Reel in the Big Fish: The Best Spots to Catch Shad in Stardew Valley

In the all-time favorite, Stardew Valley players love to do various activities besides farming. Players as villagers can live their virtual lives as they wish. They can build their own bee houses, make their own wines, and do many other tasks. Besides farming, they can do mining and fishing as well. If you want to be a fisherman or want to start a fish farm then you should know about Shad. This, where to catch Shad Stardew Valley guide will surely be a great help to know about Shad and its importance.

Stardew Valley: Shad

Shad is a silver-colored fish with metallic scales. It has a calm and migratory nature. This fish lives in schools at the bottom of the sea. But for breeding, it returns to smaller water bodies like lakes and rivers. It appears only while raining in the Summer, Spring, and Fall seasons.

You may randomly find it at Krobus’s Shop on Wednesdays for 200 g. You can also purchase it from Travelling Cart from between 180 to 1000 g. With Magic Bait, you can Shad whenever you want regardless of day and time.

How to Catch Shad in Stardew Valley

Shad can be found in the rivers of Cindersap Forest and Pelican Town. Forest Farm, Riverslands Farms, and Hill-Top Farm in all three seasons. Catching Shad is a simple and easy way just like Midnight Carp and Tuna. Just reach the possible water channels from 9 AM to 2 PM on rainy days. You will surely catch a Shad to catch.

Benefits of Shad

Shad isn’t a pleasant gift for anybody in Pelican Town so better not gift it to anyone. You can use this fish in the River Fish Bundle in Fish Tank. For the Quality Fish Bundle, 1x Gold or Iridium Fish is required for the remixed bundles of Community Centers.

Shad is used in recipes like Maki Rolls(fish and rice in seaweed) and Sashimi (thin slices of Shad as Sushi). You can also use it as a quality fertilizer. It is used as a spool for sewing Fish Shirt. And also to dye it in dye pots from Emily’s and Haley’s house. You can start a fish farm with it. It takes 2 days to reproduce and then you will see a green Shad Roe. It starts at 3 and then grows up to 10.

Where to Catch Shad Stardew Valley guide will be a great help for players who want to start a fish farm. This fish needs less to reproduce and grow up quickly. Hopefully, this will be a great help to newbies as well. Comment below on how useful was Shad fish for you in-game.