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Catfish — How to Fish

Desert Island · Fish

Catfish: location, bait and collection notes

Catfish uses the Desert Standard Lure setup and has a 46-coin recorded base. Its matching value with Clownfish does not make them the same collection entry.

Island reference
Desert Island
Tool
Fishing Rod
Bait or encounter
Standard Lure
Recorded raw base
46 coins
Entry type
Fish · not a boss

Entity facts retain the guide’s Patch 1.0.10 snapshot (2026-08-28); the newly written notes are not a current-build playtest. Fixed values are raw bases, not guaranteed sale offers. Patch 1.1.3 adds bait display after a first kill in Fishipedia; use your current game to check a returning catch.

Keep working through the Standard pool

Catfish is an ordinary Desert Island fish with a Fishing Rod and Standard Lure pairing. It does not need the Standard Boss Lure used for the dedicated Blue Shark encounter.

Clownfish is another ordinary result in the same lure tier. If you need both names, check each entry individually as you work through the pool.

Interpret the forty-six-coin base

Catfish and Clownfish each have a recorded base of 46 coins. Yellow Boxfish is 7 coins higher and Bluegill 16 higher, before modifiers.

This table does not establish that a smaller base means a shorter fight or more frequent catch. Choose a collection route from the bait pairing, and calculate a sale from the creature you actually landed.

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