Middle-Earth: Make your way to Esgaroth | Walkthrough | LEGO The Hobbit LEGO The Hobbit Guide

For the first time in the game, you will have to use a ship. You are going to take a relatively short cruise, because Esgaroth is close to the starting point (to the North of it)/ After you get to your destination, listen to the short conversation with the guards, to learn that you are not allowed into the city, if you do not have fishes on you. Leave the area of the locked gate (if the ship got stuck, switch to Bilbo for a moment) and sail Eastwards. You need to reach the pier shown in the above screenshot.

Toss fishes over to the ship

Stop the ship near the pier and press the character swap button to go ashore briefly. Approach the shovel and pick it up, as any of the characters. You now need to stand at the successive crates with fish and press the indicated key/button to toss them over to the ship (do not worry if some of the fishes fall into the water). After you load all the fishes onto the ship, take control over it again. Return to the gate and wait for the party to be allowed into Esgaroth.