The Grades of commendations earns you the Kraken rod.

Stormers: Found during storms inside of the storm area.

The Grades of commendations earns you the Bilge Rat, Castaway Bilge Rat, and Scurvy Bilge Rat rods. The Grade of commendations earns you the Parrot rod.

Pondies: Found in lakes/pools on islands.

The Grades of commendations earns you the Hunter rod. The Grades of commendations earns you the Forsaken Ashes rod.

Devilfish: Found in the Devil's Roar Water.

The Grades of commendations earns you the Bone Crusher rod.

Battlegills: Found by Skull Forts and Skeleton Ships.

The Grades of commendations earns you Sovereign, Royal Sovereign, and Imperial Sovereign rods at The Hunter's Call Seapots.

Ancientscales: Found in the Ancient Isles.

Related: More information on cooking and finding fish in Sea of Thieves There are up to 5 Grades to earn per category. Each time you sell one of every type of said category you earn one Grade in that category, along with a prize. There are also commendations for each of the categories of fish. Here are all the different species, where to catch them, and what bait is needed. There are 50 different types of fish in the Sea of Thieves, all separated into 10 different types of species. If your food inventory is full open your item wheel and eat something! Pressing any buttons besides the storing button will cause the fish to disappear, so make sure you have room before you start fishing. You can hold up to five food items in your inventory at any given time.

You MUST have room in your inventory to hold the fish or you won't be able to put it away.

They often have fish, cooked fish, and bait inside of them now. This could mean you're going the wrong direction, pulling too hard, etc.

If your rod starts to shake or make noises like it's breaking you're doing something wrong.

This will prevent the line from breaking as fast. Play with the directions instead of continuously pulling to one side or the other by going left, but releasing the tension at times before going back left again.

ONLY reel in your fish when the line goes slack.

Making sure your line is cast to a school of fish and leaving it set is your best option.

Waiting is the only thing you can do when you're trying to catch the attention of a fish.

DO NOT press the casting button to hook the fish, it will only redraw your line.

You won't lose your bait the first time you redraw the line after not catching anything, but you will after a few tries.

If you want to stop fishing press the trigger button again.

You can not walk while the line is cast.

It won't bait your line and will instead cast your line.

Do not click when you hover over the bait.

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