There you can see all your donations and view specimen cards (info) on both the ones you have and the ones you are missing. You can go passed him once inside the museum into the display rooms. I am a real life collector (fossil tree xylem) so I couldn't wait, I built the museum first!Īfter you re-build the bridge and build the museum donate fish specimens to Harrold. Plant crops and grow trees there before building the North Bridge and the Museum. In the long run, the most effiecient route is rebuilding the West Bridge first. The first step in getting the achievements then is to build the museum. (the bait costs more than you can sell the fish for).įishing is for the fun of it, to build up the exhibit at the museum and to get the achievements. You lose money on most of the fish you catch with bait. You can make money from fishing, but not near as much as from growing chili peppers or peaches. You can cast again but the food will be gone. Don't expect to make a second cast after the fish food is applied. It was just too far away!Īnother thing that is easy to learn the hard way is that if you take your bobber out of the water the fish food comes out with it. The fish never struck, I left it there for ten minutes. The fish was circling and you can see my egg fish food floating near the bobber. Here is an example of the one that got away. Without fish food pretty close, one fish length in front to actually hitting the fish works best.Ībout this far or maybe just a little farther if the fish is already swimming that way. On the other, obsticles get in the way.Īnother question is: How close does my bobber have to be cast to the fish to make it strike?

This looks like a good place, it is on one side. You have the best chances, the bigger your casting area is. Obviously if you never get you feet wet (don't walk out in the water) you can't cast as far. Your ability to fish is influenced by where you position yourself. Wow look what I caught, that baby is worth some gems! Click on the upper bobber icon(not moving) when the lower moving bobber is in the center of the green area. If I click it now, I may not land the fish (it might get away). A bobber moving back and forth across a green target area. Now the fish is on the line and a new icon pops up. You can see that I am offered to buy fish food, but when the fish is that close you don't need it (unless you need something very specific that has a proven particular fishfood enhancment). The fish was swimming in a circular pattern (they often do) so I position the bobber (drag and drop) in it's path and then clicked on it. If I cast (click on the bobber) at the current position I will not get the fishes attention and it will not strike. The thing that took me longest to realize was that you can move the bobber position before the cast. There is a fish out there so I get the pole out of my inventory. It is better to go after one or two fish that are close rather than four that are way across the map.īy the time you get there they could have gone out of reach. I can use my mouse to look over the whole island and it's surrounding waters for fish. The best way to 'hunt' fish is to use the magnifying glass in the lower left hand corner of the screen.Įven though I am standing by Polly in front of Town Hall I can see with this view two fish swimming near the channel and shore. You cannot expect the fish to swim to you from far away even if you use fish food.

The first rule of fishing is:ĭon't cast your line in the water when there are no fish in sight. You probably saw several cruising around when your tutorial errands took you by the shore. Fish food is expensive! I don't recommend it until you have gotten at least 15 of the 32 species.įirst off we need to spot a fish. The only clue on fishing is a sign by the North bridge that says use fish food. One tutorial quest is to catch a bug and they give you hints. The tutorial really forces you to plant and water trees and crops.

After you finish the tutorial you have a hoe, watering can, net and fishing pole.

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