Any advice for stringfish?

[Skyfall]

I think this one is disappearing in a few days. Other than making fish food and just going to the cliff for hours... any other trick people know of?

 

[tajikey]

Bait. Lots and lots of bait. Also, I pulled mine from the river on the second tier.

 

[Mairen]

Unfortunately, that's the way I did it. Since it's such a rare spawn, you just gotta get lucky >.< It took about 40 bait before I caught the guy

 

[Robin]

There's no shortcuts - just requires patience and luck. As long as you are catching the occasional cherry salmon/char/golden trout, you know you are at least fishing in the correct area of the river.

In my experience of previous AC games, I have always found it to be one of the rarest fish in the game - I think it is the case in NH again.

You will get it, just keep trying!

 

[Kurashiki]

like others have said, it mostly is just bait and patience! it helps me to watch tv in the background to keep from getting bored too

 

[Garrett]

Highest river
Evening
Big shadow
Scare off or catch smaller fish

I've caught it twice, once with my fourth bait, the second time by chance.

 

[intestines]

At a nook island it is easier to catch them without bait. You just have to scare away any fish on lower tiers and wait for a big fish to spawn on a 2nd or 3rd tier area on that island

 

[SheepMareep]

Highest level river and sacrifice a villager to the string fish gods

 

[shasha]

I've caught like 3 and the easiest place is on a nook miles island where the fish respawn quicker. Otherwise you burn through like 50 baits on your own island and it's frustrating Don't give up though!

 

[Zodiac Crossing]

took me about 30 bait/15 minutes! if small fish spawn form the bait just keep throwing out bait until the big shadow forms! i still need to catch a char and a golden trout though

 

[Zura]

Bait. Lots and lots of bait. Also, I pulled mine from the river on the second tier.

Yeah, the only thing I can recommend is bait near the edge of a cliff. I got mine in like 3 tries and was frustrated that I wasn't getting the char

 

[Imbri]

Are they in the pool above or below waterfalls?

Never mind. You guys won't believe this, but I walked up to my 2nd tier river just now and it was sitting there waiting for me.

Maybe I should go play the lottery!

 

[Skyfall]

Thanks everyone!

I found a mystery island with cliffs. You guys are right, fish span like crazy there and I didn’t even have to use bait/fish food. Just walk around a bit. I think I tried for like 30 min, then boom, it was there. Caught a few sturgeon too.

Thanks for the help, guys!