Every fish you can catch

There are nine catches, and the Archives lists them all under Fishing (16) with the rods and baits. Three are Common, three are Rare, and two, Crustadon and Krathulon, are Legendary; Coral’s card has not been read, though it sells at the Common price. Most are worth little to Ginzo; what makes a fish matter is who asks for it.

How to get the rods and bait is on the fishing page. This page is about the fish.

Fishing (16) in the Archives. Top row: rod, Coral, OuwFish, OuwFwesh, Sea Horse, Worm, Clown Fish. Middle: Fish Head, Golden Fish, rod, Zebra Fish, Crustadon, a lure, Krathulon. The card: Crustadon, Legendary, Source Fished up.

The nine catches

Filter by rarity or by the NPC who wants them. Prices are what Ginzo pays for one; the small text is each fish’s own card.

Wanted byHighest price first

Catch	Rarity	Sells for	Wanted by
OuwFishEveryday Mistfall catch, plain enough for crates but welcome wherever supper has to stretch.	Common	33 Wen	Angler Runo
OuwFweshDockhands keep the old misspelling on the tag. The fish itself is clean, pale, and good for crates.	Common	33 Wen	Angler Runo
Sea HorseSmall curled catch from eelgrass beds, dried whole for market stalls and anglers' crates.	Common	Not read	Angler Runo
Coral	Not read	33 Wen	Angler Runo
Clown FishBrightly banded harbor catch, pretty enough for market talk and useful when pantries need more than small fry.	Rare	66 Wen	Angler Runo
Zebra FishStriped harbor fish with firm flesh, set aside for market crates and tailors who prize a clean stripe.	Rare	Not read	Angler Runo
Golden FishA fish bright as sun on water, used as payment for a finer rod, more valuable on the counter than in a supper crate.	Rare	66 Wen	Fisherman Jeso
CrustadonHeavy shelled deepwater brute. Old anglers keep it whole, remembering what dragged a man below.	Legendary	110 Wen earlier build	Isao
KrathulonLong bodied deep catch with a jaw like a dock cleat. Iceveil stores prize it because it keeps through cold travel.	Legendary	110 Wen earlier build	Isao

Fish prices differ between builds: on an earlier one Coral sold for 22 and Clown Fish and Golden Fish for 44; on a later one they were 33 and 66, while the Basic rod stayed at 1,540 on both. No patch note explains the change. The two Legendary prices come from the earlier build. Coral is left out of the Common filter until its card is read.

What Crustadon and Krathulon are for

The two Legendary fish are the key to the best rod. Catch one of each and Sofen will sell you the clue; then the ghost of Isao under the red bridge takes two Crustadon and two Krathulon, and the Legendary Fishing Rod comes after. The whole chain is on the fishing page.

Crustadon is the red crab on the Archives grid and Krathulon the pale squid, not a long fish. Both are caught on the Basic rod with Fish Head bait, so you do not need a better rod to start the chain. Once you have the rod, spares sold to Ginzo for 110 Wen each on an earlier build; Krathulon’s card says Iceveil stores prize it, and one player reports Iceveil NPCs paying well above Ginzo for rare and legendary fish.

The same Archives tab with the Krathulon card — `Krathulon`, `Legendary`: `Iceveil stores prize it because it keeps through cold travel.` Its icon is the pale squid.

A merchant's sell grid with a crab tile selected — Selling to Ginzo on an earlier build: the `Crustadon` stack (x87) reads `110` a piece. The Clown Fish (x176) and Coral (x178) stacks sit on the bottom row.

Runo’s second crate, from level 60

Angler Runo’s first job, The Morning Haul, opens at level 45. At level 60 a second option appears, Ill land the good catch(Lv 60): The Good Catch wants 3 OuwFish, 3 Sea Horse, 3 Coral, 3 OuwFwesh, 1 Clown Fish and 1 Zebra Fish. It paid 1,035 Wen and 2,875 experience (with a 1.25x bonus) in one player’s run; the 9 OuwFish, Coral and OuwFwesh in it would have sold to Ginzo for 297 Wen. Runo also warns you to keep your Golden Fish for Jeso’s rod.

A third option, And bigger than that?, sits above it; what it asks for has not been shown yet.

A player talking to Angler Runo on the dock, with three dialog options — `Angler Runo`: `Hold onto any 'Golden Fish' though. 'Fisherman Jeso' trades those for the better rod.` Options: `And bigger than that?`, `Ill land the good catch(Lv 60)`, `Close`.

The quest tracker for The Good Catch beside Angler Runo — `The Good Catch 0/7`: three each of OuwFish, Sea Horse, Coral and OuwFwesh, one Clown Fish, one Zebra Fish, then `Return to Runo`; `Exp +2,875 (1.25x)` `Wen +1,035`.

Where each fish bites

The game does not tie fish to a place: no card or fishing screen names a pond, and players report that any water works. Fish Head and the Golden Tentacle raise Fish Luck, and one creator says the common fish get harder to hook with rare bait on.

Nobody has published catch rates. For Golden Fish, players report anything from one an hour and a half on the Basic rod with Fish Head to five in two hours. The bait cards and rod upgrades are on the fishing page.

The fishing tab of an inventory with the Worm bait card — `Worm`, `Common`: `Fresh dock bait for the shallow table.` The tab beside it is one player's bag: Fish Head, Clown Fish, Golden Fish and Zebra Fish are the biggest stacks.

What else the rod pulls up

Ore and pink Mythic Refinement Ore: both list Fished up as a source. One player went from 5 to 37 Ore over a night of fishing.
Metal Scraps, the plain forge material, come up too.
Squid Beanie, a Rare head accessory; one player ended two nights of fishing with 81 of them.
With the Legendary rod, the Lost gear: the mask, cape and Lost Shotgun list Fished up, and one player also pulled up Lost Outfits and a Lost Lantern. Their cards are on the fishing page, and what the mask and cape add is in the accessory list.

An inventory card for the Squid Beanie — `Squid Beanie`, `Rare`: `A deep red squid worn as a cap with its tentacles left to hang, the sort of prize a harbor stall gives for a good haul.`

Quick answers

Is OuwFwesh a typo?: On purpose: its card says the dockhands keep the old misspelling on the tag. OuwFish and OuwFwesh are two different Common fish.
Which fish are Rare?: Clown Fish, Zebra Fish and Golden Fish. Only Golden Fish buys the Rare rod; the other two go into Runo’s level 60 crate.
Is fishing worth it for money?: Not by the fish: 33 or 66 Wen apiece is small next to boss kills. Runo’s crates pay better than selling the same fish; how it compares with other money is on the Wen and Ore page.