Fishing

Fishing is a way of hunting the fish that swim around in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Fishing rods must be baited and cast. Fish attempt to eat the bait, and sometimes succeed. Reeling in a fish takes work, and becomes easier with higher level hooks.

First, you have to forge a fishing hook in an Anvil.

Fishing Rod

The fishing rod is crafted with a fishing hook.

Fishing rods are not useful without bait. Bait can be added to rods in a crafting table. To catch normal fish, you need Seeds or Shellfish. To catch larger fish, such as Dolphins and Orcas, you need raw fish.

To release the bobber, Right Click. Wait for a fish to spot the hook and bite it. Then Right Click to pull it in. As you do that, the meter on your hotbar will fill up. Pull too quickly, and the fish will get away with the bait. Each time you fish, the fish has a chance of eating the bait. To catch the fish, pull it up on land and kill it with a tool. You can hold the fishing rod in your off hand to make this easier.

Trapping

The Lobster Trap catches Lobsters, Crayfish, Isopods, and Horseshoe Crabs.

Place a trap underwater and Right Click it with raw fish or mussels to bait it. Nearby critters will crawl in and be caught. One bait lasts for three catches. When it is full or out of bait, the trap closes.

Right Click with an empty hand to collect the catch. A trap must be emptied before it can be baited again.

Buoys

A Buoy floats on the surface of water, and can be used to lower traps into deep water.

Right Click a buoy with a lobster trap to place the trap in the water below it. Then Right Click the buoy with Rope to sink the trap one block per rope. Right Click the buoy with an empty hand to pull the trap back up and recover the rope.