TL;DR
Ocean Fishing
The ocean is a popular choice for fishing due to the abundance of rare and valuable fish, particularly during the summer and fall seasons. Casting from the left side of the beach or off the pier towards the stone can yield high-quality catches [1:2]
[3:1]. While some players find that quantity often beats quality at the ocean, it's generally considered one of the most profitable spots
[3:3].
Mountain Lake
Fishing at the mountain lake is highly recommended, especially in spring when it provides the most profit per hour. The lake is known for its easy-to-catch iridium quality fish, making it a favorite spot for many players [4:1]
[4:5]. Additionally, the mountain lake is a good choice in winter if you want to avoid the less valuable ocean fish
[3:2].
River Fishing
The river is another lucrative location, particularly on rainy spring days when catfish are available. Fishing near Sam's house, right into the bend in the river, is a recommended spot for catching gold star fish [1:2]. Some players also enjoy fishing near Leah's house due to its proximity to the farm
[4:2].
Legendary Fish Locations
For those aiming to catch legendary fish, specific locations and conditions are required. For example, the Angler fish can only be caught in fall at a particular location [5:1]. The Legend fish requires rain in spring, which can sometimes be challenging due to unpredictable weather patterns
[5:2].
Personal Preferences and Social Interactions
Some players choose their fishing spots based on personal preferences or social interactions within the game. Fishing with Willy at the docks or interacting with Sebastian at the mountain lake adds a social element to the activity [4:3]
[4:6]. These choices may not always be the most profitable but can enhance the gameplay experience.
What would be the most profitable fishing spot per season?
Three places will all but guarantee gold star fish with a maximum distance cast. In the ocean, cast west off the pier towards that stone. In the river, fish just south and a bit east of Sam’s house, right into the bend in the river. In the mountain pond, go to the furthest east island and fish off the southern tip.
As for which is most profitable for each season, you’d have to check what can be caught in each location in each season depending on the weather. And remember that lingcod absolutely suck.
Fishing near the rock west of the ocean guaranteed me high quality fish.
Have this post saved. It's got most profitable by season, time, and weather.
Thank you!
Since i've maxed out my farming i wanted to move onto fishing but i was wondering what was the best spot for profit? Thanks
Inside the lonely stone If u can get ur fishing line inside of it/its area u will always catch a fish of silver quality or better
I've tried again and again to fish on that stone, but the line always falls to one or other side of it.
Is there a trick to it?
I think the stone has a small circle around it/its like its radius as long as ur close it should work
I don’t think it has any unique bonuses, but it is an easy to see marker of Good Quality Fish Here. Casting far enough is a matter of leveling up fishing,
Isn't it just a matter of casting as far away from walkable areas? That makes the quality better.
I like to maximize my time by staying in one fishing spot all day and never moving. That raises the question: What is the best fishing spot in the game? I used to think it was the dock (ocean fish), but that's just a blind guess.
What do you think? Are lake fish, river fish, or ocean fish most profitable? What is the best spot to park it and fish until exhaustion? I'm anxious to hear your opinions!
it depends on season/time/weather
in spring, the mountain lake gives the most profit per hour, unless its raining when the river will have catfish which are worth a lot. In summer, the ocean is full of rare and valuable fish, so go there the whole day. the same story with fall go to the ocean. In winter you won't want to see a fishing rod again after glacierfish fishing, but if you really want to fish id go to the lake or river, the winter ocean fish don't have much value
Very nice breakdown! Thanks :)
I find the ocean to be best. Fish might be worth more elsewhere, but I catch more in the ocean so quantity beats quality more often than not in my experience.
Personally, I like fl80 of the normal mine.
Mine fishing levels are 20 60 100
Moron... I keep remembering them as 20, 40, and 80. It doesn't matter how many times I play. Why the hell can't I get that straight??
To spend as much time as possible, fish on your farm if you have the beach or islands farm. On my islands farm game I caught so many fish on the first day I had a rod, I got level 1, 2, and 3 fishing.
I'll keep this in mind if I start a beach or islands farm :) Thanks!
I default to ocean fishing, but go the the left side of the beach. I don’t know if it’s shorter than going all the way to the end of the dock but it feels like it, which might mean slightly more fishing time vs. travel time
My go to fishing spot is right in front of Willy's door, I love that at 5pm he comes outside and we fish together. I also have a quirk where my fishing game has to be on the left hand of my screen, so wherever I fish I tend to stand on the right.
Where do you guys like to fish? Up by the mountain? The town River? Near Marnie's? Or do you just stay on the farm. Maybe you hate fishing...or you chose that crab pot life.
I'm curious. Let's discuss!
Usually right in front of Leah's house. It's close to the farm. Unless I'm on the riverlands farm then I fish off of the southern dock.
I love fishing with Willy! Sometimes when he's near the river I also go with him
If I’m trying to make bread I’ll fish at the mountain lake, if I’m causal I like the docks. It’s a vibe
Mountain lake at the spot where it sticks out a bit. I do it there because lake has the most valuable dogs!
Wait I meant fish not dogs why did it autocorrect like that
HAH! I was going to say "wow, did 1.5 add dogs to the game I didn't know about?" :P
The lake is a good spot to catch iridium quality fish, they are all really easy to catch (although the Sturgeon can be annoying).
Mountain because I make more money up there and when Sebastian comes out every night to smoke by the water I can talk to him with zero effort ��
Hah, that's a good plan. He's such a little trickster to find. At least until you get his bedroom unlocked.
I know some people are there right on the dot every day when he leaves his room but I’m too lazy ��
I am trying to catch all legendary fish to complete my fish collection. I caught the crimsonfish but trying to catch the angler is tough. My rng must be bad
Angler is only in Fall, at a very specific location. Normally, it pops up in a few casts if you're in the right area and season.
Info here: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Fish#Legendary_Fish
I knew the season and the place did not know if there Is a certain time to catch it
Nah, any time. The only annoying one is the Legend since it has to rain in Spring. Sometimes I think Stardew Valley is going through a drought.
What are the most profitable places to fish? (Changing with season obviously)
Mountain Lake. Easy fish and iridium quality with higher skill.
Lonely Stone. Harder to fish than in the lake but usually has higher quality than other places in the Pier.
I'd say the mountain lake for every season because the fish are so easy to catch you can get iridium quality easily. Some of them barely move.
I think the best money is Summer time... Mountain lake fish sturgeon till 6pm then move to the ocean and fish super cucumbers. Catfish are good too.
I tend to go for the beach because I think sea fish give a better income overall, for a day's fishing. But that could be my bias showing, as it's easy to sell direct to Willy whilst he's in the shop.
High quality fish tend to hang out as far from walkways as possible, in the deeper water (darker) and next to underwater landmarks like that tall rock on the left side of the beach and the sunken logs in the mountain lake and the forest lake.
The ocean, the far left/west dock, there's a rock with a bunch of smaller rocks around it, one of my favorite spots.
For the lake, leave the mines, go left to that one or two tile peninsula and cast down/south into the lake
Ocean rock fishing gang
Fishing on the rock always yields gold quality or better fish if I remember correctly?
below jodi's house between the two bushes really work for me haha the ocean is great for exercise too
I tried a bit in the lake on the my land, but it always turned out to be garbage, is it?
Pretty much. If you don't have the riverland farm you get garbage from the water on your land and if you do you only get basic fish. Any other water source (except like, the sewers or something) has fish you can catch.
Wiki den fishing>experience points kısmına bak bence. Orada balıkçılık için xp nin nasıl hesaplandığı yazıyor. Ben boş vakitlerimde balık tuttuğum için ihtiyacım olmadı ama belki işine yarayacak bir şeyler bulursun
Hatta linki de bırakayım https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Fishing
Bir de ne kadar paran veya malzemen var bilmiyorum ama bazı yemekler geçici olarak fishingi arttırıyor balığa çıkmadan onlardan yiyebilirsin (hangi yemekler olduğu linkte yazıyormuş zaten)
Edit:Şimdi baktım da en olası yemek, tarifini biliyorsan maple bar. Bir de Seafoam Pudding var. Normalde yapması zor ama yaz sonunda sahildeki etkinlikte Pierre satıyordu (fiyatını hatırlamıyorum)
For the first time? Mountain lake in spring has the easiest fish.
I went to the second pier and kept it there even if it was difficult, I missed only 2 :)
Oh, okay. Then this post here lists the best places to fish when you're lower-leveled, because you can hit deeper water in these locations: https://www.reddit.com/r/StardewValley/comments/oqzptr/the\_best\_fishing\_spots\_in\_spring\_year\_1\_made\_7500/
Fishing is much easier with the training rod!
Of course! Always happy to help!
One of my favorite things to do in Stardew valley it's fishing and I was wondering which zone it's the best one for each season I know that the sewer it's like The fishing zone but I don't like the atmosphere.
Everywhere lol, just not the pond on your farm, that's just a flooded trash hole
Spring - Mountain lake (raining: River)
Summer - Ocean (especially at night)
Fall - River (day, raining) Ocean (night)
Winter - Mountain Lake
The lake or the beach. I love the atmosphere of each, the catches are just a bonus
I think fishing in Stardew Valley is a very relaxing activity. Although catching the big fish is quite challenging, once you master the techniques, it's actually not that difficult. (The techniques here might be due to the mod being enabled. Lol) What do you think?
Fishing is always the last thing I level up.
Though it did allow me to identify a IRL pike when my nephew caught one, so I guessed I've learned something.
yeah! But in fact, there is still a considerable gap between the theory and reality.
First skill to hit lvl 10
I only wish I had more space to put Fish Ponds so that I could fit a whole aquarium on the farm. I had a Four Corners farm that was so fun to use as a kind of collection for each species. The fish quests would get so weird, too! They'd ask for the most random items like Nautilus Shells and Golden Masks.
atm i fish by leahs house on the golden fishing spot and i make about 5k per day. is there anything better?
Honestly, the lucrativity of fishing is season based more than anything, since you are going for pure gold quality, This makes it a little easier to choose. Now, based on your fishing skill, we can further narrow it. If you are level 9 or 10, then in spring, I would say go fish for the legend in the mountain lake, as each one of these caught, and at max distance gold, is worth 7500, and can be caught more than just once. In summer it would be ocean, casting at that rock off of the docks makes easy casting for gold, and summer has more profitable fish in the ocean. Fall, the river is just fine, and winter is more of choose wherever, since time isn't really an issue.
is there a legendary in the winter?
Each season has it's own legendary, however only the legend from the mountain lake can be caught more than once. The winter legendary fish is in the forest, on the island next to the hat mouse shack, from the most south point. However, it is widely agreed that the glacierfish as it is called is the most difficult legendary fish to catch.
Where is this golden spot you speak of next to leah's house?
The mountain lake isn't the most lucrative, but its the most consistent in decently priced fish and less trash.
I keep thinking about building a table of the most lucrative spots by season/weather/time.
aw, my people, whaddya gonna do. tell me more, what can i do wif minerals?
best fishing spots in stardew valley
Key Considerations for Fishing in Stardew Valley:
Location Types:
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Recommendation: For beginners, the river near Pelican Town is a great starting point due to the variety of fish available and ease of access. As you progress, explore the ocean and mountain lake for more diverse catches. Don’t forget to craft or buy bait to improve your fishing efficiency!
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