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[Azuma_Ninja]

I was just wondering if any hardcore zelda players could help me. In Ocarina of Time does the lake hylia loch actually exist? It is supposedly the biggest fish (if you can call it that) you can catch in the game. It's supposed to look like the loch ness monster. I've never gotten a clear response from Nintendo either if the thing actually exists or not. Just was wondering if anyone's actually seen it, caught it, or was it all just a big hoax?

[DSgamer]

I think its a hoax (like the real one )



bitching sig by da way

[Daedaelus]

It's a hoax. Some strategy guides say that you can see it after you get the Fire Arrows, but it's not true, nothing works because the "monster" does not exist.

[Harry]

I don't believe it's a hoax; I remember many people found it in the original N64 version, and there were also screenshots of the creature on many game magazines.

Here is a section of a fishing guide for OOT, you can find the full guide here:

VII. The Hylian Loach

The Hylian Loach is an eel-like thing that likes to hang around
sometimes in the fishing pond. It does not appear very often and
there is no known fool-proof way to make him come out. It is
dark colored and thin like an eel with small flippers. If you
are lucky enough to see him, you can put on the iron boots and
Zora's tunic and take a good look at him. Few people have caught
him, and if you want to see who has caught him you can take a
look at section VIII (my Hall of Fame) right at the bottom of the
guide. As far as I know, the appearance of the loach is
completely random, and you have to be lucky to see it. I have
not caught the loach yet, but I have seen it many times and I
think that the best times to go inside the fishing pond door to
find it is just before the wolf howls or the rooster crows. My
friend just caught the loach 2 days ago (grr) and now I am
determined to catch it myself.

The loach usually weighs around 35 pounds as adult Link and
around 16 pounds as kid Link. If you catch it, the fisherman guy
gives you a purple rupee (worth 50 rupees, oh wow). Generally,
it is probably a little bit easier to catch it using the sinking
lure (section V-a), but that doesn't mean it is impossible to
catch the loach with just the normal lure. I am not sure if
there is any special time of day that makes more likely to come
out. Despite it's size, many people have told me that the loach
is not very hard to reel in. If you catch it, the fisherman will
not keep it in the tank because the loach is an endangered
species.

IMPORTANT INFO: Every few minutes, the loach will come up for
air. When it reaches the top of the water, it makes some sort of
"thap" sound. This is the ONLY time that you will be able to z-
target the loach. More importantly, this is also the ONLY time
that the loach will actually try to bite the lure, even if it is
the sinking lure. He only does this for a few seconds though, so
don't waste time by trying to z-target him.

Here is exactly what is said when you catch the loach:
Link: Gosh, that's a strange fish you have there! On
top of that is weighs xx pounds!
Fisherman: Well well. Wow! What a rare fish! This is the
Hyrule Loach! For this fish, size
doesn't matter, I'll give you this prize
(purple rupee)! Recently, the number of these
fish has decreased tremendously, so I'm going
to release this one.

Below is a list of all the loach-catching strategies that I
know of:

1. Whenever I have seen the loach, it has always seemed to
happen the same way. I go in the
fishing pond just before the rooster crows or the wolf
howls, then I go straight up to the
fisherman and buy a rod. Then I run into the pond, put on
my iron boots, and look for the
loach. I never see the loach at this point, but usually I
find the sinking lure and go straight
back in the pond and he's there. Sometimes I have to do
this more than once, but every
time I see him it happens that way. I doubt it means
anything, I just thought I would point
it out.

2. My friend caught the loach this way, and several others have
told me the same thing in their
e-mails. To catch the loach easily, drop the sinking lure
right in front of its face and wait
until it goes up for air. Remember what I said earlier in
this section, it won't go after the
lure unless it is going up for air. When the lure is in
front of it, it goes up for air but sees
the lure, and goes after it. With the sinking lure you
have to be careful though, because
when you are fishing with the sinking lure there is no way
to tell when the fish has grabbed
onto your line until you start reeling it in. For that
reason, you should use your rumble pak
(if you have one) so it is easier to tell if you snagged a
catch.

3. Some people have e-mailed me with ways to catch the
loach, and this one comes up every
once in a while. Stand where you can easily see the
loach and watch it until it goes up for
air. Watch carefully which way it swims and QUICKLY
cast to the exact spot where he will
surface for air. Do this quickly or else he will swim
back down to the bottom. Brake the
line in the air with the A button if you have to.
Wiggle the line and maybe he will bite it (if
you are lucky).

[DSgamer]

DAMN!! thats crazy!! i never heard of that. and i thought i knew everything of that game >_<

[Azuma_Ninja]

The reason why i started this thread was because there was this one time when after hours of fishing i actually thought i saw the hylia ness. Thanks for the info harry. Is it true that you can see the ness swimming around in the lake hylia?

[Harry]

As I said, I clearly remember screenshots of the big fish published on a European magazine many years ago; and If I'm not wrong, also Carlito saw it. I'd love to have a copy of Ocarina Of Time right here to go and search for the creature; if you find or see it again, let us know

The guide I posted above seems pretty detailed, it could be helpful.

[Azuma_Ninja]

The hunt begins. I think i'm going to dig up Ocarina of time for the n64, i'm pretty sure I still have a file on there. Besides I got home early from my classes today only to find my brother invited a lot of friends over Nothing like some fishing to relieve the stress of school.