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Red Snapper

Red Snapper
Red Snapper
Type Fish
Location Ocean; Beach Farm
Time 6am to 7pm
Season Summer; Fall; Winter with Rain Totem
Weather Rain
Difficulty 40
Behaviour Mixed
Size 8 to 26
Sell Price 50g
Energy 25
Health 11

The Red Snapper is a rainy-day ocean fish. It bites at The Beach and on the Beach Farm in Summer and Fall, but only while it is raining. It is cheap to sell and easy to land, so its value lies almost entirely in the Community Center. It is one of the four choices for the Ocean Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank, which rewards five Warp Totems: Beach. Because it needs rain, it is easy to overlook, so the first wet Summer or Fall day is the time to catch one.

The in-game description reads: A popular fish with a nice red color.


Catching

The Red Snapper lives in the ocean south of Pelican Town. It bites from 6am to 7pm, and only on rainy days. In Summer and Fall, any wet day will do. In Winter, using a Rain Totem the day before can bring rain, and with it the Red Snapper.

Magic Bait is a simpler answer: it removes the weather, time and season limits, so the Red Snapper can be hooked on a sunny day.

On the line, the Red Snapper has mixed behaviour and a low difficulty. A beginner's rod handles it well, and it makes a good early catch for new anglers.

The Red Snapper can also be found without fishing. Garbage Cans in town sometimes hold one in Summer, Fall or Winter. The Traveling Cart may sell one, though always for far more than it is worth.

Prices

The Red Snapper is one of the cheaper ocean fish. At iridium quality the price doubles, and Fisher adds a quarter while Angler adds half. An iridium Red Snapper sold by an Angler fetches 150g.

A normal Red Snapper is worth less than a plate of Sashimi, so slicing spare fish into Sashimi earns a little more. A Fish Smoker doubles the price while keeping the quality, which suits gold and iridium fish when Coal is to spare.

In a Fish Pond, the Red Snapper produces Red Snapper Roe, worth 55g each. A Preserves Jar turns it into Aged Roe worth twice as much. A new Red Snapper pond fits three fish, and completing three requests lets it hold ten. 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 50g 62g 75g
Silver qualitySilver 62g 77g 93g
Gold qualityGold 75g 93g 112g
Iridium qualityIridium 100g 125g 150g

Uses

The Ocean Fish Bundle in the Fish Tank accepts a Sardine, a Tuna, a Red Snapper and a Tilapia. Completing it rewards five Warp Totems: Beach. Of the four, the Red Snapper is the only one tied to rain.

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

At the Sewing Machine, a Red Snapper in the spool with Cloth makes the dyeable Sailor Shirt. In the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house, it serves as a red dye.

A Bait Maker turns one Red Snapper into a stack of Red Snapper Bait.

The Community Center asks for Red Snapper in these bundles.

Bundle Room Amount
Ocean Fish Bundle Fish Tank 1

Gifts

The Red Snapper is a poor gift for nearly everyone. Among those who feel neutral about Red Snapper are Willy and Leo. The same goes for the marriage candidates Elliott and Sebastian, and for Demetrius, Linus and Pam.

The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard count Red Snapper as a disliked gift. The bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane dislike it too, and so do the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie and Robin. Caroline, George, Jodi, Kent and Lewis dislike it as well, as do Jas and Vincent.

Evelyn, Haley and Pierre hate it.

Watch the weather forecast through Summer. On the first rainy day, head to the docks and catch at least one Red Snapper for the bundle before the rain stops.

All Fish

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

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