Animal Crossing: How to Catch Whale Sharks

Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans can rejoice, knowing that a new month has arrived and brings with it new fish and new bugs to hunt down. Players can choose to slowly collect these new creatures over the next few months they are available or catch them quickly to show off to their villagers and friends!

In the northern hemisphere, players can embark on a hunt similar to the classic novel by Herman Melville to capture a WHALE… shark. The Whale Shark is the largest known extant whale species, and now players from the northern hemisphere can add it to their Critterpedia! This guide will teach players how to successfully catch a Whale Shark in Animal Crossing: New Horizons without losing a leg!

How To Catch Whale Sharks In Animal Crossing New Horizons

The Whale Shark is available in the Northern Hemisphere from June until September and in the Southern Hemisphere from December to March. This means that players who live in the Southern Hemisphere who have not caught the Whale Shark will need to either travel to a friend’s island in the Northern Hemisphere or wait for December to roll back around.

This fish can be found at any time of the day, meaning players can hop on whenever they feel like making an attempt to find this fish. The Whale Shark can be found in the sea on the player’s island or on Mystery Islands. The Whale Shark is a large fish that will show a large shadow with a dorsal fin sticking up out of the water. Players will know they are fishing up the correct size fish if they are seeing other sharks like the Great White Shark or Saw Shark. If the shadow and fin appear to be too small, it is most likely a Suckerfish instead. Keep in mind that it is difficult to see the fin if the fish is vertical, so change the camera angle to check.

The quickest way to capture a Whale Shark is to force one to spawn using fish bait or scare tactics. Players can collect manila clams and craft them into fish bait to spawn fish in the sea. They can also visit mystery islands and scare off the fish that do not have dorsal fins until one with a dorsal fin does eventually spawn. Once players have caught their first Whale Shark, other Whale Sharks caught can be sold to the Nook’s Cranny for 13,000 bells.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now on Nintendo Switch.

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