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Fishing and Water Sim SFX Library

150 sounds for fishing games and water life sims: casting, reels and line, bites and hooksets, fish fights, catches, tackle, boats and docks, ice fishing, shore wildlife, fishing game interface sounds and water loops.

Fishing and Water Sim SFX Library cover artwork

Preview

A montage drawn from across the library, at the levels the files ship at.

Fishing and Water Sim SFX Library — preview

What is in the library

11 sections, each in its own folder.

16sounds

Casting and Lures

Includes cork float water entry, metal spoon lure splash, overhead rod cast, sidearm rod cast, underhand lure cast.

14sounds

Reels and Line

Includes line peeling from spool, line through guide zip, reel crank burst, reel drag pull, reel ratchet click, taut line twang.

12sounds

Bites and Hooksets

Includes float pulled underwater, line tug bite, rod hookset strike, rod tip bite tap.

16sounds

Fish Fights and Splashes

Includes jump reentry, surface splash, tail slap, underwater surge, water thrash.

14sounds

Landing and Catches

Includes catch scale settle, fish basket drop, fish deck impact, fish hand landing, fish water release, landing net scoop, and more.

12sounds

Tackle and Gear

Includes bait tub lid pop, hooks rattle in tray, line cutter snip, lure rack jingle, pliers hook removal, rod stand insert, and more.

16sounds

Boats and Docks

Includes anchor chain haul, anchor drop splash, boat hull water knock, boat seat shift, boot steps on dock, dock cleat ring, and more.

10sounds

Ice Fishing

Includes boot crunch on lake ice, fish through ice hole, frozen line pull, ice auger bite, ice crack nearby, ice hole breakthrough, and more.

12sounds

Wildlife and Shore

Includes cattail stalk knock, crayfish rock scuttle, dragonfly wing pass, duck water landing, duck wing takeoff, frog answering croaks, and more.

14sounds

Fishing Game UI

Includes bait selected click, catch failed, fishing level up, inventory full warning, journal entry added, menu tick back, and more.

14sounds

Water Loops

Includes beach waves loop, boat open water loop, calm lake morning loop, ice fishing wind loop, marsh water loop, night frog pond loop, and more.

11 sections, one matched set.150 files in total

Questions

Can I use these sounds in a commercial game?

Yes. The licence is royalty-free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no attribution required, no per-project fee and no expiry. The one restriction is that the audio files may not be resold or redistributed on their own as a sound library.

What format are the files?

WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo, 150 individual files in named folders, about 48 MB unzipped.

Which game engines do they work with?

Any engine that imports WAV, including Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot and GameMaker.

How were the sounds made?

Source audio generated with ElevenLabs Sound Effects under a paid commercial licence, then screened by ear and by measurement, trimmed, faded and level-matched across the library. This is declared on every store listing.

Where to buy

The library is on itch.io at moneywithjjcom.itch.io/fishing-water-library, and on the other stores listed on the store pages. The audio files are identical on every store.

Questions about the library, the licence or a custom set: [email protected].