All fish locations in Stardew Valley

Fish are a great resource to utilize in Stardew Valley. You can capture them to place into fish ponds, provide them as gifts to residents of the town, or sell them directly to the market for a good profit. There are a variety of different fish available in the game, and you can find them in different parts of the map, and at specific times of the year.

The times and locations are not apparent in the game. You need to discover this on your own by monitoring their behavior, or by learning them from a large list. We have all of that information detailed out for you, making it easy to know where you need to go and when you need to be there to capture all of them.

Fish locations and times

Fish	Location	Time
Albacore	Ocean	Fall 6am to 11am Winter 6pm to 2am
Anchovy	Ocean	Spring Fall
Blobfish	Submarine ride	Night Market
Bream	River (town and forest)	All year
Bullhead	Mountain lake	All year
Carp	Mountain lake Secret Woods Ponds Sewers	All year
Catfish	River (town and forest) Secret Woods Pond Witch’s Swamp	All year, 6am to 12am
Chub	River (forest) Mountain lake	All year
Clam	Ocean	Crab pot
Cockle	Ocean	Crab pot
Crab	Ocean	Crab pot
Crayfish	Fresh water	Crab pot
Dorado	River (forest)	Summer 6am to 7pm
Eel	Ocean	Spring, Fall 4pm to 2am
Flounder	Ocean	Spring, Summer 4pm to 2am
Ghostfish	Mines (levels 20 and 60) Ghost drops	All year
Halibut	Ocean	Spring, Summer, Winter 6am to 11am, 7pm to 2am
Herring	Ocean	Spring and Winter
Ice Pip	Mines (levels 60)	All year (must be level five fishing)
Largemouth Bass	Mountain lake	All year
Lava Eel	Mine (level 100)	All year (must be level seven fishing)
Lingcod	River (town and forest) Mountain lake	Winter
Lobster	Ocean	Crab pot
Midnight Carp	Mountain lake Cindersap forest pond	Fall, Winter 10pm to 2am
Midnight Squid	Submarine ride	Night Market
Mussel	Ocean	Crab pot
Octopus	Ocean	Summer 6am to 1pm
Oyster	Ocean	Crab pot
Perch	River (town and forest) Forest pond Mountain lake	Winter
Periwinkle	Fresh water	Crab pot
Pike	River (town and forest) Forest pond	Summer, Winter
Pufferfish	Ocean	Summer 12pm to 4pm
Rainbow Trout	River (town and forest) Mountain lake	Summer 6am to 7pm
Red Mullet	Ocean	Summer, Winter 6am to 7pm
Red Snapper	Ocean	Summer, Fall, Winter (using rain totem) 6am to 7pm
Salmon	River (town and forest)	Fall 6am to 7pm
Sand Fish	The desert	All year 6am to 8pm
Sardine	Ocean	Spring, Fall, Winter 6am to 7pm
Scorpion Carp	The desert	All year (must be level four fishing) 6am to 8pm
Sea Cucumber	Ocean	Fall, Winter 6am to 7pm
Shad	River (town and forest)	Spring, Summer, Fall 9am to 2pm
Shrimp	Ocean	Crab pot
Slimejack	Mutant Bug Lair	All year
Smallmouth Bass	River (town) Forest pond	All year
Snail	Freshwater	Crab pot
Spook Fish	Submarine Ride	Night Market
Squid	Ocean	Winter 6pm to 2am
Stonefish	Mines (level 20)	All year (must be fishing level three)
Sturgeon	Mountain lake	Summer, Winter 6am to 7pm
Sunfish	River (town and forest)	Spring, Summer 6am to 7pm
Super cucumber	Ocean	Summer, Fall 6pm to 2am
Tiger Trout	River (town and forest)	Fall, Winter 6am to 7pm
Tilapia	Ocean	Summer, Fall 6am to 2pm
Tuna	Ocean	Summer, Fall 6am to 7pm
Void Salmon	Witch’s Swamp	All year
Walleye	River (town and forest) Forest pond Mountain lake	Fall, Winter (with rain totem) 12pm to 2am
Woodskip	Secret woods Pond Forest farm	All year

Legendary Fish

These are the most difficult and illusive fish in the game. You can only catch legendary fish once per save file, so after you capture one of these five you cannot catch them again.

Fish	Location	Time
Angler	North of Jojamart	Fall (must be fishing level three)
Crimsonfish	On the beach, east pier	Summer (must be fishing level five)
Glacierfish	Cindersap Forest, south end	Winter (must be fishing level six)
Legend	Mountain Lake, near the log	Spring (must be fishing level 10)
Mutant Carp	The Sewers	All year