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Tales of Monkey Island Hints
How do I get the Cranky Fish artifact?
1 of 6: You'll find this one in the jungles of Spoon Isle. Look for a location where a fish -- a freshwater fish -- might be found.
2 of 6: From your start on the beach, go into the jungle, then take the first right to find the Fishing Well. So how do we go fishing here?
3 of 6: You need two things: a hook and some bait. A hook you already have, but if you use it on the well nothing happens. You need some bait, and what better place to get it than a bait shop?
4 of 6: But if you talk to Anemone at Spinner Cay, you discover that he/she/it doesn't accept any form of currency except coupons. Well, that's okay; there are actually three coupons to be found in the Jerkbait Islands.
5 of 6: Now that you have bait, come back to the Fishing Well, combine hook and bait, and see what you can catch.
6 of 6: The fish eggs only catch real live fish that always jump back into the well, and you have a better use for the oyster. The glowing worms, however, work perfectly -- and there's your Cranky Fish artifact.
