What do I get from fishing perfectly?

I've gone fishing a few times now and have gotten a "Perfect!" a few times. Does this affect the quality of the fish I get? I'm not sure because each time I've gotten the "Perfect!", I only get a regular quality fish (not silver or gold starred).

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Best Answer

From my random fiddling around I believe it affects the size of the fish, which loosely correlates to quality. I think your chance to get a gold or silver starred fish increases as you level up in fishing skill. I'm around 4/5 fishing and frequently get starred fish even if I catch them less than perfectly. I think there might be a bit of random wiggle room on all of these.

One thing that getting a perfect definitely does: Fall festival spoilers

In the fishing booth at the Stardew Valley fair you get a bonus to your star tokens based on the number of perfects you get. 1 or 2 perfects gives you 10 per perfect. 3-6 gives about 150 to 200 bonus tokens total. This is the most reliable way to get enough star tokens to buy the good prizes since even winning the grange gives only 1000.

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What does perfect fishing do Stardew?

The game displays a "Perfect!" catch if the fish never leaves the green rectangle. Perfect catches grant two benefits: If it is a silver or gold quality fish, the quality of the fish is increased by one.

What is the point of fishing in New World?

Improves the chance of catching larger fish in rivers, lakes, and streams. Lucky Day. Improves the chance of catching higher-quality fish during the day.

How do you get gold star fish?

Cast your max distance, and you need a wide enough stretch of river that you land well away from any land. It has to do with how far away from any shore the bobber lands. There are only certain places in the river where the bobber can land far enough away from shore for you to get gold fish.

What to do once you catch a fish?

After the Catch

Using a clean fillet knife, bleed the fish by cutting the throat, then remove the gills and entrails.

Use clean water, premoistened wipes, or alcohol swabs to clean your knife frequently or between cuts to keep from dragging bacteria into the flesh.

Gordon Ramsay's Guide To Fish

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