Drop a hook from your boat to catch fish at different depths within the time limit — bigger fish swim deeper, but bombs lurk between them.
Touch and hold anywhere on the water to lower your hook from the boat — release at any moment to reel it back up. The hook catches the first thing it touches: small surface fish are common but worth few points, mid-depth fish are worth more, and deep-water trophies pay the most. Avoid the bombs floating among the schools — touching one subtracts points. The round ends after 60 seconds; the score is your total catch.
Time the descent — don't just hold blindly. The hook moves at a fixed speed, so look at where the fish are heading and start descending early enough that the hook meets the fish, not the empty water behind it.
Deep is the high-score lane. A single deep-water fish is worth eight or more small surface fish. If you can spot one swimming below and have a clear column down to it, commit — even taking three or four seconds to retrieve it pays off.
Use short pulse drops when surface fish are dense. Tap-and-release rapidly to catch surface schools fast without committing a long round trip. This builds a steady score floor between deep dives.
Watch the bomb timing — they drift in clusters. When you see two bombs in a row on the same depth band, that whole layer is dangerous for several seconds. Skip it and aim a different depth until the bombs pass.