About Actual Fishing
From ModrinthA mod that changes the fishing system to force you to pull real living fish from Minecraft's waters
This mod changes the game's fishing mechanics to behave more realistically. A few things to note that this mod does 1) You can no longer get fish in item form. You can still get treasure or junk when the hook goes into the water. In most cases, you'll get nothing 2) Your hook now lures in fish. Some will come and some won't, it all depends on how the fishies are feeling 3) When a fish approaches your hook, there is a chance that they'll bite it. When they do, your hook will stay attached to the fish 4) When you reel in fish, you get fish. If you want junk or treasure, you're going to have to fish the vanilla way 5) This mod will not generate or create fish for you to catch, that's not realistic. If you want fish, you'll have to look for a body of water that already has fish in it
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.11.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Actual Fishing as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.11 and 2 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorStereowalker, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree











