Triggerfish Presents: Fortnite Fishing Frenzy!

Posted by Twigsby on 11/21/2019

Things are about to get reel!

Triggerfish surfaces to present the first Fortnite Fishing Frenzy Contest. Beginning Friday, start casting your Fishing Rods for an opportunity to win a Bottom Dweller pickaxe or your very own real-life Llama Trophy!
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Grab Triggerfish from the Item Shop on Friday, November 22 at 7 PM ET and send your enemies to sleep with the fishes. 
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Competition Times, Prizes & Categories

Open a can of worms on the casting competition beginning at 8am ET on Friday, November 22 until 8pm ET on Sunday, November 24.
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Each server region (NAE and NAW are combined) will have one winner in each category listed below:

Top Angler 
  • Catch the most fish in a single match during the competition
  • One champion per regional server
  • Awarded an engraved Llama Trophy
Small Fry Champion
  • Catch the most Small Fry during the competition
  • One champion per regional server
  • Awarded an engraved Llama Trophy
Flopper Champion
  • Catch the most Floppers during the competition
  • One champion per regional server
  • Awarded an engraved Llama Trophy
Slurpfish Champion
  • Catch the most Slurpfish during the competition
  • One champion per regional server
  • Awarded an engraved Llama Trophy
Mythic Goldish = Instant Prize
  • Anyone that catches the Mythic Goldfish will receive a Bottom Dweller Pickaxe!
Getting Hooked on Fishing
  • Anyone that participates during the competition window will get the Play to Win spray
  • Use a Fishing Rod during the contest times
    • Start Date: Friday, November 22 at 8am ET
    • End Date: Sunday, November 24 at 8pm ET

How to Compete

The only thing you need to do to participate is pick up a Fishing Rod and compete to be the best in one of the categories mentioned in the Prizes and Categories section above. Winners will be notified through the in-game gifting system and the email address of the account attached to the Epic ID from the winning account. 

Note: Anglers only! Fish caught with the Harpoon Gun do not qualify.  Make sure to enable 2FA on your account to be eligible for prizes.
  • Steps to Enable 2FA: HERE

Leaderboard

Here you can find links to each region's leaderboards, showing the top 10 players in each category for those regions. These leaderboards will be updated each day at [X]pm ET until the contest is over. Good luck to all contestests! 
North America - NA-East & NA-West are combined
Oceania
Middle East
Europe
Asia
Brazil

Rules

Let’s tackle some of the basic rules for participation: 
  • Must have 2FA enabled on the  participating account.
  • Only the Fishing Rod can be used for the categories listed above.
    • The Harpoon Gun will not count towards progress.
  • Each server region (NAE and NAW are combined) will have one winner per category listed above.
    • The exception to this is the “Getting Hooked on Fishing” category. This has an unlimited number of winners.
  • Must be at least 13 years of age (or older if required by law in your jurisdiction).
  • All content and accomplishments must be achieved prior to the end date of the event.
  • Limit one prize per player from any of the Top Angler, Small Fry Champion, Flopper Champion, Slurpfish Champion, and Mythic Goldfish categories.
  • Only available in core modes (Solos, Duos, Squads). 
    • Not available in competitive playlists.
  • Any players participating must agree to adhere to the Community Guidelines and full Triggerfish’s Fishing Frenzy Rules. Full rules will be available when the competition begins.
    • Full rules will be available when the competition begins.