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.

Promotional Artwork

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, hostile RtDOcean creatures, and SeaAnimals orcas that can threaten your boat. SeaAnimals and RtDOcean integration are 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.
• Improved readability (v0.11.18): High-contrast guide text and background options make scouting information easier to read over bright ocean water.

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

• SeaAnimals and RtDOcean integrations are optional; neither mod is bundled.
• The fish scout can only report fish/wildlife currently loaded by Valheim; it does not generate fish or guarantee catches.
• Version 0.11.18 adds improved guide contrast, SeaAnimals wildlife scouting, and a corrected startup version message. The temporary Fishing Skill Test has been removed. Compatibility with every third-party fishing mod has not been independently tested.
• Version 0.11.19 corrects the Thunderstore release documentation and version number; no gameplay changes from 0.11.18.
• Version 0.11.20 corrects the Thunderstore icon artwork and release version; gameplay is unchanged from 0.11.19.

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!
• SeaAnimals by Marlthon — Adds marine wildlife such as sharks, whales, dolphins, orcas, and squid. My Fishing Guide lists supported wildlife separately from catchable fish and warns about nearby orcas. Thank you, Marlthon, for bringing more life to the sea!
• 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!

For ocean wildlife, I recommend choosing either SeaAnimals or RtDOcean, not both together. This keeps the ocean from becoming overcrowded; it is not a claim that the two mods are technically incompatible. ComfyFishing can be used alongside either choice.

All three are optional companion mods, not required dependencies. My Fishing Guide is an independent project and is not affiliated with these mods or their authors.

Artwork

The promotional banner is hosted at iili.io for display on Thunderstore. A copy is also included in the package as MyFishingGuide_Promo.png.

Author

JayBird