About this mod
Allows players always have the fishing bobber bar take up the full range during the fishing mini game.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
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Translations
- Portuguese
- Mirrors
- Changelogs
- Donations

Documentation
Overview
When enabled, this mod will set the fishing mini game's "Bobber Bar" to take up the entire possible range.
You may be asking yourself, "Why in the world would I want this when there are instant catch mods available?"
Potential Answers:
- Accessibility without totally breaking balance
- Playing the fishing mini game can be very difficult for some players for reasons unintended by the original design
- This mod helps to maintain some amount of balance without completely blowing out the fish economy
- Instant catch fishing takes a ridiculously small amount of time in-game
- This mod allows you to take the normal amount of time that fishing would take out of an in-game day
- This mod allows you to take the normal amount of time that fishing would take out of an in-game day
- Very obvious in multiplayer server if you are using instant catch mods
- This mod helps you be a bit more covert about your fishing, allowing you to still appear to be fishing normally
- You are still able to cancel the fishing mini game early to give the appearance of failing the mini game
Config
- IsEnabled
- Whether or not the mod will function and resize the fishing mini game's bobber bar
- Default: true
- OnlyCorkBobber
- Whether or not the Bobber Bar resizing only works when a Cork Bobber is equipped on the current fishing rod
- Default: false
- BarSizePercentageInt
- What percentage of the mini game play space do you want the Bobber Bar to take up?
- Default: 100
- Range: 10 - 100
- ExceptBossFish
- Whether or not the mod will skip resizing the fishing mini game's bobber bar for Boss Fish
- Default: false
- AutoHook
- Whether or not the mod automatically hook a fish when it nibbles
- Default: false
Install
- Install the latest version of SMAPI
- Optional but recommended Install the latest version of Generic Mod Config Menu
- Install this mod by unzipping the mod folder into 'Stardew Valley/Mods'
- Launch the game using SMAPI
Compatibility
- Compatible with...
- Stardew Valley 1.6 or later
- SMAPI 4.0.0 or later
- No known mod conflicts
- If you find one please feel free to notify me here or on GitHub
- If you find one please feel free to notify me here or on GitHub
Limitations
Solo + Multiplayer
- This mod is player specific, each player that wants to utilize it must have it installed
Releases
Releases can be found on GitHub and on the Nexus Mod site
1.2.0
- Add option to automatically hook a fish when it nibbles
- Defaults to off
- Defaults to off
- Fix issue where ExceptBossFish config option would disable the mod's functionality completely
1.1.3
- Added locale translations
- Locale's generated by Google's Gemini LLM
- Feel free to submit re-translations
1.1.2
- Fix bobber bar being slightly smaller than expected
1.1.1
- Simplify backend for getting the Bar Size Percentage to slightly improving performance
1.1.0
- Add "Only Cork Bobber" config option
1.0.0
- Initial Release