Fishing

Fishing
To learn how to fish, you'll meet Bill the Hippo at Meteor Lake. He'll give you a tutorial and a fishing rod. Bait can be used to speed up the fishing process and you can get it from the cat that lost their camping permit. If you talk to the pelican captain in the northeast, you can sell fish to him. The first time you find a species, he'll comment on it and give you coins for it. Anytime you find that fish afterwards, he'll give you bait: 1 for regular fish, 2 for big or tiny ones, 3 for special varieties, 4 for big or tiny specimens of special varieties. Once you sell him 3 types of fish, you'll receive the fishing journal, which shows each of the species you caught and hints on where to find them. Once you sell him every type of fish, he'll give you a golden fishing rod and you'll earn the achievement "The Fish are Biting Today". The golden fishing rod increases your chances of catching a rarer variety.

Here is the dialogue of receiving the golden fishing rod: "well now! / if i'm not mistaken / it seems like you've gotten me all the fish from my journal! / claire! / you've REALLY got a knack for this! / thanks! [claire] / hmm / i've got something i think you might find useful / i think i can trust you with this / [you've found a golden rod!] / wow! [claire] / it's very pretty [claire] / rare fish are drawn to it / ya might find some interesting fish with it! / but don't lose it / it's very precious to me / it's been passed down for generations within my family / woah [claire] / also / it's also made of gold / so / yeah / don't lose it! / i won't [claire]

Varieties
All fish can be found with 3 varieties other than normal: Big, Tiny, and Albino