Halibut

Halibut

Type	Fish
Location	Ocean
Time	6am to 11am; 7pm to 2am
Season	Spring; Summer; Winter
Weather	Any
Difficulty	50
Behaviour	Sinker
Size	10 to 34
Sell Price	80g

The Halibut is a flat ocean fish that bites at The Beach and on the Beach Farm. It is around for three seasons of the year, skipping only Fall, which makes it one of the most dependable catches on the coast. Like the Albacore, it keeps a split schedule, feeding in the morning and again late at night. Its sell price is modest, so its real value lies elsewhere. Demetrius can ask for ten of them in a Spring Special Order that rewards the Farm Computer recipe, and a Fish Pond of Halibut turns out a steady supply of roe.

Catching

The Halibut lives in the ocean south of Pelican Town. Any spot along the shore or on the docks will do, and players on the Beach Farm can catch it on their own land. It bites in Spring, Summer and Winter, in any weather.

The timing matters more than the place. The Halibut only bites from 6am to 11am and again from 7pm until 2am. A visit to the beach in the afternoon will turn up other fish instead. A good routine is to fish the morning window, spend the middle of the day on the farm, and return to the docks after dark.

On the line, the Halibut has sinker behaviour and a middling difficulty. Sinker fish speed up quickly as they move downwards, so the Halibut tends to drop towards the bottom of the bar. Keep the green bar a little low and tap gently to follow it. A Lead Bobber stops the bar from bouncing when it hits the bottom, which suits this kind of fish.

Magic Bait removes both the time and season limits. With it, a Halibut can be hooked at the beach in the middle of the afternoon or in Fall.

The fish can also be bought. Krobus sometimes stocks it on Wednesdays for 200g, and the Traveling Cart may carry one at a higher price.

Prices

An iridium-quality Halibut is worth twice a normal one, so perfect catches with a Quality Bobber pay off. The Fisher profession adds a quarter to the price and the Angler profession adds half. An iridium Halibut sold by an Angler fetches 240g.

A Fish Smoker doubles the value while keeping the quality. It needs one piece of Coal per fish. Sashimi sells for only a little less than a normal Halibut, so cooking it barely changes the price.

In a Fish Pond, the Halibut produces Halibut Roe worth 70g each. A Preserves Jar turns that into Aged Roe worth twice as much. The pond starts with room for three fish and grows to ten through three requests. The first asks for Driftwood, a Frozen Geode or Seaweed. The second asks for Clams or Coral. The last asks for Aquamarine, a Mussel or Sea Urchins. Below five fish, the pond only gives roe some of the time. From five fish upwards, every item it produces is roe.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Fisher (+25%)	Angler (+50%)
Normal	80g	100g	120g
Silver	100g	125g	150g
Gold	120g	150g	180g
Iridium	160g	200g	240g

Uses

On the Special Orders board outside the Mayor's Manor, Demetrius posts "Aquatic Overpopulation". In Spring, the order may name the Halibut, and it then asks for ten of them within a week. Demetrius pays what the fish would sell for and adds the recipe for the Farm Computer. Demetrius only gives the recipe the first time the order is finished. Since the Halibut bites twice a day, ten fish can be gathered in a few visits.

In the kitchen, the Halibut counts as "any fish" for Maki Roll and Sashimi. Crafting Sap with a fish makes Quality Fertilizer, so the Halibut works there too.

At the Sewing Machine, a Halibut in the spool with Cloth makes the dyeable Sailor Shirt.

A Bait Maker turns one Halibut into a stack of Halibut Bait. That bait makes the Halibut more likely to bite, which helps with the Special Order.

Gifts

The Halibut is a poor gift for nearly everyone. The older villagers Demetrius, Linus and Pam feel neutral about Halibut. Willy and Leo feel neutral about it too. Elliott and Sebastian feel neutral about it as well.

The older residents Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis all dislike Halibut. The same goes for the children Jas and Vincent. The shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin dislike it as well. The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike it too, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

The Halibut disappears from the ocean in Fall and returns in Winter. Stock a Fish Pond with it before Summer ends, so the roe keeps coming through the gap.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Location	Season	Price
Albacore	Ocean	Fall; Winter	75g
Anchovy	Ocean	Spring; Fall	30g
Angler	Pelican Town	Fall	900g
Blobfish	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	500g
Blue Discus	Ginger Island	All	120g
Bream	River	All	45g
Bullhead	Mountain Lake	All	75g
Carp	Mountain Lake; Secret Woods; The Sewers; Mutant Bug Lair	Spring; Summer; Fall in The Mountain Lake; All in Secret Woods, The Sewers, or Mutant Bug Lair	30g
Catfish	River; Secret Woods; Witch's Swamp	Spring; Fall Secret Woods / Witch's Swamp:; Spring; Summer; Fall Only with Rain Totem: Winter	200g
Chub	Mountain Lake; Forest River	All	50g
Clam	-	All	50g
Cockle	-	All	50g
Crab	-	All	100g
Crayfish	-	All	75g
Crimsonfish	Ocean	Summer	1500g
Dorado	Forest River	Summer	100g
Eel	Ocean	Spring; Fall	85g
Flounder	Ocean; Ginger Island	Spring; Summer	100g
Ghostfish	Floors 20 and 60 of The Mines	All	45g
Glacierfish	Cindersap Forest	Winter	1000g
Glacierfish Jr.	Cindersap Forest	All	1000g
Goby	Cindersap Forest Waterfalls	All	150g
Halibut	Ocean	Spring; Summer; Winter	80g
Herring	Ocean	Spring; Winter	30g
Ice Pip	The Mines, Floor 60	All	500g
Largemouth Bass	Mountain Lake; Wilderness Farm	All	100g
Lava Eel	Floor 100 of The Mines; Volcano Caldera	All	700g
Legend	Mountain Lake	Spring	5000g
Legend II	Mountain Lake	All	5000g
Lingcod	River; Mountain Lake	Winter	120g
Lionfish	Ginger Island	All	100g
Lobster	-	All	120g
Midnight Carp	Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Ginger Island North & West (freshwater)	Fall; Winter	150g
Midnight Squid	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	100g
Ms. Angler	Pelican Town	All	900g
Mussel	-	All	30g
Mutant Carp	The Sewers	All	1000g
Octopus	The Beach; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market	Summer; Winter (during Night Market (15-17)); All (Ginger Island)	150g
Oyster	-	All	40g
Perch	River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond	Winter	55g
Periwinkle	-	All	20g
Pike	River; Forest Pond	Summer; Winter	100g
Pufferfish	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer	200g
Radioactive Carp	The Sewers	All	1000g
Rainbow Trout	River; Mountain Lake	Summer	65g
Red Mullet	Ocean	Summer; Winter	75g
Red Snapper	Ocean; Beach Farm	Summer; Fall; Winter with Rain Totem	50g
Salmon	River	Fall	75g
Sandfish	The Desert	All	75g
Sardine	Ocean	Spring; Fall; Winter	40g
Scorpion Carp	The Desert	All	150g
Sea Cucumber	Ocean; Submarine at Night Market	Fall; Winter	75g
Shad	River	Spring; Summer; Fall	60g
Shrimp	-	All	60g
Slimejack	Mutant Bug Lair	All	100g
Smallmouth Bass	Town River; Forest Pond	Spring; Fall	50g
Snail	-	All	65g
Son of Crimsonfish	Ocean	All	1500g
Spook Fish	Submarine at Night Market	Winter	220g
Squid	Ocean	Winter	80g
Stingray	Pirate Cove	All	180g
Stonefish	Floor 20 of The Mines	All	300g
Sturgeon	Mountain Lake	Summer; Winter	200g
Sunfish	River	Spring; Summer	30g
Super Cucumber	Ocean; Ginger Island; Submarine at Night Market	Summer; Fall; Winter during Night Market (15-17)	250g
Tiger Trout	River	Fall; Winter	150g
Tilapia	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer; Fall	75g
Tuna	Ocean; Ginger Island	Summer; Winter; Ginger Island (except Island North): All	100g
Void Salmon	Witch's Swamp	All	150g
Walleye	River; Mountain Lake; Forest Pond; Forest Farm Pond	Fall; Winter with Rain Totem	105g
Woodskip	Secret Woods; Forest Farm	All	75g