
You Need Bait!
Dive into a deeper fishing experience with this mod, featuring fully custom 3D models and unique animations for every new fish you catch. Gear up with a specialized fishing rod that supports powerful modifiers to boost your haul.
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Опубликован 17 февраля 2024 г.

Dive into a deeper fishing experience with this mod, featuring fully custom 3D models and unique animations for every new fish you catch. Gear up with a specialized fishing rod that supports powerful modifiers to boost your haul, and expand your toolkit with multiple bait types, a required hook, a handy tacklebox, a minnow trap, and more to discover.

Discord: https://discord.gg/q8wRhXzN7t
Patreon: patreon.com/YouNeedBait
Curseforge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/youneedbait
Key Features:
- Expanded Aquatic Life: Discover a variety of new fish species, each with unique 3D models, textures, and animations. Encounter Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Catfish, and Pumpkinseed Sunfish in their natural habitats.
- Custom Fishing Rod: Craft and wield the "Fancy Fishing Rod," a custom 3D model with dedicated slots for bait, hooks, and powerful modifiers. This rod is obtainable through a progressive trading system with the Master Fisherman Villager.
- Modifiers: Enhance your fishing with modifiers like Glow Berries (experience bonus) or an Iron Hoe (chance to convert junk items to seeds or Onion Bulbs).
- Diverse Bait System: No more fishing empty-handed! This mod introduces a variety of bait types, including Worms, Caterpillars, Minnows, Sucker Minnows, Leeches, and Nightcrawlers. At least one type of bait is required in your inventory to fish, with a 10% chance of consumption per catch.
- Essential Fishing Tools:
- Tacklebox: A handy storage solution for your fishing gear, featuring a new 3D model and inventory screen. The basic version offers 4 slots and can only hold "fishing" items.
- Minnow Trap: Place these traps in rivers or swamps to slowly gather minnows or leeches over time.
- Fish Cleaning Station: Clean your catches with a Filet Knife for delicious food items and a 10% chance of bonus loot.
- New Items & Food: Explore a range of new items like Azuromite Ingots and Blocks, Mutilated Flesh, and a variety of food items such as Less Suspicious Stew, Raw Fish Fillets, Salted Beef, Beef Jerky, and more.
- Dynamic Fish Weights: Each custom fish species now has a unique weight range, configurable to be displayed in pounds (lb) or kilograms (kg). Adjust the "fish weight bias" to control the rarity of catching record-sized fish.
- Configurable Gameplay: Customize your fishing experience with a new configuration file (
config/youneedbait.toml) allowing you to adjust settings like bait requirement, bait usage percentage, fish weight units, and weight bias. - Enhanced Villager Trading: The Master Fisherman Villager now offers an expanded and progressive trade system, making the Fancy Fishing Rod and other valuable fishing items more accessible.
- World Generation: Discover abandoned houses randomly spawning in some biomes, occasionally featuring a parrot. Salt Blocks also generate naturally during world creation.
- Achievements & Tooltips: Track your progress with custom advancements and benefit from informative tooltips for new items.
- Compatibility: Verified compatibility with JEI (Just Enough Items).
Future Updates: Many future updates are planned to further diversify fishing features and expand the mod's content.
Recipes
Fish Hook

Less Suspicious Stew

Salted Beef

Salted Fish Filet

Minnow Trap

Minnow Bucket

Ченджлог
Fabric-0.4.1-1.20.4Бета1.20.3, 1.20.4 · 5 января 2026 г.
Fabric 0.4.1
New
New Versions
- 1.20.2
- 1.20.3
- 1.20.4
Updates
Fancy Fishing Rod
- Updated durability to 256 (was 64) to better reflect the difficulty in obtaining
Fixes
- Synced config file versions
Fabric-0.4.1-1.20.2Бета1.20.2 · 5 января 2026 г.
Fabric 0.4.1
New
New Versions
- 1.20.2
- 1.20.3
- 1.20.4
Updates
Fancy Fishing Rod
- Updated durability to 256 (was 64) to better reflect the difficulty in obtaining
Fixes
- Synced config file versions
Fabric-0.4.1-1.20.1Бета1.20.1 · 5 января 2026 г.
Fabric 0.4.1
New
New Versions
- 1.20.2
- 1.20.3
- 1.20.4
Updates
Fancy Fishing Rod
- Updated durability to 256 (was 64) to better reflect the difficulty in obtaining
Fixes
- Synced config file versions
Fabric-0.4.0-1.20.1Бета1.20.1 · 8 декабря 2025 г.
Fabric 0.4.0
New
Fish Weights
- Adds configuration options for weights for each fish caught
- Can be displayed in lb or kg
- Fish weight bias setting that allows configuration of the rarity of record size fish
- Only works with custom fish
- Each species has a custom weight range
Configuration File
- There is a new file for custom configuration. config/youneedbait.toml
- These are the initial settings
- Whether bait is required. Default: true (i.e., "Y")
- bait_required = true
- Percentage chance of bait being consumed per use (0..100). Default: 40
- bait_usage_percent = 40
- Fish weight units
weight_unit = "lb"
- Enable fish weights
- weighted_fish_enabled = true
- Fish weight bias. Larger number means harder to catch huge fish
- fish_weight_bias = 4.0
- Whether bait is required. Default: true (i.e., "Y")
Master Fisherman Villager
We've significantly expanded and improved the Master Fisherman villager's trade offerings, providing a more engaging and progressive experience for all aspiring anglers! The "Fancy Fishing Rod" is now more accessible through a clear trade progression. It now requires a Minnow Bucket to obtain the villager instead of a Salt Block
Trade Summary by Level:
Level 1: Novice Fisherman
- Sell: 16x Worms for 1x Emerald
- Buy: 2x Emeralds for 8x Caterpillars
- Buy: 3x Emeralds for 1x Fillet Knife
Level 2: Apprentice Fisherman
- Sell: 8x Minnows for 1x Emerald
- Buy: 3x Emeralds for 6x Leeches
- Buy: 5x Emeralds for 1x Hook
Level 3: Journeyman Fisherman
- Sell: 10x Cod for 1x Emerald
- Buy: 5x Emeralds for 4x Nightcrawlers
- Buy: 8x Emeralds for 1x Can of Worms
- Buy: 4x Emeralds for 6x Dried Fish Filets
Level 4: Expert Fisherman
- Sell: 6x Sucker Minnows for 2x Emeralds
- Sell: 8x Salmon for 1x Emerald
- Buy: 3x Emeralds for 12x Salt
- Buy: 12x Emeralds for 1x Fishing Rod (Vanilla)
Level 5: Master Fisherman
- Sell: 6x Tropical Fish for 2x Emeralds
- Sell: 4x Pufferfish for 3x Emeralds
- Buy: 15x Emeralds for 1x Azuromite Ingot
- Buy: 18x Emeralds for 1x Fancy Fishing Rod
- Buy: 10x Emeralds + 2x Azuromite Ingots for 1x Fancy Fishing Rod
Add Recipes
- Filet Knife
- Salted Beef
- Azuromite Block -> Ingots
- Fish Cleaning Station
Updates
Fabric Loader
- Updated version to 0.16.10
- Use fabric-api 0.92.6
Verified compatibility with JEI (jei-1.20.1-fabric-15.16.2.73)
Vanilla Fishing Rod
- Only catches vanilla items
- No longer requires bait
Fancy Fishing Rod
- Catches both vanilla and custom fish
Walleye
- Entirely rewritten model, texture and animation
- Basic custom swimming goals
Minnow Trap
- New Model
Modifier - Junk To Garden
- Using an Iron Hoe in the Fancy Fishing Rod modifier slot (green)
- Now has a chance to fish up Onion Bulbs
Fixes
Vanilla Fishing Rod
- Can still fish as normal without bait
- No longer tries to remove bait
Fancy Fishing Rod
- Line attaches to the end correctly
- Bait removal now works correctly in this order, rod, tackle box, inventory
Fish Cleaning Station
- Now appears in gui as an item
- Change gui icon appearance
- Fish cleaning actually works now
- Now works with hoppers
Minnow Bucket
- No longer disappears when you break it
- Enhanced the hitbox to fit
- Used to create Master Fisherman Villager
Minnow Trap
- No longer disappears when you break it
- Breaking texture is now correct
- Enhanced the hitbox to fit
Tackle Box
- Enhanced the hitbox to fit
Fabric-0.3.3.0-1.20.1Бета1.20.1 · 8 октября 2025 г.
Fabric 0.3.3.0
New
Items
Leech
- New bait type
Nightcrawler
- New bait type
Updates
Tacklebox
- New inventory screen
- Basic version has 4 slots
- Can only hold "fishing" items
Fishing Rod Modifier
- Iron Hoe - 15% chance of converting junk items to seeds (Melon, Pumpkin, Wheat)
Minnow Trap
- Retrieving bait from the trap is now more intelligent
- Placing the trap in a swamp biome will trap leeches
Cat Fish is now Catfish
Fish spawn eggs are now colored correctly
Bait was being removed 99% of the time instead of 10%
New icons for
- Can of Worms
- Filet Knife
- Leech
- Minnow
- Nightcrawler
- Salt
- Sucker Minnow
Fabric-0.3.2.0-1.20.1Бета1.20.1 · 9 мая 2024 г.
You Need Bait Fabric 1.20.1
Changes
- Testing The Fabric Version Of The Mod In 1.20.1
Known Bugs
- When You Right Click A Minnow Bucket With Something In Your Hand The Item(s) Vanish
- The Line For The Fishing Rod Is In The Wrong Position
0.3.2.0Бета1.20.4 · 7 мая 2024 г.
Fabric 0.3.2.0
New
Fishing Rod
- New custom fishing rod with 3d model
- Obtained from a Master level Fisherman Villager (9 Azuromite Blocks)
- Has a slot for bait, hook, and modifier
- Shift Right-click while holding in main hand opens the interface
- Modifier slot (green) - Glow Berries (Experience bonus after each catch)
Fish Cleaning Station
- Where you clean your fish
- Requires a filet knife
- There is a 10% chance for bonus loot
Updates
Tackle Box
- New 3d model and texture
- Drops item when broken instead of magically appearing in your inventory
Catfish - New icon
Fish Hook
- Needs to be equipped on the custom fishing rod to use it
- Shift-Right Click opens the fishing rod inventory
Fishing
- Increased the weighting of the custom fish loot table
0.3.2.0Бета1.20.4 · 24 апреля 2024 г.
0.3.2.0
New
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
- New fish
- Spawns in Rivers
Fishing Rod
- New custom fishing rod with 3d model
- Obtained from a Master level Fisherman Villager (9 Azuromite Blocks)
- Has a slot for bait, hook, and modifier
- Shift Right-click while holding in main hand opens the interface
- Modifier slot (green) - Glow Berries (Experience bonus after each catch)
Fish Cleaning Station
- Where you clean your fish
- Requires a filet knife
- There is a 10% chance for bonus loot
Updates
Tackle Box
- New 3d model and texture
Catfish - New icon Fish Hook
- Needs to be equipped on the custom fishing rod to use it
- Shift-Right Click opens the fishing rod inventory
Fishing
- Increased the weighting of the custom fish loot table
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where catfish were spawning on land
Known Issues
- Fishing line doesn't attach to the rod properly
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