Fallout: The Traveler/Fishing

A debut in the series, Fishing in Fallout: The Traveler involves crafting bait to catch different types of fish, with each type only being attracted to one specific bait. The fishing rod is acquired in early in the main game.

When fishing, players need to cast their line into a body of water. The exact casting spot can be adjusted by the player, and should not be too close to the fish to not scare it away, but close enough to grab its attention. Once the fish bites, the player has to time their reaction and control the line's tension to reel in the fish.

The ripple effect indicating available fishing spots will disappear once all its available fish have been caught, and will return once at least one fish has respawned. New fish will respawn every 3-days in-game time.

Even though adjusting ingame-time does not influence the respawn rate, it should be noted that each fishing spot has a different set of fish for night and day. This means that players can fish twice the amount if a fish can be caught during both day times.

Fish caught can be processed in the Cooking station to produce Cooked Fished as a cooking item, and can also be exchanged for rewards in Hunter's Lodge areas around the Wasteland.

The Paimon-Pip/Pip-Boy 2000 includes a Icon Pin that can be used to mark Fishing Points.

The catching difficulty is based on the Outdoorsman skill and certain perks, how long it takes the fish to take the bait (higher Outdoorsman skill = higher chance to catch rare fish) and how long the player has to begin reeling in a fish that bit the bait (low Outdoorsman skill = shorter duration).

Rarity and Size
Fish can be common, uncommon, or rare, and are also either large or small. Large fish are used as Food, and small fish are used as Ingredients. Unless using certain fishing rods, there is an equal chance of a fish being large or small. Junk also has common, uncommon, and rare rarities, with some drops differing depending on whether the fishing spot can contain rare items.

Time of Day
The time of day is also important for catching fish. During the hours of 6am to 9am and 6pm to 9pm, fishing spots will have more fish in them before running dry. This peak time also reduces the odds of caught fish being of common rarity, and increases the odds of fish being uncommon or rare.

List of Available Baits

 * Mini Radworm Bait
 * Mirelurk Hatchling Bait

List of Fish

 * Carp
 * American Shad
 * Largemouth Bass
 * Smallmouth Bass
 * Tuna
 * Swordfish
 * Baby Hermit Crab
 * Lakelurk Hatchling
 * Mirelurk Hatchling
 * Mirelurk Hunter Baby
 * Mirelurk King Baby

Trivia

 * The Fishing system is based off Genshin Impact and Skyrim, simplified.
 * The icon in the Paimon-Pip or Pip-Boy depicts a Paimon/Vault-Boy fishing.