How to catch giant horse mackerels in Animal Crossing New Horizons

A guide on how to catch giant horse mackerels in Animal Crossing New Horizons by knowing everything from shade size to price.

Animal Crossing New Horizons has seen plenty of fish and insects leave the northern and southern hemispheres in late April. However, instead of traveling back in time to get caught up in the past, you can wisely use your time to catch a new plethora of fish and insects, including Giant Horse Mackerel.

Before you go hunting for all the new fish and insects to catch in May, you must first obtain your May Day Maze Ticket in order to obtain the Rover Briefcase before it becomes unavailable. There will probably be ways to get the briefcase after it’s gone, but you won’t be able to get it through in-game retailers, so be sure to get the reward if you’re a collector of all things Animal Crossing New Horizons.

As long as you already have the briefcase or just don’t mind, below you’ll discover how to cope with the disappearance of certain fish and insects by catching new ones, like Giant Trevally.

Horse mackerel giant shadow size

The shadow size for Giant Horse Mackerel in Animal Crossing New Horizons is large.

This means that you only want to be on the lookout for fish with large shadow sizes when specifically hunting a giant horse mackerel.

Although it may take some time, you can make other shadow-sized fish disappear and be replaced by others by using fish bait.

Note, however, that catching your specific fish will not always be guaranteed, so be patient.

How to catch giant horse mackerels in Animal Crossing New Horizons

You can catch giant horse mackerels at any time in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

That said, you can only catch a giant horse mackerel fishing off the dock on your Animal Crossing New Horizons Island.

In addition to all of the above, the precious fish also appears only in the northern hemisphere during the following months:

• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October

As long as you are a northern hemisphere islander, all you need to do is approach the pier at any time during the day and cast your line when a large shadow appears.

Be sure to press just A when you bite instead of a bite and it will soon roll up your hooked fish.

The bait can be used to help you find a shade of sufficient size sooner rather than later, so it is not an essential item.

Animal Crossing New Horizons giant horse mackerel sale price

Giant Trevally’s sale price at Animal Crossing New Horizons is 4,500 bells.

It won’t make you rich, but at least you can add it to your museum’s excellent collection of fish that would probably rather be in the ocean.