How do I install Additional Fishing?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Additional Fishing work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Additional Fishing

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by WIX3Y · on CurseForge

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The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

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Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1

Overview

Additional fishing is a fabric mod that enhances the fishing experience in Minecraft. This mod introduces new fish entities and improves the fishing loot table with these fish. Some of the fish are available in any biome, while others are biome specific.

Fish Locations

The following fish have been added to the fishing loot table in the biomes specified below.

Any biome:

    Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 2 Bass
    Catfish
    Clam
    Raw Crab claw
    Flounder
    Herring
    Raw Shrimp
    Tuna

Cold/Icy/Snowy biomes:

Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 10 Arctic char

Deep oceans:

Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 11 Anglerfish

Warm/lukewarm oceans:

    Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 12 Goldfish
    Koi
    Piranha (also found in mangrove swamp)
    Rainbowfish
    Starfish (also found in ocean & beach)

Fish Entities

The following fish spawn naturally in different water biomes.

    Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 17 Anglerfish
    Arctic char
    Bass
    Goldfish
    Koi
    Piranha
    Shrimp
    Crab (spawns on beaches)

Aquariums

Additional Fishing adds decorative aquariums to minecraft. Each aquarium can hold one fish and can be decorated with up to four different corals. Additional Fishing — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 25

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as additionalfishing-1.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 236 KB
Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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