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Gone Fishin'

DOS - 1994

Arguably the best fishing simulation ever made, Gone Fishin' is a fresh-water fishing sim, and lets you try your luck on Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte.

You can catch everything from sunfish to walleye, and all fish go for the same lures as their real-life counterparts. The bait shop has many baits to try, and the old-timer has many tips to offer.The game is as good as it gets, with weather effects, very accurate feel, and relaxing gameplay-- just like real fishing. Go fish!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

EricDraven 19 May. 2026

I've been looking for it forever.
Does anyone have the Italian version, please?

1
8BitBoyUK 23 Feb. 2025

Managed to get the game running. I even made a tutorial on YouTube for everybody. Just search it up. One question I have. How do you get Derby mode running? It says, you need a code from Amtex. Does anyone have any ideas about that?

0
Universal G 05 Feb. 2023

This game is broke. Even if you mount the Install files as a D CDROM drive, it still wont work. And as people below have mentioned, sometimes when you install the game the files are all 0 bytes.

-1
universal g 05 Feb. 2023

In dosbox, I get an error saying that C is not a CDROM drive, and then the game doesn't work. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

1
ToddDawkins 10 Oct. 2022

If someone could let me know how they got this program to run, it would be very much appreciated!

Thanks!

1
Adam PL 22 Feb. 2022

I installed this game under Windows 10 (dosbox) and it still works. Outstanding fishing game :)

0
Rgcool 18 Feb. 2022

I actually own a boxed copy of this, one of the original prints! It's a fairly rare game to find indeed! And quite an enjoyable one at that!

1
Fzuu81 30 Nov. 2021
Top comment

This is great! Wow! My father Peter Zuuring developed this game when I was growing up as the founder of Amtex Software. I have many memories beta testing this game and sneaking into development meetings between the programmers, my father and the Izumi brothers that were the local fishing experts used for the game development in Belleville, ON, Canada. The original game came in a plastic fishing tackle box. Haha. If my father were still here he'd get a kick out of seeing people still enjoying the game.

7
Stickabee 25 Jan. 2021

Is this install bugged? After a "successful" full install, the installed files go to 0 bytes and subsequently fail to run. Has anyone had any luck running in DosBox? This remains the best fishing simulator I've ever played.

2
HikaNyan 31 Dec. 2020

It says "You have failed to return to dock in time. You forfeit your trip and haul" every time you get to the shore at sunset! How disappointing!

-1
peppe 21 May. 2020

Italian version pleaseee

0
?? 20 Apr. 2020

WHAT IS THE COMMAND TO RUN THE GAME? "SETUP" COMMAND WORKS.

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Benjy 07 Nov. 2019

I've installed both ways and neither way works. I either get zero size files or or data error #6. Is there a fix?

4
Yaheeb 04 Nov. 2019

I love the fishing. Fish smell like my girlfriend.

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paulo josé 03 Nov. 2014

simple but relax game , you live in contry not the sea and river , this game the put the river and you fishing in your pc :)))

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
8 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 3 MB English English
Map Map 1
Extra file
DOS 2 MB English English

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