Fish make up an important part on the Animal Crossing Animal Crossing , so do the fish that can be found- the most exotic fish can only be caught in the summer months.
Here is a complete list of fish in the Animal Crossing series, and where in town they can be found.
Name
Price in Bells
Location
Time
Months
Peak Time
Peak Months
Angelfish
3000
River
4pm-9am
May-Oct
Arapaima
10000
River
4pm-9am
Jul-Sep
Arowana
10000
River
4pm-9am
Jun-1st half Sep
Barbel Steed
200
River
All Day
All Year
9pm-4am
Oct-Apr
Barred Knifejaw
5000
Ocean
All Day
Mar-Nov
Bass (GCN only)
300
River
All Day
All Year
Bitterling
900
River
All Day
Nov-Feb
Black Bass
300
River
All Day
All Year
4am-9pm
May-Nov
Blue Marlin
10000
Ocean
All Day
Jul-Sep
Bluegill
120
River
9am-4pm
All Year
May-Nov
Brook Trout (GCN only)
150
River pool
All Day
All Year
Butterflyfish (CF only)
1000
Ocean
All Day
Apr-Sept
Carp
300
River
All Day
All Year
4pm-9am
Apr-May, Oct-Nov
Catfish
800
River pool
4pm-9am
May-Oct
9pm-4am
Jun-Sep
Char
3800
Waterfall
4am-9am, 4pm-9pm
Mar-Jun, Sep-Nov
Cherry Salmon
1000
River
4am-9am, 4pm-9pm
Mar-Jun,Sep-Nov Mar-Apr, Sept-Oct
Clownfish
650
Ocean
All Day
Apr-Sept
9am-4pm
Mar-Aug
Coelacanth
15000
Ocean(raining or snowing)
4pm-9am
All Year
Crawfish
250
Holding pond
All Day
Apr-1st half Sept
Crucian Carp
120
River
All Day
All Year
Mar-May, Sept-Nov
Dab
300
Ocean
All Day
Oct-Apr
Dace
200
River
4pm-9am
All Year
4pm-9am
Dec-Feb
Dorado
15000
River
4am-9pm
Jun-Sept
Eel
2000
River
4pm-9am
Jun-1st half Sept
9pm-4am
Jul-Aug
Football Fish
2500
Ocean
4pm-9am
Nov-Mar
Freshwater Goby
300
River
4pm-9am
All Year
Frog
120
Holding Pond
All Day
May-Aug
Gar
6000
River pool
4pm-9am
Jun-Sep
Giant Catfish (GCN only)
3000
River pool
4pm - 9am
Jun - Aug
Giant Snakehead
5500
River pool
9am-4pm
Jun-Aug
Goldfish
1300
River
All Day
All Year
Guppy
1300
River
9am-4pm
Apr-Nov
May-Nov
Hammerhead Shark
8000
Ocean
4pm-9am
Jun-Sep
Horse Mackerel
150
Ocean
All Day
All Year
Jellyfish
100
Ocean
All Day
2nd half Aug
Killifish
300
Holding Pond
All Day
Apr-Aug
King Salmon
1800
River
All Day
Sept
Koi
4000
River
4pm-9am
All Year
Large Bass (GCN only)
3000
River
All day
All Year
Large Char (GCN only)
10000
Waterfall
4am-9am, 4pm-9pm
Mar-Jun, Sept-Nov
Loach
300
River
All Day
Mar-May
4am-9pm
Apr-Jun, Oct-Dec
Lobster (CF only)
2500
Ocean
All Day
Nov-Feb
Moray Eel (CF only)
2000
Ocean
All Day
Aug-Oct
Napoleonfish (CF only)
10000
Ocean
All Day
July-Aug
Neon Tetra (CF only)
500
River
9am-4pm
Apr-Nov
Ocean Sunfish
4000
Ocean
4am-9pm
Jun-Sept
Octopus
500
Ocean
All Day
Mar-Jul, 2nd half Sept-Jan
4am-9pm
Jul-Aug
Olive Flounder
800
Ocean
All Day
All Year
All Day
Dec-Feb
Pale Chub
200
River
9am-4pm
All Year
9am-4pm
Apr-Jun,Sep-Nov
Pike (CF only)
1800
River
4am-9pm
Sept - Dec
Piranha
2500
River
9am-4pm, 9pm-4am
Jun-1st half Sep
Popeyed Goldfish
1300
River
9am-4pm
All Year
Pond Smelt
300
River pool
All Day
Dec-Feb
Puffer Fish
240
Ocean
All Day
Jul-Sep
All Day
August
Rainbow Trout
800
River
4am-9am, 4pm-9pm
Mar-Jun,Sep-Nov
4am-9am, 4pm-9pm
Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct
Ray (CF only)
3000
Ocean
All Day
Nov-Dec
Red Snapper
3000
Ocean
All Day
All Year
All Day
Apr-Jun
Salmon
700
River
All Day
Sept
Sea Bass
200
Ocean
All Day
All Year
Sea Butterfly
1000
Ocean
All Day
Dec-Feb
Seahorse
1100
Ocean
All Day
Apr-Nov
9am-4pm
May-Sept
Shark
15000
Ocean
4pm-9am
Jun-Sep
Small Bass (GCN only)
200
River
All day
All year
Squid
400
Ocean
All Day
Dec-1st half Aug
9pm-4am
Feb-Jun
Stringfish
15000
River
4pm-9am
Dec-Feb
Surgeonfish (CF only)
1000
Ocean
All Day
Apr-Sept
Sweetfish
900
River
All Day
Jul-1st half Sep
4am-9pm
Jul-Aug
Tuna
7000
Ocean
All Day
Nov-Mar
Yellow Perch
240
River
All Day
Oct-March
4am-9pm
Nov-Feb
Zebra Turkeyfish
400
Ocean
All Day
Apr-Nov
9am-4pm
May-Sept
