Fallout 76

Put on your most comfortable outfit and drop your C.A.M.P. next to some serene water. You’ve got some fishing to do.

The irradiated Appalachian waters now play host to a variety of different fish of different rarities.

Remember. Anywhere you can swim, you can fish.

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Casting Off – New Questline

Head over to Fisherman’s Rest, a new location in the Mire where you’ll begin your fishing journey. Here you will meet a new trio of new characters. The disoriented Captain Raymond Clark, a mysterious new figure who goes by the name The Fisherman, and Linda-Lee, the Fisherman’s adorable pet hermit crab.

During the “Casting Off” questline you’ll receive a working Fishing Rod - allowing you to walk up to any body of water and start fishing. When deciding where you can fish, remember the mantra: “If you can swim in it, you can fish in it.”

Do note that the Fishing Rod won’t appear in your Pip-Boy menu as it’s not an item you need to equip. When you’re standing next to and looking at a body of water, the “Fish” command will appear on your screen. The Fishing Rod will show up in your Tinkers Workbench menu so you can modify it though.

Upgrading your Fishing Rod

You can find the pieces needed to upgrade your fishing rod by completing the new fishing challenges and daily fishing quests. These will reward you with rod styles, bobbers, and linear reels to fine tune your fishing experience and help you catch the mysterious creatures living in the irradiated waters of the wasteland.

It’s important to know that some fish will be near impossible to catch until you upgrade your fishing rod, so get out there and complete those fishing challenges!

Catching Fish (Bait and Weather)

You can have the best-looking fishing rod in Appalachia, but it won’t help you catch any fish if you’re not using bait.

There are three types of bait to gather, and each one increases your chances of enticing rarer fish to bite down on your hook.

Common Bait

Gives you the chance to catch generic fish, scrapable junk, and common regional fish.

Common Bait is purchasable from The Fisherman and Captain Raymond Clark in Fisherman’s Rest. You also have a chance to receive this bait after completing the daily fishing quest.

Improved Bait

This bait gives you an increased chance of catching uncommon fish. While it’s not purchasable from any vendor, you can trade Improved Bait with other players. You can also get more from the daily fishing quest, public events, and finding it in lootable containers around the world.

Superb Bait

Earnable as rewards in Season 21, this bait gives you the best chance to catch very rare fish.

Weather

Weather also influences your odds of catching specific types of fish. Naturally occurring weather, as well as modified weather from a Weather Control Station in your C.A.M.P. will affect the type of fish that bite down on your hook.

Clear Weather:

Best suited for catching common fish that can be found in any region.

Rainy Weather:

Rainy weather has an increased chance of catching region-specific fish, as well as the elusive Axolotls.

Radstorm/Nuke Weather:

Radstorms and weather caused by nukes increase the chance of catching Glowing Fish.

We’ll leave it to you all to figure out which combination of bait and weather will give you the highest chance of helping you find the fish you want.

Food and More Adventures

Now that you’ve captured a few fish, what can you do with them?

Of course, you can eat them directly out of your inventory to restore some Hunger and Health. The larger the fish, the more you’ll regain.

You can also turn fish into...

Fish Bits

When you obtain a fish by fishing or trading with players, you immediately learn the recipe to convert that fish into Fish Bits at a Cooking Station. Fish Bits can restore small amounts of Hunger/Health on their own, but that’s not the best way to utilize this new material.

When at a cooking station, you’ll notice a new food recipe. The Grilled Fish recipe becomes available after completing the main fishing questline. When eaten it provides you with an effect that reduces the time to hook a fish for 20 minutes, which is perfect because you’re about to do a whole lot of fishing.