Sturgeon are almost as common as Sea Bass on my island! Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But it seems like whenever I pass the river mouth next to Audie's place, one's swimming around.
The oarfish, man! I swear I find the stupid thing every time I hunt for a specific fish. Tuna? No, oarfish. Blue marlin? Oarfish. An extremely common and easy-to-find fish that I need to catch to complete a Nook Miles + goal? Oarfish. At least they sell for a lot.
Another thing I learned since starting my new island on the Southern Hemisphere and playing this game in winter for the first time is that ranchu goldfish are MUCH easier to catch in winter because of the limited number of fish that appear in ponds. I always wanted a ranchu goldfish model but was petrified of catching 3 of them since before, with my Northern Hemisphere islands, I spent DAYS trying to get just one of them to donate to the Museum. In winter, I got all 3 of them, as well as the one to donate. Needless to say my mind was blown.
It took me one year to catch the barreleye fish, I’m not even exaggerating. I really thought it didn’t exist at some point and I wasted hundreds and hundreds of fish bait for that little demonic fish. Then, one night, I saw this little shadow in the sea and I was like: yeah let’s try, it’s going to be another mackerel like always…IT WAS HIM, THAT STUPID BARRELEYE FISH! So don’t give up, just be very patient and who knows, maybe you will catch them without even tryingI managed to catch both a Tuna and Blue Marlin within 40 fish bait (so let's say 20 fish bait each), but I'm convinced the Saddled Bichir and Betta Fish don't exist.
Let's hear some of your Fish RNG stories (good or bad).