Fishing (The Sims 3)

Fishing is a skill in The Sims 3.

Fishing in The Sims 3

The Sims 3 incorporates a fishing skill that is gained by sims fishing in the ponds or ocean around the map. The higher their skill, the more types of fish they can catch. Books can be found at the bookstore showing the bait that can be used to catch specific fish, but a sim can determine the bait through trial and error by simply selecting a bait and seeing what they catch. Water can be inspected to see what known fish can be caught there, and whether the fish are active.

The skill is augmented by the Angler and Loves The Outdoors traits. Sims with the Childish and Insane traits can fish in swimming pools.

To find out good fishing spots and available fish species there in the neighborhoods, See Fishing Spots

Statistics

Number Caught, Fish Types Caught, Heaviest Fish Caught, Most Money Earned from Selling a Fish, Total Money Earned from Fishing

Challenges

Amateur Ichthyologist

Amateur Ichthyologists have caught at least one of every fish type. Their deep understanding of marine life helps them catch bigger fish than normal sims.

Note: 21 types total, ca. 4.7% per type

Commercial Fisherman

Commercial Fishermen have caught at least 350 fish. They often catch more fish in less time than normal sims.

Abilities

Level	Ability
1	Inspect Water
3	Choose bait

Every two levels the game announces the sim can catch more fish and to check the bookstore.

The sim can learn the bait type for a specific fish species by buying and reading the fishing books from the bookstore or just by successfully catching a particular species once using the right bait type. Fishing Books are not available in the community public library.

For stocking a pond with new type of fish currently not available, see Ponds section below.

Fish

Image	Level	Fish	Habitat	Rarity	Bait		Weight (kilograms)	Value	Use
File:Anchovy.jpg	0	Anchovy	Salt Water	Common	Tomato		0.1 - 0.5	§5 - §11	Swordfish bait; Fertilizer Grade: 5 Days: 3
File:Minnow.jpg	0	Minnow	Fresh Water	Common	Apple		0.1 - 0.5	§5 - $11	Piranha bait; Fertilizer Grade: 10 Days: 4
	1	Goldfish	Fresh Water	Common	Lettuce		0.1 - 2	§6 - § 16	Black Goldfish bait; Fertilizer Grade: 5 Days: 3
File:Alley Catfish.jpg	1	Alley Catfish	Both	Uncommon	Cheese		0.1 - 5	§6 - §20	Angelfish bait; Fertilizer Grade: 5 Days: 3
	2	Jellyfish	Salt Water	Common	Grapes		0.1 - 10	§8 - 19	Fertilizer Grade: 10 Days: 4
	2	Rainbow Trout	Fresh Water	Common	Egg		1 - 10	§9 - §18	Fertilizer Grade: 8 Days: 3
File:Red Herring.jpg	3	Red Herring	Both	Common	Links		1 - 10	§5	Shark bait; Fertilizer Grade: 15 Days: 4
File:Tuna.jpg	3	Tuna	Salt Water	Common	Onion		2 - 40	§11 - §25	Lobster bait; Fertilizer Grade: 10 Days: 3
File:Siamese Catfish.jpg	4	Siamese Catfish	Both	Common	Bell Pepper	File:Bell Peper.jpg	5 - 40	§13 - §32	Fertilizer Grade: 15 Days: 4
File:Tragic Clownfish.jpg	4	Tragic Clownfish	Salt Water	Uncommon	Watermelon		5 - 15	§14 - §30	Fertilizer Grade: 15 Days: 4
File:Blowfish.jpg	5	Blowfish	Salt Water	Uncommon	Potato		5 - 40	§13 - §47	Fertilizer Grade: 15 Days: 4
	5	Piranha	Fresh Water	Uncommon	Minnow	File:Minnow.jpg	3 - 25	§14 - §41	Robot Fish bait; Fertilizer Grade: 15 Days: 4
File:Black Goldfish.jpg	6	Black Goldfish	Fresh Water	Common	Goldfish		5 - 25	§5 - §25	Fertilizer Grade: 12 Days: 3
	6	Salmon	Both	Common	Lime		10 - 50	§14 - §45	Fertilizer Grade: 12 Days: 3
	7	Swordfish	Salt Water	Common	Anchovy	File:Anchovy.jpg	20 - 60	§20 - §60	Fertilizer Grade: 12 Days: 3
	7	Shark	Both	Uncommon	Red Herring	File:Red Herring.jpg	1 - 150	§7 - §70	Fertilizer Grade: 20 Days: 4
	8	Angelfish	Both	Uncommon	Alley Catfish	File:Alley Catfish.jpg	2 - 60	§21 - §85	Deathfish bait; Fertilizer Grade: 25 Days: 4
File:Vampire Fish.jpg	8	Vampire Fish	Fresh Water	Rare	Garlic		25 - 80	§55 - §225	Fertilizer Grade: 25 Days: 3
File:Robot Fish.jpg	9	Robot Fish	Science Facility	Rare	Piranha		250 - 1250	§50 - §350	Not a fertilizer
	9	Lobster	Both	Common	Tuna	File:Tuna.jpg	5 - 50	§25 - §120	Fertilizer Grade: 20 Days: 3
File:Deathfish.jpg	10	Deathfish	Graveyard	Very Rare	Angelfish		20 - 80	§200 - §1,000	Ambrosia ingredient Fertilizer Grade: -200 Days: 4 Herbicide!

Trophies

Making your own trophies is easy! Simply just go to your inventory, click on the fish you wish to be mounted, and click send to be mounted usually a small fee around 70 Simoleons. Your trophy should arrive the next day in your mailbox. If you don't want to mount your fish you can buy a fish bowl in buy mode. All fish fit in bowl, One fish per bowl. Fish are nameable, but you must feed fish each day or it will die. You can scoop fish out of bowls, and put them back in your inventory if you change your mind.

Ponds

If you have 10 or more fish of one type in your inventory, you can stock any pond with that fish. By stocking fish, you can introduce new type of fish in that pond. Then, the pond will contain an unlimited supply of that fish type for fishing.

Any type of fish or any type of pond will do, including Deathfish and pond not owned by you. There is no limit on how many different fish types there can be in one pond.

In the case of the Death Fish, they can be caught any time of the day in such pond. This will enable you to fish for Deathfish (or any other fish, for that matter) at any time of the day.

It does not matter whether the pond is in residential lot owned by your sim or any other NPC sims, or in community lot like pond in the park. So you don't have to build your own pond to do this.

Of course, you can create your own pond in the lot owned by you by selecting "Ponds" from the build menu and applying it to the area where you want your pond. Then, stock the pond with 10 fish of the same type in your inventory.

Opportunities

Opportunity	Description	Reward
A Fish of Life and Death	Catch a Deathfish and Deliver Deathfish at the Science Facility to earn some money.	§350 + § Variable
A Plumber and Fisherman	Unclog Pipes at City Hall before time runs out to earn some money.	§500 + 1x Random Fish
An Excellent Catch	Catch an excellent fish and Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money.	§ Variable
Aquarium Fishing	Attend Fishing Competition at the Supermarket before time runs out to catch an assortment of fish.	§1,000 + 5x Random Fish
Fishing for Suits	Teach Fishing Seminar at the Business Office before time runs out to earn some money.	§ Variable
Fresh Fish	Catch 3 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money.	§ Variable
Funny Looking Fish	Catch a Tragic Clownfish at the Theatre to earn some money.	§250 + § Variable
Heaps of Fresh Fish	Catch 15 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money.	§ Variable
Lobsters in Demand!	Catch a Lobster and Sell Lobster to the Supermarket to earn some money.	§100 + § Variable
Lots of Fresh Fish	Catch 6 fish, then Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money.	§ Variable
Monster from the Deep	Catch Behemoth at the Science Facility before time runs out to earn some money.	§4,000
Piscine Perfection	Catch a perfect fish and Sell Fish at the Supermarket to earn some money.	§ Variable
Robot Fish v2.0	Catch a Robot Fish and Sell Robot Fish at the Science Facility to earn some money.	§350 + § Variable
Say Hello to My Little Fish	Catch a Black Goldfish and Sell Black Goldfish at the Police Station to earn some money.	§650 + § Variable

Strange Occurrings

Sometimes a Sim may fish up an old box which will give them various things. The box randomly picks and grants the Sim one object from the following list: a Laptop Computer, a Rubber Duck, a Guitar, Bubble Bath, a Mood Candle, a Birthday Cake, a Flame Fruit, a Death Flower, a Money Tree Seed, an Omni Plant Seed, or a Mysterious Mr. Gnome.