Advice on Fishing requested (DayZ vanilla)

[Freedekogge]

So I went fishing for the first time in DayZ, at a lake. Improvised fishing rod, improvised fishing hooks made from chicken bone. I know the improvised hooks are not supposed to last forever, however when they were both ruined, I had caught only 3 fishes. I roasted them by the campfire and ate two pieces of carp (so basically 1/3 of my catch) within one minute, starting with a white food indicator, and didn´t even get the "full stomach" symbol... so apparently the fish isn´t extremely filling.

Soooo... one chicken = two pieces of bone = two improvised fishing hooks = three fishes, or maybe four if I am lucky. And it´s not like there´s an abundance of chicken.

Now, so many experienced players have given advice to us newbies that fishing is a simple and pretty foolproof way for fresh spawns to get independend from canned food. So I am sure I am missing something here. Any advice is welcome.

Right now, I feel like I got extra food left to keep me going till I find the next chicken if looking for chicken is what I do in this time, but not enough food to get some freedom to focus on other goals. Do I need a cow for that? How do you guys do it?

[Freedekogge]

btw had eaten the chicken too, of course, and long before
I kept the fishing hooks for dire times when food is hard to find / looted.

[2High2tell]

No advice to give here. It is just the way the system is. Fish and chickens are just a temp fix. I do not like it. 2 chicken pcs, and 6 fillets wold fill me up IRL for 2 days. But does not fill you up as a fresh spawn???

The whole food system is weird, but it is what it is. And now you cant gorge yourself full
which I guess is okay. The prob as I see it, if they let you fill up like you would in real life. the game would be to easy. Adding mushrooms and fruit to your diet will help fill in the gaps and they are fairly easy to find as well.

[Kurdain]

90% of DayZ makes no sense other than to keep you on the search for stuff treadmill.

I mean, a crowbar wearing out?
I am pretty sure I can bash in infinity heads without breaking a crowbar.

Clothing, tools, knives, etc. are all that way.

[etwas]

Originally posted by Kurdain:

90% of DayZ makes no sense other than to keep you on the search for stuff treadmill.

I mean, a crowbar wearing out?
I am pretty sure I can bash in infinity heads without breaking a crowbar.

Clothing, tools, knives, etc. are all that way.

its called gamebalance. u wouldnt complain about your broken leg bein fixed in 30 minutes instead of some months^^