The ULTIMATE Guide to Fishing - Stardew Valley 

Here’s the link to image versions of all pf the charts: twitter.com/salmence100/status/1618803976249692160?s=46&t=oykLyYbZRqTk5CmjCtBMZw

the delivery of “we’d feel more at home with a pickles” absolutely SLAUGHTERED me

Don't underestimate crabpots, they are pretty useful if you want to stack up on sashimi or you want to mass produce quality fertilizers.

I love fish ponds, but the requests are so uncanny. Just yesterday, my lava eels wanted to feel more at home with "2 mega bombs" 💀

I love the beginning with all the different stardew content creators like seanie and charley

If you're out there and aren't a fan of the fishing side of the game, I implore you to, at least, use crab pots. Crabs are one of the most useful items in all of Stardew Valley since they are an ingredient in Crab Cakes which provide an all day +1 speed boost. Once you experience a day of +2 speed from Crab Cakes and Triple Shot Expresso, you won't ever want to go back.

"The most despised part of the game" and here I am, loving every second of it, running for it every game.

You can also get the Crab Pots from the Crab Pot bundle in CC without any fishing XP! Crab can be obtained by killing a crabshell in the Mines, and anything else can be found at the beach. Worst case scenario is that you'll maybe need a lobster or something from the cart. But that way, you can passively gain XP without ever touching the rod. UPD: Ghostfish also drops from enemies, IIRC specifically from ghosts.

I love how you make a case for Trapper as well, most people I've seen say it's trash and should never be used so it's great to see other perspectives!

I love the bait bin! Sure, you can buy or make bait, but it's so much more convenient to have a bin next to your crab pots so you can reset them on the go. Otherwise I just end up never touching them.

There's a few non-fish you can put into the fish pond. Specifically, coral and sea urchins. Corals aren't really worth, but sea urchins are a good source of roe for the remixed bundle that wants 15 roe because sea urchins don't have any quests for max capacity (and thus can be filled right up and get to producing roe quickly.) And you can just empty it out and put another fish in there when you want toe.

Mariner also has a hidden benefit, not only does it eliminate trash, but it makes it so all crab pot outcomes are equally likely - more than tripling the chance to catch that elusive lobster.

Fun fact: the max distance for casting used to matter. The rules for what you could obtain in treasure chests used to be determined by your fishing level and distance cast, with some items being locked behind max distance casts . This was changed to the current system that gives items based on how far you are from shore.

I'm so excited for this series' episode. Thanks for making this! Just fyi, Midnight Carp can also be caught year round at 10pm+ on Ginger Island.

I noticed that Willy just gives us really rare and valuable stuff like a stardrop or a Pearl. I guess he sees us as his kid in some way 😅

nearing the end of the eighth year on my first play through, and i’ve managed to stumble upon one legendary fish. now i’m gonna finish my fishing catalog within this next yr fs. thank u for this!

Not me being confused as to why it only had 12 views until i checked the upload time and it said two minutes ago. Cant wait to watch!

Also getting a treasure chest will give you 2.2x the fishing xp, this can also be stacked with the perfect multiplier, meaning catching an iridium legend perfectly while getting a treasure chest will net you 6730 fishing xp

Re: catching lava eel Lots of folks swear by the trap bobber. For me, after many days of nothing but trash and frustration I gave up on trap bobbers. What worked-a "little bit of extra luck" day, fish soup, lucky lunch, and a CORK bobber. Tl;dr: don't be afraid to experiment and see what works best for you if what works for others isn't working out...

I’m super new to the game and was struggling to figure out why I couldn’t get a specific fish in my game.. in my game it’s summer.. the fish I want was a spring/ fall exclusive and I WASN’T FISHING IN THE RIGHT SPOT!!!! I am so grateful for this video thank you so much!! So glad I stumbled upon your guide today! I subscribed to hopefully learn more about this game!

Little fun fact, the trap bobber is undeniably the best bobber to catch hard fish, but some could argue that the cork bobber is equal. But seriously, use the trap bobber for any difficult fish you struggle with

I still contend that this is the best fishing minigame in the genre.

I have about 200 hours clocked in on this game, and yet, I still learn something from your guides or, at the very least have a good time watching this

People not liking the fishing minigame is both understandable and hilarious to me, particularly with crab pots being a good way to level the skill up without actually fishing. It’s the crab pots I don’t like using, not the fishing.

I have a friend who thinks that fishing in Stardew is easy. I think that he is insane.

I love all of your Ultimate Guide videos. They are done with so much love and attention to detail. I really get the vibe that you thought everything trough - you developed a great concept for these videos and everything (from the animations in the beginning, over the complete charts, up to the quality of your voice recording) is just sooo good. Thank you for creating and uploading such great content!

Stellar video! It's no wonder it took you so long, but it definitely paid off in the end. A lot of time & passion behind every aspect, clearly. Top notch stuff as usual, and I'm 100% saving those fish charts for my own reference. SUPER useful!

I played stardew for almost 4 years in game when it came out and never touched it again. Came back to the game this year playing coop and got instantly hooked again but this time I decided to check guides and stuff and then found your channel. Your content is amazing, thank you for it!

Hi guys, I just wanted to throw in this little strategy for easily catching any fish at all, even legendary fish. Get an iridium rod, apply cork bobber for essentially +3 levels (as said in the video.) Then, upgrade your iridium rod in the forge to get Master, which gives you a +1 level when holding your rod, meaning your base is now 11. And finally, if you make seafoam pudding, WHILE having Mr Qi Seasoning in your inventory, it gives you +5 fishing instead of +4. In total, this strategy gives you +9 fishing levels for a total of level 19! So I believe this causes you to have almost 40% of the ENTIRE FISHING GAME covered with your bar. Also, for making seafoam pudding, you CAN find flounder AND midnight carp at their respective times. M Carp on north of the island, and flounder south and west. So this means you can get the ingredients year round, pretty handily.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Salmence, this is a truly excellent guide! I am very impressed. At first, I like others, struggled so much with finishing that I made a whole new farm to practice fishing on. I now really enjoy fishing and am currently working on a co-op with my daughter where we eventually plan to have a crab pot for every fish in the game. I recently introduced my mother to the game and will be sending your guides to her. I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for your hard work.

Literally started up my playthrough last week, this series couldn't have come at a better time! Truly the best and most concise stardew content out there, thanks a bunch :)

The woodskip is also found in the player’s ponds if they choose the forest

I found your earlier guides just yesterday. What great timing with this video! I'm looking forward to your Mining and Combat videos as well, you do a great job aggregating the information in a concise way.

Holy days, what a massive guide you have created right here! Absolutely huge respect for the digging and work that has been put into this video. Truly inspirational!

I’m new to the game and fishing is honestly the most fun part of the game to me.

I always love these videos, the level of detail you go into is wonderful and the tables are very useful for organizing information. Really enjoyed this one, thank you for making it!!

I just started SV and your guide videos have helped so much. Thank you! You have helped me love this game even more

Has anyone else had lava eels that wanted a “dwarf scroll IV”? You should also make a cooking video, where you show of where to get EVERY recipe, and how to make them is something

Crab Pot fish are great for quality fertilizer. I tend to passively build them up over summer year 1 to have them ready for Fall year 1.

I don't think you could be more thorough. This was excellent

I found your channel through these videos and I thought you had stopped doing them. So happy to see that I was wrong! Keep up the great work!

Just to add some info. Getting a perfect gives a 2.4× multiplier. Which is why speedrunners buys the training rod to power level their fishing early on

Thanks my dude. Fishing is my fave. A lot of people have difficulty but it was easy for me so I just kept at it. Its relaxing and fun

By god USE THE TRAINING ROD!!! I hated learning fishing with just the bamboo pole but WOW does the training rod make a HUGE difference when you are beginning. I used it until I was level 2 in fishing and it helped so much.

Fishing is my favorite thing to do and always the one I get to level 10 the fastest every time. I need a full fishing game I swear.

It's not a home without a pickles

Oh boy…I love fishing but it took me so long to get the hang of the mini game XD. I find it so addictive especially when there’s treasure chests. If y’all are looking for a great way to pretty much guarantee a treasure chest with each cast, use the Pirate profession at level 10 with an iridium rod with magnet bait and a treasure hunter tackle. They all stack meaning there’s a lot of treasure to be found.

Best fishing video on the internet. Those seasonal charts were immensely helpful

When the blob fish gives farm totems in the pond they will give 5. They also seem to give them more often then other fish's special drops

I’m playing for the first time and was on the process of making a list of all the fishes I haven’t caught yet, this video came right on time!

Your fish charts have helped me and my siblings more than you can know, thank you so much, I love your videos so much, there what encourage me too play stardew more

So many fish I forgot I was watching an ultimate guide to fishing and not a list of all fish. I'm not even kidding.

I love the spatial organization of this video, def subscribing

Yes! Been waitin for this one! :D I honestly don't like fishing that much but I know it's important to the game lol. Thanks for the guide!

Just started the game. Thank you so much for this video, it really helped make sense of the various minigames and though I am pretty new to fishing overall, I find myself actually liking it a lot. Thanks, again.

Phenomenal video Sal. I found I really enjoyed the fishing minigame when I got the game about a month ago, and I was really looking forward to this part of the series-it did not disappoint! I will note a couple minor errors. And I do mean very minor.: A Sunfish Pond will occasionally produce Solar Essence. This is included on your Spring Fish chart, but is absent on the Summer Chart The Blobfish, and therefore its Roe, are equal in price to the Ice Pip. The Ice Pip is much easier to get, of course, and so is the better recommendation of the two in most cases. but from a profit perspective their Ponds are roughly equivalent. Tiger Trout do not reproduce in fish ponds. They are sterile, much like real life Tiger Trout, which are the result of cross-breeding between two different species, much like mules.

Absolutely brilliant series, wish this was here when I started playing stardew

Bro, You're AMAZING! What a lovely series! Thank you for giving us this wonderful video! greetings from Brazil!

I am so grateful for your channel! You do awesome work. Thank you!!

Overall an amazing informative video! 14:19 the crimsonfish is only found at level 6 and above

I learned today that you can also get the woodskip on the forest farm, in the middle pond. Can't go past gold, though.

Finally another part, Keep up the good work!

Thank you for your huge effort! I've been suffering with the fish tank bundle a lot.

Starew Valley has the best fishing mini game of any I've ever played! I enjoy it so much!

I'll be getting this game soon. These guides are very helpful.

I love how every skill is present by a youtuber and you is the avatar . Really neat stuff😊

Love your guides!

I love fishing in Stardew, i find it relaxing and challenging at the same time, the other day I was so happy because I lasted a few days fishing and I was able to catch all the fish there is in the summer (including the octopus), because I had recently obtained the fishing channel :)

Dude I just got into this game from game pass, ur videos have been so helpful n informative!! Keep it up man!

Maybe I misheard you, but in fact Midnight Carp are available at both the Mountain Lake and the Cindersap Forest Pond. You can also catch them in the Forest Farm ponds (along with the Woodskip), and of course in freshwater on Ginger Island. I love crab pots mainly for making Fish Stew, which I think is the most useful fishing buff food for most situations. It gives 3+ fishing and lasts nearly all day.

i am so bad at fishing and hate it a little so thank you so much for the help

I've been playing this game for a long time and I'm still learning so much from your videos! Thank you for all the hard work and time you took into creating this amazing guide for us!! :)

One of the best intro i ever seen! nice video

I love when I fish out of boredom and get a legend..."oh hey it got a face! I'm keeping it"

The intro!! I'm dead 😂😂😂😂😂 majestically done 👍🏾

Lovely video as always. Surprised to hear many people don't use the lake much. It's my favorite early game money spot. Largemouth and Bullhead are solid money and especially Bullhead aren't that hard to catch when learning the ropes. Edit: Also the Carp can both be sold for less money but still some, or eaten to keep fishing for the others. Love the lake. 😁

Also if people really want to use fish ponds and farm animals, but are short on space, you can use the fish ponds as "fences" or barriers to separate the farm animals in areas.

I was just beginning to have some questions concerning fishing and this video answered those questions perfectly.

I almost finish the game and this will help me with the advencement so Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I still have have about 6 more fish to collect for the community center and it is completely done for me, but I had no clue when to catch these fish and was just trying all day every day. But now I can try at the right times. But that means hoping it rains because I don't have the supplies to get a rain totem lol

fishing has always been my favorite thing to do in games, i have always liked the ocean in games, as well as more water related features in non ocean/ fishing games

Thank you; this is a great guide! I have been playing the same farm since I bought the game and I've never really done much with fishing, but not doing anything with it is preventing me from finishing the Community Center and progressing through the game. I'm going to have to start with the training rod to see if I can get those last couple of fish bundles...

Been waiting for this ! I love fishin

Just the layers of the intro were enough for me to like and subscribe

Dude I literally started back up on my first farm yesterday to complete the community center and ALL I have left are some of the fish…. This is perfectly timed for my life LOL😊

This man doing the lords work

The intro is *chef’s kiss*!

Thanks!! This must have been a lot of work!

The series continues!

I love the catching mechanic so much 😊

Beat entro ever ,nice going bro 😊❤

Very helpful Thanks bud 🤜🏻🤛🏻🎣

Super helpful! Thanks

Those tables are amazing. Subbed for that 😊

YOUR INTRO IS MY FAVOURITE THING EVER. Thank you so much for this 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Nice. Thank you for the great work. I definitely have a new goal in my RPG-Style savestat. Collecting the ponds with different colours. That be awesome. Also, you really made me laugh when you went 'And okay. Well, there's a few more fish, *sigh* who would've - more fish?? Crazy!!' :D I have been a very nerv-wrecked and grim person for the last 20 years or so, and I laugh rarely, so that's definitely a compliment to you. :)

Love your opening scene bro , subbed👍🏻

Thanks this was truly great guide

I would add two things that came to my mind while watching the video : 1. You can catch midnight carp in the pond next to the island farm on ginger island, very nice in order to get to a bed before passing out. 2. You can stack up a lot of crabpot fish and swap to angler before selling. Late game, I find it the easiest way to make money out of fishing because you don't spend as much time catching a lot of crabpot fish as you do with regular fishing.

I love love love fishing in stardew thank you so mich