  • Mount Lake
  • Any Flavour
All Weather All Twenty-four hours
Dorado
  • Forest River
  • Summertime
All Weather vi am to 7 pm
Albacore
  • Ocean
  • Fall
  • Winter
All Weather
  • half-dozen am to 11 am
  • 6 pm to two am
Shad
  • Forest River
  • Boondocks River
  • Leap
  • Summer
  • Autumn
Pelting 9 am to two am
Lingcod
  • Woods River
  • Town River
  • Winter
All Conditions All 24-hour interval
Halibut
  • Ocean
  • Bound
  • Winter
  • Summer
All Conditions
  • vi am to 11 am
  • seven pm to 2 am
Woodskip
  • Secret Woods Pond
  • Forest Farm
  • Any Season
All Weather All Day
Void Salmon
  • Witch's Swamp
  • Any Flavour
All Weather All Twenty-four hour period
Slimejack
  • Mutant Problems Lair
  • Any Flavor
All Weather All 24-hour interval
Stingray
  • Pirate Cove in Ginger Isle
  • Any Season
All Weather All Twenty-four hours
Lionfish
  • Ginger Island Ocean
  • Any Season
All Weather All Mean solar day
Blue Discus
  • Ginger Isle Pond
  • Ginger Isle Rivers
  • Whatever Season
All Weather All Day

How To Use Crab Pots

player standing on beach pier with a lot of crab pots placed

In add-on to using a fishing pole to fish, you tin can place crab pots. To learn the recipe for a crab pot, you will need to be fishing level 3. Once you lot learn the recipe, you lot tin can as well buy the pot from Willy's shop. To craft information technology, you lot will demand the post-obit materials.

  • forty Wood
  • three Iron Bar
  • 25 Wood
  • 2 Copper Bar

To use a crab pot, identify it on the edge of a body of water and add bait. The day after you place the crab pot with bait, a fish volition exist defenseless. Bait can be purchased from Willy, crafted from problems meat, or produced from the worm bin. Crab pots are very passive and don't take much effort to upkeep, so be sure to accept a few crab pots spread throughout your farm and the embankment.

Below, you tin observe all the fish that you tin find inside a crab pot.

Fish Type Location
Lobster Ocean
Clam Ocean
Oyster Ocean
Crab Bounding main
Crinkle Body of water
Mussel Ocean
Shrimp Ocean
Snail Freshwater Lakes and Rivers
Periwinkle Freshwater Lakes and Rivers
Crayfish Freshwater Lakes and Rivers

Where To Find Legendary Fish

player fishing a glacierfish

Legendary fish are rare fish that can merely exist defenseless in 1 location. In full, there are five legendary fish spread throughout the valley. Additionally, near all the legendary fish have a required fishing level.

Overall, these fish are difficult to catch. Make certain y'all have a good rod, forth with a lure and bait.

Fish Blazon Location Season Atmospheric condition Time of Solar day
Crimson Fish
  • E Pier on Embankment, across the wooden bridge
  • requires fishing level 5
Summer All Atmospheric condition All Day
Angler
  • North of JojaMart in the middle of the wooden bridge
  • requires fishing level three
Fall All Weather All Day
Fable
  • Mount Lake near floating log
  • requires fishing level 10
Spring Rain All Twenty-four hours
Glacierfish
  • Due south of Arrowhead Isle in the Cindersap Woods
  • requires fishing level six
Winter All Weather All Day
Mutant Bother
  • The Sewers
Any Season All Weather condition All Solar day

Legendary Fish For Extended Family Quest

The Extended Family quest is given by Mr. Qi in his Walnut Room. This quest requires you to catch the 'family unit fellow member' of each legendary fish. Completing this quest will reward you with 20 Qi gems, that can exist spent in the Walnut Room.

As you can see below, there are constitute in the aforementioned locations as the original legendary fish. It'due south important to notation that if this quest is not active, you will not be able to find these fish.

Additionally, these fish are not counted to the accomplishment for catching every fish in the game.

Fish Type Location
Son of Crimsonfish
  • Due east Pier on Beach, across the wooden span
  • requires fishing level 5
Ms. Angler
  • Due north of JojaMart in the center of the wooden bridge
  • requires fishing level 3
Legend II
  • Mount Lake well-nigh floating log
  • requires fishing level 10
Glacierfish Jr.
  • South of Arrowhead Island in the Cindersap Forest
  • requires fishing level half-dozen
Radioactive Carp
  • The Sewers

Dark Market Deep Body of water Fishing

player fishing in night market submarine for a blobfish

From Winter 15 to 17, the Night Market will take place on the beach. Every twenty-four hours of this event from 5 pm to 11 pm, you will be able to hop aboard the fishing submarine and journeying to the bottom of the ocean.

From this submarine, you can take hold of a few special fish, which are listed below.

Fish Blazon Adventure to Catch
Midnight Squid 21 percent
Blobfish 10 percentage
Spook Fish sixteen percent

Additionally, you can also catch the following items that are available in other locations.

  • Sea Cucumber
  • Super Cucumber
  • Octopus
  • Pearl
  • Seaweed

That's every fish in Stardew Valley. At present get out there and start fishing. Communicable every fish in the game (excluding the extended family fish) will reward y'all with the Master Angler achievement, bringing you one footstep closer to reaching 100 percent perfection.

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