Talk:Fishing

It's rumored that you catch marlin after 10 skill

Does fishing rod QL affect the success of catching a fish? or the QL of the fish? Zao (Aug 21, 2009)

When I imped my rod I started catching more fish and their QL went up too. Ddddestroyer (Aug 22, 2009)

My skill is only 17. The QL of the rod seems to influence greatly my success rate. A lower QL rod in the 20's results in a fair number of fish getting away. Using a 74 ql rod give me almost a 100% success rate for catching the fish. The QL of the fish seems to be fairly similar when fishing from the same tile. Kaptkaos (July 15, 2011)

Octopus

With a 90 ql willow fishing rod and a 90 ql steel reel, a 66 ql braided line, a 20 ql lemon fishing hook feather and corn, I was able to catch octopus at lvl 50 fishing. octopus caught on every bait with every hook and float. 7-1-23 GodRobotswife

Blue Shark

I caught a small blue shark after fishing the tile from level 58-65 at level 65.2 after 30 fails to reel one in. Therefore I assume with a 90 ql rod and reel, level 65-70 is where you need to be to catch these. Sharks were hooked with every hook float and bait type. 7-1-23 Godrobotswife

Snook

First snook caught at level 66 , All fails before this level with 90 ql pro fishing rod 90 ql reel. 7/2/23 Godrobotswife

White shark

realed a small and a 95kg shark in at 67 fishing 90 ql pro rod with 90 ql reel. On a wurm and bone hook with a twig float. 7/2/23 Godrobotswife

Dorado

struggled to catch a small one at lvl 65 fishing 90 ql rod 90 ql pro reel. 7/1/23 Godrobotswife

Fishing Rod ql

Once my rod dipped below 90 ql I was unable to catch any special fish except octopus at level 66-70. It seems rod ql drastically effects catch chance. 7/4/23 Godrobotswife

Clam Fishing

While attempting to get The super rare black pearl, I have found it will most likely take months. Clam Tile gives Around 4 clams per hour at 20 fishing below. Net ql doesn't seem to make a difference as I obtained more clams on a lvl 13 fishing skill alt with a 30 ql net than I did with a botd 89 70 ql net. After opening well over 50 clams I obtained 3 reg low ql pearls. some iron lumps, seeds, an un identified fragment, a reinforced handle, Lots of seafood meat, and nothing on most of them. Making this challenge huge. Expect to fish on numerous toons for days, weeks, maybe even months for this black pearl. 7/4/23 GodRobotswife

Marlin

I was able to catch a small marlin at 69 fishing but have been unable to catch 1 since or a reg sized at all with rod below 90 ql and reel below 90. 7/4/23 GodRobotswife

Casting techniques

After fishing for 3 days str8 I discovered a few things. Firstly, I lost a large amount of fish using a high ql bone hook. But was able to start catching again using a 20 ql lemonwood. No idea why this happens. It also seems that if you cast out too far with a pro rod, you will lose every fish right away. If you cast too close, sometimes you reel a fish in very fast with minimal struggle. This gives less xp, but if u cast right in the middle of the max cast area and the minimum, fights seem to be longer with less fish loses. Sometimes if I cast too far, I lose every fish and have to switch the side of the ship I'm fishing off to fix it, 7/4/23 Godrobotswife