The peace of sitting out on the water, the quiet of early hours in the morning or the late hours of the evening, the thrill of a hook, and the satisfaction of a catch: there’s nothing quite like it. Even for those who haven’t done any real life fishing, I know there’s plenty of you out there who play games like Stardew Valley and exclusively sit at the beach all day, listening to waves crash and casting out your line. But even if you don’t like doing that, then you probably still like farming enchanted books while fishing in Minecraft. Let’s see how we can match that classic fisherman style in-game.
1. A Day on the Lake
Check Out This Skin I’m not sure if the Fisherman look gets more classic than this. Everyone has an idea in their mind of what a fisherman is meant to look like. I’m willing to bet yours had some sort of brimmed hat, one of those weird, thousand-pocket vests, and some gnarly work pants. This feels like the ultimate dad skin. I can look at it and hear the middle-aged man behind this skin asking if I want to take the boat out on the lake and leave at 4:30 in the morning. I’m all about it.
2. Pokémon Fisherman
Check Out This Skin So, I know I said before that Fisherman doesn’t get more classic than the prior skin. I lied. Creator Eternal_Edge’s Pokémon Fisherman nearly knocked me out of my chair when I saw it. The last time I played an early gen Pokémon game must have been over ten years ago, and seeing this Magikarp/Tentacool throwing guy unlocked some core memories in my brain. I don’t know if I’ve seen a more accurate skin for a Pokémon character before, and I’m beyond glad that the best Pokémon skin I’ve found is of the Fisherman trainer class.
3. Fish Flingers (RuneScape)
Check Out This Skin I’ll be honest: RuneScape is before my time. But skin creator Teddy’s Fish Flingers fisherman from the game has me pondering whether or not I should give RuneScape a try just for some sweet video game fishing. Neither this skin nor its description make any mention of RuneScape’s fishing mechanics, or whether it even has any. However, I don’t know if it matters that much if its fishermen look as cool and crisp as this angler here does.
4. Old Mariner
Check Out This Skin What’s the one book called, again? The Old Guy and the Ocean? Eh, I can’t remember, but regardless, I love this Old Mariner skin. Something about old men and fisherman mesh together in my brain, and this is the perfect result of that fusion.
5. Villager Fisherman
Check Out This Skin The goofy, grunting villagers have to be one of the best additions to Minecraft. Not only do villages add a ton to the texture of the generated world, but villagers and their roles create a whole economy in game. Whether you’re raiding villages or breeding villagers to farm emeralds, you have to admit these long-nosed NPCs are hilarious and fun. If you disagree, then be warned, you’re about to see me as a fisherman villager knocking on your door.
6. Fisheye Johnson
Check Out This Skin Who is Fisheye Johnson? I’ll be honest. I do not know. But, I am transfixed by creator Insanity’s art style and the glassy-eyed fisherman aesthetic on this skin. Between the pixel art style, the cloudy fish eyes, and that glorious mustache, Fisheye Johnson is a beautiful mystery wrapped in an enigma. One that I must download.
7. Nothing Like Han Solo
Check Out This Skin Speaking of pixel art, I love the way creators in the Minecraft community will heavily shade their skins like this one to emulate an 8-bit game. Creator Matt made this excellent fisherman skin way back in 2014. While the skin looks undeniably like a fisherman, be sure not to leave a comment saying the shirt-vest combo looks anything like Han Solo. Matt already knows.
8. Bone Angler
Check Out This Skin The Bone Angler sounds like a mini-boss from a coastal area in a FromSoftware game like Dark Souls or Elden Ring. While you could arm yourself with Netherite in your Minecraft server and live out that fantasy, the Bone Angler is in fact a cool and creative undead fisherman skin by the aptly named creator, FishStacks.
9. Fish or Man
Check Out This Skin I can’t be certain, but I think skin creator Paddy misheard the word “fisherman” and put out this Fish or Man skin. The concept of the skin and its execution are hilarious and weirdly accurate. Fish or Man made me laugh out loud when I first saw it (I like puns, don’t @me), and I apologize to the world in advance for pushing this joke skin onto anyone who will stop to listen to me.
10. Captain Cabillaud
Check Out This Skin In the same vein as Fish or Man, we have creator Michiru’s Captain Cabillaud, a fish fisherman (cabillaud is French for “cod,” by the way. The sheer detailing on this skin earns it a spot on this fisherman list, and that’s not including the fact that Captain Cabillaud is the only old-timey commercial fishing skin on this list. Captain doesn’t bother with vests or canoes on a lake. Cabillaud wears a bright yellow trench coat, smokes a pipe, and is about to star in the next season of Discovery network’s Deadliest Catch.
