Enshrouded Fishing Guide

The three baits that catch each fish most often, calculated from the spawn table weights times each bait's boost.

Bait catch chances

Fish	Best bait	2nd	3rd
Shimmerfin	Fire Fly 47%	Simple Fishing Bait 33%	Common Fishing Bait 33%
Silverback	Grasshopper 37%	Common Fishing Bait 33%	Scarab 12%
Lakehopper	Simple Fishing Bait 67%	Fire Fly 47%	Common Fishing Bait 33%
Stripetail	Uncommon Fishing Bait 33%	Moth 32%	Grasshopper 8%
Whiskerfin	Uncommon Fishing Bait 33%	Grasshopper 32%	Scarab 12%
Sunscale	Uncommon Fishing Bait 33%	Moth 32%	Grasshopper 8%
Shadowtail	Pillbug 34%	Rare Fishing Bait 25%	Frog 10%
Crimsonback	Pillbug 34%	Rare Fishing Bait 25%	Frog 10%
Emberfin	Scarab 31%	Rare Fishing Bait 25%	Pillbug 8%
Waveleaper	Scarab 31%	Rare Fishing Bait 25%	Pillbug 8%
Yellowfin	Epic Fishing Bait I 33%	Frog 24%	Maggots 8%
Cinderscale	Epic Fishing Bait II 50%	Maggots 33%	—
Shockfin	Epic Fishing Bait I 33%	Frog 24%	Maggots 8%
Thornridge	Epic Fishing Bait I 33%	Frog 24%	Maggots 8%
Specklefin	Epic Fishing Bait II 50%	Maggots 33%	—

What each bait catches

What each bait catches

Bait	Rarity	Catches (chance per fish)
Common Fishing Bait	Common	Shimmerfin 33%, Silverback 33%, Lakehopper 33%
Fire Fly	Common	Shimmerfin 47%, Lakehopper 47%, Stripetail 3%, Sunscale 3%
Frog	Common	Yellowfin 24%, Shockfin 24%, Thornridge 24%, Shadowtail 10%, Crimsonback 10%, Emberfin 4%, Waveleaper 4%
Grasshopper	Common	Silverback 37%, Whiskerfin 32%, Stripetail 8%, Sunscale 8%, Shimmerfin 5%, Lakehopper 5%, Emberfin 2%, Waveleaper 2%
Maggots	Common	Cinderscale 33%, Specklefin 33%, Yellowfin 8%, Shockfin 8%, Thornridge 8%, Shadowtail 5%, Crimsonback 5%
Moth	Common	Stripetail 32%, Sunscale 32%, Shimmerfin 13%, Lakehopper 13%, Silverback 5%, Whiskerfin 3%
Pillbug	Common	Shadowtail 34%, Crimsonback 34%, Emberfin 8%, Waveleaper 8%, Whiskerfin 5%, Silverback 4%, Yellowfin 2%, Shockfin 2%, Thornridge 2%
Scarab	Common	Emberfin 31%, Waveleaper 31%, Silverback 12%, Whiskerfin 12%, Stripetail 5%, Sunscale 5%, Shadowtail 3%, Crimsonback 3%
Simple Fishing Bait	Common	Lakehopper 67%, Shimmerfin 33%
Uncommon Fishing Bait	Uncommon	Stripetail 33%, Whiskerfin 33%, Sunscale 33%
Rare Fishing Bait	Rare	Shadowtail 25%, Crimsonback 25%, Emberfin 25%, Waveleaper 25%
Epic Fishing Bait I	Epic	Yellowfin 33%, Shockfin 33%, Thornridge 33%
Epic Fishing Bait II	Epic	Cinderscale 50%, Specklefin 50%

A bait multiplies some fish and rules others out; every percentage is per fish caught (wet boots and loot catches aside).

Strength and endurance from the item stats, plus how each rod changes the wet-boot and loot-catch chances.

Fishing rods

Rod	Rarity	Strength	Endurance	Wet boot	Loot catch
Simple Fishing Rod	Common	1	30	×2	×1
Cursed Fishing Rod	Uncommon	2	40	×5	×4
Improved Fishing Rod	Rare	2	45	×1.5	×2
Lucky Fishing Rod	Epic	3	50	×0.5	×4
Excellent Fishing Rod	Epic	3	55	×1	×2.5

Loot catch: instead of a fish you reel in an item from the bait's loot table. ×2 doubles that chance.

You can fish in any water. A few placed spots change the odds of a wet boot or a loot catch.

• Treasure spots
• Fish & junk spots

X 5,389 · Z 3,131

Where to fish

Water	Spots	Wet boot	Loot catch
Any water	everywhere else	4%	4%
Junk spot	1	30%	8%
Sunken-treasure spot	2	10%	12%
Treasure & junk spot	9	8%	8%
Rich fishing spot	10	1%	1%
Treasure fishing spot	16	1%	4%

Wet boot and loot catch are the chances per cast before the rod's multiplier.

The fish themselves are the same in every water: only bait changes which fish bite.