Minecraft’s fishing system is one of its many redeemable qualities. It is often overlooked by many players, who end up missing out on the loot and opportunities it offers. Fishing allows players to develop a vast inventory. When cooked and consumed, hunger is satiated, while raw fish can be fed to dogs and cats to keep them healthy. Cats can be tamed with raw fish too.
Aside from the varying types of species, the fishing process also makes players dig. Naturally, loot turns up while digging. Some of this loot can be underwhelming (lily pads, bowls, sticks, string, bones, additional fishing rods), while a small chunk can be valuable (bows, enchanted books, nautilus shell, saddles, name tags).
Mods allow players to enhance Minecraft’s fishing experience quite a bit. Each mod adds a new aspect to the game, making fishing enjoyable and profitable.
Exploring Minecraft mods to make fishing better
7) Giacomo’s Fishing Net
The Giacomo’s Fishing Net mod adds an entirely new method of fishing to the game in the form of nets. Players can throw these nets into lakes, ponds, oceans, and other water bodies containing fish.
Each piece of the net acts as a block, which allows the players to capture one fish within each section of the net. Aside from fishing, the mod has other uses, namely throwing the net on other mobs or players to trap them. To craft a fishnet, players will need four pieces of string.
6) Fishing Made Better
The Fishing Made Better mod improves upon the fishing mechanic found in vanilla Minecraft. Players must maintain a specific tension on their fishing rod after they’ve hooked something.
Failure to do so will result in the fish escaping. The mod makes it so that fishing encounters or “minigames” are portrayed differently at different world heights, within different biomes, and in the substance, players are fishing.