Character fishing over a bridge in Winter in Stardew Valley

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How to catch all fish in Stardew Valley

There are dozens of fish out there waiting for you to catch them in Stardew Valley.

Jorge Aguilar

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Zack Palm

Published: Mar 20, 2024 04:28 pm

There are fish all over Stardew Valley to find and catch while you explore the game. You can find them in every location with water, each with a unique pattern of when they like to spawn, which varies on the time of year and day.

Where to find all Fish locations in Stardew Valley

Character catching a Tiger Trout in Stardew Valley — Fish appear throughout the year in different seasons. Screenshot by Dot Esports

We’ve curated a massive list detailing all 71 fish in Stardew Valley, including the ones added for patch 1.6, notably the Goby. You can surely find the one you’re trying to track down if you’re looking for a particular fish at any point during your playthrough.

Fish	Value	Where to find	Time Required	Season required	Weather needed	Used in
Albacore	75g – 150g	Ocean	6am to 11am in Fall 6pm to 2am in Winter	Fall and Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Anchovy	30g – 60g	Ocean	Can be caught at any time	Spring and Fall	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Blue Discus	120g – 240g	Ginger Island Pond and all Rivers	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Bream	45g – 90g	River in the Town and Forest	6pm to 2am	Any season	Any weather	Night Fishing Bundle Baked Fish
Bullhead	75g – 150g	Mountain Lake	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Lake Fish Bundle
Carp	30g – 60g	Mountain Lake, Secret Woods Pond, and the Sewers	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Lake Fish Bundle and Carp Surprise
Catfish	200g – 400g	Rivers in the Town and Forest, Secret Woods Pond, and Witch’s Swamp	6am to 12am	Spring and Fall or Spring and Summer in Secret Woods Pond	Rainy	River Fish Bundle and Willy (gift)
Chub	50g – 100g	Forest River and Mountain Lake	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Field Research Bundle
Dorado	100g – 200g	River in the Forest	6am to 7pm	Summer	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Eel	85g – 170g	Ocean	4pm to 2am	Spring and Fall	Rainy	Night Fishing Bundle Fried Eel Spicy Eel

Flounder	100g – 200g	Ocean and Ginger Island oceans	6am to 8pm	Spring and Summer but all seasons on Ginger Island	Any weather	Seafoam Pudding
Ghostfish	45g – 90g	Mines on floors 20 and 60, and Ghost drops	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Specialty Fish Bundle
Goby	150g – 300g	In Waterfalls	8am to 6pm in Spring, Summer, or Fall	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Halibut	80g – 160g	Ocean	6am to 11am in Spring and Summer 7pm to 2am in Winter	Spring, Summer, and Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Herring	30g – 60g	Ocean	Can be caught at any time	Spring and Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Ice Pip	500g – 1,000g	Mines below 60 floors	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Largemouth Bass	100g – 200g	Mountain Lake	6am to 7pm	Any season	Any weather	Lake Fish Bundle, Quality Fish Bundle, and Crispy Bass
Lava Eel	700g – 1,400g	Mines below 100 floors and Volcano Caldera	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Master Fisher’s Bundle
Lingcod	120g – 240g	River in the Town and Forest, and Mountain Lake	Can be caught at any time	Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Lionfish	100g – 200g	Ginger Island Ocean	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi

Midnight Carp	150g – 300g	Mountain Lake, Cindersap Forest pond, and Ginger Island pond and river	10pm to 2am	Fall and Winter but all seasons on Ginger Island	Any weather	Seafoam Pudding
Octopus	150g – 300g	Ocean	6am to 1pm	Summer	Any weather	Master Fisher’s Bundle and Willy (gift)
Perch	55g – 110g	River in the Town and Forest, Forest Pond, and Mountain Lake	Can be caught at any time	Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Pike	100g – 200g	River in the Town and Forest, and Forest Pond	Can be caught at any time	Summer and Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Pufferfish	200g – 400g	Ocean and Ginger Island oceans	12pm to 4pm	Summer but all seasons on Ginger Island	Sunny	Specialty Fish Bundle and Abigail (gift)
Rainbow Trout	65g – 130g	River in the Town and Forest, and Mountain Lake	6am to 7pm	Summer	Sunny	Trout Soup
Red Mullet	75g – 150g	Ocean	6am to 7pm	Summer and Winter	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Red Snapper	50g – 100g	Ocean	6am to 7pm	Summer and Fall or Winter with Rain Totem	Rainy	Ocean Fish Bundle
Salmon	75g – 150g	River in the Town and Forest	6am to 7pm	Fall	Any weather	Salmon Dinner
Sandfish	75g – 150g	The Desert	6am to 8pm	Any season	Any weather	Specialty Fish Bundle and Penny (gift)

Sardine	40g – 80g	Ocean	6am to 7pm	Spring, Fall, and Winter	Any weather	Ocean Fish Bundle and Dish O’ The Sea
Scorpion Carp	150g – 300g	The Desert but it requires your Fishing skill to be level four	6am to 8pm	Any season	Any weather	Master Fisher’s Bundle
Sea Cucumber	75g – 150g	Ocean	6am to 7pm	Fall and Winter	Any weather	Lucky Lunch and Willy (gift)
Shad	60g – 120g	River in the Town and Forest	9am to 2am	Spring, Summer, and Fall	Rainy	River Fish Bundle and Quality Fish Bundle
Slimejack	100g – 200g	Mutant Bug Lair	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Smallmouth Bass	50g – 100g	River in Town and Forest Pond	Can be caught at any time	Spring and Fall	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Squid	80g – 160g	Ocean	6pm to 2am	Winter	Any weather	Fried Calamari
Stingray	180g – 360g	Pirate Cove on Ginger Island	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Stonefish	300g – 600g	Mines below 20 floors	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Sturgeon	200g – 400g	Mountain Lake	6am to 7pm	Summer and Winter	Any weather	Lake Fish Bundle and Willy (gift)
Sunfish	30g – 60g	River in the Town and Forest	6am to 7pm	Spring and Summer	Sunny and Windy	River Fish Bundle Baked Fish
Super Cucumber	250g – 500g	Ocean and Ginger Island oceans	6pm to 2am	Summer and Fall but all seasons on Ginger Island	Any weather	Wizard (gift)
Tiger Trout	150g – 300g	River in the Town and Forest	6am to 7pm	Fall and Winter	Any weather	River Fish Bundle
Tilapia	75g – 150g	Ocean and Ginger Island rivers	6am to 2pm	Summer and Fall but all seasons on Ginger Island	Any weather	Ocean Fish Bundle
Tuna	100g – 200g	Ocean and Ginger Island oceans	6am to 7pm	Summer and Winter but all seasons on Ginger Island	Any weather	Ocean Fish Bundle, Quality Fish Bundle, Fish Taco
Void Salmon	150g – 300g	Witch’s Swamp	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	The Missing Bundle
Walleye	105g – 210g	River in the Town and Forest, Forest Pond, and Mountain Lake	12pm to 2am	Fall but can be Winter with Rain Totem	Rainy	Night Fishing Bundle and Quality Fish Bundle
Woodskip	75g – 150g	Secret Woods Pond and Forest Farm	Can be caught at any time	Any season	Any weather	Specialty Fish Bundle

Where to find Legendary Fish in Stardew Valley

There is no specific time needed to catch these fish. They can all be caught with a fishing rod.

Fish	Value	Where to find	Season required	Weather required
Angler	900g – 1,800g	Wooden plank bridge north of JojaMart (Level three Fishing skill required)	Fall	Any weather
Blobfish	500g – 1,000g	Night Market	Winter	Any weather
Crimsonfish	1,500g – 3,000g	East Pier on the Beach (Level five Fishing skill required)	Summer	Any weather
Glacierfish	1,000g – 2,000g	In Cindersap Forest on the South end of Arrowhead Island (Level six Fishing skill required)	Winter	Any weather
Glacierfish Jr.	1,000g – 2,000g	In Cindersap Forest on the South end of Arrowhead Island (Level six Fishing skill required)	All seasons	Any weather
Legend	5,000g – 10,000g	The Mountain Lake (Level 10 Fishing skill required)	Spring	Rainy
Legend II	5,000g – 10,000g	The Mountain Lake (Level 10 Fishing skill required)	All seasons	Any weather
Midnight Squid	100g – 200g	Night Market	Winter	Any weather
Ms. Angler	900g – 1,800g	Wooden plank bridge north of JojaMart (Level three Fishing skill required)	All seasons	Any weather
Mutant Carp	1,000g – 2,000g	The Sewers	All seasons	Any weather
Radioactive Carp	1,000g – 2,000g	The Sewers	All seasons	Any weather
Son of Crimsonfish	1,500g – 3,000g	East Pier on the Beach (Level five Fishing skill required)	All seasons	Any weather
Spook Fish	220g – 440g	Night Market	Winter	Any weather

Where to find all Crab Pot fish in Stardew Valley

Below are the fish you can only find in a Crab Pot. Time or fishing skill level do not affect these fish. Your only concerns should be the season and the location of your Crab Pot trap.

Fish	Value	Where to find	Season required
Clam	50g – 100g	Ocean	Chowder Speed-Gro
Cockle	50g – 100g	Ocean	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Crab	100g	Ocean	Crab Cakes
Crayfish	75g	Freshwater	Fish Stew
Lobster	120g	Ocean	Lobster Bisque and Elliott (Gift)
Mussel	30g – 60g	Ocean	Fish Stew
Oyster	40g – 80g	Ocean	Maki Roll, Quality Fertilizer, and Sashimi
Periwinkle	20g	Freshwater	Strange Bun and Fish Stew
Shrimp	60g	Ocean	Tom Kha Soup and Shrimp Cocktail
Snail	65g	Freshwater	Escargot Vincent (Gift)

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