Coral Island – The Complete Fishing Guide (Updated)

Coral Island is a re-imagined farming and life sim that has you living your life on a gorgeous tropical island. For veterans Stardew Valley, Story of Seasons or Harvest Moon. you’re going to feel completely familiar with the mechanics of the game. To grow crops, raise livestock, make friends and revitalize a town. When you’re not farming you can explore this gorgeous world, clean up the environment, make friends and go fishing!

Get a fishing rod, learn how to fish and of course look at all the fish you can fish up each season. All in our Coral Island fishing guide!

Disclaimer: Coral Island was released on the 11th of October 2022 in Early Access. As such information in this guide is subject to changes and additions. We’ll be adding more to this guide as the game updates!

 

QUICK LINKS

• How To Get A Fishing Rod
• How To Fish
• Fish Locations
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter

 

How To Get A Fishing Rod

The good news about getting a fishing rod is that you can’t miss it! Sometime in your first week on Coral Island, you will receive a letter from Sunny and Eleanor inviting you to come by their shack.

Head over to Sunny’s Beach Shack by the Beach and a cutscene will play showing the couple arguing about what to give you. You will then be asked to pick between the fishing pole and the bug net. You can pick either of the two as they will still give you both.

 

HOW TO FISH

Fishing in Coral Island is as easy as 1, 2, 3. First cast the line, second wait for the fish and third reel it in! We’ll go into it more here but it’s not too difficult.

1. Cast The Line

With the fishing pole on your hotbar selected, head over to a body of water and cast your line. This can be in the ocean, river or lake. When you cast your line a power meter appears. The longer you press the button to cast, the farther your line will be thrown.

Note: Cast length in our game impacts the size of fish you are likely to catch. For example, a shorter cast has a higher chance of catching a small fish like a goldfish.

2. Wait For A Bite

Wait for a few moments and a dark silhouette of a fish will appear and approach your hook. The silhouette will be the same regardless of whether it’s a fish or just junk. It will then start nibbling on the hook for a few times before it latches on with a bite.

Once a bite happens, push the reel button to hook the fish. If the line is reeled in before a bite happens, or if the fish is allowed to bite for too long, the fish will get away and you will have to cast again.

Step 3: Reel in the fish

If a fish is successfully hooked, you then have to reel the line back to you. Fishes are going to put up a fight however and they will start thrashing and splashing around as you try to pull them in. If you reel in your line while this is happening, two wriggly lines on the top and bottom of the meter will grow from the centre, indicating that the tension in your line is getting higher. If the wriggly lines extend to their maximum, the line will snap and the fish will get away.

The best time to reel in a fish is to wait for it to calm down. Reeling a fish while it is not splashing around will show the middle meter filling up and it will also show the silhouette being actually pulled closer to you. Continue reeling until the fish starts splashing again and until you manage to retrieve your line.

 

Fish Locations

Updated: This list was updated on 16th March 2023

Spring

Fish	Location	Weather	Time	Sell Price
Angelfish	River Forest	Any	Day	70
Barracuda	Beach	Any	Day	60
Barramundi	Town Estuary	Any	All Day	175
Black Phantom Ghost Fish	Farm, River Forest, Lake Temple	Sunny, Windy	All Day	35
Blue Tang	Beach	Any	All Day	40
Boxfish	Ocean Lookout	Any	Aft, Night	40
Brown Trout	Farm	Any	Aft, Night	45
Catfish	Rice Field, Pond, River, Forest	Rain, Storm	Night	45
Clownfish	Ocean Dock	Sunny, Windy	Aft, Night	35
Cobia	Estuary, Ocean Dock	Any	Day	95
Crab	Rice Field, River Forest, Ocean Lookout	Any	All day	70
Crayfish	Pond, Farm	Any	All Day	35
Damselfish	Beach	Sunny, Windy	Day	140
Firefish	Forest Ocean	Any	Any	35
Flameback Fish	Ocean Dock	Rain, Storm	Aft, Night	60
Flowerhorn	Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	80
Frogfish	Estuary, Ocean Lookout	Rain, Storm	All Day	70
Gator Gar	River Forest, Lake Temple	Rain, Storm	Day	210
Giant Stingray	River Forest (Spring 15-28)	Sunny, Windy	Aft, Eve	845
Grouper	Estuary, Ocean Dock, Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	95
Jellyfish	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Sunny, Windy	Night	95
Koi	Town, Cave Entrance, Lake Temple	Any	Morning	175
Lionfish	Beach, Ocean Forest	Any	Day	55
Lobster	Beach	Rain, Storm	All Day	115
Mackerel	Ocean Lookout	Any	All Day	45
Mandarin	Ocean Forest	Sunny, Windy	Night	140
Monkfish	Ocean Forest (Spring 1-14)	Sunny, Windy	Night	745
Octopus	Ocean Dock	Any	Night	85
Pink Snapper	Ocean Dock	Any	Aft, Eve	40
Polka-Dot Batfish	Ocean Forest	Rain, Storm	All Day	80
Rainbow Fish	Town	Sunny, Windy	All Day	60
Red Snapper	Town, Estuary, Lake Temple	Any	All Day	45
Ruby Red Dragonet	Beach, Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	35
Salmon	Estuary, Lake Temple	Any	All Day	45
Sea Cucumber	Ocean Forest	Any	All Day	175
Shrimp	Pond	Any	All Day	35
Snakehead	Lake Temple	Rain, Storm	Morn, Night	45
Swordfish	Ocean Dock	Any	All Day	210
Tilapia	Pond, Lake Temple	Any	All Day	40
Yellow Moray Eel	Beach (Spring 15-28)	Any	Night	745
Yellowtail	Ocean Dock	Rain, Storm	All Day	55
Zebra Fish	Rice Field	Any	All Day	35

Summer

Fish	Location	Weather	Time	Sell Price
Angelfish	River Forest	Any	Day	70
Barracuda	Beach	Any	Day	60
Bluegill	Pond, Town, Lake Temple	Any	Aft, Night	40
Brown Trout	Farm	Any	Aft, Night	45
Catfish	Rice Field, Pond, River Forest	Rain, Storm	Night	45
Cobia	Estuary, Ocean Dock	Any	Day	95
Cod	Estuary	Sunny, Windy	Night	45
Chub	River Forest, Town, Lake Temple	Any	All Day	35
Clownfish	Ocean Dock	Sunny, Windy	Aft, Night	35
Crab	Rice Field, River Forest, Ocean Lookout	Any	All Day	70
Crayfish	Pond, Farm	Any	All Day	35
Damselfish	Beach	Sunny, Windy	Day	140
Firefish	Forest Ocean	Any	All Day	35
Flameback Fish	Ocean Dock	Rain, Storm	Aft, Night	60
Flowerhorn	Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	80
Freshwater Eel	Estuary	Any	Night	45
Frogfish	Estuary, Ocean Lookout	Rain, Storm	All Day	70
Giant Snakehead	River Forest, Town	Sunny, Windy	Morn, Night	95
Giant Stingray	River Forest	Sunny, Windy	Aft, Eve	845
Golden Gar	Farm, Lake Temple	Rain, Storm	All Day	175
Goldfish	Farm, River Forest	Any	All Day	70
Great White Shark	Ocean Dock	Sunny, Windy	Day	845
Grouper	Estuary, Ocean Dock, Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	95
Koi	Town, Cave Entrance, Lake Temple	Any	Morning	175
Lionfish	Beach, Ocean Forest	Any	Day	55
Lobster	Beach	Rain, Storm	All Day	115
Mackerel	Ocean Lookout	Any	All Day	45
Mandarin	Ocean Forest	Sunny, Windy	Night	140
Octopus	Ocean Dock	Any	Night	85
Parrotfish	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Any	Day	55
Polka-Dot Batfish	Ocean Forest	Any	All Day	80
Raja Ampat Shark	Ocean Lookout	Any	Night	745
Red Snapper	Town, Estuary, Lake Temple	Any	All Day	45
Ruby Red Dragonet	Beach, Cave Entrance	Any	All Day	35
Sardine	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Any	Night	35
Sea Cucumber	Ocean Forest	Any	All Day	175
Shrimp	Pond	Any	All Day	35
Snakehead	Lake Temple	Rain, Storm	Morn, Night	45
Squid	Ocean Lookout	Any	Night	45
Sturgeon	Farm, Lake Temple	Rain, Storm	Night	240
Yellow Moray Eel	Beach (Summer 15-28)	Any	Night	745
Yellowtail	Ocean Dock	Rain, Storm	All Day	55
Zebra Fish	Rice Field	Any	All Day	35

Fall

Fish	Location	Time	Sell Price
Angelfish	Forest	Day	70
Arapaima	Forest (Rain, Storm)	All Day	240
Archer	Farm, Cave Entrance	All Day	70
Barracuda	Beach	Day	60
Barramundi	Town Estuary	All Day	175
Blue Tang	Beach, Cave (Earth Mine)	All Day	40
Brown Trout	Farm	Aft, Night	45
Cobia	Estuary, Ocean Dock	Day	95
Cod	Estuary	Night	45
Crab	Rice Field, Forest, Lookout	All day	70
Crayfish	Pond, Farm	All Day	35
Damselfish	Beach	Day	140
Firefish	Forest Ocean	Aft, Night	35
Flameback Fish	Ocean Dock	Aft, Night	60
Flowerhorn	Cave Entrance	All Day	80
Freshwater Eel	Estuary	Night	45
Frogfish	Estuary, Ocean Lookout	All Day	70
Giant Mudskipper	Rice Field, Estuary	All Day	40
Giant Sea Bass	Forest	Morn, Night	845
Giant Snakehead	Forest, Town	Morn, Night	95
Goldfish	Farm, Forest	All Day	70
Grouper	Estuary, Ocean Dock, Cave Entrance	All Day	95
Hammerhead	Ocean Lookout (Rain)	Morn, Night	845
Lobster	Beach	All Day	115
Mackerel	Ocean Lookout	All Day	45
Mandarin	Forest	Night	140
Octopus	Ocean Dock	Night	85
Parrotfish	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Day	55
Pink Snapper	Ocean Dock	Day	40
Polka-Dot Batfish	Forest (Rain)	All Day	80
Pufferfish	Ocean Lookout, Dock	Day	70
Red Snapper	Town, Estuary, Lake	All Day	45
Ruby Red Dragonet	Beach, Cave Entrance	All Day	35
Salmon	Farm, Forest, Town	All Day	45
Sardine	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Night	35
Sea Cucumber	Forest	All Day	175
Shrimp	Pond	All Day	35
Snakehead	Lake (Rain)	Morn, Night	45
Sockeye Salmon	Farm, Forest, Town	All Day	80
Squid	Ocean Lookout	Night	45
Sturgeon	Farm, Lake (Rain)	Night	240
Tiger Barb	Pond, Lake	All Day	35
Tilapia	Cave (Earth Mine)	All Day	40
Tuna	Ocean Lookout, Dock	Day	240
Yellowtail	Ocean Dock (Rain)	All Day	55
Zebra Fish	Rice Field	All Day	35

Winter

Fish	Location	Time	Sell Price
Angelfish	Forest	Day	70
Arapaima	Forest (Rain, Storm)	All Day	240
Archer	Farm, Cave Entrance	All Day	70
Asian Sheepshead	Ocean Forest	All Day	175
Blue Tang	Beach, Cave (Earth Mine)	All Day	40
Boxfish	Lookout	Aft, Night	40
Brown Trout	Farm	Aft, Night	45
Chub	Forest, Town, Lake	All Day	35
Cobia	Estuary, Ocean Dock	Day	95
Cod	Estuary	Night	45
Crab	Rice Field, Forest, Lookout	All Day	70
Crayfish	Pond, Farm	All Day	35
Damselfish	Beach	Day	140
Firefish	Forest Ocean	Aft, Night	35
Flameback Fish	Ocean Dock	Aft, Night	60
Flowerhorn	Cave Entrance	All Day	80
Freshwater Eel	Estuary	Night	45
Frogfish	Estuary, Ocean Lookout	All Day	70
Giant Mudskipper	Rice Field, Estuary	All Day	40
Green Sawfish	Estuary	Aft, Night	845
Hammerhead	Ocean Lookout (Rain)	Morn, Night	845
Lobster	Beach	All Day	115
Mackerel	Ocean Lookout	All Day	45
Mandarin	Forest	Night	140
Parrotfish	Beach, Ocean Lookout	Day	55
Pink Snapper	Ocean Dock	Day	40
Polka-Dot Batfish	Forest (Rain)	All Day	80
Pufferfish	Ocean Lookout, Dock	Day	70
Rainbow Fish	Town	All Day	60
Red Snapper	Town, Estuary, Lake	All Day	45
Ruby Red Dragonet	Beach, Cave Entrance	All Day	35
Salmon	Estuary, Lake Temple	All Day	45
Sea Cucumber	Forest	All Day	175
Shrimp	Pond	All Day	35
Silver Arowana	Cave (Earth Mine)	Day	80
Sockeye Salmon	Estuary, Lake	All Day	80
Sturgeon	Farm, Lake (Rain)	Night	240
Swordfish	Ocean Dock	All Day	210
Tilapia	Pond, Lake	All Day	40
Tuna	Ocean Lookout, Dock	Day	240
Yellowfish Tuna	Beach, Dock	Day	210
Yellowtail	Ocean Dock (Rain)	All Day	55
Zebra Fish	Rice Field	All Day	35

 

Coral Island

Coral Island is a vibrant and laid-back reimagining of farm sim games. Be who you want and create the idyllic farm of your dreams, where you’ll tend crops, nurture animals, and build a bond with the natural world around you. Help revitalize the nearby town and its surrounding coral reefs, and forge relationships with a vibrant community of more than 70 fellow people who call Coral Island home.

Coral Island is currently out on Early Access on PC – Steam and Xbox Game Pass.

CORAL ISLAND GUIDES

• Coral Island – Friendship Guide
• Coral Island – Bachelorette Romance Guide
• Coral Island – Bachelor Romance Guide
• Coral Island – Beginner’s Guide To Ranching
• Coral Island – Cooking and Recipe Guide
• Coral Island – Best Crops To Plant
• Coral Island – The Complete Mining Guide
• Coral Island – Bug Catching Guide
• Coral Island – Lake Temple Offering Guide
• Coral Island – Festival Guide