Stardew Valley: How to Fish and Attach Bait
To use bait, highlight the bait in your inventory, then pick it up as though you’re going to move it. With an Xbox controller you select it with ‘A’ and equip it to the fishing pole with ‘X’. You can remove the bait by right-clicking or pressing ‘X’ a second time. If you have a fishing rod, you can fish in any body of water in Stardew Valley. Look for lakes, rivers, and oceans that you can cast a line into. Keep an eye out for bubbling water for signs that fish are in the area so you’ll have a better chance at catching fish.
A green bar will appear one the tackle icon showing how much you’ve used up. Tackle can be acquired by either purchasing from Willy’s shop at the Beach, getting a treasure chest from fishing, or crafting. This article was co-authored by wikiHow Staff.
Look for the fishing rod icon as you move about Stardew Valley. A fiberglass fishing rod with bait equipped. The pole technically has a slot for the bait, which is easy to miss. A google search claimed the button to combine the bait with the fishing rod should be X which does nothing. A triggers the before-mentioned “switching”. Changing the Gameplay setting to “enable ‘mouse control’ at all times” also doesn’t help.
You’ll notice a fish icon that rises and lowers on a bar with a green square (“fishing bar”) that you can move. To the right of this bar is another one that fills up; once it is filled all the way, the fish is yours. The key to filling it up is to keep the green square around the fish for as long as it takes. You want the fish to always be within that green area; if it’s not, your line will continuously break until you can get it back on there. Tackle can be attached to the Iridium Rod to make it easier to catch fish.
Magnet –Increases the chance of finding treasures when fishing. To use tackle, you equip it onto the pole the same way as you do bait and it can be used in conjunction with it, as well. Every tackle has different benefits to help you fish.
If you head over to your mailbox and right click it, you’ll be able to open a nice note from Willy, the town Fisherman. He’s back from “the salty seas” and has something for you. Sounds like it’s time to head over there, right?
To use bait, select the bait and then right click on the rod you want to apply it to. This will consume one bait the next time you fish. To attach tackle to an Iridium Rod, left-click on the tackle, then right-click on the Iridium Rod. To remove tackle, first right-click to remove any bait, then right-click to remove the tackle. Adds weight to your “fishing bar”, preventing it from bouncing along the bottom. Trap BobberCauses fish to escape slower when you aren’t reeling them in.
I’m not sure how on switch, but on PC you right click the rod with the bait and it’s equipped. I don’t know if I’m being dumb and just not doing it right or not using the right rod but I can’t get bait on any of the rods I bought, or found. There is currently no known way on iOS to remove bait from a rod. This bamboo rod in your toolbar is your first step to getting all the smelly fish you can dream of. Around day two or three of Stardew Valley, you’ll notice that you’ve received a letter.
To use the fishing rod, simply equip it as you would any other tool and stand next to a body of water. So long as you’re next to it, you can use the rod. The longer you hold down the button this initial first time, the farther the line will be cast. Fish don’t escape while collecting treasures. Slightly increases the size of your “fishing bar”. If you are unable to reposition the box around the fish and the catching meter runs out, you lose the mini-game.
First know that the Bamboo fishing pole has no slots available for bait nor tackle. The ability to use bait comes with Level 2 Fishing, as it will make Will sell the Fiberglass fishing pole at his shop by the beach for 1,800G . You can also buy bait cheap there, though level 2 fishing teaches you to craft your own.
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