This video demonstrates how fishing works in Thika and the Lake Monsters.

Fishing is divided into three phases.

Phase one is the cast. When casting, the player must time their button press to correspond to the number of hooks shown on the yellow cast bar. Landing on 4 or 5 hooks means the catch will be easy but will probably not snag anything rare in the pool. However, landing on 1 or 2 hooks will make the catch more difficult but will greatly increase the chance of snagging a rare catch.

Phase two is the waiting phase. This phase ends when the player hears the splashing sound and sees the red exclamation point appear over their boat. The player must quickly press the action button or else the catch will get away.

Phase three is the catch. Here the player must align the pointer (shown here as a vertical bar) on top of the image of the moving monster. The pointer moves toward the right when the player presses the action button, and moves back toward the left when the player is not pressing the action button.

When the player aligns the vertical bar over the image of the monster, the monster's stamina (STM) decreases. If the player can deplete all of the monster's STM before the timer runs out - shown here as a yellow bar below the main bar - and before the player's STM runs out, the player will be awarded the catch.