The only real strategy on Fishtales for a real score is super jacks. Like scores in the billions I mean...

In a tournament it could be better to get some monster fish though...

I'd say BSD and FT are comparable depth wise, ie they aren't super deep. However, both of them are 2 of my faves of all time...

There is also separate high score tables for amount of fish caught and total lies told. Going for Feeding Frenzy is fun as well, or rock the boat. I'm probably a bit biased as Fish Tales is one of my fave pins ever...

I agree with Super Jackpots as a must for high scores. It's not easy by any means. Jackpots are 2 stage in FT. First get a ball into casters club, and secondly hit the upper hole to claim the timed jackpot. Do this 3 times to activate supers.
Second time around, jackpots are doubled.
My strategy...claim the 3 jackpots, then go back into single ball play.(if you've lost 1 ball) Because now, when you hit multiball again...super is lit from the start. Slam that captive ball over and over!

On FT - casual play I always go for Monster Fish and usually did in league as well. Just a lot more fun for some reason for me. That said, my hands down favorite moments in pinball is getting a castle jackpot on BSD - nothing else comes close to hearing that scream and getting a 450 Mil jackpot. If you look at my collection I've had a few FTs, but the only one of the two I hang onto is BSD...

Enjoy! Some serious super jacks in this video: https://pinballvideos.com/v/1516

That’s insane