The short answer
- Reported Windows folder: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Dazed Games\How to Fish\Saves
- Confirm the folder exists on your PC before relying on that path.
- Use Save, Main Menu or Quit and wait for the write to finish.
- Copy the Saves folder to a dated backup; do not move or overwrite the original.
See it in the game
Videos open on YouTube. Unless a timestamp is cited in the Sources section, use them for visual context—not as a guaranteed drop table or fix.
Open the reported Windows save folder
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Press Windows + R.
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Paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Dazed Games\How to Fish\Saves and press Enter.
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Confirm the folder contains files and has a recent modified time after a normal save.
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Copy the entire folder to a separate dated backup location.
When the game saves
Patch 1.0.6 says Save, Main Menu and Quit all write the save. It also adds an autosave every minute. The same patch says crashes no longer write, which reduces the chance that a crash immediately overwrites the current data.
If the save appears corrupted
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Close the game before copying or replacing any files.
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Preserve the current Saves folder as a separate backup.
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Update to the newest game build; Patch 1.0.9 includes a save-corruption fix described by the developer as an attempted resolution.
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Only test a previous copy after both versions are safely preserved.
What is not guaranteed
This guide does not claim every machine uses the same path, that Steam Cloud will restore a particular version, or that deleting a file repairs corruption. Those claims need direct evidence for your platform and current build.
Sources used on this page
Community observations are useful leads, but they are not official drop probabilities.