Fishing in Monster Hunter World - the best tips

Monster Hunter World: How to fish big and small fish

Immediately after the Monster Hunter World prologue, you will find a fishing rod in your inventory. So you don't have to go looking for the rod.

You will mainly find small fish in rivers. Look here for a place deep enough for fish to swim in. When you find a fish, target it with the fishing rod and cast it out with R2 or RT.
If a fish bites, the controller vibrates. Only when the controller vibrates continuously should you pull the fishing rod out of the water. To do this, press the Circle or B button.
Later you can also fish larger fish in the sea. If a fish bites and flies quickly from left to right, you can catch up with the rod directly. If the fish swims calmly from left to right, tilt the fishing rod in the opposite direction. If the fish starts to whiz, catch up with the line.

If you cannot fish a fish with a normal bait, you need a bait beetle.

You can find them in the ancient forest in areas 9 and 10. During the game you can also breed the beetles yourself in the botanical research center.
You need the fished fish in the game for several things. In the canteen you can process fish for strengthening food and use it to craft materials. If you find an exclamation mark on the map, some of these are fishing quests. If you get the required fish, you will receive a reward.

There are many different fish that you can pull out of the water in the game. Here is an overview of the most important fish:

Burst Arowana: You need the scales of the fish for gunpowder. The Arowana can be found in areas 1 and 11 in the ancient forest, in areas 1 and 10 of the wild tower wasteland and in area 11 of the coral highlands.
Gastronomy tuna: The fish brings you a wide variety of items such as bait beetles or a golden scale. You can find the tuna in area 4 of the ancient forest, in area 6 of the wild tower wasteland and in area 10 of the valley of decay.
Golden fish: You can sell the scale of the fish for 1000 zen. In area 14 of the coral highlands you will find the fish inside a cave. It can also be found in area 15 of the Valley of Decay.
Platinum fish: You need the platinum fish for the platinum fish soup. They fish it in areas 7 and 8 of the elders' home.
Sushi fish: With the scale of the sushi fish you can make a healing soup. You can find it almost everywhere, including in areas 1, 4 and 11 of the ancient forest and in areas 1, 6 and 10 of the wild tower wasteland.
Petricanth: You will receive 500 research points for this fossil. It occurs very rarely in area 15 of the Valley of Decay and in area 8 of the elders' homeland.