Fishing

[Wintermute]

Quick question on Lu's:

What are the benefits?
Does it help deplete stamina faster on all Fish or just those above a certain level?
Keeps them on line longer?

Stupid question, yes, but sneaking in a post a work and can't search and filter through posts >.>

Don't want to fish up the remaining 5k carp or so since it's mind-numbing and trying to justify my laziness really

[vegetaa]

Quick question on Lu's:

What are the benefits?
Does it help deplete stamina faster on all Fish or just those above a certain level?
Keeps them on line longer?

Stupid question, yes, but sneaking in a post a work and can't search and filter through posts >.>

Don't want to fish up the remaining 5k carp or so since it's mind-numbing and trying to justify my laziness really

For me, getting a Lu meant getting a better biterate, so more catches and more chances at skillups, and more money over time.

I would say it's not worth the effort of fishing up 10k carps, but it's well worth the ~2M you would pay it at the AH.

[soxfan]

Best thing I find it for is the things that it can catch without breaking line/rod over other rods.
When I used to fish up grimmonites with composite rod, the line use to constantly break, goodbye shrimp lure, lose money and time and get no fish, with lu I can catch them no problem every time, get good skillups, can make tav tacos, and use lure instead of having stacks upon stacks of disposable bait.

[Roaringhedgehog]

hi, lu makes it easier to fish fish in genral, ie some rods give u lost your catch cuz fish/rod is too small/big etc and teh loss of lure/baits due to line snaps on some rods+fish. all in all you will have a much more enjoyable fishing time with a lu than Comp/Halcyon rods, you will make more gil and or skill ups due to being able to catch/land target more fish overall combine it with a albatros ring and your laffin ( not that lu gives better skill ups just teh fact u can now land more fish overall)

like above poster had mentioned its great for some fish which would break lines liek grims/bream etc which are a high target fish for taco/gil.... and on the terms of fishing 10K moats i fished around 6K or so of mine and bought the rest when they were cheap or when i had soem spare cash. youll be suprised how quick it can go by if u fish a few 100's and buy a few 100's each week ( or even 1000's ;p)... if u have a 2nd acc just make a lvl 1 mule give him a halcyon rod 20 stacks of insect paste and send him to knightswell and fish while seeking or w/e else idle things u do .. thats what i did

[Eldelphia]

thanks a lot guys - going to try some of the suggestions out right now.

[TheMainMan]

I'm quoting wiki on the fact that you cant catch the fish without key item.

And cave cheranx npc's for 1.6k on average. But expect probably 60% line snaps.

I decided to do ryugu titans because they have a better chance at snapping my rod, which I need, and I can gut them for merc sword.

If I was you, I would take those cherax to Zaldon and use the dwarf pugil to catch Matsya which NPC's for 25k each.

[Roaringhedgehog]

If I was you, I would take those cherax to Zaldon and use the dwarf pugil to catch Matsya which NPC's for 25k each.

which suposidly are the hardest fish in game to catch ...... and can take for ever to actually get 1 landed there are still faster ways to make gil than this if u have ebisu..which it seams he doesnt since hes after sanpping rod and or teh key items for ebisu

from what i read even with ebisu the matsya are total mofos to reel in with out(and even with) both rings on.. being only lvl 63 fishing and no ebisu i can only speculate on what i read and hear from friends

you prolly better off just npc sole/grim etc for cash compared to teh pain to catch matsya what with rings/baits etc needed

Hog

[JoaquimFenrir]

I thought matsya used the ex bait because it needed moooching? Which I dont have.

And at the moment I am 96.9 switching in between liks and ryugu/titantictus for skill ups. Lik for opal silk, ryugu to gut, and titantictus to npc.

And I still havent gone for a penguin ring, either. Fishing lik on pc with albatross only is pretty rough D:


Well, today was a good day. Went from 96.9 fishing to 97.9. Early on in the day I gutted a ryugu and got a merc. sword, sold it for 500k. Went to go fish some liks, caught six of them, gutted them, and my 2nd one had my opal silk in it

2/2 on ebisu items. 1/20 gugru, 1/222 Lik.

[TheMainMan]

which suposidly are the hardest fish in game to catch ...... and can take for ever to actually get 1 landed there are still faster ways to make gil than this if u have ebisu..which it seams he doesnt since hes after sanpping rod and or teh key items for ebisu

from what i read even with ebisu the matsya are total mofos to reel in with out(and even with) both rings on.. being only lvl 63 fishing and no ebisu i can only speculate on what i read and hear from friends

you prolly better off just npc sole/grim etc for cash compared to teh pain to catch matsya what with rings/baits etc needed

Hog

Oh i thought that guy was skilling up on Cave Cherax to 100 and if he was, would be better using the ex bait for matsya rather than NPC cherax.

[JoaquimFenrir]

I was skilling on them, but then it got boring so I switched to the ferry. D:

98.4, hoping to hit 100 within two days.

[DJvGalen]

Hello Fishing peoples,

I thought I'd chime in with my fishing experience the last couple months.

I decided to try Nashmau around level 69 for the Mercanbaligi, first I went with Shrimp lure which became a little too costly for me, I have no Lu so something kept snapping my line. After that I tried a Minnow, which was alot better and cheaper.

When I capped on Mercanbaligi I switched bait to crayfish balls and caught Istiridye, Mercanbaligi and Ahtapot, Ahtapot being my skillup fish. This went rather well, just warp back to Whitegate when out of bait and then back on the ferry to fish more.

Last week I capped on Ahtapot, lvl 90, and I tried my luck on Pterygotus, using lug worms... 3 days later my fishing skill is about 92,2. Friday was kinda insane, I got 1,3 lvl but since you only target Pterugotus you can get upto 7 didn't catch anything in a row which can become boring.

And since Pterygotus caps at 99, I have a bit to go and then figure out what the hell to catch for lvl 100 because I only use a Composite fishing rod

[Valyana]

So, I know that you can get skillups from lost catches due to "lack of skill" and rod break. I assume that you can also get skillups on line snap and too small. But can you get skillups by fighting a fish down to 0 HP and then releasing it?

[JoaquimFenrir]

So, I know that you can get skillups from lost catches due to "lack of skill" and rod break. I assume that you can also get skillups on line snap and too small. But can you get skillups by fighting a fish down to 0 HP and then releasing it?

If you mean just getting it to 0% and timing out or hitting escape? No.

If you mean having a full inventory and having a full inventory? I believe so, thats what botted chars to.

You need to get it to 0% (or close) and hit enter and attempt to pull it up for skill ups

[Wintermute]

Around what level should I head to Inlet for Trumpet Shells?

Recently purchased a Lu Shang and whilst I was planning to stay on Shall Shells until 50-ish the Trumpets are better gil/hour I believe.

Only 29.2 (+4 From Gear) skill at the moment though.

[JoaquimFenrir]

I did shall shells until I think 54, thats when bub peninsula from cliffs broke, so I went onto trumpet shells around there.

Be warned, Trumpet Shells can be EXTREMELY streaky. I've gone an hour with only one bite. Not to mention, not the easiest fish to reel in, has a lot of stamina...





Now my own stuff! Started yesterday at 97.9, ended last night at 99.8.... Six hours of fishing since my last skill up and I'm full timing pelican ring. Just .2 more ; ;

[DJvGalen]

I fished for shells in the dunes, near the stranded boat is a great spot.

I got some amazing skillups again, about 1,5 lvl in less then 4 hours, full timing pelican ring

[JoaquimFenrir]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...100fishing.jpg



Got it on a cave cheranx, wish it was something more exciting, but ryugu titans gave me .1 all day, so I decided to go to quicksand caves. Got that after about 35min fishing.


Ebisu coming this sunday.

[vegetaa]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...100fishing.jpg

Hot, grats !
Reminds me of that screenshot where the guy dings 100 with the message "you lost your catch due to your lack of skills"

[Tubbers]

What's with the bite rate on Trumpet Shells? I'm getting 1 Trumpet Shell / 11 bites with Lu Shang's + Robber Rig. Is this normal?

[JoaquimFenrir]

What's with the bite rate on Trumpet Shells? I'm getting 1 Trumpet Shell / 11 bites with Lu Shang's + Robber Rig. Is this normal?

It's normal. They can either be good, or bad.

And according to titantictus forums, trumpet shells bite more during bad weather, too.