Fishing is one of life’s great pastimes, so it’s only logical that fishing has become so common in video games. It’s one of the most ubiquitous minigames there is, and Monster Hunter is no stranger to it. It’s a more involved process in Monster Hunter Wilds, with the real challenge coming in finding these fish in the first plaice.
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Kanya is your go-to girl for all your fishing needs. She is, well, rather obsessed with fish to a perhaps unhealthy degree. But she’s a great source of information, so you may as well catch a real whopper to impress her anyway. You’ll get some great bait too, and some delicious fish to cook up too.
How To Start The Catch Of A Lifetime Quest
This is the fourth fishing quest in Kanya’s surprisingly long line of angling endeavors. As always, she is by the pond in the Scarlet Forest Base Camp, and you need to have finished all of her previous quests, such as ‘Seeking The Goldenfish‘ and ‘Fishing For Flavour‘. Afterwards, this quest will unlock.
You will need to progress a good length through the story before this quest is available, so just keep playing until it appears. After accepting it, Kanya will give you two new pieces of bait to help you out – the Tuff Joint Bait, and the Duster Rig.
Best Areas To Find A Whopper
Unlike regular fish, which are typically spread out by region and interior or exterior, Big Fish are divided by specific bodies of water. That means certain Big Fish will only appear in specific streams and lakes, rather than spawning everywhere. Weather conditions have a big impact on them too, and the Plenty tends to be the easiest time to find them.
The Scarlet Forest has the most copious variety of fish, and the largest amount of Big Fish, so this is where we recommend going. Three of the most common fish you can find here are the following:
- Gastronome Tuna – These are most easily found during the Plenty in the large lake in Area 12 underneath the Wudwud Hideout.
- Great Trevally – These are usually found in streams, such as those by the corner in Area 13.
- Speartuna – These are the hardest fish of all to catch, though come with unique crafting materials.
The Gastronome Tuna is one of the most common of these fish and the one we would recommend you try to land due to the relative ease of catching it as well, though you can aim for the rarer Speartuna if you want more of a challenge.
Another great area to search for fish is Area 17, where the final encounter with Uth Duna occurs. Speartuna are much more common here, and the wide area means it is always filled with fish.
Be careful when fighting a Big Fish to not let them run into obstacles. This will dramatically increase the tension on the line, and the fish will escape.
An event that can occur in the Scarlet Forest specifically are Feeding Circles. These are random disturbances in the water where lots of fish and flying creatures congregate to feed, and Big Fish are teeming here. Just toss your line into the center and reel it in slowly every now and then and you’ll have fish chomping on the line endlessly.
Best Bait To Use For Big Fish
Big Fish, which Kanya also affectionately calls Whoppers, work differently from regular fish. After you hook them, they actually need to be battled by following their direction until they tire out. At this point, you can reel them in until they start fighting back again. Rinse and repeat until they’re landed.
Of course, actually hooking them in the first place is a challenge too, and that’s where your new bait comes in. We had the most luck finding big fish in the Scarlet Forest, and the Tuff Joint Bait works best there. Using this bait makes it less likely (though not impossible) for other fish to be attracted.
If fishing in the Scarlet Forest, try to do so during the Plenty. Big Fish are more common then, and the clear water makes it much easier to see them.
Big Fish are rarer to bite in general, so you’ll need a lot more patience with them. They tend to be attracted more when you slowly reel in the line rather than flicking it. If the fish you have your eye on swims too far away, just recast the line closer to them. Big Fish are rarer in general, so try to wait around for a few minutes and they might appear.
Once they bit, all you have to do is reel them in. Kanya will be satisfied with any Big Fish you bring her, as long as you had to fight to get them.
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