Fishing
Cast anywhere there's real water, land a catch, and sell it at a fish market. No clock-in, no wanted level — just a rod and some patience.
How to start
- Buy a fishing rod at any hardware store for $100,000.
- Go to water.
- Use the rod from your inventory, or type
/fish.
You keep the rod. It isn't used up when you cast.
Where you can fish
Stand on the bank facing the water, or actually in it — wading, on a jetty, or on a boat.
Any real body of water works. If you're looking at dry land, or you're too far from the water, the cast won't go.
| Water | What you'll see |
|---|---|
| Coast | Everyday saltwater fish. Moonfish at night. |
| Open ocean | Tuna, marlin, sharks — and the biggest legendaries. |
| Port / canals | Dirty water. More junk, weird polluted fish, night legendaries. |
| Alamo Sea | Inland salt. Leviathan only bites in the rain. |
| Lakes / reservoirs | Bass, trout, pike. Golden Trout in daylight. |
| Rivers / creeks | Trout and salmon. Ghost Salmon at night. |
| Ponds | Small fish and koi. Emerald Koi is the pond legendary. |
Cancel a cast with X if you want the line back before something bites.
Catching a fish
- Cast and wait 15–30 seconds. Don't wander off.
- When the bite hits, press E to set the hook. You've got about two seconds. Miss it and the fish gets away.
- Keep the green bar on the fish. Hold Space (or hold left click) to lift the bar; let go to drop it.
- Fill the catch meter before the fish wears you out.
Bigger, rarer fish fight harder. Junk still counts as a catch — you can sell that too.
Selling your catch
Look for Fish Market blips. There are buyers at:
- Del Perro Pier
- Paleto Bay
- Grapeseed
Walk up and press E to sell everything you're carrying. Paid in cash.
/fishprices shows what the market would pay for the fish in your inventory right now. Prices shift each server restart — use that command for the exact number.
What you can catch
Rarity is about how often it bites, not a separate inventory. A legendary is roughly one in five hundred casts in the water it lives in — and only if the time or weather is right.
Night is 8 PM–6 AM. Day is 6 AM–8 PM. Rain means actual rain or a thunderstorm.
Common
Anchovy, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Bullhead, Carp, Chemical Carp, Chub, Crappie, Crayfish, Dace, Drain Minnow, Eel, Fantail, Flying Fish, Goldfish, Herring, Kelp Bass, Lanternfish (night), Largemouth Bass, Mackerel, Minnow, Mosquitofish, Mullet, Needlefish, Opaleye, Perch, Pikeminnow, Pond Smelt, Pumpkinseed, River Trout, Rock Bass, Rockfish, Sanddab, Sardine, Sculpin, Sea Bass, Shiner, Smallmouth Bass, Storm Drain Goby, Striped Bass, Sucker, Surfperch, Tilapia, Toadfish, Trash Carp, White Bass.
Uncommon
| Catch | Notes |
|---|---|
| Albacore | |
| Barracuda | |
| Bluefin Tuna | |
| Bowfin | |
| Buffalo Fish | |
| Butterfly Koi | |
| Cabezon | |
| Catfish | Rain only |
| Coho Salmon | |
| Cutthroat Trout | Day only |
| Diesel Bream | |
| Flathead Catfish | |
| Halibut | |
| Koi | |
| Lamprey | Night only |
| Lingcod | |
| Mahi-Mahi | |
| Mutant Minnow | |
| Pacific Bonito | |
| Rainbow Trout | Day only |
| Red Snapper | |
| Runoff Bowfin | |
| Shubunkin | |
| Sludge Sole | |
| Spotted Gar | |
| Squid | Night only |
| Steelhead | |
| Wahoo | |
| Walleye | Night only |
| White Seabass | |
| Yellowfin Tuna | |
| Barnacle Cod |
Rare
| Catch | Notes |
|---|---|
| Albino Catfish | Night only |
| Anglerfish | Night only |
| Blue Marlin | |
| Blue Shark | |
| Bull Trout | |
| Canyon Char | |
| Chinook Salmon | |
| Concrete Catfish | |
| Garibaldi | |
| Gulper Eel | Night only |
| Hammerhead Shark | |
| Leopard Shark | |
| Mako Shark | |
| Muskellunge | |
| Northern Pike | |
| Octopus | |
| Opah | |
| Paddlefish | |
| Peacock Bass | |
| Rebar Ray | |
| Sailfish | |
| Stingray | |
| Sturgeon | |
| Swordfish |
Legendary
Landing one is announced in chat. They only live in one kind of water.
| Catch | Where | When |
|---|---|---|
| Moonfish | Coast | Night |
| Emerald Koi | Ponds | Anytime |
| Golden Trout | Lakes and reservoirs | Day |
| Ghost Salmon | Rivers and creeks | Night |
| Oarfish | Open ocean | Night |
| Radioactive Grouper | Port | Night |
| Albino Alligator Gar | Canals | Night |
| Alamo Leviathan | Alamo Sea | Rain |
| Giant Squid | Open ocean | Night |
| Great White Shark | Open ocean | Anytime |
| Coelacanth | Open ocean | Anytime |
Junk
Tangled Line, Soggy Newspaper, Rusty Can, Seaweed, Driftwood, Old Boot, Waterlogged Phone.
Dirty water (port and canals) throws junk at you more often. Open ocean almost never does.
Rough sale prices
Ballpark before the market modifier. A good restart pays a bit more; a bad one a bit less.
| Catch | Typical sale |
|---|---|
| Junk | Tens to a few hundred dollars. A waterlogged phone is the odd one out — around a grand. |
| Common fish | About $2,000–$12,000 |
| Uncommon fish | About $16,000–$42,000 |
| Rare fish | About $48,000–$200,000 |
| Legendary fish | About $480,000–$1.4 million |
Treasure chests are a separate bonus: extra cash plus a trinket, not a fish sale.
Tips
- The water matters. Coast, open ocean, lakes and rivers, and dirty water (port, canals) all pull different fish. Move around if you want variety.
- Time and weather. Night-only species won't bite in daylight. Catfish and the Alamo Leviathan only bite in the rain. Golden Trout wants daytime.
- Clean catch. If you never let the fish leave the bar, you get extra XP and a 1 in 4 chance at a second fish of the same kind (not junk).
- Chests. About 1 in 10 non-junk fights spawn a treasure chest. Keep the bar on it long enough to crack it open for $2,000–$12,000 plus a trinket (pearls, coins, the occasional gold bar).
- Legendaries. Landing one is announced in chat. They're rare on purpose — fish the right water at the right time.