Tactical Fishing
by fuffles
With Tactical Fishing, players can obtain fish buckets by new routes and fish with a water bucket held in the off-hand, and the mod is published for Forge only.
What it does
Fish buckets become obtainable through alternative methods, and fishing can be done with a water bucket held in the off-hand. Modded fish are supported automatically when they follow the Minecraft naming style, and a fish bucket is generated for each one. Fallback handling covers fish whose ids keep the older raw fish naming. Recipes are written dynamically so JEI can display them.
Fishing rods are handled automatically as long as they extend the vanilla fishing rod item and their hook works as a projectile. Custom rods can also be included by adding them to the tactical fishing:fishing rods item tag. The mod fires the Forge ItemFishedEvent when a catch is made, so other mods can react to it. Modpack makers can write new fishing recipes in the mod syntax, and the auto-generated recipes can be turned off in the config.
Tactical Fishing runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.19, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.20 and 1.20.1, with 1.2 for 1.19.2 as the latest file. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, and the source code is public.
Key features
Alternative fish bucket sources
Fish buckets can be obtained through routes beyond ordinary catching, which gives players another way to fill their storage.
Off-hand water bucket fishing
A water bucket held in the off-hand lets the player fish without swapping items out of the main hand.
Automatic modded fish support
Fish from other mods that follow the Minecraft naming style are picked up and given a matching fish bucket without extra setup.
Config-controlled recipe generation
Auto-generated fish recipes can be disabled altogether in the config, leaving only hand-written recipes.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Get In The Bucket Mod is a Forge mod for 1.17.1 – 1.20 under the MIT License and open source, while Tactical Fishing is not open source and targets a different version set. Fish in a bucket is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved and is not open source, so it is a closer match only on that version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tactical Fishing | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-27 |
| Get In The Bucket Mod | Forge | 1.17.1 – 1.20 | Client and server | 2023-06-11 |
| Fish in a bucket | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-01 |
Questions
Does Tactical Fishing need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does Tactical Fishing support?
Can modded fish be included without extra setup?
In the catalog
Tactical Fishing is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,886 Storage mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Makes it possible to get Buckets of Fish via a different way; by fishing with a water bucket in your off-hand! This mod also automatically supports modded fish, as long as they follow the minecraft naming style. The mod uses dynamically written recipes and is compatible with JEI if you want to see what things you can…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tactical-fishing
- Owner
- fuffles
- Published
- 2023-10-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15