This guide shows you exactly where all of the fishing spots are across the land, and includes a list of all of the fish you can catch. As noted in our main guide regarding the activity, you can’t fish in every body of water in the province. As such, you need to look for the correct areas first.
Skyrim Fishing Locations
Fishing maps are the best way for you to find the angling locations in Skyrim, whether they be lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water. General Goods vendors tend to sell at least a couple of these.
Once you read them, you’ll notice that the map only has landmarks (mountains, hills, or rivers, for example), but not the names of actual places, like villages or cities. We’ve included the full maps below, with the correct fishing locations marked with a red “X.”
Eastmarch/Windhelm Fishing Locations
The city of Windhelm is your main landmark here:
Falkreath
Below, you’ll see a map of the fishing locations in Falkreath:
Haafingar/Solitude
The city of Solitude is your main landmark here:
Hjaalmarch/Morthal
The town of Morthal is your main landmark on this map:
The Pale/Dawnstar
The settlement of Dawnstar is your main landmark for this map:
The Reach/Markarth Fishing Locations
The city of Markarth is your main landmark here:
The Rift/Riften
The city of Riften is your main landmark here:
Whiterun
Below, you’ll see a map of the fishing locations in Whiterun:
Winterhold
Below, you’ll see a map of the fishing locations in Winterhold:
Solstheim
Added by the Dragonborn expansion, you can travel to the large island of Solstheim by boarding the Northern Maiden ship in the harbor at Windhelm. These are the fishing locations in the north.
Finally, these are the fishing locations that further south:
Skyrim Fish List
Below are the kinds of fish that you can catch in Skyrim by playing the Fishing minigame. Don’t forget that some of these, as well as certain aquatic creatures, can be added to your Fish Hatchery.
Angelfish Angler Arctic Char Arctic Grayling Brook Bass Carp Catfish Cod Direfish Glass Catfish Goldfish Lyretail Anthias Pearlfish Pogfish Pygmy Sunfish Scorpion Fish Spadefish Tripod Spiderfish Vampire Fish
Those are all of the fishing locations in Skyrim, as well as a full list of the fish you can catch. Remember that some areas can be overfished; if that happens, wait a few days and return to find the areas naturally restocked. For more on Skyrim, such as quest walkthroughs and builds, consider heading over to our official guides hub here.
