Main Walkthrough

This article is under heavy construction. Some of these fish don't seem to be available yet. Images coming shortly.

One of many ways to earn a living in Coral Island, Fishing is a relatively relaxing way to spend your time on the island, and can be fairly profitable if you do it a lot. Casting your lure and catching fish is a bit easier in Coral Island than it is in other, similar games, but snagging every fish in the sea nevertheless requires a great deal of patience.

This guide will cover the basics of Fishing in Coral Island, as well as provide a listing of all the fish you can catch, and where. Completing the list in your Journal is going to take a while, so get comfortable.

Fishing Basics

In order to fish you first need to complete the quest Visit the Beach Shack. Doing so will earn you a Basic Fishing Pole, which you can use to go Fishing. No further bait or lures are necessary. (You will learn how to craft Bait early on, but it hasn't been implemented in-game yet.) Come back here later and you can buy an Improved Fishing Pole for 3,700 C, which is a great investment if you want to make the most of Fishing.

Head to the nearest source of water, equip your Fishing Pole, and cast your line out. If you wait long enough you'll see the shadow of a fish approaching your line, and once it grabs hold you'll need to reel it in via a simple minigame. Hold down on the button whenever the fish isn't fighting, then slacken off when it does fight. 

The distance to catching the fish is represented via a meter that appears on the screen. Fill the meter to catch the fish. The tension on your line is represented via wiggly lines above and below the meter, and if the tension maxes out the fish will break the line and escape. Pretty simple. More valuable fish will give you more of a fight, though as long as you pay a bit of attention you shouldn't have trouble landing any fish. Buying and using the Improved Fishing Pole will make the whole process even easier.

And that's it! Once you reel the fish all the way to shore you'll have a new item for your inventory. You can then drop your fish in the Shipping Box for sale, give it to others as a gift (generally not recommended), or use it in recipes once you have a kitchen. 

Fishing Locations

There are many spots to fish on Coral Island, and you can pull your Fishing Pole out and toss it into virtually any body of water. Which fish you'll catch varies on where you're fishing, the time of day, the weather, and the season. You can fish in the following locations:

  • The pools on the edges of your farm
  • The pools to the northwest (with the waterwheel) and south (near the Sacred Tree) of your farm
  • Outside the Cavern, to the north of your farm
  • Inside the Cavern, on the hub floor
  • The lake surrounding the Lake Temple, to the northeast of Starlet Town
  • The rivers running through Coral Island
  • The docks in Starlet Town
  • Near the Lookout
  • The beach

Fish Listing

There are currently 69 fish available for catching in Coral Island. You'll likely need to spend several years catching them all, unless you do nothing but fish while you play the game. Note that not all of them seem to be available just yet.


Angelfish

Season: Spring, Summer
Time of Day: Day
Location: Forest River / Cavern Pond


Archer

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Day
Location: Sacred Tree south of the farm

Asian Sheepshead

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Barramundi

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Blue Tang

Season: Spring, Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Lookout / Cavern Hub Room


Boxfish

Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Lookout / Starlet Town Docks


Black Phantom Ghost Fish

Season: Trashcans
Time of Day: Night
Location: Spring


Bluegill

Season: Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Lake Temple / Cavern Pond / Waterwheel Pond


Brown Trout

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Trashcans


Catfish

Season: Spring, Summer
Time of Day: Any
Location: Purchase at Beach Shack (Summer) / Trashcans


Chub

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Day
Location: Lake Temple / Cavern Pond / Cavern Hub Room / Rivers


Clownfish

Season: Summer
Time of Day: Day
Location: Beach

Cobia

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Cod

Season: Fall, Winter
Time of Day: Night
Location: Lookout / Trashcans


Crab

Season: Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Trashcans


Crayfish

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Rivers / Cavern Pond / Waterwheel Pond

Damselfish

Season: Spring, Summer
Time of Day: Any (Raining)
Location: Lookout


Firefish

Season: Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Lookout


Flameback Fish

Season: Spring, Summer, Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Lookout / Starlet Town Docks


Flowerhorn

Season: All
Time of Day: Any
Location: Lake Temple / Cavern Pond / Cavern Hub Room


Frogfish

Season: All
Time of Day: Any (Raining)
Location: Beach

Gator Gar

Season: Spring
Time of Day: Night (Raining)
Location: Lake Temple


Giant Mudskipper

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers


Giant Sea Bass

Season: Fall
Time of Day: Night (Windy)
Location: Stream west of farm

The Giant Sea Bass is one of the more difficult fish to catch in Coral Island, and will quickly flee if you don't catch it correctly. Start by quickly pulsing your button taps until it stops fighting, then slowly begin reeling it in. From this point it will occasionally swap between fighting and resting, and you'll want to tap while it's fighting and reel while it's resting. Watch the tension line carefully while it's resting and don't let it get too high, or the sudden bout of fighting to come will inevitably break the line.

Giant Snakehead

Season: Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Rivers

Giant Stingray

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Goldfish

Season: Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers / Temple Lake


Great White Shark

Season: Summer
Time of Day: Day
Location: Starlet Town Docks

Green Sawfish

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Hammerhead

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Any - Only catchable in the morning (before 12:00) and at night (after 18:00)
Location: Lookout

Easily the most difficult fish to catch - for the moment, anyway - the Hammerhead requires extreme delicacy and patience. It will thrash quite violently in timed waves, performing two rather normal (if violent) thrashes, then easing all the way up to lull you into a sense of security, then performing one very violent thrash. 

To catch a Hammerhead you need to reel while it isn't thrashing, which lasts for about three seconds, then ease up until the tension line is almost gone once it begins to fight. Once the tension line is low, start slowly tapping the button to keep the Hammerhead from slipping too far away. When the shark stops thrashing you can immediately go back to reeling it in, stopping when the thrashing begins again. Repeat this process to slowly reel the thing in. Catching a Hammerhead takes a while - especially when you're not used to the timing - but it's primarily a matter of not jumping the gun and taking your time.

Jellyfish

Season: Spring
Time of Day: Night
Location: Ocean / Lookout


Koi

Season: Summer
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers / Lake Temple / Trashcans


Lionfish

Season: Summer
Time of Day: Afternoon / Night
Location: Beach / Lookout

Lobster

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Mackerel

Season: All
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Rivers / Lookout / Starlet Town Docks


Mandarin

Season: All
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach

Monkfish

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Octopus

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Pink Snapper

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Pufferfish

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Night
Location: Beach


Rainbow Fish

Season: Fall
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers / Lake Temple

Red King Arowana

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Red Snapper

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Ruby Red Dragonet

Season: All
Time of Day: Any
Location: Beach / Lookout

Salmon

Season: Spring, Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Lookout / Cavern Pond


Sardine

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Any
Location: Starlet Town Docks

Sea Cucumber

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Shrimp

Season: All
Time of Day: Any
Location: Farm / Rivers


Silver Arowana

Season: Winter
Time of Day: Any
Location: Trashcans

Sockeye Salmon

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Squid

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Sturgeon

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Swordfish

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Tiger Barb

Season: Fall
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers / Cavern Pond / Lake Temple / Trashcans


Tilapia

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Time of Day: Day
Location: Rivers / Cavern Pond / Purchase at Beach Shack (Summer)

Yellow Moray Eel

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Yellowfin Tuna

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Yellowtail

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Zebra Fish

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