Hardest Bugs/Fish to Catch?

[nammie]

@SonatinaGena: omg yes even though I knew the fatter shorter ones were probably sea bass I still caught them just in case oTL
but I did get more hopeful when I saw the longer shadows!!

ahh that's lucky haha I remember it took a while to catch the waterfall fish, but none took as long as the stupid nibble fish ugh...

omg the walking leaf I remember the first time I saw one I was like... huh did I leave furniture lying around??? and then when I got close it started moving I was so shocked lol

 

[Ami Mercury]

Hardest Fish: Coelacanth
Easiest Fish: Sea Bass

I SUCK at catching Sea Bass. (as if I would want to....except.....I need one for the museum.) But I can EASILY catch a Coelacanth. In 10 minutes I once caught about 10, and no sea bass.

 

[TeeTee]

That actually how it is for me. I SUCK at catching Sea Bass. (as if I would want to....except.....I need one for the museum.) But I can EASILY catch a Coelacanth. In 10 minutes I once caught about 10, and no sea bass.

xD lol I fish a lot. I swear when I see the big shadow in the ocean I just run by and ignore. I know for sure a sea bass is waiting for me.

I think you are experiencing "when you want something it's harder to come by... but when you are not looking for it: sea basses be slapping you in the face all day."

 

[marigoldilocks]

Tarantula/scorpion. I always seemed to miss and end up in a coma on heavy duty antihistamines. King salmon and salmon were the hardest fish to catch. My waterfall is at a weird angle and the cliff curves back making the river's mouth very small and inaccessible. Even fishing from the cliff and letting the bait go off the waterfall had limited success.

 

[Panduhh]

The bees that attack you when you shake a tree.I still havn't mastered that one.

I think it's relatively easy to catch the bees, and I'm not nearly as terrified as I was of them in CF. Just make sure you have your net as the first tool you get when you press right on the D-pad, and as soon as you see the beehive, you run north and then get the net out, so they'll come right in front of you. I think there's also some luck in whether they're faster or slower than usual.

As for hard bugs to catch, I'd say tarantula. I'm terrified of them. I did manage to catch a scorpion, but it was terrifying and took a couple of tries. Tuna was also really hard, while the coelacanth was surprisingly easy (under the right conditions).

I find bee's very easy to catch, but the method of having your net first on the D-pad never works for me. Ever. I always pull out a shovel or something. Instead you should shake the tree with the bees and immediately run up (north whatever) and then hit "X" This will pull up your pockets and freeze where the bees are, meaning they wont actually come any closer just fly around in a swarm, equip your net and then hold A until they get close enough and let go Works every time for me.


For me, tarantula and scorpions.
Hardest fish though.. I don't know.

 

[Regina Cordium]

Augh, I've been trying to catch a Nibble Fish all week, but I don't get home from school until about 2:45 and by the time I get a snack, take my shoes off, and load up my game, I'm left with only an hour to look for it. In addition to all this, all the little fish in my town seem to be Pale Chubs. I am so sick of Pale Chubs oh my gooood

 

[tinybutterfly75]

Mole crickets and coelacanths. And yea, I still have trouble catching the bees from shaken trees.

 

[MayorSaki]

Tarantula and mole cricket D: It took me really long time to dig it up, but I actually got it quite easily when Francine asked for it and I kinda felt like I had to get it xD Tarantula is so disgusting I couldn't even look at the screen when I finally caught it..
I'm not sure about the fishes, cause I still haven't got them all, but all the huge fishes take a lot time for me at least.

 

[sn0wxyuki]

Popped eyes fish...Took me sometimes to hunt it and no vail...got it by accident when hunting another fish lol....

So far i saw moth in my town but never realized they re moth actually, I thought it was regular butterfly until I try catching it lol....

 

[aetherene]

Tarantula and the Scorpion for bugs.

They are just creepy at night and you have to look for them without your net and then pull it out a safe distance away so you can go into lurking mode and not get attacked. But the sounds they make scares the crap out of me. I'm happy I never have to try to catch them again...

 

[Saturniidae]

everytime you want to catch another fish...those damn sea bass just show up like HEYYYY. as you upgrade your rod...it gives you a little bit more time to catch them....

but diving....ugh I suck so much.

 

[davidxrawr]

I find the golden stag easier to catch than the horned hercules.

Other than that, bees are annoying, but after getting one for the museum I dont even bother anymore lol

 

[Sorgatani]

My last bug was the dung beetle - purely on timing; I was fortunate enough to obtain ACNL towards the end of June and catch a firefly early on.

My sister only had the Petaltail Dragonfly to go if I remember right.

My last diving critter was the spider crab.

I forget what my last fish was. Maybe blowfish.
Possibly something that wasn't available until February?

 

[Frisk999]

the hardest fish... idk
The hardest bug? MOLE CRICKET!!!!!!!!!!!

- - - Post Merge - - -

Easiest Bug: Gold Stag
Hardest Bug: Ladybug

Easiest Fish: Coelacanth
Hardest Fish: Sea Bass

OMG the ladybug is too hard!

- - - Post Merge - - -

Tarantula/scorpion. I always seemed to miss and end up in a coma on heavy duty antihistamines. King salmon and salmon were the hardest fish to catch. My waterfall is at a weird angle and the cliff curves back making the river's mouth very small and inaccessible. Even fishing from the cliff and letting the bait go off the waterfall had limited success.

there's a youtuber called simplypressstart she has videos bout how to catch that stuff.

 

[doodle]

I never fish or bug hunt (except for Bells on the island), never went diving... for me, they are all hard to catch only because I never have the motivation for them. I would say diving is the hardest though, I think I did a tour for one and that was hard enough lol.

 

[EmGee]

Tarantulas, scorpions, and petaltails. Had to get rid of all my trees and flowers twice over just to increase my chances of catching them, and it still took hours and a lot of re-spawning. For fish it would probably have to be the pop-eyed goldfish, took me a month to finally catch one in between play sessions since I have to live in the real world.

 

[squidpops]

For me it was the tarantulas and scorpions, they just would not spawn! And when they did they would disappear like immediately after. I finally had caught a scorpion but I had to clear a huge section of land just to get a tarantula to spawn. I spent soo many days and countless hours hunting for those two xx

 

[Arjh]

The gar is currently driving me insane, it's the fish I need to complete the river fish in my main town but of course when I'm trying not to catch one in my second town, I do.

Same with the mole cricket, can't find one when I'm trying but as soon as I'm just digging holes to plant fruit trees, one appears when I've no net

 

[Eline]

The mole cricket is really annoying to catch, but not hard to find. I hate the tarantulas and scorpions though, I've never ever caught one in my whole AC carreer (including WW and CF). Now that's what I call a hard to catch bug!

 

[Daysie]

I found the Tarantula and Mole cricket extremely hard to catch.