Fishing Ponds are a more advanced addition to the Stardew Valley Farm, but if you raise the right fish, it can help to provide a great source of money as well as valuable items you don’t have to outsource anymore.
Best Fish to Keep in the Fishing Pond in Stardew Valley Listed
If you are a whiz at the fishing mini-game in Stardew Valley, then it’s all the more essential to take advantage of the benefits that can come with catching the rarer fish. After getting enough resources and space on your farm, it’s best to get a Fishing Pond started.
A Fishing Pond can not only give the farmer Roe that can be sold as is or placed inside a preserve jar to produce an Artisan good. Aside from the Sturgeon, all other fish will produce Aged Roe, while the Sturgeon will produce Caviar.
If you’re lucky, you can even place some of the Legendary Fish within the Fishing Pond to get Roe and other valuable resources. Naturally, the Roe from some of the rarer fish in Stardew Valley will yield the most profits, so here are the following Fish that are best to place inside the Fishing Pond.
| Fish | Rarity | Drops | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Eel | Rare | Roe Gold Ore (5) Spicy Eel (5) Magma Geodes | Roe (380g) Aged Roe (760g) |
| Blobfish | Somewhat Rare | Roe Pearl Warp Totem: Farm | Roe (280g) Aged Roe (560g) |
| Slimejack | Super Rare | Roe Green Algae Slime Green Slime Egg | Roe (80g) Aged Roe (160g) |
| Icepip | Rare | Roe Iron Ore Frozen Geode Frozen Tear Diamond | Roe (280g) Aged Roe (560g) |
| Sturgeon | Rare | Roe | Roe (130g) Caviar (500g) |
| Squid / Midnight Squid | Common | Squid Ink | 100-200g based on Quality and Skill Tree |
| Super Cucumbers | Common | Roe Iridium Ore Amethyst | Roe (155g) Aged Roe (310g) |
| Midnight Carp | Somewhat Rare | Roe (Pretty Color Pond) | Roe (105g) Aged Roed (210g) |
| Rainbow Trout | Common | Roe Rainbow Shell Prismatic Shard | Roe (62g) Aged Roe (124g) |
Aged Roe and Caviar can be sold for a higher price as Artisan goods if the player levels up their talent to Artisan rather than Agriculturalist in their Farming Branch.
Best Fish for the Fishing Pond Locations and When to Catch Them
So you don’t have to go too far to find out where to find all these different types of fish, here are the locations where you can find them, the optimal season and times where you’ll be able to fish for them, and how difficult they may prove to be on a scale of 1-100.
| Fish | Location | Season | Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Eel | The Mines (Floor 100), Volcano Caldera | All | Any | 90 |
| Blobfish | Night Market | Winter | 5pm – 2 am | 75 |
| Slimejack | Mutant Bug Lair | All | Any | 55 |
| Icepip | The Mines (Floor 60) | All | Any | 85 |
| Sturgeon | Mountain Lake | Summer, Winter | 6am – 7pm | 78 |
| Squid / Midnight Squid | Ocean / Night Market | Winter | 6pm – 2am / 5pm – 2am | 75 / 55 |
| Super Cucumbers | Ocean, Ginger Island, Night Market | Summer, Fall, Winter (Night Market) | 6pm – 2 am / 5pm – 2am (Night Market) | 80 |
| Midnight Carp | Mountain Lake, Forest Pond, Ginger Island | Fall, Winter | 10pm – 2 am | 55 |
| Rainbow Trout | River, Mountain Lake | Summer (Sunny Weather) | 6am – 7pm | 45 |
There are other fish that you can get in the late game for Stardew Valley from Ginger Island that would also prove to be very valuable to put into a Fishing Pond, but these are the best and easiest to get to while you’re still within your first few years of tending to your farm. For more news and guides on Stardew Valley, be sure to check out the game tag just below this article.
