Do you fish in interloper?

[brazorf]

I gave fishing a try but its useless, when not harmful. Infact you'll need

- a fire going to prevent you from freezing to death
- ^ matches and fuel + waste of fire that you can't use to cook or make water since you are fishing
- a tool to break ice
- a (precious) gut + hook to craft the line
- fishing line lasts very few time (ive had 3 fishes for about 1500 kcal in about 6 hours)
- calories / condition loss

The gear loss/ consumption involved in the process makes fishing absolutely not worth the turnover.

So, do you fish in interloper? If you do, how do you make it worthful?

[cT917]

Every food source in interloper is valuable (because there's so little of it haha)

Fishing is good cause you get lamp fuel protection from the elements (huts with doors have a little warmth bonus) and a stove providing heat that won't be blown out by strong winds

You'll probably want to try 50/50 trapping fishing with deer herding mixed in when you get the opportunity

A few fishing tips for you (that I've found useful):

Do not fish to early in your play through (day one is rough)

Do not fish too long or in a single hut too often

Use coal

Read at least one edition of the frozen angler (should put you at level 2 right away)

Hope that helps

Stay warm out there!

Edit: I will add this early in the game you will probably barely break even with what you catch but you can come away from fishing with a food store. So when cattails and processed food are gone you might only have fishing left at some points

[athikers]

I am personally still in the undecided category on fishing. I think if I can keep my character alive long enough (come on Jill 5 ) that fishing will count. I have managed to get to level 2 a couple of times which really helps with tackle life but not so much with fishing production. I have had several instances where all I did was break in with the calorie wars and times when I lost. Of course, if you score a couple of large Cohos, that changes things. I seem to do better when I budget my time and stick to it. Decide before hand how long you will fish and stick to it. Stay only long enough afterwards to cook, the book out. I find fishing can be akin to a slot machine. Just one more go and I will hit the jackpot. For me the jackpot is a blizzard and not enough fuel to stay warm and little or no extra fish to show for it.

[ThinAir]

Basically what DX said, make sure to read at least 1 fishing book, and fishing is a very good option a bit later in the game. I do fish a lot. But in the early phases of the game your food must come from cat tails, ravaged dear, found packed food, and steering deer and rabbits to the wolves. Also fish in CH, in furthest into the ocean/sea HUTS. I always fish in the same hut, the one between jackrabbits and misanthropes. Coal is a key, drop few into the fire and can fish without clothing in the hut without the door in the hardest blizzards.

[cT917]

@thinair

Have you seen a decline in fish as time goes on (global pop drop) or have you gotten a steady increase to match your fishing skill?

[ThinAir]

Since i got a bear, i basically fished only once, just lately, and it seems pretty much the same. Some days better, some days worse, but overall seems the same, so i guess leveling up just evens out the decay.

[cT917]

Good to know

[[7] Professor Sweetjumps]

I fish regularly in Interloper. Currently on day 95. However, I generally only do it in CH - slamon=awesome, whitefish=waste. It gets you outside, so helps allay cabin fever. Yes, you have to start a fire, but what else do you have to do with all your time other than collect 800 sticks? If you have a glass, it doesn't cost you a match.

I use the hut between Jackrabbit and Misanthropes (luckily, it has a door in my playthrough - if not, I'd use one close to JI with a door). I keep it stocked with fuel and coal. I fish for a couple of hours, then cook what I caught, then repeat until my guy is exhausted. Then, I throw extra fish on the ice, head up to the cabin on JI where I set snares next to fallen limbs. Sleep in the house, harvest rabbits and limbs, gather sticks. Stock the fishing hut. Repeat.

I can survive soley on this, but it is a grind. So, I typically hunt deer one day, harvest and cook another. Gather fuel on a third. Do some crafting/reparing/fuel gathering on the fourth. Fish on the fifth. Rabbit and fuel on the next.

[Azure Emerald]

I personally like to fish a bit because if you do it enough you can get a decent enough supply of lantern fuel to use as accelerant for future fires. Won't waste as many matches that way. And if you have a good supply of coal, you can keep the fire going all day if you need to.

I like deer herding though. Just light up my torch, scare the wolf away, then use the torch to start a fire so I don't freeze to death while harvesting the deer. And pray the weather cooperates with me and doesn't blow the fire out. Saved me from dying to starvation in my current run.

[athikers]

I hope we don't find you one day with that thousand yard stare like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Course he did get to do in the tropics. Congrats on the 95 days.

[ThinAir]

Just a small trick, since raw food can be brought from 0% (ruined) to 50% cooked, and combined with lvl 5 cooking... never food poisoning... amazing tactic.
so since day ~150 i already have 3 fish at 0%, and will use this tactic for other stuff as well.

[athikers]

Going file that one away and use it if and when the time comes.

[Drosta]

I fish in Interloper, it's not useless. and your calorie estimate is too linear. It's true that many fish are about 500 calories each, but many are worth 1500-1800 each. that's a full day's meal. Not talking just coho salmon either, I regularly get fish in TWM around 1500 as well. Use coal in your fires. get a good stockpile from a long fishing day. Fishing and traps are a staple for the first few weeks for me, scavenging dead deer doesn't do it on it's own.