Can You Catch Every Fish in Stardew Valley in One In-Game Day?

Love it or hate it, fishing is a skill you have to get used to in Stardew Valley if you eventually want to complete your collection. But what if you wanted to go one step further and fill that collection, start to finish, in a single in-game day? Is something like that even theoretically possible, let alone actually achievable?

Well, there's only one way to find out!
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📝 FOOTNOTES 📝
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📘 CHAPTERS 📘
0:00 Introduction
1:18 Chapter One
10:54 Chapter Two
21:49 Chapter Three
37:00 Chapter Four
1:08:08 Chapter Five
1:28:31 Credits
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🎶 TRACK LIST 🎶
All but two songs are from the Stardew Valley OST by @ConcernedApe. The two exceptions are:
• "Do the Impossible" (Chicory: A Colorful Tale OST) by @LenaRaine

All other songs (from the Stardew Valley OST) are listed below in order of appearance:
• The Happy Junimo Show Theme
• Grapefruit Sky (Dr. Harvey’s Theme)
• Mines (Icicles)
• Mines (Marimba of Frozen Bone)
• Summer (Nature’s Crescendo)
• Luau Festival
• JunimoKart (The Gem Sea Giant)
• Spring (The Valley Comes Alive)
• Exploring Our Vibrant World (Movie Theme)
• Sun Room (Alone With Relaxing Tea)
• Settling In
• Fall (Ghost Synth)
• A Golden Star Is Born
• Land Of Green And Gold (Leah’s Theme)
• Journey Of The Prairie King - Overworld
• Night Market
• Playful
• Pleasant Memory (Penny’s Theme)
• Dreamscape
• Mermaid Song
• Pirate Theme
• Leo’s Song
• Mystery Of The Caldera
• A Glimpse Of The Other World (Wizard’s Theme)
• Mines (The Lava Dwellers)
• JunimoKart (Title Theme)
• Fun Festival
• Load Game
• Sam’s Band (Electronic)
• In The Deep Woods
• Song Of Feathers (Emily’s Theme)
• Submarine Theme
• Winter (Ancient)
• JunimoKart (Glowshroom Grotto)
• Journey Of The Prairie King - Final Boss & Ending
• JunimoKart (Slomp’s Stomp)
• A Sad Story (Alex’s Theme)
• Emily Dance
• Starwatcher (Maru’s Theme)
• Mines (Crystal Bells)
• Mines (Cloth)
• Buttercup Melody
• Mines (Danger!)
• Volcano Mines (Forgotten World)
• A Stillness In The Rain (Abigail’s Melody)
• Winter (The Wind Can Be Still)
• Violin Solo
• Dance Of The Moonlight Jellies
• Summer (Tropicala)
• Winter (Nocturne Of Ice)
• Spring (Wild Horseradish Jam)
• Music Box Song
• The Gourmand’s Cave
• Volcano Mines (Molten Jelly)
• Mines (Magical Shoes)
• Shane’s Theme
• Grandpa’s Theme
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[ArgonMatrix]

Howdy, everyone! Thank you SO much for all the kind words and the amazing response this video has gotten, I'm absolutely floored. Seeing all of your reactions to this project has been an incredible experience and it made the countless hours of work worthwhile.💖

[caritahearts]

Congratulations to Chloe!! The epitome of "women want me, fish fear me"

[jjpgaming]

I guess the answer to the question in the title is no. YOU can’t catch every fish in one day, but ArgonMatrix can.

[calook]

I love how it's like "omg congrats you caught your very first fish!" and it's literally The Legend

[gnostechnician]

The production quality here is insane, I'm super impressed. Not just by the challenge, but the storytelling is so well done, the graphics and the intermission cutscene, the animations, it's incredible.

As an aside, the Haley cutscene hits different when you think about how you're resetting one day over and over. I'm imagining that Chloe told her about the time loop in the days between the 11th and the 15th, and after that, over and over again she'd see her wife coming back exhausted for the second time that was actually years of attempts she'd never see. More work put into the challenge than she'd ever be able to understand, but she remains supportive even in the lowest point. Even on the day the time loop could have ended and they could have seen spring come, she encouraged Chloe to follow her dreams into eternity once more.

Is this reading too much into it? Maybe. Probably. But it's nice to think about as a metaphor for the video as a whole. And it's just a nice story to imagine.

[Leavye]

this video is actually the most impressive stardew video ive ever seen. the editing is like seriously professional level

[MxOwenAlexander]

I clicked for silly Stardew challenge content, stayed and subscribed for the sheer determination, extensive effort, and passion for the craft. Very nicely done.

[PocketDeerBoy]

girl who can't get out of the time loop until she catches every fish in the universe

[Alkaylex]

No one tell him about the new fish in 1.6

[Wickedy]

We all dream of finding someone as committed to us as Argon is committed to getting this challenge done. #relationshipgoals

[ChanceTheCheetah]

Absolutely phenomenal storytelling. This was more of an animated feature film with all the editing

[Peterrific]

DUDE! This needs some kind of commemoration in-game from the devs. This is seriously incredible. Not only the insane amount of research, work, dedication and sheer TIME put into this, but THIS VIDEO?? The editing, the storytelling, the graphical work, the sheer. Freaking. Quality on display here. This is incredible man. You've done something truly amazing here. Spectacular job!

[RedGalago]

Chloe's little cutscene with Haley was so cute! It really added to this video.

[keelanbrydon]

I put this video on for background noise while I was studying. I didn’t get any work done. That might have been the best stardew valley video I’ve ever watched. Props to you not only for your dedication to the challenge but for the amazing story telling and video editing

[CKEternity]

I'm in awe. The storytelling, the animation, the journey. Like many others in this comments I have tears from the ending. Truly beautiful.

[Phantom.Filled.Dreams]

Run 537 really tricked me into thinking you had completed the collection. Great job on this, it's admirable

[snailhat]

can i just take a second to appreciate your incredible editing skills!?!? that animation with haley at the end of chapter 4, the montage in chapter 5, all the little labels and cards in the stardew font, the animations of the fish and the player character and stuff, it’s all so cute and so well put together!!! truly incredible and creative work

[liveoptimistic]

I watch a LOT of video game challenge runs on YouTube. They’re my favorite type of video. And I mean it when I say you’ve made something really special here. The editing. The explanation of mechanics. The unique assets created for tracking the route and the fishing at every single moment. This video could have been so typical but instead you absolutely overloaded it with love and dedication and it shows. You’re a great storyteller. First video of yours I’ve ever seen and now I’m so excited to dive into the rest of your channel. Congrats on the achievement and thanks for bringing us along for the journey.

[Stirdix]

I was expecting you to eventually land on chair abuse for navigation (time stops when you hop on/off a chair, so you can get places in-game quicker by repeatedly hopping on and off chairs - a trick I read about for getting to Skull Caverns a bit earlier).

But you managed to pull it off without it, which is all the more impressive.

[captainnootnoot]

The cutecene with haley made me tear up. This video is one of the best made ones I've seen in MONTHS.