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Lure/Bait Lookup

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This route is reserved for the lure/bait lookup intent around how to fish lure guide, but its current production gate is PARTIAL_PUBLISHABLE.

Evidence gate. Official and tested gameplay evidence must be attached before publishing claims about mechanics, routes, locations, rewards, or patch-sensitive behavior.

Page job

Independent lookup keyed by lure/bait rather than creature.

Answer status: PARTIAL_PUBLISHABLE · SUPPORTED evidence · 100% claim coverage. Catch pools below are an attributed community snapshot, not first-hand gameplay testing.

Quick answer

Match the lure to the creature pool first, then check the island and rod. Regular fish use tiered lures; optional mini-bosses use purchasable Boss Lures; story bosses use quest-produced bait. Drip variants use the same lure, rod, or special trigger as their normal counterpart. [src-001] [src-001] [src-001] [src-001]

Regular lure tiers

Lure	Reported catch pool	Rod/context	Availability	Source
Free Lure	Brown Crab, Shrimp, Mackerel, Gar, Pike, Goldfish	Crab Fishing Rod / Fishing Rod	early collection	`src-001`
Hot Dog	Rock Crab, Lobster, Piranha	Crab Fishing Rod / Fishing Rod	early collection	`src-001`
Beginner Lure	Piranha, Pike, Cod, Goby, Salmon, Perch, Triggerfish, Goldfish	Fishing Rod	Forest Island	`src-001`
Standard Lure	Catfish, Clownfish, Sea Urchin, Yellow Boxfish, Needlefish, Angelfish, Bluegill, Seahorse, Bowlfish	Fishing Rod	Desert Island	`src-001`
Professional Lure	Bass, Eel, Red Snapper, Sengarat, Halibut, Tigerfish, Flying Fish, Voxelfish, Parrotfish, Dripper	Fishing Rod	Rocks Island	`src-001`
Scientific Lure	Blobfish, Oarfish, Anglerfish, Stonefish, Superdwarf Fish	Fishing Rod	Volcano Island	`src-001`

Boss Lures

These are the reported purchasable optional-boss mappings. They are separate from story-boss quest bait.

Boss Lure	Creature(s)	Island	Source
Beginner Boss Lure	Sunfish, The Old Pike	Forest Island	`src-001`
Standard Boss Lure	Blue Shark	Desert Island	`src-001`
Professional Boss Lure	Tuna	Rocks Island	`src-001`
Scientific Boss Lure	Goblin Shark	Volcano Island	`src-001`

Story-boss quest bait

Quest bait is not a normal shop substitute. Read the active objective, equip the returned item, and prepare before consuming a limited trigger; exact recovery after a failed attempt is not established in this package.

Quest bait	Story boss	Source
Empty Beer Can	Spider Crab	`src-001`
Modified Leech	Giant Piranha	`src-001`
Carrot	Pufferfish	`src-001`
Tuna	Albatross	`src-001`
Fish Bucket	Bowhead Whale	`src-001`
Bowhead Whale	Mutated Bowhead Whale	`src-001`

When nothing bites

Confirm the target is in the lure’s reported pool. 2. Check the island/availability row. 3. Confirm the rod matches the row. 4. Re-read the active quest before using story bait. 5. Treat a mismatch after an update as a freshness issue and verify against the in-game journal. [src-001]

Evidence boundary

The current package contains one detailed game-specific guide and a Steam discussion page whose rendered capture does not expose a usable answer. The tables therefore remain community-sourced and version-sensitive; no current-build or gameplay-tested claim is promoted. [src-001]

Related routes

fish — parent hub for this task
drip — sibling task in the same hub

Provenance

Every table row carries the current source ID used for its fields. See claim-ledger.json and structured-data.json for the extraction audit.

Keyword coverage

Role	Keyword
Primary	how to fish lure guide
Secondary	how to fish lures
Secondary	how to fish bait guide
Secondary	how to fish all lures
Secondary	how to fish boss bait