Placeable ice fishing hole locations in Pleasant Valley?

[Impos!]

So, I was hoping to test out the new ice fishing hole feature on a map that doesn't already have many fishing points- particularly on that river that runs throughout the entire map.

But it doesn't seem to consider the river as an acceptable ice hole digging spot- does anyone know where one might be? I assume this river is just like, not deep enough?

Would it work at Pensive Pond where there's already one fishing hut?

[Bosco]

thats bad to hear, i moved my base to pv in the knowledge that we could fish anywhere, now it seems we can fish anywhere as long as its in specific types of ice - how we locate and determine that type of ice i have no idea?

[Impos!]

I'd assumed it would at least let you sort of, hover the location of the ice hole over the land, and it would turn green in an appropriate spot- but it sort of just goes "No", when you try to select the option if you're not in a suitable location.

[Dextre]

I managed to get a spot on mystery lake just to test it out but it is far from the edge when the ice turns blue, so having down rivers and such does not work that Ive tried...Ponds im not sure about.

[Impos!]

I'll try out Pensive Pond next time I'm out there.

[Bosco]

ive tested it in a good few locations, it seems to be that you can only create fishing holes in location where there are fishing huts,(i hope im wrong) which kinda defeats the point, but now fishing huts are broken lol. also i read that certain fishing lures upon use will crash the game. there are susposed to be new fish in the game, ive not caught any yet so guess eventually fishing will have a little more depth to it whenever it gets fixed.

[Impos!]

Originally posted by Bosco:

ive tested it in a good few locations, it seems to be that you can only create fishing holes in location where there are fishing huts,(i hope im wrong) which kinda defeats the point, but now fishing huts are broken lol. also i read that certain fishing lures upon use will crash the game. there are susposed to be new fish in the game, ive not caught any yet so guess eventually fishing will have a little more depth to it whenever it gets fixed.

I have actually caught one of the new fish at the fishing hut.

It's was the Goldeye, caught from Pensive Pond.

[iwasa]

I found an area where it seems the ice is suitable on that river in Pleasant Valley. I was a little surprised to find it. I did not actually break a hole there but the graphic was green so it should work.

This was near the Long Curve. The last turn in the river as it then heads towards Keeper's Pass South. I noticed the ice had a more blue tint so thought what the heck. What? This works?!? I did check along the river towards the transition to Keeper's Pass South and the suitable ice did not go far.

[Impos!]

Interesting- thank you. I guess we're essentially looking for blue ice then.

The Long Curve is near the far west side of the map, right? Where the road ends on that side of the map?

[Bosco]

Originally posted by iwasa:

I found an area where it seems the ice is suitable on that river in Pleasant Valley. I was a little surprised to find it. I did not actually break a hole there but the graphic was green so it should work.

This was near the Long Curve. The last turn in the river as it then heads towards Keeper's Pass South. I noticed the ice had a more blue tint so thought what the heck. What? This works?!? I did check along the river towards the transition to Keeper's Pass South and the suitable ice did not go far.

much appreciated - but for me just almost the same as hoofing over to the only fishing hut in the map, so kinda pointless. if they was going to make it so difficult why not just add another fishing hut to the map?

[Impos!]

Tried out the fishing spot you can make near Long Curve! It worked! Thank you!

Still unclear how to know what ice to check and what to not bother with however- it looked largely the same as the rest of the river.

[iwasa]

I initially tried around Thomson's Crossing and could not find suitable ice around there. I didn't know what else to expect so didn't go searching all that much.

The first suitable ice I found was in Keeper's Pass South and it was where the existing ice fishing hut was located and it was fairly sizable. An obvious place to check and scout around. I was initially trying around the break in the ice downstream from the ice fishing hut but nope.

I am not trying too hard or have a lot of hope set on being able to fish anywhere without having an ice fishing hut present. I have time so I would suppose I would be checking here and there for suitable ice. A better indicator (i.e., amount of blue in the ice) might help in that.

ETA: I found another New Fishing location (as I call the "make your own ice fishing hole" mechanic) on the river downstream from Thomson's Crossing. It is located where another river joins up with it. It seems to have reasonably coverage of that river junction. There can be wolves and rabbits in the area.

Although there would be no man-made shelters in the vicinity, going further downstream would get you to a cave in the right side riverside cliff. I think there was a leaf bed inside the cave. If nothing else, a suitable pile of wood would make the cave habitable.

[PowerOn]

Originally posted by Dextre:

... so having down rivers and such does not work that Ive tried...Ponds im not sure about.

Some pounds allow make the fishing hole, in the HL trailer you can see various holes in a small pound.

[Absolutionwolf]

That's disappointing. I was hoping for a lot more fishing spots in PV...

[Dextre]

Yep they really need to change selecting an ice fishing hole then going around the ice to see if it turns green or stays red as continuously using radial menu to try and select it and it says no is tiresome and you may miss spots more frequently..