Bait and Lures

Bait

Bait	Where to get it
Worms	Dig up wriggling soil in forests where red mushrooms grow (it regrows), usually 1 worm and sometimes 2 or 3. When it rains, worms come up out of the ground around you
Grubs	Sometimes found when you chop up a log
Flies	Swarms along rivers, lakes and the coast in dry weather (fireflies at night); walk up and use one to catch it
Leeches	Dropped by swamp leeches
Minnows, Large Baitfish, Shrimp, Live Bluegill	Catch them as small fish with worms, grubs or flies on a Tiny hook; they swim in schools where they live (bluegill in Meadows lakes, on worms and grubs)
Abyssal and Frost bait	Crafted at the cauldron
Northern Bait	Crafted at the cauldron (seal blubber and lingonberries); the Deep North's fish want it
Cut Bait	Cut at the Fish Cleaning Table from any one Live Minnow, Large Live Baitfish or Live Bluegill (makes 3)

Wriggling soil only grows in parts of the world generated after installing the mod.

Each bait goes for a few fish, so pick it for the fish you're after; anything else takes it only now and then. A bait's tooltip lists what it catches (species you haven't caught show as ???), the catch log shows each species' bait, and a cast tells you when nothing in that water goes for yours. You need bait (or a lure) to cast.

Bait	Catches
Worm	Perch, Bluegill, Greydwarf Goby, Catfish
Grub	Trout, Bass, Perch, Bluegill
Fly	Trout, Frost Char, Glacier Grayling, Tetra
Minnow	Pike, Bass, Mackerel, Sea Bass
Large Baitfish	Tuna, Lingcod, Serpentfin, Grouper
Live Bluegill	Catfish, Bass, Pike
Leech	Catfish, Mistfin, Trollfish, Pike
Stinkbait	Catfish, Trollfish, Mistfin
Shrimp	Coral Cod, Herring, Pufferfish, Sea Bass, Halibut
Abyssal Bait	Anglerfish, Bonemaw, Jotunn Perch, Magmafish, Halibut
Frost Bait	Tetra, Frost Char, Salmon, Fenringfin
Northern Bait	Salmon, Rimejaw Cod, Glacier Grayling, Frost Sculpin
Cut Bait	Catfish, Bass, Halibut, Lingcod, Sea Bass, Coral Cod
Runed Lure	Odin's Eye, Thor's Hammerhead, Moder Scale Fish, Yagluth Gill, Fenringfin (a lure: it carries its own hook)

Deep Waters replaces vanilla fishing: the vanilla rod and baits aren't sold or crafted, and the vanilla rod can't be used.

Lures and trailers

A lure goes in the hook slot and needs no hook or bait. The bait slot then takes an optional trailer. With a lure there's no float: cast it further than bait, then work it back in. Fish only strike while the lure is moving; a lure left sitting draws nothing. Each kind of lure draws its own fish and mostly gets ignored by the rest.

Retrieves. How you work the lure is a retrieve, and the HUD names the one you're doing (green when it suits the lure):

Retrieve	How	Suits	Draws
Slow Roll	Hold right click at a low reel speed	Spinners, soft baits, Texas rigs, swimbaits, flies	Perch, trout, char, grouper, halibut
Steady	Hold right click at a medium speed	Spoons, spinners, crankbaits, swimbaits	Trout, salmon, herring, tetra
Burn	High reel speed, or hold Shift	Spoons, crankbaits	Pike, mackerel, tuna, salmon
Stop & Go	Reel, pause, reel, pause	Spoons, crankbaits, soft baits, poppers, flies	Pike, trollfish, mistfin, lingcod
Twitch	Tap left click while reeling	Poppers, flies, jigs	Trout, tetra, mackerel, trollfish
Hop	Tap left click with pauses, without reeling	Jigs, Texas rigs, soft baits	Coral cod, lingcod, halibut, grouper, pufferfish

The right retrieve brings the fish it draws more often and makes them likelier to strike; with the wrong one, fish follow the lure and turn away. Alt + mouse wheel sets the reel speed (also in a fight, where a slower reel strains the line less); Shift reels at full speed.

Lure	Kind	Fish	Made at, with
Feather Fly	Fly	Trout, char, grayling (0.05–3 kg)	Forge 2, Small Hook
Flint Spinner	Spinner, takes a trailer	Perch, trout, pike (0.1–4 kg)	Forge 2, Large Hook
Leather Grub	Soft bait	Perch, trout, gobies (0.1–5 kg)	Forge 2, Large Hook
Bronze Spoon	Spoon	Pike, trout, salmon, mackerel (0.3–10 kg)	Forge 2, Large Hook
Finewood Crankbait	Crankbait	Pike, perch, trollfish (0.5–12 kg)	Forge 3, Large Hook
Guck Crawler	Texas rig	Trollfish, pike, mistfin (0.5–15 kg)	Forge 3, Large Hook
Bone Jig	Jig, takes a trailer	Lingcod, halibut, grouper (1–30 kg)	Forge 3, Large Hook
Silver Swimbait	Swimbait	Big pike, tuna, grouper, halibut (2–40 kg)	Forge 4, Heavy Hook
Linen Popper	Topwater	Pike, trollfish, mackerel (0.5–20 kg)	Forge 4, Heavy Hook
Sparkler Popper	Topwater; after dark it fizzes and lights the water, and fish come sooner	Pike, trollfish, mackerel (0.3–12 kg)	Forge 1, Hildir's Sparkler, Medium Hook
Ice Spoon	Spoon	Salmon, grayling, char (0.5–20 kg)	Forge 4, Heavy Hook
Frostcore Jig	Jig, takes a trailer	Rimejaw cod, sculpin (1–60 kg)	Black forge 2, Giant Hook
Grub Jig	Jig for ice holes, takes a trailer	Whitefish, burbot, char, sculpin (0.3–8 kg)	Forge 3, Medium Hook (makes 2)
Rime Jig	Jig for ice holes	Ice King Trout, burbot, rimejaw cod (2–45 kg)	Black forge 2, Large Hook

A trailer (Curly Tail, Boar Rind, Feather Skirt) brings fish of its own and makes the lure's fish keener. Lures are mid-game tackle: each is made at the forge with a hook in the recipe. Lures and trailers are only used up when a fish is hooked. The boss lures work the same way, but only their boss answers them. The Runed Lure is a lure for legendaries: no hook needed.