It’ll be tricky to find and catch Lingcod back in your inventory. However, we’ll teach you everything with this item guide and things you might consider doing with it.
Year 1, Winter 1 – the perfect season to milk extra profit from the icy water. Is your Fishing Rod enough? How about baits and tackles? That’s because you may encounter some fishes that are difficult to catch.
Lingcod is one of many types that’ll give you a hard time and a couple of tries to secure the catch. Let’s talk about the fish, where to catch them, and their uses. We’ll also include some valuable tips for capturing this aggressive eater!
What is a Lingcod?
This fearsome and hungry predator stalks fairly-sized bodies of water to munch on its smaller kinds. Its standard variant can reach 30 inches, while the biggest possible catch is at 51. Equip the Iridium Rod as you’ll need Trap Bobber (slower movement) and Cork Bobber (extended fishing bar) for your convenience.
Its behavior is mixed and scores 85 in difficulty.
| Quality | Energy | Health |
| Normal | +25 | +11 |
| Silver | +35 | +15 |
| Gold | +45 | +20 |
| Iridium | +65 | +29 |
Where to Catch a Lingcod?
It’s possible to catch this fish any time or season using the Magic Bait in the following locations:
| Location | Season | Time | Weather |
| Cindersap Forest River | • Winter | Any | Any |
| Mountain Lake | • Winter | Any | Any |
| Pelican Town River | • Winter | Any | Any |
Note that you can also purchase this item from the following merchants:
- Krobus’ Shop – in a random, non-permanent stock on Wednesdays for 200g.
- Traveling Cart – costs 360g-1000g.
Fish Pond
The starting point is similar to every fish: an initial three capacity and up to ten spaces. Their reproduction rate is +1 every three days unless the limit is reached.
Item Requests
Donating the following materials will make the Fish Pond inhabitants happy, and expansion will resume:
| Initial Capacity | Item Requested | Fishing XP | Improved Capacity |
| Three | • Bream (2) • Carp (2) • Chub (2) | +40 | Five |
| Five | • Bullhead (2) • Largemouth Bass (2) | +40 | Seven |
| Seven | • Ghostfish (2) • Sandfish (2) • Woodskip (2) | +40 | Ten |
Loots
These are the daily products you can harvest:
| Item | Population | Item Percentage | Chance | Fishing XP |
| Bug Meat (10) | 9-10 | 5% | 4-5% | +10 |
| Roe (1) | 1-8 | 100% | 23-79% | +13 |
| Roe (1) | 9-10 | 95% | 83-90% | +13 |
Selling Prices
Since this marine animal is hard to catch, its selling price is reasonably above average. Aged Roe from Preserves Jar also sells well, as shown by the table:
| Quality | Selling Price | With Fisher | With Angler | Roe | Aged Roe | With Artisan |
| Normal | 120g | 150g | 180g | 90g | 180g | 252g |
| Silver | 150g | 187g | 225g | |||
| Gold | 180g | 225g | 270g | |||
| Iridium | 240g | 300g | 360g |
Crafting
Quality Fertilizer and its recipe:
| Item | Crafting Source | Ingredients |
| Quality Fertilizer | Level 9 Farming | • Lingcod (1) • Sap (2) |
Cooking
Two common cooked meals in Stardew Valley to make:
| Recipe | Ingredients | Energy | Energy with QS | Health | Health with QS | Buff + Duration | Buff + Duration with QS | Selling Price | Selling Price with QS | Recipe Source |
| Maki Roll | • Lingcod (1) • Rice (1) • Seaweed (1) | +100 | +180 | +45 | +81 | 220g | 330g | • Watching the Queen of Sauce on Year 1 Summer 21 • Stardrop Saloon permanent stock for 300g | ||
| Sashimi | • Lingcod (1) | +75 | +135 | +33 | +60 | 75g | 112g | • After reaching a three-heart friendship with Linus |
Tailoring
Fishing Vest is the apparel you can make with a piece of Cloth and the item at the spool of the Sewing Machine. It’s also an orange dye at Dye Pots.
Gifting
Willy is the only villager in Stardew Valley that appreciates this aggressive eater.
Quests
There are two tasks to finish with the fish:
- Catch a Lingcod. A quest from Willy in Year 2 Winter 13 for 550g and a Friendship Heart (1x).
- Aquatic Overpopulation. Ten pieces for Demetrius at the Special Orders Board for its market selling price and Farm Computer recipe.
Bundles
Not used in any bundle.
