Ways/Places to fish on the Island

Once the trap is actually full, which option do you choose to collect the fish/treasures? I know it's not "Release the fish" but I've tried all of the others, and nothing ever shows up in my inventory. (I.e., I select "Check the Trap" and get a notification that it's full, and then there are about four options when I click the trap, but I've tried all of them, and so far, none has worked for me.) I've looked on Carl's Guide, and elsewhere, and no one seems to actually show/discuss which option you are supposed to choose.

I also still don't understand what's up with fishing on the canoe. I've tried sitting on it and lounging on it, and when it even shows up, the fish option is always greyed out, supposedly because the boat is moving, even though it's not.

I have not been able to locate any information. Is there any way to cook and eat the fish you catch?

"ZzMANzZ;c-17150435" wrote:
I have not been able to locate any information. Is there any way to cook and eat the fish you catch?

Once you've caught it, it is in your inventory. You can then either place it in the fridge (choose "open" and then drag the items from your inventory that show underneath the fridge's contents into it), or simply have the Sim choose a dish from the options that contains fish. There are specific dishes that require specific fish, others require just any fish.

@Amapola76 - for the fish trap choose "empty" and you should see a list of what was in the trap in the notes (upper right corner) and the items appear in the inventory of the person who emptied the trap.

Sorry you are still having problems fishing from the canoe. Just clicking on the canoe should give you the fish option. Has your Sim ever fished before? Perhaps the Sim must do that at a regular fishing spot first...I'm at a loss for ideas why it does not work for you.

@ZzMANzZ to add onto what @Rhiannon1307 answered, I’ve noticed when using the campfire to roast fish, it will pull a fish from either the sim’s inventory or the fridge. You can’t control which fish it pulls, even if your sim has a fish in their inventory at the time, I’ve had it get pulled from the fridge instead. Maybe it has to do with the quality or freshness, I don’t know.

@Karababy52 : Can you place the fishing sign under water? It seems like it should fix the visual. I'll have to try this.

"simstr0ng;c-17151637" wrote:
@Amapola76 - for the fish trap choose "empty" and you should see a list of what was in the trap in the notes (upper right corner) and the items appear in the inventory of the person who emptied the trap.

Sorry you are still having problems fishing from the canoe. Just clicking on the canoe should give you the fish option. Has your Sim ever fished before? Perhaps the Sim must do that at a regular fishing spot first...I'm at a loss for ideas why it does not work for you.

Thank you, this is exactly the information I was looking for!

It appears that fishing may just be buggy for me then, as it looks like I've been following the right steps for both the trap and the canoe, with no luck. I've tried choosing empty, even after "Check the trap" elicits a message that the trap is full, and still nothing has appeared for me. With both the canoe and the trap, I've tried with multiple sims, including those who already had fishing skill up to level 7. But at least now I know how it's supposed to work; hopefully it will be resolved when we eventually get a patch.

@Amapola76 Best of luck getting a fix.

I put a fishing sign in all the beaches. they work nice. I also think that you have to put the trap in deeper water, not near shore, I have not tried the boat fishing as yet. that is my next thing.

"Evalen;c-17154308" wrote:
I put a fishing sign in all the beaches. they work nice. I also think that you have to put the trap in deeper water, not near shore, I have not tried the boat fishing as yet. that is my next thing.

The fish trap works well at waist deep water.