Do you always donate your first catch to Blathers?

[xlisapisa]

Yep, if it’s the first of anything it gets donated just in case I don’t find another one.

 

[Equity]

Sometimes! I tend to leave them for later and then forget...

 

[BalloonFight]

I sure do! I've done that each Animal Crossing game out of habit. Especially for the rarer catches, it's a must to donate imo. Bells are easily made other ways, and the models are less important than the museum entry imo.

 

[Bui]

Always! Otherwise I end up with cases like my first GameCube town where I somehow missed a Black Bass and a common dragonfly that didn't come out until October and I don't find out until I make what I think is my last donations to the museum...

 

[corlee1289]

Yes, because sometimes they are rare and hard to catch. If I catch another one, I would keep it, but the first catch of a species is always donated to Blathers...

With the exception of the first time I caught a scallop and gave it to Pascal

 

[faerie]

Blathers gets what Bathers wants, even though he never wants bugs

 

[Chere.]

Yeah I do, it's basically instinct at this point. I completed my bugs and fish sometimes last year, but I never once thought to keep a first catch because my mentality is that I can always catch it again if I really wanted. Maybe with a few exceptions... the string fish still gives me bad flashbacks.

 

[Mimi Cheems]

YES I get really bothered if I don't. Like, really really bothered. I know if I need Bells I'll find other ways to obtain them, so I always donate my first ANYTHING to Blathers.

 

[Bluelady]

The poll question made me laugh. LOL

Yes. I always give the first creature to Blathers. I’m almost done with my museum actually. I just need to get around to diving.

 

[Hatori]

Yes I do! I always make sure to donate my very first catch to Blathers, especially because I'm not sure how long it would take to catch another one if I don't! Some fish have taken me a good long while to catch, so I don't want to risk doing it all over again if I didn't happen to donate my first one.

 

[NicksFixed]

I usually do but I actually can't remember if I kept my first scallop In NH for Blathers or if I gave it to Pascal ...

 

[VanitasFan26]

Here's a tip. If you open up your nookphone and go the Critterpedia app and over Bugs. You'll see a "owl icon" that will indicate if the bug was donated. If it doesn't have it then it means it hasn't been donated. Sometimes I forgot that I even caught a bug and didn't donate it to blathers.

 

[moonbyu]

yeah! i'm nearly done the museum because i decided to actually start doing this. although sometimes i lose track of whether i donated it or not and end up trying to give the same catch to blathers, which is as annoying as it sounds.

 

[~Kilza~]

Yep, it always needs to be donated to Blathers first. Then once I got into the habit of it, the next 3 would be set aside for C.J. to use for collectibles.

 

[Xara]

of course! especially if it’s a rare critter, so i don’t have to try and catch it more than once unless i actually want to haha. i didn’t care about museum completion in wild world or new leaf, but i do in new horizons, and blathers got the first of all my catches, and he will in every future game as well!

 

[seliph]

yeah that way i don't forget lol

 

[TN4U]

Of course I do. If I don't, and enter the half-empty museum, I get OCD attacks. It's especially bad in the fossil room.

But I'm a completionist, so my museum on Wahu is fully complete

 

[Kamex]

Yep, it definitely saves time from going through the hassle of catching another one. While I'm not a completionist, I've managed to complete my fossil collection in WW, NL, and NH by donating to Blathers right from the start.

 

[KittenNoir]

I always donate the first fish all the time in case I don't find it again haha

 

[itsrowan]

I mainly catch bugs and fish for the museum anyways, so yeah! I've always done so! Frankly, I have no other use for them. This also goes for all other games.

Whatever repeats I get, I sell or pass on entirely. Other than that? Straight to Blathers they go!