Fishing

There are two types of fishing mini-games in the Sims 2 Castaway: Spear Fishing and Pole Fishing.

Spear fishing only requires crafting a spear and no bait - some fish are harder to spear due to their irregular patterns. Pole fishing is easier in that there is no pattern of movement to follow, but it requires bugs as bait - including some bugs that may be more difficult to obtain. There are fish that have no bait preference and an empty bait slot can be used to catch them, but the collection cannot be completed with only those.

Spear Fishing
Once you have crafted a spear, you can go spear fishing in any coastal area for salt water fish and in the stream by the food rock or the Fishing Pond next to Ms. Weeder's camp for fresh water fish.

Pole Fishing
Once you have crafted the fishing pole, you can go pole fishing in two locations: the diving Lagoon or the Ocean Rock diving location. Catching all the fish in this section generally requires a good sized bug collection.