I have built multiple ponds and stocked them with fish, but my go fishing option is still grayed out and the notice says "sims can only fish here once this pond has been stocked with fish. Place a fishing allowed sign and use it to add fish." I have already done that. And I have adjusted the pond depth to make it really deep for fish. Still nothing. Is this a bug? If so I really hope it's being fixed because my pond is solely decorative right now and it's very annoying.

Did you add the little fishing sign?Never mind, reread your post, sorry.

So did you click the sign or the pond? I found that you have to click on the water not the sign to fish. Also if there are too many decorations like ducks & bugs (especially if the MOO cheat is used), that can also prevent fishing.

Ive found that I had to move my fishing sign around in some ponds to enable fishing. For some reason the placement was affecting it.

I am also having the same issue. Haven’t found a solution yet. Hope they fix it soon. :(

And where are we to find this little fishing sign? I've yet to come across it in build/buy mode. Please, and thank you, in advance.

Can't fish in new ponds. Is this a bug?

20 Replies

LaBlue0314
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
~~Did you add the little fishing sign?~~
Never mind, reread your post, sorry.
Kita5399
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
So did you click the sign or the pond? I found that you have to click on the water not the sign to fish. Also if there are too many decorations like ducks & bugs (especially if the MOO cheat is used), that can also prevent fishing.
Rapunzelblonde
4 years ago
Yes I click on the water. I also removed almost all of my decorations and nothing changed.
Kita5399
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Rapunzelblonde;c-17947098" wrote:
Yes I click on the water. I also removed almost all of my decorations and nothing changed.

If you have tried everything (and tested without mods if using them), then you can add a bug report at this link for help. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs/page/6
dogzdinner
4 years ago
Ive found that I had to move my fishing sign around in some ponds to enable fishing. For some reason the placement was affecting it.
Rapunzelblonde
4 years ago
Do you place it in the water or on the land? I have moved mine around thinking that was the problem but I could keep trying. Lol
dogzdinner
4 years ago
I place it in the pond.
tmburk23
4 years ago
I am also having the same issue. Haven’t found a solution yet. Hope they fix it soon. :(
GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
And where are we to find this little fishing sign? I've yet to come across it in build/buy mode. Please, and thank you, in advance.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Had built a pond on one sims farm to test it out. Fairly small one. Sign was in the middle not too far away from the land. Sim knew two fishes and stocked then I clicked on the water and it seemed to work pretty all right.