🐟 Fishing guide, 1 to 99

Fishing is pawing at the water until something silver comes out. Fish go into meals, and now and then a notable fish lands for the catch log.

The quickest route

Doing the action with the most XP an hour at each level, back to back, Fishing 1 to 99 takes about 156 hours (13,034,431 XP). Life skills carry on while you nap, action by action, so much of that happens while you're away.

Levels	Do this	Where	Time
1–15	Catch Minnows	Hearthmeadow Fields	12 min
15–22	Paw for River Perch	The reed raft	8 min
22–30	Lure Willow Chub	The reed raft	15 min
30–38	Snag Sewer Eels	B2: The Pipeworks	27 min
38–45	Cast for Mackerel	B2: The Pipeworks	42 min
45–50	Lure Moon Koi	The Wreckreef	47 min
50–56	Trail for Packet Herring	The Saltwhisker	1.5 h
56–58	Sound for Cliff Pollock	The Saltwhisker	40 min
58–60	Haul Deepwater Tuna	Heatherfell, Featherwhite Steps	49 min
60–66	Hatch-line for Bell Lanternfish	The diving bell	3.6 h
66–70	Hatch-line for Deep Fangtooth	The diving bell	3.6 h
70–76	Cloud-line for Cloudbank Minnow	The owl gondola	8.4 h
76–86	Fish for Escaped Goldfish	The Fridge Glacier, The Drift Meadows	29.3 h
86–96	Fish for Oasis Catfish	The Shimmering Dunes, The Spice Groves	70 h
96–99	Ice-Fish Arctic Salmon	The Aurora Wastes, The Cheese Keep, The Bathroom and 2 more	35.7 h

Set your own levels and bonuses in the life skill calculator.

Every action

XP an hour at the action's own level.

Level	Action	Makes	Where	XP an hour
1	Catch Minnows	Minnow	Hearthmeadow Fields	12,000
15	Paw for River Perch	River Perch	The reed raft	25,200
15	Scoop Sardines	Sardine	Thornbriar Thicket, Willow Hollow	25,200
22	Lure Willow Chub	Willow Chub	The reed raft	30,400
30	Snag Sewer Eels	Sewer Eel	B2: The Pipeworks	37,500
38	Cast for Mackerel	Mackerel	B2: The Pipeworks	44,640
45	Lure Moon Koi	Moon Koi	The Wreckreef	51,055
50	Trail for Packet Herring	Packet Herring	The Saltwhisker	55,385
50	Set Crab Pots	Crab Meat, Crab Shell	Heatherfell, Featherwhite Steps	54,621
56	Sound for Cliff Pollock	Cliff Pollock	The Saltwhisker	60,218
58	Haul Deepwater Tuna	Deepwater Tuna	Heatherfell, Featherwhite Steps	60,923
60	Hatch-line for Bell Lanternfish	Bell Lanternfish	The diving bell	62,400
66	Hatch-line for Deep Fangtooth	Deep Fangtooth	The diving bell	67,500
66	Ice-Fish Mountain Char	Mountain Char	Parliament Roost, Kelp Cathedral	66,706
70	Cloud-line for Cloudbank Minnow	Cloudbank Minnow	The owl gondola	70,892
76	Cloud-line for Thunderfin	Thunderfin	The owl gondola	75,130
76	Fish for Escaped Goldfish	Escaped Goldfish	The Fridge Glacier, The Drift Meadows	77,143
86	Fish for Oasis Catfish	Golden Oasis Catfish	The Shimmering Dunes, The Spice Groves	87,000
96	Ice-Fish Arctic Salmon	Arctic Salmon	The Aurora Wastes, The Cheese Keep, The Bathroom and 2 more	93,789
96	Fish for Ashgill Char	Ashgill Char	The Caldera Rim	93,789
99	Fish for Lantern Koi	Lantern Koi	The Aurora Wastes, The Cheese Keep, The Bathroom and 2 more	97,200
99	Fish for Magma Koi	Magma Koi	The Caldera Rim	97,200

Tips

Some fish only bite in certain weather or at night, and wait for you to be online.
The vessels have fishing at the rail, with catches of their own.
Notable fish sell well on the Exchange.
At a Fishing spot, tap Play for Bite, a 30-second minigame. A gold score (90 points) gives +25% Fishing XP for 15 minutes while your cat keeps working, and the first gold puts a look in your wardrobe.
Each week's contest features one life skill; the three cats who gain the most XP in it win big gold prizes.

More on Fishing: its wiki page, and the other life skill guides.