A Guide to Fishing in The Sims 2 Castaway:
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Table of Contents:
Intro: GO001
How to fish with a Spear: GO002
How to fish with a Fishing Pole: GO002
How to Catch Sharks and Large fish: GO003
How to Catch fish with a Fish Trap: GO004
Places to Fish: Go005
Types of Fish Go006
Intro: Go001
Ok one of the important things that you need to do in The Sims 2 Castaway is
Fishing and I wrote this guide so as to help with this important task.
When starting out your Sim will only be able to fish with the spear, but first
your Sim will need to craft a bamboo spear.
First your Sim must gather a suficient amount of Bamboo, go up to some bamboo
and gather it. Now go to where the two rocks are and make a crafting bench. Now
you are ready to craft some basic items.
Now using the crafting bench select craft and then go to tool and make a bamboo
spear. Your Sim is now able to fish with a spear, so go out to the water and
look for some fish.
How to fish with a Spear: Go002
Once your Sim finds some Fish select them and select Spear Fish.
Your Sim will then stand there with a spear ready to catch a fish with it.
To catch fish with a spear the Sim needs to wait until a fish jumps in to the
air before trying to Stab Fish, otherwise the Sim fails to catch anything and
they need to find another school of fish.
When spear fishing a Sim will only be able to catch small and medium sized fish,
to catch large a fishing pole is needed.
Fishing with a spear is a excellent way to increase your SimÕs Body skill as
well catching an important food resource.
How to fish with a Fishing Pole: GO002
Later in the game after your Sim has the needed crafting plan, your Sim will be
able to craft a bamboo fishing pole and then still later in the game your Sim
will be able to craft a wooden fishing pole once the plan for that becomes
available..Again the needed plans will be in the tools category once they are
available.
Once your Sim has the needed plan for crafting a fishing pole, go up to your
crafting bench and craft a fishing pole. Once your Sim has a fishing pole go up
to some water and choose the fishing pole from the tools menu and choose to
fish.
Fishing with a fishing pole is a great way to increase your SimÕs Logic skill as
well catching an important food resource.
Requirements: Bamboo Fishing Pole or Wood Fishing Pole.
To catch fish with a fishing pole the Sim needs to wait until the red bob dips
before trying to reel the fish in, otherwise the Sim will fail to catch
anything.
How to Catch Sharks and Large fish: GO003
Fishing for Sharks or any other Large Fish:
In order to catch a Shark or other Large fish, the Sim needs to use a fishing
pole and the Sim must fish at one of the ocean beaches. It also helps if the
SimÕs Logic skill is high. It may take a while to catch a Shark, so be patient
Otherwise the process of fishing is the same, watch the red bob and reel in when
it dips..
How to Catch fish with a Fish Trap: GO004
Later in the game after your Sim has the needed crafting plan, your Sim will be
able to craft a Fish Trap..Again the needed plans will be in the tools category
once they are available. Note that in order to craft a Fish Trap your Sim must
use either the Bamboo Crafting Bench or the Hardwood Crafting Bench.
Some fish may only be caught with a Fish Trap, so once your Sim is able to craft
a fish trap it is a good idea to go ahead and craft a few of them.
Then look for a school of fish and if your Sim has a fish trap in the inventory
the option of Place Trap will be there, now just choose to Place the Trap.
You may place a fish trap at any of the ocean beaches or at the South River
Jungle shore or in the larger pool in the Dark Cave or the Hidden Lagoon.
With the Fish Trap one may catch a variety of Fish, but also Eels and Squid may
be caught with the Fish Trap.
To catch Freshwater eels set a fish trap at Dark Cave.
You may be able to catch them at South River Jungle and hidden Lagoon, but I
have only caught freshwater eels in the larger pool in the Dark Cave.
To catch Moray Eels or Squid set a fish trap at any ocean beach, and a good
place is Tidal Pool.
To catch fish with the Fish Trap, check the fish trap once per day by choosing
to recover trap.
Large fish like sharks will not be found in the fish trap, however you will be
able to catch small and medium sized fish with the fish trap.
Places to Fish: Go005
This is a list of the places one may fish and what particular fish one may catch
at that location using a spear or a fishing pole and the Fish Trap:
First Beach:
Speckled Grouper
Mullet
Black Rockfish
Chub
sardine
mackerel
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
Shipwreck :Lagoon:
Note:it is nearly impossible to use the fishing pole here, so this is what may
be caught with a spear or a fish trap.
Bream
Mullet
Black Carp
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
Pier Beach:
Bicolor Parrot Fish
Chub
Speckled Grouper
Flying Fish
sardine
Yellowtail Rockfish
Monkfish
Chicken Grunt
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
West Beach:
Flying Fish
sardine
Bicolor Parrot Fish
Chub
Monkeyface prickleback
Rainbow runner Salmon
copper Rockfish
Monk Fish
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
Dark Cave Pool:
meteor Pirch
Mullet
Freshwater Eel [fish trap only]
Hidden Lagoon
Bream
Large Mouth Bass
Dag Dag
Channel Catfish
rainbow trout
Moon Fish {at Night only}
PirateÕs Cove
Sea Bass
Sculpin
Tarpon
red snapper
goatfish
Llamafish
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
South River Jungle
smallmouth Bass
Dag Dag
Rainbow Trout
Channel Catfish
Meteor Perch
East Beach:
Yellowfin Tuna
Toehead Shark
mangrove snapper
Albacore Tuna
Canary rockfish
Dolphin-fish
Jackfish
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
South Volcano beach:
Striped Bass
Kingfish
Sardine
pompano
mackerel
kingfish
striped bass
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
North volcano Jungle:
Marlin
Dolphin Fish
Yellowtail Snapper
Talang Queenfish
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
North Volcano Beach:
Monkeyface prickleback
mangrove snapper
jackfish
Boccaccio
Toehead Shark
Marlin
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
Tidal Pool:
Llamafish
Vermillion Rockfish
Chillipepper
Mackerel
Wahoo
Cowcod
Yellowfin Tuna
Wahoo
Tiger Shark
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
Note: that the Tidal Pool area is only place that one may catch a Tiger Shark
and this is best place to catch the shark that has the missing piece of the
treasure map.
Crystal Island:
Sandbar Shark
Marlin
Llama Fish
jackfish
Kingfish
redfish
widow rockfish
flying fish
Rainbow Runner Salmon
Chillipepper
Squid [fish trap only]
Moray Eel [fish trap only]
List of the fish one may find: Go006
This is the list of the various fish that I know about, with their description
and the stats on them for cooking.
In some cases I do not know where a particular fish might be caught, so I would
greatly appreciate it if someone was to let me know where and how they caught
one that does not have a listed location.
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Large Fish
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Llamafish
Energy: 18
Hunger: 48
Bladder: -12
Description: The differences between llamas and llamafish are
too numerous to list.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Marlin
Energy: 18
Hunger: 46
Bladder: -13
Description: Thie massive fish uses its spear like snout to empahasize important
point during marketing presentations.
Monkfish
Energy: 13
Hunger: 39
Bladder: -8
Description: Every Monkfish takes a liflong vow of silence, which is why youÕll
never hear one speak.
Moonfish
Energy: 12
Hunger: 52
Bladder: -8
Description: After a long day of hiding under rocks, the night
belongs to moonfish.
Location: Hidden Lagoon
Sandbar Shark
Energy: 18
Hunger: 50
Bladder: -10
Description: When this shark hits the sandbar scene, every hour
is happy hour.
Location: Crystal Island
Smallmouth Bass
Energy: 15
Hunger: 42
Bladder: -10
Description: Bass are self-conscious about their mouth sixe, so donÕt
make things worse by staring.
Location: Crystal Island
Tiger Shark
Energy: 20
Hunger: 50
Bladder: -10
Description: The tiger shark will eat nearly anything, including
fish, seals, and potato salad that has been in the sun too long.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Toehead Shark
Energy: 50
Hunger: -10
Bladder: 18
Description: The toeheaded shark is a bellicose oaf they kills its
prey by telling long and boring stories that go nowhere.
Location: Hidden Lagoon
White Tip Shark
Energy: 18
Hunger: 45
Bladder: -10
Deription: Most Sharks would kill to have white tips, but this one doesÕt have
to.
Yellowfin Tuna
Energy: 14
Hunger: 60
Bladder: -16
Description: Tuna are massive fish, often weighing up to 400
pounds, and hard to fit in little cans.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
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Medium Fish
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Barracuda
Energy: 10
Hunger: 24
Bladder: -7
Description: Barracuda mate for life, or at least until something
better swims along.
Bicolor Parrot Fish
Energy: 9
Hunger: 25
Bladder: -6
Description: Despite their name, parrot fish do not make suitable
shoulder companions.
Black Rockfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 25
Bladder: -7
Description: Black rockfish often eat their young, or die trying.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Boccaccio
Energy: 6
Hunger: 31
Bladder: -8
Description: Bocaccio are a gullible fish that fall for anything
hook, line, and sinker.
Location: Volcano Island:
Bream
Energy: 9
Hunger: 32
Bladder: -9
Description: For this little fish, life is but a bream.
Location: Shipwreck Island: Shipwreck Lagoon
Canary Rockfish
Energy: 6
Hunger: 27
Bladder: -8
Description: These fish are commonly used in underwater coal mines to
warn of impending danger.
Chub
Energy: 8
Hunger: 34
Bladder: -10
Description: A notorious sponsor of public television, the Chub fish
will eat nearly anything under any conditions.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Cowcod
Energy: 9
Hunger: 34
Bladder: -10
Description: On this deserted island, you could be waiting for rescue
until the cowcods come home.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Dag Dag
Energy: 4
Hunger: 33
Bladder: -9
Description: Also known as a Dum Dum fish, the Dag Dag is a slow
and stupid fish that tastes like a tire fire.
Location: Crystal Island
Dolphin-fish
Energy: 9
Hunger: 34
Bladder: -9
Description: With an average IQ of over 185, even the dumbest
dolphin-fish is much smarter than you.
Location: Volcano Island: North Volcano Jungle.
Kingfish
Energy: 10
Hunger: 35
Bladder: -10
Description: The kingfish is king in name only, but still rules
what he can with an iron fin.
Location: Volcano Island: South Volcano Beach.
Monkeyface Prickleback
Energy: 6
Hunger: 34
Bladder: -9
Description: Most Monkeyface Pricklebacks resent their colloquial
name, and prefer cebidichthys violaceus instead.
Pompano
Energy: 6
Hunger: 31
Bladder: -7
Description: The pompano fish is toothless, with a blunt snout,
scaring absolutely no one.
Location: Volcano Island: South Volcano Beach
Rainbow Runner Salmon
Energy: 8
Hunger: 33
Bladder: -9
Description: During the Great War, rainbow runners served as carrier
pigeons for the navy.
Rainbow Trout
Energy: 9
Hunger: 29
Bladder: -8
Description: At the end of every rainbow trout is a pot of fishy gold.
Location: Crystal Island
Sculpin
Energy: 9
Hunger: 26
Bladder: -6
Description: Sculpins are natural truants who often ditch their school to hang
out with the ÒcoolÓ fish.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Sea Bass
Energy: 8
Hunger: 33
Bladder: -9
Description: Now you sea bass, now you donÕt.
Location: PirateÕs Lagoon
Speckled Grouper
Energy: 8
Hunger: 29
Bladder: -8
Description: After eons of evolution, this grouper has grown from
freckled to speckled.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Striped Bass
Energy: 9
Hunger: 28
Bladder: -8
Description: Horizontal stripes make this bass look fat; vertical
would have been much more slimming.
Location: Volcano Island: South Volcano Beach
Talang Queenfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 35
Bladder: -10
Description: Talang, talang, talang went the queenfish.  Ring,
ring, ring went the shell.
Location: Volcano Island: North Volcano Jungle
Vermillion Rockfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 29
Bladder: -8
Description: Each of these unique fish is on in vermillion.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Wahoo
Energy: 10
Hunger: 25
Bladder: -7
Description: During spawning season, the ocean fills with wahoo
up the wazoo.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Widow Rockfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 26
Bladder: -5
Description: Ever since she lost her husband, the Widow
Rockfish has never been quite the same.
Location: Crystal Island
Yellowtail Snapper
Energy: 8
Hunger: 27
Bladder: -8
Description: Without its jaunty yellow tail, this snapper would be
duller than a dial tone.
Location: Volcano Island: North Volcano Jungle.
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Small Fish
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Black Carp
Energy: 5
Hunger: 16
Bladder: -4
Description: Get inside this fish's mind to truly understand the
world according to carp.
Location: Shipwreck Island: Shipwreck Lagoon
Channel Catfish
Energy: 6
Hunger: 17
Bladder: -5
Description: Catfish use their deadly hypno-purr to subdue
unsuspecting prey into sleepy submission.
Location: Crystal Island
Chicken Grunt
Energy: 4
Hunger: 20
Bladder: -6
Description: Chicken Grunts taste more like grunts than chicken.
Location: Pier Beach
Chilipepper
Energy: 9
Hunger: 16
Bladder: -7
Description: The chilipepper is a spectacularly ugly fish with
a large underbite and tiny, unimpressive fins.
Location: Volcano Island: Tidal Pools
Crystal Island
Flying Fish
Energy: 6
Hunger: 14
Bladder: -3
Description: Once airborne, the flying fish uses its spotfin to
control lift and drag.
Goatfish
Energy: 4
Hunger: 14
Bladder: -3
Description: These stubborn fish enjoy butting heads,and would lock horns if
they had any.
Location: ???
Jackfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 20
Bladder: -8
Description: Until you meet this little swimmer face to face,
you don't know jackfish.
Location: Crystal Island
large Mouth Bass
Energy: 6
Hunger: 21
Bladder: -8
Description: This fish is named for both its oversized orfice, and its
reputation as an underwater gossip.
Location: Hidden Lagoon
Mackerel
Energy: 8
Hunger: 15
Bladder: -7
Description: The mackerel is a long and slender fish that migrates
from north to south, depending on the season and discount rates.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Volcano Island: South Volcano Beach.
Mangrove Snapper
Energy: 5
Hunger: 16
Bladder: -5
Description: Behind every great mangrove snapper, there's a great
womangrove snapper.
Location: Volcano Island:
Redfish
Energy: 7
Hunger: 19
Bladder: -6
Description: Redfish are striped with two identical shades of red.
Location:  Crystal Island
Sardine
Energy: 6
Hunger: 13
Bladder: -3
Description: Their massive numbers and tiny houses have these
fish packed in like sardines.
Location: Shipwreck Island: First Beach
Volcano Island: South Volcano Beach
Tarpon
Energy: 7
Hunger: 21
Bladder: -8
Description: Every time the tide recedes, a tarpon earns its fins.
Location: PirateÕs cove
Turkeyfish
Energy: 3
Hunger: 19
Bladder: -2
Description: What would thanksgiving dinner for a castaway be without a big
roasted turkeyfish and seaweed dressing?
Location:  ???
Other types Caught with fish traps only:
Freshwater Eel
Energy: 11
Hunger: 28
Bladder: -10
Description: DonÕt let its freshwater innocence fool you, anguilliformes comes
from a house of eel repute.
Location:  fish trap at Dark Cave or South River Jungle
Squid
Energy: 14
Hunger: 35
Bladder: -15
Description: Most Cephalopods never make it out of squid row. This one was
lucky.
Location:  Fish Trap at ocean beach