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As you begin your angler journey inStardew Valley, you’ll start to realize that some fish can earn you a lot of money, and some are a great option to have available to make recipes or complete requests. Some fish can even be a great addition to a Fish Pond within your farm to generate extra profit.
Though some fish can be easily located and are available throughout most seasons, some are a bit more hidden and will require you to seek them out in specific areas during certain times. If you’re currently on the hunt for someSmallmouth Bass, here’s where you can locate the fish.

Where to Find Smallmouth Bass in Stardew Valley
Smallmouth Bass are certainly not one of the more difficult fish to find in the game, but if you are currently in need of one soon, you’ll need tomeet these criteriato spot one:
You can find these locations in theimage gallery above. As long as you stay in the right area and only search for the Smallmouth Bass in Spring or Fall, you shouldn’t have too much trouble picking one up. You can alsoadd some bait to your fishing poleto make it easier and faster to catch one. You can also useMagic Baitto get one in Winter or Summer if you can’t wait.
If you want to multiply the amount of Smallmouth Bass you can obtain, you cancreate a Fish Pondon your farm and throw some Smallmouth Bass inside. Another fish will spawn afterabout 2 days, and you can also receive someSmallmouth Bass Roerandomly.
How to Use Smallmouth Bass in Stardew Valley
Other than just selling or gifting, Smallmouth Bass can be used for a number of different quests or even recipes. After you’vehooked some bait onto your fishing rodand successfully caught a Smallmouth Bass,here are all the recipesyou can use the fish for:
Required Ingredients
Fishing Vest
1x Bullhead, 1x Carp, 1x Chub, 1x Largemouth Bass, 1x Lingcod, 1x Perch, 1x Pike, 1x Smallmouth Bass, 1x Sturgeon, 1x Walleye, 1x Woodskip, 1x Cloth
Sashimi
1x Any Fish
Outside of this, you might also receive a request from a villager at theHelp Wanted Board outside of Pierre’s General Store. Some of the villagers will request anywhere from1 to 4 Smallmouth Basses, and you’ll receive a reward ofup to 200g,and some will even offer150 Friendship Points. If you’d rather sell some Smallmouth Bass, they can go for anywhere from50gat the base price all the way up to150gfor an Iridium Quality Smallmouth Bass sold at theAngler fishing level.