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It was THIS Big!

It was THIS Big!

Catch a fish weighing over 5kg (11 lbs).

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How to unlock the It was THIS Big! achievement in The Long Dark - Definitive Guide

The only fish that is larger than 5 kg is the Coho Salmon, which is only found in huts along Coastal Highway.

When catching a fish in one of these huts, a fish will be a Coho Salmon between 1/4 to 1/3 of the time. (The smaller Rainbow Trout is caught with the remainder.) The Coho ranges between 2.8 kg and 5.5 kg, so catching a large Coho is more rare among catches.

The best method of catching a Coho would be to take several Fishing Tackles (Line + Hook), saving your game, fishing for a long period of time, the quitting and loading your save if you do not catch a large enough Coho. It's a question of luck.

Hope this helps! toast
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04 Aug 2017 22:00

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Thanks Sashamorning , you help me a lot... 👏👏👏🤜🤛
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By GbyCastro on 29 Apr 2020 18:42
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By Sashamorning on 29 Apr 2020 19:39
It's been so long since I played Wintermute. I don't remember fishing...?
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By Sashamorning on 18 Dec 2020 07:37
I caught many more of the large fish in Bleak Inlet, also you can catch a lot of the large fish in Timberwolf Mountain, they are smallmouth bass.
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By FerociousTiger1 on 27 Jan 2022 00:35
I popped this in Episode 3 of Wintermute. In Pleasant Valley. The achievement about investigating the four mysterious local legends... one is a big bass and it weighs over 5kg. It pops this achievement.

Might be easier to do this way if you're completing Wintermute achievements anyway. Rather than trying to pop it in Survival.
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By ell635 on 13 May 2023 21:45
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In Episode 3 of the Wintermute, there is a group of side-quests needed for the achievement "Tall Tales".

One of the four tales is of a giant fish that is catch-able in Pensive Pond, 15 Kg.

I caught this after 3-4 hours of in-game fishing time.
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10 Nov 2019 11:07

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By far this is now the more sensible way to get this achievement.
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By Slyfoxzero on 19 May 2020 01:30
For this having at least level 4 in ice fishing gives you the best chance at getting this achievement.

If you're level 4 and above you can get a smallmouth bass over 5kgs from fishing huts on lakes (Mystery Lake for example)

If you don't have level 4 or 5 in fishing you can try your luck with Coho Salmon in Coastal Highway as it is the only fish that is naturally more than 5kg without a high fishing level.
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09 Sep 2023 00:00

You can fish by going into one of the fishing huts and open the hole with a tool (Knife, Hatchets or Prybar) and use a fishing line with hook for X hours. Fish can be random size so it's a bit of hit and miss but you want your fishing skill at level 5 for the Skilled Survivor trophy, thus you will catch a 5kg fish way before that!

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Do it at the Coastal Highway location. Just fish and eventually the right one will come up. At the “Mysterious Lake” location, the fish still didn’t appear after ~30 minutes of fishing!
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09 Jan 2019 23:12

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Caught a fish in Otradnaya Valley while leveling up fishing
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By AssassinNCOD on 13 Oct 2020 17:58
5 kg fish are only sea fish, so on the Mysterious Lake you don’t even have to try to achieve this trophy. As the level of fishing increases, the weight of the fish also increases; it is better to first level up the fishing, or you can level it up on the spot.
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By baccet on 29 Jul 2019 10:20
Caught in fishing houses on the Coastal Highway, you need at least skill level 3. It is possible to catch it in other locations, but the chance is much lower.
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01 Aug 2019 08:52