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Oarfish Shadow Size, Price, Location and How to Catch

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ACNH Oarfish Times and Price

The Oarfish is a sea fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn how to catch and find the Oarfish and more like it's shadow size, sell price, location, and time for North and South Hemisphere.

Oarfish Sell Price and Basic Info

Oarfish
ACNH - Oarfish
Shadow Size ACNH Huge Fish Shadow Size Huge
Location Sea
Time Any time
Months December to May (NH)
June to November (SH)
Sell Price 9,000 Bells

Oarfish Location and Times

Shadow Size Huge
Location Sea
Time Any time
North Hemisphere
Any time
South Hemisphere

Oarfish Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Oarfish
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
Jan ACNH - Oarfish icon Jul
Feb ACNH - Oarfish icon Aug
Mar ACNH - Oarfish icon Sep
Apr ACNH - Oarfish icon Oct
May ACNH - Oarfish icon Nov
Jun Dec ACNH - Oarfish icon
Oarfish
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
Jan Jul ACNH - Oarfish icon
Feb Aug ACNH - Oarfish icon
Mar Sep ACNH - Oarfish icon
Apr Oct ACNH - Oarfish icon
May Nov ACNH - Oarfish icon
Jun ACNH - Oarfish icon Dec

How to Catch the Oarfish

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Steps Directions
1   Craft Fish Bait and throw it into the sea to attract fish.
2   Check if the shadow of the fish that appeared is similar to the Oarfish.
3
  Equip your Fishing Rod ACNH - Fishing Rod

1. Craft Fish Bait

To easily catch the fish you want, you'll need to craft fish bait! This will help attract more fish instead of just waiting for one to pop out!

2. Check Shadow Size

You'll need to check the shadow size of the fish that appeared and make sure it's similar to the Oarfish.

3. Go Fish!

Once you're sure the fish that appeared has the same shadow size as the fish you want, it's time to prepare your Fishing Rod and go fish!

Oarfish Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

"I caught an oarfish! I hope I catch morefish!"

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The oarfish is a long, eel-like fish that can supposedly reach up to 36 feet in length. They appear in various legends as things like messengers of the gods.

  It seems to me a creature like that could explain the myth of massive, ship-crushing sea serpents.

  It is, of course, well documented that people tend to exaggerate the size of 'the one that got away.'

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2 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

When I caught one, the struggle lasted a tad longer than a normal fish.

1 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

for me, the oarfish was a large shadow, no particularity to it.

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