Fishing

Fishing

To fish, you will need three things: a fishing license, a fishing rod, and bait. You can fish either onfrom the shore or viafrom a boat. YouBait willmust need the baitbe in your inventory to use the fishing rod, which is also usedaccessed through the inventory menu.

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  Fishing wouldLicense: haveMust tobe visitpurchased at either the Fishing Supplies storestore, which islocated off Great Ocean Highway,Highway beside Chiliad MountainMountain, or the Hunting Supplies store, located in Paleto Bay on Procopio Promenade. The icons for each store are:

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• Rod & Bait: Can be bought at either the Fishing Supplies store or any Mega Mall. The icon for Mega Mall is: 

  

Fishing Minigame

With your rod out,equipped, you willyou'll periodically besee presenteda withprompt like "Press x[key] to reel in your catch", where xthe willkey bechanges aeach differenttime. buttonAs onlong your keyboard. Providedas you have the bait and the inventory space, thisyou’ll hashave a chance to successfully reel in a fish. TheSometimes, the fish may also swimget away fromor steal your rod, and you may also lose your bait with no catch.
bait.

SellingCutting FishesFish into Bait

OnceSome fish can be cut into bait through your inventory. This lets you haveturn gotpart of your catch into more bait  useful when you're far from a goodshop amountor oflow fishes,on supplies. Not all fish types are eligible, so check your inventory options when interacting with a caught fish.

Note: A hunting knife is required in order to cut fish into bait. Purchase one at a hunting store, Mega Mall, or Ammunation.

Illegal Fishing

AlongsideCertain regularspecies, fishing,like theresharks, stingray, dolphins, and whales, are also 'protected species' which areand illegal to fish.catch. TheseSelling includethem sharks,is dolphins,only andpossible whales.through Illegala fishhidden havebuyer, their own sell-point, with more lucrative prices but this locationwhich must be founddiscovered through roleplay methods.roleplay.

Fishing Hotspots

While fishingFishing inside ahotspots fishing hotspot,increases your chances of catching rare fish. You may also have the chance to catch a rare fish are increased. On top of that, you may be lucky and fish up a fishing casket, openwhich it up and see whatcontains valuable pirate style loot youwith find, full of history andhistorical value.