One of the more relaxing ways to gain Perk Points and improve your character is fishing, so grab your rod and hit up the nearby streams, lakes, and ponds. There is a great variety of fish in Hope County, and catching a certain amount of each type of fish completes challenges, which grants you Perk Points to spend.
To get started fishing, talk to Skylar at the border of Whitetail Mountains at Dylan’s Master Bait Shop. Once you help her with her Tools of the Trade mission, she gives you a fishing rod, takes you to a nearby fishing hole, and teaches you the basics of fishing.
Use the Utility Wheel to select a fly and then cast your line into a suitable fishing hole. Occasionally reel in your line to make the fly more attractive to the fish. Once you hook a fish, begin reeling it in. To tire out fish, you need to rotate between moving your line in the opposite direction it is trying to swim, reeling it in, and giving it some slack when the tension line turns red. If you keep reeling when the tension line is red, your line will snap and you’ll have to cast again. Once you get the fish close enough to shore, finish reeling it in to bag your catch before it regains its strength and swims away.
Moving near bodies of water, or fishing there, reveals what types of fish can be caught in that location.
You can also discover specific fish locations by finding fishing magazines throughout the world, which reveals the locations on your map. This is important for quickly completing challenges or missions requiring you to catch specific types of fish.