🎣 Real Fishing

Fishing the way it really is — for Minecraft. This mod turns "click, wait, click" into real angling: picking tackle and bait, finding the right spot and time, tense fights with an adjustable drag, trophies, a fisher's journal and a whole fish cuisine.

Fabric · Minecraft 26.3 · requires Fabric API · install on both client and server

⚔️ A real fight on the line

Set the hook and the battle begins. Fish no longer fly onto the shore by themselves.

• Line tension. Hold right-click to reel in, release to give slack. Pull too hard and the line snaps.
• Strike in the frame. Bring the tension into the frame and left-click. Every precise strike pulls the fish closer.
• Drag on the mouse wheel (with a drag reel). A loose drag saves the line but lets the fish run. A tight drag is fast, but a strong fish will break the line.
• Every species has a temper. Pike jump and dash, carp make long powerful runs, tench and catfish sulk on the bottom, eels wriggle, perch shake their heads.
• Fish get tired. An exhausted fish barely fights, but its last run can still surprise you.
• Real dangers. Fish dive deep and can sulk on the bottom until you jerk them free. A line held in the red zone wears out.
• You see everything. The rod bends, the bobber hides and the line follows the fish, even when it leaps out of the water.

🐟 17 new species

Crucian carp, carp, grass carp, tench, bream, roach, ruffe, perch, zander, pike, trout, burbot, eel, channel catfish, wels catfish, crayfish and shrimp.

• Each has its own 3D model, behaviour, favourite places and tastes.
• Fish live in the world: rivers, swamps, taiga and mountain streams. You can scoop them up with a bucket.
• Four sizes: small, medium, large and the very rare trophy. Bigger fish fight harder.
• Day, night and weather. Bream, eel and burbot come out only at night. Rain and thunderstorms mean more bites.
• Sea and fresh water. Only sea fish bite in the ocean.
• The wels catfish is a true giant: it sulks on the bottom, snaps weak tackle and demands serious preparation.

🎣 Tackle

• Fishing rod: a classic float rod. Without a reel it can only land small fish.
• Spinning rod: the longer the wind-up, the farther the cast. Fishes with an iron spoon lure, no bait needed.
• Bottom rod: a heavy feeder lies on the bottom and waits. Load it with groundbait to attract big fish. Patience is everything here.
• Reels: spinning and bottom rods can't be cast without one. A plain reel holds fish up to medium size. A drag reel lets you land anything.
• A chicken feather on a spinning or bottom rod casts up to 40 blocks, but it wears out.
• The fishing bell hangs on the rod and rings when a fish bites.
• Rod holder: the rod fishes on its own. Grab it in time when it bends.
• Keepnet: a mesh basket for your catch that sits right in the water.
• Tackle box: for bait, lures and rods. It keeps its contents when broken.

Weak tackle won't hold a strong fish: the line breaks, not the rod.

🪱 Bait

Worm, bread bait, potato chunk, sugar cane, firefly, frog bait, live bait (a small fish), shrimp and groundbait.

Every fish has its own taste, and the mod won't tell you outright who bites on what. Solve the hints in the journal and experiment. A bare hook only attracts small fry.

📖 Fisher's Journal

Buy it from a fisherman villager or find it in chests.

• Every species you've caught, how many, your personal records and trophies.
• Mysterious hints about each fish: where to look and what to offer.
• A section on tackle, recipes and blocks.

After the fight, the catch screen opens: admire your fish, then release it or keep it.

🍲 Fish cuisine

• Kettle over a lit campfire: water, two fish, a potato and a carrot make fish soup for three bowls. You can carry the kettle with its contents.
• Fish drying rack: up to four fish, open sky and dry weather give you dried fish.
• Fish fillets are cut with a sword in a crafting grid; bigger fish give more.
• Smoked fish helps you see in the dark, and fish pie gives you strength.
• Every species has a cooked version: furnace, smoker or campfire.

🏆 Advancements

Nine advancements, from your first bite to "Fish Expert" for catching every species in the journal.

⚙️ Compatibility and config

• Fish from other mods are detected automatically by tags and fight on the hook too.
• In config/real_fishing.json you can set the strength of any fish by its item ID

Found a bug or have an idea? Leave a comment. Tight lines! 🎣