Fish Plaque Fixes and Improvements
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #3 of 115 Bug Fixes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
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[]Fishing Creation Club DLC was given for free to all users by Bethesda, but it was shipped with broken fish plaques:
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]There are 9 fish plaques in each of the 3 Hearthfires homes, and any fish mounted on these plaques are suppose to be stored in 27 ReferenceAliases on the plaque control quest.[]However, all 3 homes had their fish plaques hooked up to the first 9 ReferenceAliases.
[]This means you can only mount 9 fish on those 27 plaques, with the duplicate plaques non-functional.
[]There are also 3 fish plaques in Proudspire Manor. Bethesda didn't even create ReferenceAliases for these.
- []I made Fish Plaque Fix.
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]USSEP also added their own fix.[]Bethesda eventually fixed this in the latest update as well.
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[]Fish plaques might now point at non-existent ReferenceAliases.
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]Fish plaques might be stuck in a broken state.[]Bethesda's fix doesn't detect fish already mounted on plaques fixed by earlier fixes.
- []Retroactively point all fish plaques to the canonical ReferenceAliases from the Bethesda update.
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]Reset any fish plaques stuck in a broken state.[]Automatically detect previously mounted fish that are broken and remount them.
[]In vanilla, after you mount a fish, there is a useless dialog box telling you "fish is mounted". This mod removes that dialog box.
[]In vanilla, after you mount a fish, the inventory menu remains, but it is useless, and all you can do is exit. This mod now exits the inventory menu automatically.
[]In vanilla, if you have many fish in your inventory, the game will ask how many fish you would like to mount with a quantity dialog. This is pointless since you can only ever mount 1 fish. This mod now prevents the quantity dialog from popping up.
[]In vanilla, Proudspire Manor's fish plaques break if you mount small fish. After mounting, the fish is stuck in a non-interactive state due to
Fish Plaque Fixes and Improvements is a small bug-fix mod for Skyrim that addresses issues with Bethesda's fish plaque fixes. With 2,446 endorsements and nearly a million downloads, it's a popular utility for players who want their fish plaques to display correctly. Last updated June 2026, it remains a go-to fix for this niche issue.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 2,446 endorsements—clearly a fix people trust.
- Nearly a million downloads means it's practically essential for anyone bothered by fish plaque glitches.
- Recently updated (June 2026), so it's likely compatible with current Skyrim versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Description is extremely thin—no details on what specific issues are fixed or how.
- No install instructions provided by the author, so you're on your own if you're new to modding.
- Niche scope: only affects fish plaques, so if you don't care about that, this mod is irrelevant.
For Skyrim players who've noticed fish plaques displaying incorrectly and want a quick fix. Also for completionists who want every visual detail polished. Skip if you don't care about fish plaque aesthetics or want broader bug fixes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a simple bug fix, just drop the files into your Data folder or use your mod manager—no special load order needed.
- If you're using other fish-related mods, test in-game to ensure they don't conflict.
- Check the mod's posts section on Nexus for user reports about compatibility with your Skyrim version.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- wankingSkeever
- Version
- 0.3
- Downloads
- 992,142
- Endorsements
- 2,446
- Category
- Bug Fixes
- Created
- 6/20/2023
- Updated
- 6/12/2026
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