How To Fish In Skyrim. Equip the Fishing Rod in your right hand from your inventory itll be listed as a weapon Now you need to find the fishing supplies interactable object. To get started with catching fish in Skyrim Anniversary Edition you will need to first go to the Fishery.
It is worth mentioning that you can still engage in Skyrims original form of fishing namely to dive into the water and just grab any fish within arms length. To clear some confusion up. Some say they like the rain or that they are gloomy fish who hate the sun.
Thankfully you dont need bait as the locations you find scattered across Skyrim will provide the bait for you.
You will find this fishery towards the west of Riften. In truth they enjoy watching the ripples dance along the surface above them and want to join in on the festivities. Activating the Fishing Rod and Fishing. Another way of catching fish is to shoot them with a bow.