BITFISH

Hollow County — an 8-bit fishing game

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Blackwater Bog

Tea-dark water under the cypress. Everything here has teeth and waits for dark.

To get here: Log 10 of 12 species at Cedar Creek.

Difficulty: ●●○○○   Species: 12

What lives here

Sorted common to legendary. Each card says when it feeds, where it holds, and what to tie on.

Mosquitofish

★☆☆☆☆ Common · steady

Day, in the weeds, the shallows. Try Worm, on Oak Caster · 6 lb Mono.

Day (9–17) 0.02–0.1 lb trophy 0.07 lb ●○○○○

Warmouth

★☆☆☆☆ Common · steady

Any time, in the weeds, the shallows. Try Worm or Cricket, on Oak Caster · 6 lb Mono.

Any time 0.2–1.5 lb trophy 1.1 lb ●○○○○

Chain Pickerel

★★☆☆☆ Uncommon · runs hard

Day, in the weeds. Try the Big Spoon or the Frog Popper or Minnow, on Glass Rod · 12 lb Mono.

Day (9–17) 0.5–5 lb trophy 3.5 lb ●●○○○

Flier

★★☆☆☆ Uncommon · steady

Day, in the weeds, the shallows. Try Worm or Cricket, on Oak Caster · 6 lb Mono.

Day (9–17) 0.2–1.5 lb trophy 1 lb ●○○○○

Spotted Gar

★★☆☆☆ Uncommon · runs

Day, the surface, in the weeds. Try Minnow or Cut Bait, on Glass Rod · 12 lb Mono.

Day (9–17) 1–8 lb trophy 5 lb ●●○○○

Yellow Bullhead

★★☆☆☆ Uncommon · steady

Night, on the bottom. Try Worm or Stinkbait, on Oak Caster · 6 lb Mono.

Night (21–5) 0.3–3 lb trophy 2 lb ●○○○○

Flathead Catfish

★★★☆☆ Rare · runs

Night, on the bottom, deep water. Try Cut Bait or Minnow, on Surf Rod · 50 lb Braid.

Night (21–5) 3–40 lb trophy 25 lb ●●●○○

Longnose Gar

★★★☆☆ Rare · runs

Dusk, the surface. Try Minnow or Cut Bait, on Surf Rod · 50 lb Braid.

Dusk (17–21) 2–25 lb trophy 16 lb ●●●○○

Northern Snakehead

★★★☆☆ Rare · runs hard

Day, in the weeds. Try the Frog Popper or Minnow, on Surf Rod · 50 lb Braid.

Day (9–17) 1–15 lb trophy 10 lb ●●●○○

Alligator Gar

★★★★☆ Very rare · runs

Night, on the bottom, deep water. Try Cut Bait, on Deep Rig · 130 lb Big Game.

Night (21–5) 10–90 lb trophy 60 lb ●●●●○

Blue Catfish

★★★★☆ Very rare · runs

Night, on the bottom, deep water. Try Cut Bait or Stinkbait, on Deep Rig · 130 lb Big Game.

Night (21–5) 5–60 lb trophy 40 lb ●●●●○

Ghost Gar

★★★★★ Legendary · runs

Night, on the bottom, deep water. Try the Glow Lure or Cut Bait, on Deep Rig · 130 lb Big Game.

Night (21–5) 40–150 lb trophy 100 lb ●●●●●

The ones that won't come easy

Junk you'll pull up

Old Boot, Tangled Line, Sunken Branch, Bog Kettle. Worth a coin or two, and a good story.

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