Small bait ?

[billythegreat]

I am trying without success for a while to catch a red-tailed black shark for the fish collection. I have to fish 2 full days to catch enough minnows and tetras to waste them all next day without a catch in the pond of the Willow creek park. Does perch,goldfish and kissing gourami enter in the category of small fish ( for bait purpose for this red tail black shark) ? I used also guppies and bettas.

[stitching_JA]

I had no luck catching the red tailed black shark in that pond, either.  I searched online and found a suggestion to try the small fishing area at the back of Oasis Spring's park (the one close to the cave entrance).  I eventually caught it there.  As for the bait, having the preferred bait may improve the chances of catching a certain fish, but in completing my collection, I caught most fish without any bait at all or with the wrong bait.

[Tixxis]

I've caught it with minnows and beta's in the Willow Creek Park pond, Oasis Springs Park pond as well as its fishing spot near the cave. I also caught it in Sylvan Glade, both in the pond and the waterfall fishing spot. The last three fishing spots mentioned seem the best, because bait requirements change a lot. I caught more red-tailed sharks with beta than with minnow.

[billythegreat]

Thank you both. I was finally able to catch 3 sharks in a row in Sylvan Glade pond using kissing gourami in 5 minutes real time . Not after frustration with willow creek and oasis spring park ponds. I am wondering if this ponds still contain the sharks, maybe they were moved to special areas ponds in one of the last patches. I mean, come on I fished 48 hours ( in sims time )with 2 sims ( one lvl 10 and the other lvl 7) in both park ponds and not a single shark. In that time the lvl 7 sims dinged lvl 10 in fishing.

[Nutella]

Fishing in sims 4 is all about luck, really annoying. 

[yukkii]

yes, I know this is old but i just caught one using the pufferfish.