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[Balvrikk]

Is the size of the creature you pull up just pretty random or (besides hook size) is there a way to somewhat consistently get bigger catches? been trying to fish up some crustacean carapace but the Gutta i get are usually around or less than 100 units. not sure if i should be casting further out or not if that affects it

Hook size doesn't change the size of the fish but it does allow for you to actually hook the fish types that are big such as silk ray and giant gutta. Also if you're using the right bait with the right depth I believe you get a higher average weight. I don't know a good bait for gutta because it used to be so easy to get that every bait was good

 

[CaptainEmbers]

Hook size doesn't change the size of the fish but it does allow for you to actually hook the fish types that are big such as silk ray and giant gutta. Also if you're using the right bait with the right depth I believe you get a higher average weight. I don't know a good bait for gutta because it used to be so easy to get that every bait was good

gotchyaaa that makes sense, thanks!

 

[johnnyomm55]

View attachment 3666what a pain in the ass

haha congrats bro!

 

[adrelik]

How patient should I be when trying a new bait/depth etc after the nerf? Like should I be casting 3/5/10 times (or more?) before changing something?

Had a good mess around last night with the basic hooks (.2/1/5) and various baits and caught nothing interesting

 

[Mumrik]

How patient should I be when trying a new bait/depth etc after the nerf? Like should I be casting 3/5/10 times (or more?) before changing something?

Had a good mess around last night with the basic hooks (.2/1/5) and various baits and caught nothing interesting

Seems random. Tried some new baits last night. First throw i caught red squilla, and never managed to catch another one using the same setup.

 

[adrelik]

Seems random. Tried some new baits last night. First throw i caught red squilla, and never managed to catch another one using the same setup.

Could be time of day / weather dependent as that can change quite quickly?

It's just hard to judge how long I should be trying a specific combo for (and how many Canna to catch) before deciding to try something else

 

[Balvrikk]

Could be time of day / weather dependent as that can change quite quickly?

It's just hard to judge how long I should be trying a specific combo for (and how many Canna to catch) before deciding to try something else

I do about 25 catches now before changing. But even then there are set ups that were good before nerf that now can take more then the 25. Seems very rng though I'm not gonna lie. You can catch what you want 2 back to back then get nothing for an hour

 

[JohnOldman]

I do about 25 catches now before changing. But even then there are set ups that were good before nerf that now can take more then the 25. Seems very rng though I'm not gonna lie. You can catch what you want 2 back to back then get nothing for an hour

I Usually change the depth 25cm up or down within the range i know works for the fish between catches and try to move the target line around 10 feet away from previous location if posible, doing that while targeting whiskerfish as an example nets me overall 20% more yields than constantly using the same spot and depth, but that may be be just a lucky or unlucky streak and my confirmation bias, i need further testing to prove my theory.

 

[adrelik]

I do about 25 catches now before changing. But even then there are set ups that were good before nerf that now can take more then the 25. Seems very rng though I'm not gonna lie. You can catch what you want 2 back to back then get nothing for an hour

25 catches without changing something is a lot if you are casting right out with a 10m+ depth!! That's hours and hours

 

[Balvrikk]

25 catches without changing something is a lot if you are casting right out with a 10m+ depth!! That's hours and hours

Yeah fishing not in a very fun spot

 

[Mumrik]

Yeah fishing not in a very fun spot

Fishing was so much fun before u could only Catch cannas 90% of the time, such a waste.

 

[JohnOldman]

Fishing was so much fun before u could only Catch cannas 90% of the time, such a waste.

i wish they were cannas, most of the time are herbeus or trudis that sell for even less...

 

[adrelik]

Definitely finding it a bit demoralising when trying to cast far out with 15m+ bait depth. Spend several minutes (should probably time it but it's a long time) reeling something in to find it's a 2kg Canna or Herb

After doing that 10 times in a row clinging on to the hope that the RnG gods send you something good is the only thing to keep you going. Not great

 

[Balvrikk]

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[Dremlock]

Here's where I've been able to fish bloodkua:
Sausage lake west side
depth: 500-1800
hook: 100
bait: silver coin
Any time of day and all weather conditions

 

[Angelo]

Here's where I've been able to fish bloodkua:
Sausage lake west side
depth: 500-1800
hook: 100
bait: silver coin
Any time of day and all weather conditions

Can you get like 1/10 fish to be Blood Kua?

 

[Dremlock]

Can you get like 1/10 fish to be Blood Kua?

i'd say its like 1/5 or so are bloodkua at those specifications so long as you are outside of turtle depth. if you're in turtle depth, then bite chance is shared with turtles. otherwise it's mainly canna and kua. this morning i caught 4 kua in a row. it's a fairly small data set with a pretty significant amount of kua.

of note:
I didn't have luck at depths of 1100-1500.

depths of 500-900 are solid and depths of 1600-2200 also seem to work, but seems weird to me that they wouldn't be in between so I just listed the whole range. Depth of 700 had the highest yield for me, hence the depth I recommended.

 

[barcode]

fishing depth is misleading because its only half of the equation. you also need the depth of the body of water which is tricky and hard to keep consistant. even with (what i think are at least) identical throws i can reduce my fishing depth by a few hundred cm and randomly hit the bottom. blood kua is probably similar to black whiskerfish in that the bottom has to be sufficiently deep and then you can catch them at pretty much any depth

-barcode

 

[Balvrikk]

blood kua is probably similar to black whiskerfish in that the bottom has to be sufficiently deep and then you can catch them at pretty much any depth

-barcode

Not trying to say the opposite but you can catch black whisker at 150cm at a 300 cm spot. I do not know about blood kua, though I do agree usually there has to be depth bellow the target depth for many fish.

 

[JohnOldman]

That's a big Cuprum Creft i found right there