How do you fish?

[deadbeef]

The game does not explain how to properly fish. My line keeps breaking. The tutorial says "press and hold A to reel while it is in the zone." "Be careful not to reel outside of the zone, otherwise the line will break".

But there is no explanation of what is "The Zone". It just says to only reel when it's in the zone, but it doesnt say what "the zone" is. Sometimes it lets me reel, sometimes it doesnt, there is no visual difference between the two.

What is "The Zone"? How do I fish without my line breaking?

[Koby]

The zone is the bright blue area.

[NeoRizer]

When they jump out of the water, hit the button and you'll daze them.

Hold the button to reel them in, don't tap it.

Keep the fish in that blue river looking area between your fishing lure... you reel them in faster that way.

When the line starts to flash red, stop reeling and wait for them to jump out of the water to daze them again...

It's not that difficult once you get the hang of it... it's one of the easier fishing games... it's Wheels that really sticks it in and breaks it off... that mini game sucks ass.

[Taear]

Both fishing and Wheels have such bizarrely worded writeups.
It took me ages to work out that the blue line is the zone (because it's not super visible)

[Melodia]

Press select. Read tutorial.

[Taear]

Originally posted by Melodia:

Press select. Read tutorial.

Maybe you should read what people are saying?? Like every post here is about how the tutorial for is really badly written

[Blissful Winds]

To fish: (Default cast is A, cancel B)
- Press A to cast the line, A again to "drop" the bob and use left-right to sway the bob as it hits the water.
- On catch, try to drag the fish into the "safe zone" (right in the bright blue line) and use A to begin reeling the fish in. Attempting to reel when the fish isn't in the zone will make the line tense, and eventually snap.
- If the fish jumps, re-pressing A will "jerk" the line and stun the fish, making it unable to fight your line for about 5 seconds.
Success is when you snap the fish up. Failure is if the line snaps.

Note to only attempt reeling if it is in the zone. Otherwise you're not making headway and you're making the line tense. Unlock the fishing hut plans, and invite the fisher to Mirth to upgrade your lines based on your catches.

[El Señor Dano]

Huh? Fishing in this game is really intuitive, you don't even have to read the tutorial, they way it works is obvoius. The only problem I can see you having is that if your screen is set to low brightness you might be missing the area in which you are supposed to reel.

[Insubordination]

What zone? It's impossible to tell what the zone is and it moves around too fast on screen. I've played a lot of fishing RPGs and this is the worst.

[UselessFoetus]

Originally posted by El Señor Dano:

Huh? Fishing in this game is really intuitive, you don't even have to read the tutorial, they way it works is obvoius. The only problem I can see you having is that if your screen is set to low brightness you might be missing the area in which you are supposed to reel.

Yeah exactly, poorly calibrated display is most likely the culprit here.

Since me and my kids are playing on 3 different monitors, tv at home and you clearly see it on each one of them.

[UselessFoetus]

Originally posted by Insubordination:

What zone? It's impossible to tell what the zone is and it moves around too fast on screen. I've played a lot of fishing RPGs and this is the worst.

Nah this is one the most fun I've played in any rpg.

[guylinkbrush]

Originally posted by Insubordination:

What zone? It's impossible to tell what the zone is and it moves around too fast on screen. I've played a lot of fishing RPGs and this is the worst.

Hi Insubordination,

Did you watch my video about how to fish?

https://youtu.be/jQGzu6igEz0

Hope it helps!

[Koby]

Originally posted by Insubordination:

What zone? It's impossible to tell what the zone is and it moves around too fast on screen. I've played a lot of fishing RPGs and this is the worst.

If you're not seeing the very clear distinction of the zone, something is wrong with your monitor calibration.

[frubam]

is there any reason to release them? I did so a # of times in case its for something down the line, otherwise I don't see any reason to do so =01....

[guylinkbrush]

Originally posted by frubam:

is there any reason to release them? I did so a # of times in case its for something down the line, otherwise I don't see any reason to do so =01....

There's no benefit to releasing the fish. Instead, follow this simple process to make easy money: Catch all the fish in the lake -> exit -> reenter the lake, all the fish will respawn -> catch them all again - rinse and repeat until you are satisfied, then sell them all to a Merchant. I guess they added the release option to make it more realistic; some people just enjoy fishing and, once they've caught a fish, they release it back into the water.