JayBird's My Fishing Guide

Find the fish. Know the bait. Fish your way.

My Fishing Guide brings a helpful Spirit Fishing Guide to Valheim. Find nearby fish, learn which bait to use, and get fishing advice in a movable interface. It provides information and atmosphere without automatically catching fish.

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Features

• Nearby fish scout: Displays fish species detected nearby, with distance and bait information where available.
• Bait guidance: Helps identify suitable bait and warns when your equipped bait may not match the nearest fish.
• Spirit Fishing Guide: Offers situational fishing advice and catch messages.
• Boat scout: Configurable wider fish scanning while sailing, limited to creatures loaded by the game.
• Ocean awareness: Optional warnings about dangerous Sea Serpents and hostile RtDOcean creatures that can threaten you and sink your boat (RtDOcean integration is optional).
• Fishing audio: Optional bite (nibble), hook, and struggle cues where supported, plus a Viking-style catch celebration. No continuous reel-in audio is advertised.
• Movable interface: With a fishing rod equipped, press F8 to unlock the mouse, drag the guide, then press F8 again to save the position.
• BepInEx configuration: Tune scan intervals, display, audio, and other options in the generated config file.

Installation

Install with a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager, or copy JayBirdMyFishingGuide.dll to BepInEx/plugins in a Valheim installation with BepInExPack installed.

The mod uses the plugin identifier jaybird.myfishingguide.

Notes

• RtDOcean integration is optional; RtDOcean is not bundled.
• The fish scout can only report fish/wildlife currently loaded by Valheim; it does not generate fish or guarantee catches.
• This package contains the supplied 0.11.15 DLL; compatibility with every third-party fishing mod has not been independently tested for this release.

Recommended Companion Mods & Thanks

My Fishing Guide can be enjoyed on its own, but I also recommend these excellent Valheim mods for players who want to expand their fishing and ocean adventures:

• ComfyFishing by Loxley — A more relaxed fishing experience with craftable rods, a different reeling system, and skill-based progression. Thank you, Loxley, for making fishing more enjoyable!
• RtDOcean by Soloredis — Expands the oceans with marine wildlife, predators, and new things to discover. Thank you, Soloredis, for bringing Valheim's oceans to life!

Both are optional companion mods, not required dependencies. My Fishing Guide is an independent project and is not affiliated with either mod or its author.

Artwork

The selected promotional banner is included in this package as MyFishingGuide_Promo.png. If Thunderstore does not display the relative image link above, host the banner publicly and replace that link with its full image URL.

Author

JayBird