A fishing video game is a video game in which the player fishes. Usually they take the form of fishing tournaments. Many feature a wide variety of locations in which to fish, fish to catch, and fishing paraphernalia such as fishing rods, lures, and boats. Gameplay usually revolves around reacting quickly to an on-screen trigger that the bait was taken, along with some sort of button press sequence to reel the fish in.
Minigames of fishing are also common inside larger action-adventure games. The Legend of Zelda series is particularly famous for having a fishing minigame in The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.