Fishing

Fishing is the major pastime of players in Fishington.io. It allows players to catch, release, and/or sell fish to obtain better equipment, get Fish Coins, and raise their levels.

Once entering the game for the first time, each player is Level 1. They already have a Wooden Rod used to catch fish and a Bucket XS used to store two fish before having to either release or sell them. Players that fish a lot obtain Fish Coins and experience for their Levels; both of these are necessary for purchasing better rods (those that can catch different fish and heavier fish) and baskets (those that can store more fish at a time). Players that level up through fishing and releasing fish will be able to unlock these rods and baskets in the Fishing Shop and purchase them.

Catching
Players should go immediately next to the lake either at the edge of the beach or at the side of the pier and should give other players enough space to fish on their own. The player must tap and hold over the water in the lake, not moving their mouse or finger, and then release their sinker when the orange throwing bar goes to the right as far as necessary: releasing the sinker too early will cause it to be cast closer to the player or will not cause the sinker to be cast at all.

Players will wait for between three and twenty seconds, roughly, until they get a bite. When this happens, there is a noticeable tugging animation on the rod and there is a flashing yellow-and-orange exclamation point above the player with the bite. They should click to pick up the bite, battling with the fish to take it out of the water. The sinker bob appears over a black-and-green bar with the smaller green bar moving left and right along it. Players shoulg tap and hold to make their sinker bob move right and release their finger or cursor to move the sinker bob left. They should move the sinker so that it overlaps with the green bar for as long as possible. If the player fails to catch the fish due to taking too long or because the progress bar above the catching bar moves too far to the left to be seen, they will have to cast their sinker again and wait for another fish.

Once the player keeps their sinker bob overlapping the small green bar for long enough for the progress bar above it to disappear after growing green, they have caught the fish.

Releasing
To release a fish, players should go immediately next to the lake either on the beach or the pier and press the "i" button or enter their inventory through clicking on its button in the overworld. Once in the inventory, click on the "Fish" tab and select the fish that should be released. Confirm the fish's release and watch the animation where the player's avatar drops a living fish back into the water. Sometimes an experience bar appears, showing an addition of several experience points due to releasing the fish.