Start time between 10a.m.-2:30p.m. on July 30th. Mash through text by mashing A and B consecutively. Name yourself and town '!' to save time Make sure you pick the eyes you like with Rover's questions (important for self-esteem) If you get a Flame Shirt to start off with, your RNG is proven to increase Hope for Nook's in acre A-2 or A-4. Check Town Map, hope for easy to access villagers. Practice memorizing map quickly Talk to everyone before enterting Nook's + mayor. Do chores. You only have to request a villager chore and deny it for Nook to accept it. After chores, check diary in house, time travel to town day. Get Station Model from Tortimer, sell it to Nook's. Time Travel backwards, staying in July, between 5p.m. and 7:30p.m. Check Nook's hope for fishing rod first try, if not, time travel backwards until it appears ****** July ****** Immediately go to lake, start looking for Giant Catfish shadow. Catch the following fish and their corresponding sizes. Once all the sizes are caught, scare away fish of that size Tiny - None Small - Sweetfish Medium - Eel, Arowana Large - Catfish, Sea Bass Very Large - Giant Catfish Huge - Arapaima Bonus fish: Tiny - Goldfish, Killifish (you can get both later, still catch them now if you see them) Small - Angelfish (teh urn) Medium - Brook Trout (lake only, try to get it now) Large - Koi, Large Bass, Barred Knifejaw (catch them now if you feel lucky) Very Large - Coelacanth (only if it's raining) Ideally Barred Knifejaw will be caught now, but not required, you can catch it in May After all the non bonus fish mentioned are caught, you can move on. Many fish can be caught in multiple seasons. Only Eel, Arowana, and Giant Catfish are necessary really. ****** June ****** Time: 9a.m. - 2:30p.m. between June 1st and June 25th, not a Sunday Tiny - Guppy, Popeyed Goldfish, Frog Small - Pale Chub, Bluegill, Piranha, Crawfish Medium - None Large - None Very Large - Giant Snakehead All of those fish should be caught in this and only in this season. It is incredibly rare, but possible to not have a pond in your town. If this is the case, you cannot even get all the fish. Reset. :/ Bonus fish are the same as above, minus the Angelfish and Ocean Fish. ****** May ****** Time: 5p.m. - 7:30p.m. May 1st - May 26th Tiny - Loach Small - Cherry Salmon, Angelfish Medium - Rainbow Trout Large - Large Char, Barred Knifejaw, Sea Bass Very Large - None By the end of May, you need all these fish. If it's raining, get Coelacanth ****** August + September ****** Time: 11:59p.m. August 31st Plan: Set time exactly now, go straight to ocean, find medium sized fish and catch it. Once it's midnight, search Lighthouse river portion for Salmon. By the end of this season you need every fish besides Winter Fish, Koi, Brook Trout, Large Bass The fish that haven't been mentioned in the route are all common fish. Hopefully all other common fish have been caught by now. If not, you had really good luck! Tiny - Goldfish (if you need it) Small - None Medium - Jellyfish Large - Salmon, Red Snapper Very Large - Coelacanth (if you need it) Huge - Arapaima (if you need it) If it hasn't rained yet, you will need to keep time traveling for a rainy day Best time for this is late June evening. ****** Winter ****** Time: 4p.m. - 9a.m. December 1st - February 23rd Tiny - Pond Smelt, Bitterling Small - None Medium - Brook Trout (if you need it) Large - Koi (if you need it) Very Large - Stringfish Keep hunting for that Stringfish, then just empty one spot in your inventory. Save and quit, reload, and Tortimer will give you the rod Hit final split when Golden Rod enters your character's hands. New Rod! NOTES: Always never time travel backwards, if you have more than 30 weeds in your town, fish will appear only half the time. Scare away fish not the size you want. Enter and reenter river acres quickly Fish will despawn if you leave 3/4 of an acre away from the acre the fish is in. Keep going for fish even if it seems like it's been forever Hard Reset RNG occasionally by entering a building and leaving. Tell the game it's being bad right now and it will make you feel better. Pray to RNGesus.