How to Fish All Fish Locations & Baits

Most How to Fish creatures are tied to one island and one lure tier. Once you know the local bait, the encyclopedia fills in by repeating that pool. Bosses and story fish are the exception: they need a Boss Lure tier or a quest item that shops do not sell. This page is the checklist. For the order you must follow to reach each island, use the Walkthrough. For fight tells, use Boss Fights.

Shop lure snapshot:

Island	Everyday bait	Boss-tier shop lure
Lighthouse	Ham, Hot Dog	Empty Beer Can (quest)
Forest	French Fry, Beginner Lure	Beginner Boss Lure; Modified Leech (quest)
Desert	Standard Lure	Standard Boss Lure; Carrot (quest)
Rocks	Professional Lure	Professional Boss Lure; Tuna body
Volcano	Scientific Lure (~$500)	Scientific Boss Lure (~$5,800); Fish Bucket (quest)

Patch 1.0.10 slightly reduced Anglerfish health. Difficulty from Patch 1.0.9 changes how hard they hit, not which bait they want.

Lighthouse

Creature	Bait	Type
Brown Crab	Ham	Normal
Shrimp	Ham	Normal
Rock Crab	Hot Dog	Normal
Lobster	Hot Dog	Normal
Spider Crab	Empty Beer Can	Story boss

Give a full Beer to the Lighthouse Keeper to receive the Empty Beer Can. Keep the Spider Crab Shell for boat keys.

Forest (Island 2)

Creature	Bait	Type
Mackerel	French Fry	Normal
Gar	French Fry	Normal
Pike	French Fry / Beginner Lure	Normal
Cod	Beginner Lure	Normal
Piranha	Beginner Lure	Normal
Triggerfish	Beginner Lure	Normal
Goby	Beginner Lure	Normal
Salmon	Beginner Lure	Normal
Goldfish	Beginner Lure	Normal
Perch	Beginner Lure	Normal
Sunfish	Beginner Boss Lure	Mini-boss
The Old Pike	Beginner Boss Lure	Mini-boss
Giant Piranha	Modified Leech	Story boss

Leeches are ground pickups for the lake NPC, not fish. Three leeches become Modified Leech bait. Return the Giant Piranha Skeleton to open the Desert.

Desert (Island 3)

Creature	Bait	Type
Catfish	Standard Lure	Normal
Bluegill	Standard Lure	Normal
Yellow Boxfish	Standard Lure	Normal
Angelfish	Standard Lure	Normal
Needlefish	Standard Lure	Normal
Sea Urchin	Standard Lure	Normal
Clownfish	Standard Lure	Normal
Seahorse	Standard Lure	Normal
Bowlfish	Standard Lure	Normal
Blue Shark	Standard Boss Lure	Mini-boss (grill)
Pufferfish	Carrot	Story boss

Needlefish (or another endangered catch such as Bowl Fish / Seahorse) paid to the Tourist becomes the Carrot. Return the Pufferfish trophy for Rocks coordinates. Patch 1.0.4 nerfed Pufferfish and Whale health.

Rocks (Island 4)

Creature	Bait	Type
Sengarat	Professional Lure	Normal
Red Snapper	Professional Lure	Normal
Tigerfish	Professional Lure	Normal
Parrotfish	Professional Lure	Normal
Bass	Professional Lure	Normal
Halibut	Professional Lure	Normal
Flying Fish	Professional Lure	Normal
Eel	Professional Lure	Normal
Voxel Fish	Professional Lure	Normal
Dripper	Professional Lure	Normal
Tuna	Professional Boss Lure	Mini-boss
Albatross	Tuna body	Story boss

Drop the dead Tuna and wait. The bird is the Terrorizing bird achievement as well as the travel gate.

Volcano (Island 5)

Creature	Bait	Type
Stonefish	Scientific Lure	Normal
Blobfish	Scientific Lure	Normal
Anglerfish	Scientific Lure	Normal
Oarfish	Scientific Lure	Normal
Superdwarf Fish	Scientific Lure	Normal
Goblin Shark	Scientific Boss Lure	Mini-boss
Bowhead Whale	Fish Bucket	Setup boss
Mutated Bowhead Whale	Bowhead Whale carcass	Final boss

Five volcano-native fish to the scientist produce the Fish Bucket. Throw the regular whale into the crater to spawn the mutated fight. Hand the Whale Fin to the scientist for the military boat and the sail home.

Drip variants

Every normal creature can roll a rainbow-named Drip form in the same pool with the same bait. Kill it for Fishipedia. Feed extras to the Reel of Fortune. Collector is the non-Drip encyclopedia.

Related pages

• Fish Guide — rarity and selling loop
• Rare Variants — Drip farming
• Island Guide — unlocks and shops
• Updates Hub — Anglerfish nerf and Pufferfish / Whale nerfs