Yellow Boxfish - How to Catch & Location
Where to Find Yellow Boxfish
The Yellow Boxfish is documented as an Island 3 (Desert) creature. As with every regular creature in How to Fish, the listed island is the recommended high-probability area rather than a hard map lock — the lure is what decides the catch pool.
How to Catch Yellow Boxfish
Equip the regular Fishing Rod and bait a Standard Lure. The Yellow Boxfish sits in the same Standard Lure pool as the Salmon, Catfish, Clownfish, Needlefish, Bluegill, Seahorse, Bowlfish, Sea Urchin and Angelfish.
💡 Standard Lures are sold at the Island 3 store, so stock up locally instead of ferrying bait between islands.
Name Note: Boxfish or Yellow Boxfish?
Some guides call this creature "Boxfish" while the latest AllThings.How lure table (2026-08-26) calls it "Yellow Boxfish". Both names refer to the same Island 3 creature; this site uses the AllThings.How spelling and keeps "Boxfish" as the short alias (hence the /fish/boxfish URL).
Last updated: 2026-08-26