Throw the line from the boat and wait. A clean release is what reaches a bigger fish and the Exp bonus. Do not start reeling before anything bites.
Wait for the hook sign

Fish Quest is a cast from a boat, then a fight on the line. Throw the line and leave it. A hook sign is the bite. Pull the button when that sign shows. On a keyboard that button is Space. You have 3 seconds. Pull before the sign and the fish is not on yet.
Once it is hooked, the job is tension. Release, then pull, and keep switching. Hold the pull too long and the distance drops fast. The fish is yours when its HP reaches 0, or when the distance reaches 0. A timed release on the cast is also what reaches a bigger fish and the Exp bonus.
Catches pay coins and experience. Spend the coins on a stronger rod, a reel, line, and bait. Better bait is how you get at rarer fish. New water opens after the gear can hold it. Travel there on a weak line and the line gets cut.
How to Play Fish Quest

Cast and leave the line

Pull when the hook sign shows
The hook sign is the bite. Pull the button when it appears. Press Space to do it. You have 3 seconds. Miss that window and the fish is gone.

Release and pull the tension
Release, then pull, to adjust the tension. Hold the pull too long and the distance drops fast. The fish is caught when its HP reaches 0, or when the distance reaches 0.
Tension is how the fish comes in
The cast can wait. The hook sign cannot. Three seconds is the window, and Space is the pull. After that, distance and HP are the two ways the fight ends. Pull and the distance comes down. Let go when you need the tension to ease off, then pull again.
A long pull drops the distance in a hurry. Release when you want the tension to ease, then pull again. HP at 0 is a catch. Distance at 0 is a catch too.
Coins buy the gear for the next water
Experience is the level. Coins are the shop. A stronger rod, a reel, tougher line, and new bait all come out of the catch you sell. Rarer fish show up once more bait is open.
New spots are for the gear that can hold them. Go early and the line gets cut. On a phone, tap to pull the button. With a keyboard, Space does the same pull.











