This Fishing Trawler guide will help you learn the basics of everything you need to do to get the Angler’s outfit.

Requirements

First, to complete the mini-game, there’s no official fishing level required, but if you want to get fish, you will need to have 15+ fishing –the fish you receive based on your fishing level.

It is recommended to do Fishing Trawler as soon as possible to get the Angler’s outfit because even at level 99, you don’t get excellent rewards in terms of fish. 

You will also need a 

• bailing bucket, 
• a rope, and lastly, 
• between 750 and 2,000 of swamp paste –make sure it’s paste and not tar; they look very similar. You can either get this at the Grand Exchange or the general store.

Fishing Trawler Location

The easiest way to get to the mini-game is by using the mini-game teleport, which requires level 15 fishing. If you don’t have that level, there are a few other options, such as charters.

Once you are there, head south, you will come across a general shop; you will see two types of buckets. You will want to go for the one that says bailing bucket. You will also see that you can purchase swamp paste off there as well, so if you are an ironman, you can go ahead and buy your swamp paste there.

* A good tip for when the general store is short of the stock is going to a different world because otherwise, you’ll end up wasting a lot of money.

If you head north, you will see that there is a Bank Chest. You can go there from in-between your trips if you need, for example, to deposit some fish or get more rope.

Once you have all your inventory sorted out, run northeast towards the boat. Board the gangplank, and once you get on, it’s most likely going to tell you that there’s someone already on the fishing trip. It can be anywhere from 1 to 13 minutes in terms of how long you will have to wait.

Climb down the ladder, wait until the fishing trip is over, and then hop right in.

Fishing Trawler Minigame

Go to the top right-hand corner and click the camera button, so that your camera doesn’t shake while you’re on the fishing trawler. If you look at the top of the screen, you will see a couple of indicators.

The first one shows how much water there’s in the boat. Then it shows the status of the net, how many fish you’ve got, the time left, and finally, your activity bar.

Keep an eye out for the activity bar because if it goes below zero, you will get kicked out. You can gain activity by doing as little as just filling the leak or repairing the net. What you have to do is zoom-in and click on the line between two spots so that you can fill the leak on either one of the two.

Once you’ve reached full activity, you can AFK for a few minutes if you want.

Once the time left shows under 1 minute, you should go up the west ladder and spam left-click inspect on the trawler net because if the net is ripped at the end of the trip, sadly, you won’t receive any of your Angler outfit or any fish.

Expected Rewards

As expected, the number one reward you can get from the mini-game is the Angler’s outfit. You will have one out of 8 chance of getting a piece of the outfit that you don’t already have, i.e., if you get the hat, you won’t get another hat until you get the let says the boots.

If you are lucky and get a piece of 1 out of every eight trips, you will get the whole Angler’s outfit on average after 7 hours. Of course, this can vary greatly and take you as little as 2 hours or worst-case scenario, or over 15 hours if you’re unlucky.

Another reward that you will get is fish, depending on your level. There are several types of raw fish, and you’ll also be getting some junk items, but most likely, you’re going to have to discard or drop them.