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Contents

  • Essentials
    • What's New
      • What's New
      • A World Without Limits
    • Creating A Sim
      • A New You
      • Personality
      • Family and Aging
      • Making Catherine Browne
    • Creating a House
      • Creating a House
      • Building Basics
      • Buying a Lot
      • Build Mode
      • Furnished Lots and Pre-Set Lives
      • Households
      • Cheat Sheet
    • A Day in the Life
      • The Essentials
      • Wishes
      • Skills
      • Careers
      • Mood Maintenance
      • Relationships and Socializing
      • Meet the Brownes
      • Getting Settled
      • Making the Most
      • Keep On Keepin’ On
    • Traits
      • Traits
    • Moods
      • Mood
      • Moodlets
      • Positive Moodlets
      • Neutral Moodlets
      • Negative Moodlets
    • Wishes
      • Wishes
      • Lifetime Wishes
      • Wishes List
      • Lifetime Happiness Points
    • Skills
      • Skills
      • Athletic
      • Charisma
      • Cooking
      • Fishing
      • Gardening
      • Guitar
      • Handiness
      • Logic
      • Painting
      • Writing
    • Careers
      • Careers
      • Business
      • Criminal
      • Culinary
      • Journalism
      • Law Enforcement
      • Medical
      • Military
      • Music
      • Politics
      • Professional Sports
      • Science
      • Part-time Work
      • School
    • Opportunities
      • Opportunities
      • Skills Opportunities
      • Careers Opportunities
    • Relationships and Aging
      • Relationships
      • Friendships (and Enemies)
      • Romance
      • Socializing
      • Family and Aging
      • Having a Family
      • Death
      • Service Sims
    • Tour of Sunset Valley
      • City Life
      • Places of Employment
      • Shopping and Commerce
      • Community Spots
      • Fishing Spots
      • Places to Go Collecting
    • Design Corner
      • Truly Custom Content
      • Winsome Farmhouse
      • Le Grand Palace
      • FoxGlen Manor
      • The Cherry Tree Houses
      • Richmond Manor
    • Object Catalog
      • Object Catalog
      • Living Room
      • Kitchen
      • Dining Room
      • Bedroom
      • Bathroom
      • Study
      • Kids’ Room
      • Multi-Room Objects
      • Outdoors and Landscaping
      • Object Interactions
    • Community
      • Sharing with the World

The Sims 3 Guide › Essentials › Tour of Sunset Valley

Fishing Spots

Fishing is a great way to relax, plus you can earn some money on the side. Reeling in a big catch and selling it to the supermarket is a fun way to line your pockets with Simoleons.

Several fishing spots in Sunset Valley are loaded with fish. The pond in Central Park has already been noted. Here are the other fishing spots in Sunset Valley, which are located far and wide.

Click here for interactive maps

Recurve Strand

Sunnyside Strand

Crystal Springs

Summer Hill Springs

Stoney Falls

Pinochle Pond

Now, are all fishing spots equal? No. But a lot also depends on what kind of bait you use and the degree of your Fishing skill. For a full explanation of how to catch fish, please refer to the Fishing skill section in the Simology chapter. However, here is where to look for specific fish and what kind of bait is best for catching them:

Tip

The Robot Fish can only be caught at the pond at the Landgraab Industries Science Facility. The Vampire Fish can only be caught at the pond in the graveyard.

The best time to go fishing is between 4AM and 6AM. This is when the best and biggest fish are biting!

On rare occasions, you will reel in something other than a fish from the waters of Sunset Valley. Litterbugs in Sunset Valley have discarded belongings in the lakes and ponds, but at least their refuse is another Sim’s treasure. When you do manage to reel in a crate, there is a good chance it will contain a valuable item, such as Bubble Bath or Death Flower. If you’re really lucky, the crate will have a magic gnome inside of it!

Boxes

Crate Item Chance of Finding
Laptop 3%
Rubber Ducky 20%
Guitar 10%
Bubble Bath 16%
MoodLite Candle 16%
Birthday Cake 16%
Flame Fruit 3%
Death Flower 3%
Money Tree Seed 5%
Mysterious Mr. Gnome 6%

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