First, you'll need a pole. You can find them free at the amusement pier, or on some of the island ships. Or you can buy them at the fishing shops on Ratha, Aesry, or in Langenfirth. The store-bought poles are collapsible so that you can put them in a pack.

Then you'll need bait. Again, free at the amusement pier, for sale at the shops.

You may need hook and line for the store-bought poles, or if your line ever breaks. You can buy them in the shops...I believe some boats and the pier may have it for free.

Once you've got those things, put the pole in your right hand, and GET <bait>. You'll attempt to put bait on your hook. It may take a few tries.

When you've got a baited hook, find water and CAST MY POLE. To push your line out, PUSH MY POLE. To pull it in, PULL MY POLE. At any time you can LOOK MY POLE to see how far your line is out, and if your hook is baited. You can also YANK POLE and WAVE POLE.

After a while, you'll get a message indicating you've got a fish on your hook (a definite tug for example). At this point it's in your best interest to PULL POLE. A fish can break your line, and can even pull your pole out of your hands into the water.

Once you've caught your fill of fish, you can sell them to a fish buyer. There's one on the pier, and near all of the shops. You can also have your fish weighed to see if it is a trophy fish. You can only weigh the fish on the scales in Langenfirth, Aesry, and Ratha. If your fish is a trophy, your name will be added to the board for all to see.

I think that about covers it. You'll catch different fish depending on where you are in the world.

I'm crossposting this here and in the waterways folder, but has anyone noticed a lack of fish in the ocean? When I sail from Crossing to one of the islands, the only time I catch something typically is when I near the island.

>>I'm crossposting this here and in the waterways folder, but has anyone noticed a lack of fish in the ocean? When I sail from Crossing to one of the islands, the only time I catch something typically is when I near the island.

This is similar to real life -- the ocean is so big and deep (and pretty much desert-like to a fish) that the only things you're going to see way offshore are the big pelagic species like whales, sharks, tuna, and dolphin, but even those encounters are rare. Most fishing is done around feeding grouds such as underwater structures (seamounts etc.), currents or big dropoffs like the Grand Banks or the continental shelf. So imagine that as you're nearing Reshalia, there's a steep incline where the baitfish congregate and of course the big predators that follow, which means there's more for you to catch.


~Thilan

I was joking in all honesty, suggesting you needed some serious line to catch great sea creatures... I just use the standard stuff you get when you're on the boats


Souv

You sense (N, S) from your current position:
A relatively healthy presence nearby.
Roundtime: 6 seconds

I have had my line break twice (long ago, but they were whales I tell you, they were at least =T=H=I=S= big, maybe even bigger). I usually use meat, minnows or live fish.

mfberg

Bigger line is easier to see. Certain fish are very line wary. I always use the smallest test that I can get by with for what I'm fishing for. Other people probably do it differently. There is just something about catching a 7 pound bass on a ultralight rod with 5 pound test line that I enjoy.


Dragamar

Ok that makes sense, thanks.

Steel.

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Here are some preliminary data on what fish are found where. For each location, I've used one full box of handmade worms (20 worms) and recorded which fish I found.

I use triggers to fish, which makes it totally automated and I have never lost a pole due to this. I have also noted some anecdotal evidence that certain fishing areas are more active than others (meaning you will catch fish faster at one location over another) Not going to collect data on it, but I'm noting it anecdotally.

Feel free to add to these lists, but please mention specifically which location you were fishing at, and what bait you used.

ILITHI
Shard - Julge Dolen Zaldeni (out West Gate)
c. gudgeon
s. trout
w. pickerel
t. bream
y. chavener
y. grayling

Shard - All four bridges, Deep Current (out South Gate)
l. carp
b. cahvener
f. pardfish
l. sunfish
f. eel
s. gar
u. bream

THERENGIA
Langenfirth - the Landing, Lake Gwenalion
l. sunfish
r. pardfish
h. char
r. sturgeon
s. loach
r. eel
f. eel
c. gar
s. gar
f. pike
u. bream
b. chavener
f. pardfish
l. carp

QI RESHALIA
Ratha - Docks (INCOMPLETE)
s. bluefish
r. octopus
b. gillie
b. monkfish
b. scorpionfish

ZOLUREN
Crossing - Landfall Dock, Segoltha River/Bay
b. muskalundge
s. turtle
h. char
f. pike

I haven't figured out all the places for finding fish. There are least 4 fishing area's in Ratha (I'm including all docks in Ratha as 1 fishing spot). 2 spots contain fresh water fish, the docks salt water and I forgot what type the cliffs include, though I'm thinking its a salt water type.

I've used the list of biggest fish caught in the blackboards of the fish supplies shops as what to match to when fishing. I'll try to keep a list of where I find them but at the sametime, I'm not sure I wanna give away the good fishing spots! I mean, its rare a fisherman will give out his spots! <grin>


~Eoworfinia~
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Fish

starry flounder

blue gillie

bigmouth monkfish

striped seaperch

lough char

black scorpionfish

Red ringed octopus

wrymouth eel

spottail bluefish

pile perch

Rathan salmon

blue garamor

striped needlefish

Flat- eyed creppoo

orange grek

crocodile gar

roundmouth eel

hardscale carp

river pardfish

silver samlet

spiny loach

humpbacked chub

fanged pike

small turtle

red nomlas

surlae trout

royal sturgeon

blue muskalundge

Blue - bellied chavener

Spiny - backed gar

flathead pardfish

unicorn bream

largetooth carp

longeared sunfish

freshwater eel

starry trout

whistling pickerel

swordspine snook

Cross- eyed gudgeon

Three- striped bream

yellowtail grayling

Yellow- bellied chavener

Silver- gilled sculpin

talan herring

pink salmon

coldwater redfish

chelmor cod

sting ray

humpbacked char

spotted dogfish

striped chub

Pot- bellied snapper

painted frogfish

jester fish

spotted knifejaw

Taisidonian grouper

butterfly fish

sharpnose shark

panther flounder

large alfarfish

dragon eel

That'st the list of fish I use while fishing. Hope that helps. Its all the fish on the board in Ratha.

~Eoworfinia~
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Lang/El Bains: The stream crossing the entrance to blood wolves and the stream in wood trolls/kelpies all the way to the end looks to have the same fish as your Shard list.

The bridge north of Lang looks to have much the same fish as the Lake, but with small turtles added.

mfberg

No matter if the pole is better or not, you still stand a chance to loose it. I lost my pretty ones from the Safari shop. :-(


~Eoworfinia~
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Don't forget the stream west of Lang in housing area..nice spot as well.

You mean like old boots, moldy shirts and such. Yes those would be nice things to add to the fishing system. Those items could be found near towns and less often in the wilderness.

mfberg

>I think that's a great idea, Find gems or scrolls in an old boot that you caught. or maybe a pearl inside a clam inside a fish inside a bigger fish...

Nice one, guys.

I think My current favourite is trying to rummage myself. I keep doing that for some reason.

I think I need a button labeled, 'This is going straight to My squelch strings!'

1)legendary fish. Requirements would be that they're blackboard-worthy (in fact, they should be the absolute biggest compared to their generic counterparts). They should be uncatchable, period, with the normal pulled-in messaging being replaced with the fish perhaps appearing to blow a raspberry or some other funnily insulting gesture before flipping back into the water. And they should be named. Finally, perhaps one such fish per fishing area.

2)the hilarious adventures of two fishermen. Maybe in addition to catching seaweed we could catch each other? Crossed hooks resulting in a tug-o-war and possible dunking into the water? Lines getting tangled together instead of or in addition to itself. Heck, maybe a miscast that embeds a hook somewhere painful. If a legendary fish gets hooked in this situation, perhaps it ties the hooks together.

3)more environmental hazards. Submerged brush and hiding spots to get the hook caught on, trees (or in the case of ships it'd be rigging and stowage) behind us, etc.

4)new ways to get (new) bait. Digging for worms and grubs, flipping over rocks for those centipede-like things, diving/searching for clams, using seive nets or a drinking glass as we sit in the water getting nibbled on by minnows (that's quite an interesting way to catch minnows, just hold the cup underwater and slowly move your hand towards it to funnel the minnow(s) in and then lift the cup out of the water).

5a)new ways to fish. Spearfishing, net fishing, box/trap fishing, trot lines, even noodling (stick your hand in a hole and hopefully a large fish will swallow your fist, if so yank it back out and toss the fish onto the bank.) Maybe with a special ability of some sort, perhaps Kaldar or Gor'tog can just yell out to the fish and have them jump into their arms.

5b)with the recent occurrance of fish (bullhead carp?) literally jumping out of the water and attacking fishermen in real life, how about some fisherman versus fish combat-like fishing methods? Evasion would mean the fish misses and either sails over the boat and back into the water or lands in the boat/on dry land, flopping around until you pick it up or it gets back into the water (probably some sort of skill/stat check here). Parry or Shield would mean deflecting the fish, with more skill causing the deflection to dry ground instead of back into the water. And if your defenses don't cut it, you get knocked out, injured, or bowled over.

J'Lo, no that other one
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I know fishing teaches foraging and mech lore, but does it use those skills to decide what you catch? Or is that random/based on location?

Rick

Okay, I know where to get a pole, hooks, line, and bait... but where do you pick up a fish holder? I remember an old premi gift years ago that was basicly a big set of hooks on a chain that you could put your fish on for selling... are these in any shops? Wanna see how many fish I can pull in that weigh more than my scrawny gnomish self.


Kurako

Excellent! Thanks much. About how many fish do they hold? For some reason my memory is that it is around a half dozen.


Kurako

I believe the amount the string holds is based on weight, same as a bundle. So heavier fish will fill it faster.
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