Bait & Tackle

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• Announcements·3 Oct 2026Official

  1 Year of Bait & Tackle!

  Hello all Bait & Tacklers! Can you believe that it has been one full year since Bait & Tackle was released? Developing the game has been a really exciting journey for the entire team, and we would not have been able to come nearly as far without all of you; we want to say thank you! Since launch we have amassed 4,500 players, obtained a peak Twitch viewership of 36,000 (thanks GDQ), released 2 major updates, received 95% positive reviews, won the Best in Game Design award at RPI GameFest, attended multiple showcases, given a talk on the development of the game, had fans set up a speedrun.com page, seen countless Youtube videos and Twitch streams from large & small creators alike, put out a bunch of minor patches, and got to interact with so many of you all! It’s been a wonderful, wild, and fishy ride, and we wanted to take a moment to celebrate this milestone. With that all said, we hope the fish keep biting, and thank you all again!
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• Patch Notes·5 Aug 2026Official

  v1.2.1 Update

  Greetings! We’ve got a small bugfix patch to address some things that came up in the v1.2.0 update! Since the release of Bait & Tackle: THE STAR OF THE SHOW UPDATE, v1.2.0, we’ve been on the lookout for any bugs that have popped up with the new content. We’ve found a few, so we wanted to get those handled swiftly, and we wanted to make some slight fishing changes to make some things smoother!ChangelogLevels> Fixed an issue with the collision of the brick walls in the Estuary, which allowed for the player to get stuck inside of them when approaching via certain angles.Fishing> Slightly increased the probability of some Estuary fish: the Seahorse, Manatee, and Stingray.> Slightly decreased the probability of some Estuary fish/junk: the Perch, Hogsucker, and Sock.Map> Fixed an issue with the line from the swamp to the dock that caused it to be stuck at an incomplete state when opening up the game.
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• Patch Notes·10 Jul 2026Official

  1.2.0: The Star of the Show Update

  BAIT & TACKLE v1.2.0: THE STAR OF THE SHOW UPDATEThe team has been wanting to add more of what makes Bait & Tackle the game that it is: Bosses. As a result, we’ve added a new boss, with a superboss variant, a new area, new music, and new fish to catch! We’re adding optional mid-game content to give you guys more of the game you love! Changelog Boss Updates> Added a new, optional, mid-game boss fight: Sensational Starfish.> Added Showstopping Starfish, the superboss variant of Sensational Starfish.> These bosses come with unique music, animations, movesets, sfx, assets, and more!> Fixed the shading on the “Fish ‘Em” text for some bosses. Levels> Added a new optional area on the map, with a unique travel line to denote its optional status.> Added the Estuary level. > The Estuary has a unique tileset mixed with our dock tileset to give it a striking appearance. > The Estuary has a brand new audio track to go along with it, and is perfect for some calm fishing.> The Estuary has unique fish to catch that cannot be caught in any other levels.> The Estuary is home to two new bosses, the Sensational Starfish and its superboss variant.> The Estuary has new dialogue for everyone’s favorite seagull. Fishdex> Added seven new non-boss fish for the Estuary area. > Each new fish has unique fish facts and brand new sprites.> Added both new Starfish bosses to the fishdex, also with unique fish facts. Achievements> Added an achievement for catching all non-boss fish in the Estuary: A Star-Studded Cast.> Added an achievement for catching Sensational Starfish: Twinkle Twinkle. > Added a hidden achievement for catching Showstopping Starfish: The Show Must Go On.> Updated existing achievements to include the new fish and the new bosses. > Your existing achievements (Baited, Tackled, All Fin-ished., and To Bait & Tackle) will not be taken away due to the newly added requirements, but the existing achievements will require the corresponding completions from the new area going forward. Game...
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• Patch Notes·10 Jun 2026Official

  v1.1.3 Update

  Hey there everyone! We’ve been working on quite a few big Bait & Tackle features, but in the meantime we’ve addressed some small bugs that have popped up! We’ve fixed some onboarding and tutorial bugs, clarified some in-game text, and fixed a pesky Swordfish issue that has caught some players by surprise! Changelog Fishdex> Fixed an issue that caused the pulsing of the Fishdex tutorial textboxes to be paused when starting a second new game in the same session as a previous new game.> Clarified that the player must click on a bait to equip it in the Fishdex tutorial. Map> Fixed an issue that caused the animation of the red map lines to be paused when starting a second new game in the same session as a previous new game.> The initial “M” key prompt now disappears when the map is opened for the first time, not whenever the key is pressed. This fixes an issue where it was possible to remove the prompt prior to opening the map. Bosses> Fixed an issue causing Mini Minnow to glow slightly during the Fish ‘Em tutorial.> Fixed an issue causing the Swordfish bosses to sometimes shoot their Air Slashes behind them if the player was close to the center of the boss. Levels> Fixed an issue causing the player to stand atop the water in the Oil Rig instead of slightly sinking into it. Text> The "Quit" button in the pause menu now says "Quit Game".> The newspaper segments now specify clicking left-click to continue.
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• Patch Notes·11 Apr 2026Official

  v1.1.2 Update

  Hello everyone! We’re making a small update to address some bugs that have popped up and improve the new player experience!Changelog Fishdex> The fishdex tutorial popups for filtering, sorting, bait options, and exiting the fishdex now pulse back and forth between an orange color to draw more attention to them. (1.1.2) Credits> Fixed the shipwreck tileset at the beginning of the credits level so that it’s no longer invisible. (1.1.1) Levels> Fixed issue that prevented the screenwipe transition from occurring when entering or leaving the swamp level. (1.1.1)> Fixed an issue causing the arrow that points to the newspaper that the seagull drops in the swamp being shaded & darker than it should have been. (1.1.2) Accessibility> Fixed an issue that made the player unable to toggle the extra health accessibility option when returning to the main menu during a boss fight. (1.1.2)
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