Fish

Fish can be caught in the sea, rivers and ponds.

The in-game encyclopedia contains information about all 80 fish. Collect them all!

This table lists all of the different fish, along with their sale price in bells. Some fish are worth a lot more than others, especially sharks which can be identified by their fins.

Name	Value	Next Month	Time of Day	Location	Shadow
Bitterling	900	December	All day	River	X-Small
Pale chub	200	December	9AM-4PM	River	X-Small
Crucian carp	160	December	All day	River	Small
Dace	240	December	4PM-9AM	River	Medium
Carp	300	December	All day	Pond	Large
Koi	4,000	December	4PM-9AM	Pond	Large
Goldfish	1,300	December	All day	Pond	X-Small
Pop-eyed goldfish	1,300	December	9AM-4PM	Pond	X-Small
Ranchu goldfish	4,500	December	9AM-4PM	Pond	Small
Killifish	300	April	All day	Pond	X-Small
Crawfish	200	April	All day	Pond	Small
Soft-shelled turtle	3,750	August	4PM-9AM	River	Large
Snapping turtle	5,000	April	9PM-4AM	River	Large
Tadpole	100	March	All day	Pond	X-Small
Frog	120	May	All day	Pond	Small
Freshwater goby	400	December	4PM-9AM	River	Small
Loach	400	March	All day	River	Small
Catfish	800	May	4PM-9AM	Pond	Large
Giant snakehead	5,500	June	9AM-4PM	Pond	Large
Bluegill	180	December	9AM-4PM	River	Small
Yellow perch	300	December	All day	River	Medium
Black bass	400	December	All day	River	Large
Tilapia	800	June	All day	River	Medium
Pike	1,800	December	All day	River	X-Large
Pond smelt	400	December	All day	River	Small
Sweetfish	900	July	All day	River	Medium
Cherry salmon	1,000	March	Varies	River (clifftop)	Medium
Char	3,800	March	Varies	River (clifftop)	Medium
Golden trout	15,000	March	4PM-9AM	River (clifftop)	Medium
Stringfish	15,000	December	4PM-9AM	River (clifftop)	X-Large
Salmon	700	September	All day	River (mouth)	Large
King salmon	1,800	September	All day	River (mouth)	X-Large
Mitten crab	2,000	September	4PM-9AM	River	Small
Guppy	1,300	April	9AM-4PM	River	X-Small
Nibble fish	1,500	May	9AM-4PM	River	X-Small
Angelfish	3,000	May	4PM-9AM	River	Small
Betta	2,500	May	9AM-4PM	River	Small
Neon tetra	500	April	9AM-4PM	River	X-Small
Rainbowfish	800	May	9AM-4PM	River	X-Small
Piranha	2,500	June	9AM-4PM & 9PM-4AM	River	Small
Arowana	10,000	June	4PM-9AM	River	Large
Dorado	15,000	June	4AM-9PM	River	X-Large
Gar	6,000	June	4PM-9AM	Pond	X-Large
Arapaima	10,000	June	4PM-9AM	River	XX-Large
Saddled bichir	4,000	June	9PM-4AM	River	Large
Sturgeon	10,000	December	All day	River (mouth)	XX-Large
Sea butterfly	1,000	December	All day	Sea	X-Small
Sea horse	1,100	April	All day	Sea	X-Small
Clown fish	650	April	All day	Sea	X-Small
Surgeonfish	1,000	April	All day	Sea	Small
Butterfly fish	1,000	April	All day	Sea	Small
Napoleonfish	10,000	July	4AM-9PM	Sea	XX-Large
Zebra turkeyfish	500	April	All day	Sea	Medium
Blowfish	5,000	December	9PM-4AM	Sea	Medium
Puffer fish	250	July	All day	Sea	Medium
Anchovy	200	December	4AM-9PM	Sea	Small
Horse mackerel	150	December	All day	Sea	Small
Barred knifejaw	5,000	March	All day	Sea	Medium
Sea bass	400	December	All day	Sea	X-Large
Red snapper	3,000	December	All day	Sea	Large
Dab	300	December	All day	Sea	Medium
Olive flounder	800	December	All day	Sea	X-Large
Squid	500	December	All day	Sea	Medium
Moray eel	2,000	August	All day	Sea	Long
Ribbon eel	600	June	All day	Sea	Long
Tuna	7,000	December	All day	Pier	XX-Large
Blue marlin	10,000	December	All day	Pier	XX-Large
Giant trevally	4,500	May	All day	Pier	X-Large
Mahi-mahi	6,000	May	All day	Pier	X-Large
Ocean sunfish	4,000	July	4AM-9PM	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Ray	3,000	August	4AM-9PM	Sea	X-Large
Saw shark	12,000	June	4PM-9AM	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Hammerhead shark	8,000	June	4PM-9AM	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Great white shark	15,000	June	4PM-9AM	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Whale shark	13,000	June	All day	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Suckerfish	1,500	June	All day	Sea	X-Large w/Fin
Football fish	2,500	December	4PM-9AM	Sea	Large
Oarfish	9,000	December	All day	Sea	XX-Large
Barreleye	15,000	December	9PM-4AM	Sea	Small
Coelacanth	15,000	December	All day	Sea (rainy days)	XX-Large

Spawn rates for fish vary every hour are are influenced by the weather. You can see rough spawn rates here.

While fishing you will sometimes fish up junk. Junk acts just like fish (swims around, bites at your lure), but it worth very little money. However, you can craft each piece of junk into furniture, using recipes which you will 'discover' as you fish up the junk. This furnitue sells for more money than the junk items are worth. You can catch:

Old tire
Empty can
Boot
Stone	Stone is not really 'junk', but can be fished up just the same

Junk items can also be used to lure and catch the Fly .

You will also find shells scattered along the beach. Early in the game, these are a quick source of bells. Later, their value is generally too low to bother collecting.

Name	Value
Conch	700
Coral	500
Cowrie	60
Giant clam	900
Manila clam	100
Sand dollar	120
Sea snail	180
Summer shell	600	(Summer only)
Venus comb	300

The Manila Clam is unique in two ways. Firstly, it has to be dug up on the beach; you can see a tiny hole with water being periodically squirted out. Secondly, it can be used to craft Fish bait , which attracts a single fish wherever you use it.