Fishing Guide

[MMDE]

You need to catch 2000 fish for one of the trophies.

 

There are several things that can make it easier and faster for you to catch fish

• Raining, catch fish faster.
  
• Better fishing pole, easier and possibly faster. Obtain a better pole by forging.
  
• Fish Hat, makes it a lot easier to fish. Obtained the first day in Fall under the Masquerade festival. Talk to Electra, whom will ask you to deliver candy to the kids, talk to her afterwards for a reward. I at least got the Fish Hat for doing so.
  
• School of fish, while walking around in the ocean on your Golem there are certain places where there's a lot more fish.
  
• Fishing level, the more you fish the easier it gets, I also think it allows you to catch some rather rare fish as well.
  
• Possibly time of day (especially early in the morning) and season.
  

 

How to fish quickly

1. Equip upgraded fishing pole and Fish Hat near water when it's raining.
   
2. Hold down .
   
3. Press  to fish.
   
4. Whenever the controller starts shaking (a fish on the hook) quickly press . If the shaking happens immediately after using the fishing pole it might mean you are getting low on RP.
   
5. When you hear the sound of the fish being put into your backpack press  again. (You may want to turn down the music and up the SFX).
   
6. Continue from point 4.
   
7. The above tells you how to fish quickly without even watching the screen, meaning you could be reading or doing something entirely different once the above has become automatic for your brain to do.
   

 

 

There is a fishing contest the 19th day of Spring, where you can win prizes for your fishing, so it doesn't feel as boring or pointless. There is also a lot of food you can cook using the fish you catch. It can also be sold for money.

Edited January 29, 2015 by MMDE

[Angel]

Thank you for the information MMDE, it is my last trophy for the platinum and I was not aware the fish hat does help with fishing (Got it during the masquerade festival as you mentioned). Love this game and I actually enjoyed more the game without the hack-n-slash/dungeon exploring part; the "Harvest Moon side of it" to say.