Fish, bosses and islands

Find a catch, quest item or main-island guide for How to Fish on Steam, by Dazed Games. This is a growing selection of sourced guides, not a complete Fishipedia.

Stage filters show where an item matters for progression or where its lure becomes available. They do not mean an ordinary fish can only be caught on that island.

23 linked guides.

• Giant Piranha

  Forest quest boss · Modified Leech bait

• Spider Crab

  First boss · Empty beer can bait

• Pufferfish

  Swimmer quest · Carrot Bait

• Tuna

  Professional Boss Lure · Keep for Albatross

• Albatross

  Tuna follow-up encounter

• Bowhead Whale & mutated encounter

  Volcano finale · Fish Bucket

• Bowlfish

  Standard Lure · Endangered-fish quest

• Needlefish

  Standard Lure · Endangered-fish quest

• Leeches & Modified Leech

  Ground pickups · Three-leech quest

• Giant Piranha Skeleton

  Quest hand-in after the boss fight

• Island 1: Lighthouse

  Start and Spider Crab

• Island 2: Forest

  Leeches and Giant Piranha

• Island 3: Beach

  Endangered fish and Pufferfish

• Island 4: Rocks / town

  Tuna and Albatross

• Island 5: Volcano

  Whale encounters

• Main-island route

  Five main stages and extra islets

• How to play

  Controls and fishing basics

• Beginner guide

  First-hour preparation

• Radar colors & lost radar

  Radar map, marker colors and recovery notes

• Crab Carcass & Squid bait

  Mini-island bait · Squid · Tench · Euros

• New mini islands

  Islets · Manta · Wishbone · Parkour notes

• How to get euros

  Crab Carcass fishing · Cooking · Wishbone

• Bow location & aiming

  Mini-island merchant · Scope · Laser · Upgrades

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