What is the highest bait score in GONE Fishing?

Sleeping Troll Ragdoll at 86, followed by Spider Creature Ragdoll at 85 and then Stalker, Snake and Polar Bear ragdolls at 82.

What bait catches legendary fish?

Legendary bites need a total bait score of roughly 175, which no single bait reaches. Stack a high-score bait with beer, day count and Leviathan's totem.

What is the best bait for big fish?

Baits with a score of 60 or above. Human (70) and Chopped Bait XLarge (70) also reach the widest range of species — 90 and 97 respectively.

GONE Fishing Bait Guide — All 58 Baits Ranked

What is the best bait in GONE Fishing?

There is no single best bait — bait score decides which fish can bite, and the fish you want depends on the day. What does scale predictably is the score itself: Worm sits at 15 and Troll ragdoll at 86, and legendary bites only start around 175 once you stack totems, beer and day count on top of the bait.

The table below ranks all 58 baits by bait score, with the catch count and species spread each one has actually produced.

Bait snapshot (community API, captured 2026-10-21)

Bait	Bait score	Catches	Anglers	Species seen	Maps
Sleeping Troll Ragdoll	86	76	57	32	4
Spider Creature Ragdoll	85	131	98	33	5
Polar Bear Ragdoll	82	12	9	9	1
Snake Ragdoll	82	115	83	33	5
Stalker Ragdoll	82	202	130	41	5
Egg Creature Ragdoll	80	12	11	7	5
Moose	80	139	75	32	5
Ivan Ragdoll	80	1,305	828	71	5
Baby Polar Bear	78	77	44	18	1
Penguin	72	540	152	44	5
Croc Ragdoll	70	217	180	40	4
Walrus	70	825	367	65	5
Human	70	3,466	2,082	90	5
Chopped Bait XLarge	70	9,931	1,156	97	5
Seal	68	461	109	27	1
Baby Penguin	68	1,555	1,014	82	6
Komodo	65	133	48	22	1
Tapir	62	347	41	25	1
Baby Seal	62	2,150	1,308	89	6
Gorilla	60	4,131	1,541	95	6
Shoe Bill	59	792	130	48	2
Raccoon	58	3,332	876	76	6
Desert Turtle	55	397	67	31	1
Chopped Bait Large	55	796	259	66	5
Puffin	55	2,259	1,158	81	6
Capybara	51	1,301	208	47	1
Rabbit	50	787	323	61	4
Ant Eater	50	2,400	1,332	91	6
Armadillo	46	195	105	43	2
Croc Bait	46	2,474	1,064	73	4
Bat	45	6	4	3	2
Cassowary	45	694	307	77	5
Beaver	45	2,671	1,443	90	6
Turtle	42	8,174	3,163	93	6
Duckling	40	4,747	2,170	88	5
Chopped Bait Medium	40	6,252	2,550	94	6
Desert Scorpion	39	1,829	996	80	6
Rat	38	4,241	2,140	89	6
Snake	38	4,389	2,050	91	6
Squirrel	36	1,822	1,085	90	6
Crab	35	7,905	2,346	91	5
Scorpion	35	8,093	2,987	93	5
Tarantula	33	2,928	1,310	92	6
Iguana	30	2,215	1,477	83	6
Leaf Tailed Gecko	30	4,374	1,247	81	6
Spider	30	14,526	4,070	93	6
Dart	28	494	225	33	1
Glizzy	28	7,729	2,471	12	6
Minnow	28	17,723	3,286	94	6
Egg	25	3,138	386	25	1
Chopped Bait Small	25	12,605	3,256	90	6
Bull Frog	24	24,401	5,145	82	6
Lizard	21	10,677	3,670	67	6
Ant	20	2,406	442	36	2
Beetle	20	2,863	1,338	74	6
Mouse	17	434	193	17	1
Cockroach	16	7,808	2,688	39	3
Worm	15	120,604	7,062	68	6

How bait score actually works

Bait score is a threshold, not a quality rating. The game picks a fish, then checks whether your total bait score reaches that species’ floor. Total score is the bait’s own value plus your modifiers:

Beer adds to the score and to fish weight — the shop sells it for a reason.
Day count scales your results the longer a run survives.
Leviathan’s totem multiplies bait score, weight and point value together.
Difficulty adds a weight bonus on Jeremy Wade.

That is why the same Worm that farms Perch on day 2 can pull a Sturgeon on day 30 — the bait did not change, the stack behind it did.

Bait tiers

Tier 1 — Always available (score 15-24)

Worm (15), Cockroach (16), Mouse (17), Ant (20), Beetle (20), Lizard (21), Bull Frog (24). Worms are the single most used bait in the game with 120,604 recorded catches, because they spawn the moment you step outside the cabin. Frog is the upgrade: easy to find near any cabin, and it clears the score floor for the starter pond species.

Tier 2 — Common small game (score 25-40)

Egg (25), Chopped Bait Small (25), Minnow (28), Dart (28), Glizzy (28), Spider (30), Leaf Tailed Gecko (30), Iguana (30), Tarantula (33), Scorpion (35), Crab (35), Squirrel (36), Rat (38), Snake (38), Desert Scorpion (39), Chopped Bait Medium (40).

Minnow is the standout: it spawns infinitely from a fish trap, so it is the one bait you never have to farm by hand. Spider and Rat are the cave staples and carry the widest species spread in this tier.

Tier 3 — Mid game (score 42-59)

Turtle (42), Cassowary (45), Beaver (45), Bat (45), Croc Bait (46), Armadillo (46), Ant Eater (50), Rabbit (50), Capybara (51), Chopped Bait Large (55), Puffin (55), Desert Turtle (55), Raccoon (58), Shoe Bill (59).

This is where the map asymmetry shows up: Cassowary and Capybara are Jungle-only spawns, Desert Turtle and Komodo are Arctic/Canyon, so your tier three pool depends on where you are standing.

Tier 4 — High value (score 60-72)

Gorilla (60), Baby Seal (62), Tapir (62), Komodo (65), Seal (68), Baby Penguin (68), Croc Ragdoll (70), Walrus (70), Human (70), Chopped Bait XLarge (70), Penguin (72).

Human is the highest-coverage bait in the game: 3,466 catches across 90 species on all five maps. Chopped Bait XLarge reaches 97 species, the broadest spread of any bait in the data.

Tier 5 — Top end (score 78-86)

Baby Polar Bear (78), Ivan Ragdoll (80), Moose (80), Egg Creature Ragdoll (80), Stalker Ragdoll (82), Snake Ragdoll (82), Polar Bear Ragdoll (82), Spider Creature Ragdoll (85), Sleeping Troll Ragdoll (86).

These are ragdolls and large animals, not critters you scoop off the ground. They are the baits you save for a Legendary session rather than a farming run.

Where each bait spawns

Bait farming is a route, not a lookup. On the Lake the order that works is: Worms outside the cabin, Cockroaches by the gambling pool, Lizards around the altar and the trees to its left, Frogs on the island between the cabins and around the cabin walls, Spiders inside the second cabin, then bait fish from the trap. Behind the cabin there are two Turtles, the only ones reachable without a boat. Follow the left path for the small pond and its two or three Ducks, then the cave system for Scorpions along the left wall, Crabs around the teleportation portal, and Rats past the pink mushroom.

The maps guide breaks the rest down per map.

Practical bait rules

Never sell your last Worm stack. It is free and it always catches something.
Keep one Minnow trap running from day one. Free bait is free score.
Match the tier to the target, not to the mode. A Troll ragdoll on a Blue Gill run is wasted score.
Stack before you spend. Beer, day count and totems multiply together — check the totems page before buying a big bait.

Fish list — what each bait is trying to reach
Totems — the multipliers that sit on top of bait score
Beginner guide — the first bait route to memorise