Read a crossing, not a still picture
The fish move in both directions and at different speeds. Start by watching one pass beneath the boat before you act. A useful position is the place where your hook can meet the fish during its descent, rather than simply where the fish appears when you first notice it.
Move with the arrow keys, the on-screen direction controls or the pointer on the scene. The boat follows the chosen position smoothly. A smaller movement gives you a clearer chance to watch the relationship between the boat, the falling hook and the passing fish.
One line at a time
The action begins by casting the line. While the hook is down, the same action reels it back towards the boat. A caught fish travels upward with the line, and its points are added when the catch reaches the boat.
An empty cast can be reeled back before it reaches the bottom. There is only one active hook, so pressing again changes the current line’s direction instead of creating several hooks. Let the result finish before judging whether your next position needs to change.
Understand the minute
The original round lasts sixty seconds. The fish have base values of ten, twenty or thirty points; the total changes when a caught fish is brought home. There is no invented bait inventory or paid upgrade to improve the result.
Pause through the game’s own control when you need a break. Resume continues the round; restart begins again. With local saving allowed, a completed score can update your personal best on this device.
A useful replay question
Choose one thing to watch: how far the fish travels during the hook’s descent, how much you move before casting, or when you decide to reel an empty line back. Compare that decision on the following round.
Do not assume that a busy minute is automatically a good one. A controlled position and a clear view of the line can make the score easier to understand than repeated movements in several directions.