Like a Dragon: Ishin fishing guide — fishing tips for catching all fish

Like a Dragon: Ishin is packed with all manner of minigames, collectables, and relaxing side activities. Fishing is one such minigame, and if you want to complete it fully, you’ll need to find out how to catch all fish.

Not a completionist? There’s still info of value here, as rare fish such as Bluefin tuna, rainbow trout, salmon and sea bream are needed for various cooking recipes or substories.

This guide will take you through each of the four fishing locations, how to identify each different fish, as well as some quick tips to help you grab the fish you’re looking for.

Like a Dragon: How to catch all fish

At each of the four fishing spots — river fishing in Fushimi, Mukurogai, as well as Fishing Banks and East Coast ocean fishing — you’ll be able to identify various fish by the shape of their shadows in the water and their size.

Fish shadows can either be shaped as a regular fish, a flat fish (triangular), a long fish, and a rectangular fish. While most fish can vary in size, certain fish can only be small, huge, etc. For example, a great white shark will always be massive, while whitebait will always be tiny.

In addition, certain fish can only be found around different areas of the fishing spot you’re in. More valuable fish can be found further back, which will require a better fishing rod to reach. You can unlock new fishing rods by spending virtue at shrines, at which point they can be swapped out while fishing.

River fishing (Fushimi, near Teradaya inn) / Uji River

Fish name	Location	Fish shape	Fish Speed	Bait?
Crawfish	Front	Small rectangular fish	slow	No
Crucian Carp	Front	Small triangular fish	normal	No
Carp	Middle	Big regular fish	Normal	Quality bait
Softshell Turtle	Front	Small rectangular fish	Slow	No
Electric catfish	Far back	Big regular fish	Normal	No
Rainbow Trout	Middle	Big regular fish	Fast	No
Salmon	Middle	Big regular Fish	Normal	Top-Grade bait
Nishikigoi	Middle	Big regular fish	Slow	No
Ghost Koi	Middle	Big regular fish	Normal	Quality bait

River Fishing (Mukurogai, near cannon coaching) / kamo river

Fish name	Location	Fish shape	Fish Speed	Bait?
Crucian Carp	Front	Triangular fish (tiny)	Normal	No
Crawfish	Front	Rectangular fish	Slow	No
Rainbow Trout	Middle	Regular fish	Fast	No
Freshwater Eel	Front / Middle	Long fish	Normal	No
Electric Catfish	Far	Regular fish	Normal	No
Sweetfish	Front	Regular fish (small)	Normal	No
Salmon	Middle	Regular fish	Normal	Top-Grade bait
Stringfish	Far	Regular fish (large)	Fast	No

Fishing Banks (Fushimi, talk to boatsman near Teradaya inn)

Fish name	Location	Fish shape	Fish Speed	Bait?
Tiger Prawn	Front	Rectangular fish (Large)	Slow	No
Goby	Front	Long fish	Normal	No
Thread-Sail Filefish	Front	Triangular fish	Normal	No
Scorpionfish	Middle	Rectangular fish	Fast	No
Whitebait	Middle	Regular fish	Fast	No
Common Octopus	Middle (near the rock)	Rectangular fish	Slow	No
Squid	Middle	Rectangular fish	Slow	No
Porcupinefish	Far	Rectangular fish	Slow	No
Japanese Puffer	Far	Rectangular fish	Slow	No
Sea Bream	Back	Triangular fish	Fast	Top-Grade bait

East Coast (Fushimi, talk to boatsman near Teradaya inn)

Fish name	Location	Fish shape	Fish Speed	Bait?
Whitebait	Front (swimming in circles)	Regular fish	Fast	No
Thread-Sail Filefish	Front	Triangular fish	Normal	No
Righteye Flounder	Front	Triangular fish (large)	Slow	No
Spider Crab	Front	Rectangular fish	Slow	Special bait
Conger Eel	Front	Long fish	Normal	No
Bluefin Tuna	Middle / Far	Giant regular fish	Normal	Top-Grade bait
Great White Shark	Far	Giant regular fish	Normal	Top-Grade bait
Marlin	All the way at the back	Giant regular fish	Fast	Top-Grade bait
Oarfish	Middle / far	Giant long fish	Normal	Special bait

Fishing tips

Use bait! Top-grade bait is relatively cheap, especially for end-game players. Applying that will shoo off many of the common fish and repopulate the fishing spot with rarer fish. If you’re looking to farm tuna, Ghost Koi, or any other fish that doesn’t pop up often, throw down some top-grade bait.

In addition, if you’re struggling to see the fish shadows in the water, head back to your bed and switch the time of day to night time. This way, all the fish locations are clear to see, making it easier to snatch the fish you want to catch.

Certain fish also travel quickly! For these, you’ll want to throw your lure ahead of them so they swim close and take a bite. All fish follow a set path, so if you’re struggling to catch a certain fish, wait to see where it travels first, then sit and wait until they come back before throwing the lure.

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That wraps up our guide on fishing in Like a Dragon: Ishin! For more guides, check out our pieces on all the legendary trooper cards and how to get them, as well as how to make money fast.