Chip is a beaver who hosts the fishing tourney in town. Participation in a tourney
requires players to hand Chip a fish, which he then measures. The measurement he provides
can be anything from 70% to 120% of its typical length as seen in the fish library in-game
[confirmation of range needed], and the player or villager that hands him the longest fish
during the tourney is the winner.
The fishing tourney is held on either the second or third saturday of eight months
(excluding June through September) and there are two types of fishing tourneys that
coincide with their position in the month. Each of these tourneys has its own trophy which
is mailed to the winner and (unless delayed by a mail backlog) arrives the morning of the
day after the tourney.
Tourney type
Trophy
Months
Saturday
Any fish
gold trophy
Feb, Apr, Oct, Dec
Second
Specified fish only
silver trophy
Jan, Mar, May, Nov
Third
Four of the 8 tourneys each year, Chip specifies one type of fish to catch. Only that fish
can be accepted for entry in that tourney (though Chip will happily consume any other type
of fish the player hands him). For each of those tourneys, the fish that can be specified
is chosen at random from a potential three types of fish:
Month
Potential fish
January
Pond Smelt
Horse Mackerel
Dab
March
Crucian Carp
Loach
Sea Bass
May
Black Bass
Sea Bass
Red Snapper
November
Carp
Black Bass
Horse Mackerel
All fish handed to Chip are "eaten" by Chip after being measured, and not returned to the
player. However if the fish, when donated, broke the previous record for longest fish
during that tourney, the player will be handed a random piece of furniture. This likely
includes most common furniture in the game that is not spotlighted in Nook's or in Redd
shop.