Like a Dragon: Ishin! Fishing Guide

The staple fishing minigame returns in Like a Dragon: Ishin! If you played Yakuza 0 then this will be very familiar, as it is effectively the same as in that game. You’re required to catch one of every type of fish for Taskmaster , along with an extra bunch of Tuna, one of them being “big”, and a total of 100 fish for Diligence Record completion. The fish can then be used in cooking and for completing orders in Another Life.

Getting Started with Fishing

Before doing anything fishing, you should purchase all of the fishing rod upgrades from the Virtue Exchange, which are under the fishing heading. These just give you the better rods, and after purchasing the first 4 your can then purchase Peerless Pole Expertise, which is the best rod for both Sea and River fishing and is seemingly required to catch certain fish, so you might as well just use it the entire time and make your life easier. It costs a total of 7800 Virtue for all of the Rod upgrades, not very much in the long run. The descriptions of fish locations will assume that you’re using the Peerless Pole at all times and won’t specifically call out minimum rod requirements for each fish.

Bait is also useful. In general what it does is causes the fish to appear in the water, instead of being hidden. For example, Tuna won’t have a silhouette appear unless you use bait, but can still be caught without it in a specific spot. You can purchase Quality Bait (the second level, more than good enough) at Ichikura General Goods in Fushimi.

Fish silhouettes can appear in 4 different types, with some variation in size depending on how big the fish actually is. They are referred to as follows in the guide:

Normal:

Triangle:

Long:

Blob:

The catching mechanic itself is very simplistic. When a silhouette goes red like in the above images it means a fish it looking at the hook, then you have to wait for it to bite. Watch the bobber in the water, and when the red part goes below the water line the controller will rumble and you press to catch the fish. Sometimes the visual line is hard to see, so it’s easier to just judge from the controller rumble.

Fish List:

Below is the list of all fish in the order they are in the completion list with the location they can be found for easy comparison. For more specific info you can check below the list for info by fishing spot.

Crucian Carp – Uji River, Kamo River
Carp – Uji River
Nishikigoi – Uji River
Ghost Koi – Uji River
Electric Catfish – Uji River
Salmon – Uji River, Kamo River
Stringfish – Kamo River
Rainbow Trout – Uji River
Softshell Turtle – Uji River
Freshwater Eel – Kamo River
Sweetfish – Kamo River
Crawfish – Uji River, Kamo River
Marlin – East Coast
Bluefin Tuna – Bluefin Tuna
Squid – Fishing Banks
Righteye Flounder – East Coast
Sea Bream – Fishing Banks
Scorpionfish – Fishing Banks
Thread-Sail Filefish – Fishing Banks, East Coast
Tiger Prawn – Fishing Banks
Conger Eel – East Coast
Goby – Fishing Banks
Great White Shark – East Coast
Oarfish – East Coast
Spider Crab – East Coast
Common Octopus – Fishing Banks
Porcupinefish – Fishing Banks
Japanese Puffer – Fishing Banks
Whitebait – Fishing Banks, East Coast

Uji River (Fushimi):

Crucian Carp: small or medium Triangle, bottom half of the screen

Carp: medium Normal, bottom half of the screen

Nishikigoi: medium Normal, close left side of screen

Ghost Koi: medium Normal, doesn’t appear without bait but you can potentially catch it while trying to catch other fish around the middle of the screen.

Electric Catfish: medium Normal, around the middle of the screen

Salmon: medium Normal, one of the fish that can be spotted swimming quickly across the middle area of the screen, easier to spot with Bait active.

Rainbow Trout: medium Normal, another that can be spotted swimming across the middle of the screen.

Softshell Turtle: very small Blob, very close to the bottom of the screen.

Crawfish: very small Blob, very close to the bottom of the screen

Fishing Banks (Sea Fishing):

Both Sea Fishing Spots are accessed by speaking with the fisherman on the dock south of Teradaya.

Squid: large Blob, visible stationary around the rock in the center of the screen

Sea Bream: medium Triangle, swimming back and forth along the top half of the screen

Scorpionfish: large Blob, one of the moving ones in the lower half of the screen

Thread-Sail Filefish: medium Triangle, bottom half of the screen

Tiger Prawn: large Blob, lower half of the screen

Goby: Long, close to the rocks at the bottom of the screen

Common Octopus: large Blob, easily caught by just casting right near the rock in the middle of the screen, even with no silhouette visible

Porcupine Fish: large Blob, top half of the screen. Can be hard to find, but can be caught eventually if you try just tossing your hook near the top edge of the area

Japanese Puffer: large Blob, bottom half of the screen close to the rocks, easier to find with bait

Whitebait: medium Normal, swimming around the bottom half of the screen. The actual visual in the water is the same size as things like the Carp, but when caught is actually tiny

East Coast (Sea Fishing):

Marlin: huge Normal, swims back and forth right near the very edge of the area (red line at the top)

Bluefin Tuna: huge Normal, swimming back and forth along the top half of the screen, much easier with bait. Note that you need to catch a total of 10 of these, along with a “big” one for Diligence Record completion. A “big” tuna is one that is above an arbitrary size when it is gold rank. While trying to catch one, catch a tuna and if it isn’t gold rank then leave and come back to the fishing area. With the Tuna when you catch one the rank it is will be the same rank of all the ones you catch in that fishing session, so you need to catch a gold one, then keep catching them in that session until you get a “big” one.

Righteye Flounder: medium Triangle, around the center of the screen

Thread-Sail Filefish: medium Triangle, swimming quickly around the bottom half of the screen

Conger Eel: Long, stationery on the bottom half of the screen

Great White Shark: huge Normal, swimming back and forth the entire center of the screen

Oarfish: huge Long, stationary near the top of the area. Recommend using bait for this one as it can’t be seen without and just sits in one spot

Spider Crab: large Blob, stationary on the bottom half of the screen. Can be annoying to catch around the other fish swimming around

Whitebait: medium Normal, swimming around the bottom half of the screen. The actual visual in the water is the same size as things like the Carp, but when caught is actually tiny

Kamo River (Mukurogai):

Crucian Carp: small or medium Triangle, bottom half of the screen

Electric Catfish: medium Normal, around the middle of the screen

Stringfish: large Normal, swimming back and forth along the top edge of the area. Can be very hard to spot without bait

Salmon: medium Normal, swimming back and forth in the top half of the screen

Rainbow Trout: medium Normal, swimming back and forth along the bottom of the screen

Freshwater Eel: Long, stationery in the middle of the screen

Sweetfish: medium Normal, around the middle of the screen

Crawfish: very small Blob, bottom half of the screen

That’s all the fish and how to catch them in Like A Dragon: Ishin!

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