to catch monster fish, you have to look at the food chain and see what the monster fish you want to get eats. then catch a medium or small prey fish and let them run down the the very bottom of the lake. It will attract the monster fish's attention and will hook on. the best lure for me is the minnow bait. it helped me beat the game
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