Expert Strategy

The useful technical details, translated into decisions you can make before the next cast.

RARITY

Location first

For non-Mythic fish, a location rolls the rarity tier before selecting a species. Choose a water with the right tier mix and an actual pool containing your target.

SPECIES

Bait second

Bait changes the relative weight of targeted groups only inside the tier already rolled. It does not directly raise that rarity tier.

MYTHIC

0.3% global roll

Mythic is a flat global 0.3% check and then a uniform pick across Mythic species. No location, rod or bait can improve it.

JUNK

Separate first check

Base junk chance is 10%, multiplied by location and rod effects. Harbor and Wreck increase it; Scrap Rod increases it again.

VALUE

Quality and size compound

Sale value combines species base value with progressive quality and species-relative size factors. Oversized high-quality catches gain disproportionately more value.

COLORS

Place + bait

Location sets the five-color baseline; bait multiplies one color. Collector Rod blends the result 45% toward an even distribution.

Goal-based loadouts

More catches: Double or Triple Rod. Extra hooks consume matching bait and trade quality plus XP per catch; Triple also trades size.
5.0 ★ hunts: Precision Rod plus a location with a positive quality modifier, such as Coral Reef or Wreck.
Size records: Trophy Rod plus a location with a positive size modifier, such as Open Ocean or Rocky Coast.
Predator species: Predator Rod and matching Fish Piece bait, after choosing a location that actually contains the target.
Rare deep-water tiers: Deep-Sea Rod only applies its rarity bias at Wreck, Night Sea, Deep Sea and Abyss; elsewhere it carries a quality penalty.
Color breadth: Collector Rod and Special Mix flatten color odds. For one specific color, combine a location already favoring it with the matching color bait.
Junk collection: Scrap Rod at Harbor or Wreck. This intentionally sacrifices Rare/Epic/Legendary fish weight.

Chance snapshot

The chance saved on a catch measures how exceptional that exact result was, including rarity and the rolled quality/size outcome. It is not merely the plain probability of selecting that species.