Fishing

Fishing is in GTA 6, and Rockstar has shown it three times: a rod and reel over the side of a boat, a rod against the sky, and an angler holding up a catch.

The clearest image is a 4K press screenshot. Jason stands at the stern of a boat with a spinning rod, the reel visible on the underside and the line running out over the transom. He is in a white long-sleeved top and mirrored sunglasses; beside him a second man in a floral shirt watches the water through binoculars. The boat has a hardtop and rod holders.

Two more frames add pieces. One shows a rod and reel held up against the sky. Another shows somebody holding a fish they have caught. Between them the material covers the three moments a fishing system needs: cast, wait, land.

What none of them shows is an interface. There is no meter, no tension bar, no prompt in any of the three frames, so whether this is a minigame with a struggle mechanic or a simpler animation is not something we can answer from the images.

How to recognise it

• A spinning rod and reel, used from the stern of a boat
• A hardtop boat with rod holders
• A second figure with binoculars, watching the water
• A separate frame of an angler holding a catch
• No interface visible in any of the three frames

The frame it comes from

The frame is a still from the official Press pack, which carries no timecode. It is 3840 by 2160, and the vehicle occupies 3840 by 2160 of it. Also in it: Jason Duval.

What we still do not know

• Whether there is a struggle mechanic with a meter
• Whether fish can be sold, and to whom
• Whether fishing works from shore as well as from a boat
• Whether a licence or a specific rod is needed