Fish Trap

[Nikea]

I just crafted a fish trap in the new 0.03 Update, but I cannot figure out what to put in it as bait for the fish. Any help please?

[Sir Didymus]

Vegemite...

[rockon]

Fish Trap crafting

Just crafted a trap.....place 2 rope, 2 rocks and 4 sticks on the water's edge.
About to see how to make it works..

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Nothing fish will swim in it

[Mr. Peanut Head]

I tried putting a crab and a coconut in, and the whole thing went haywire... threw me about 20 feet in the air.

[Nikea]

I placed it in the water where there were dozens of fish for like half an hour, but I didn't catch anything. When you hold the fish trap, the info says that you need to put bait in it, but I cannot figure out what kind of bait to put it...

[ronr42]

I haven't made the trap yet, but if it needs bait, try a piece of shark.

[Omen3608]

Just gave it a quick try. You can use a crab as bait by holding them i your hand and leftclicking on the trap. Managed to catch a sardine (losing the crab) after waiting for a night. Was a great exchange... at least I won't have to cook the sardine. :D

[ronr42]

Originally posted by Omen3608:

Just gave it a quick try. You can use a crab as bait by holding them i your hand and leftclicking on the trap. Managed to catch a sardine (losing the crab) after waiting for a night. Was a great exchange... at least I won't have to cook the sardine. :D

Not a very good trade off. Neither would using shark meat be. Be nice if a sardine could be used to catch multiple fish with the one piece of bait.

[samBTG]

At the moment any food can be used as "bait". We will be expanding on this so its more realistic and a better trade-off for the bait used.

[Omen3608]

Didn't try it, could work too, also I only tried it in shallow water where only sardines were around. Am too busy telling everyone off right now. ;)

Edit because I suddenly had new insights... *cough*... I'm pretty sure any food can be used as "bait" at the moment. :D

[ronr42]

Originally posted by spraycanmansam | Beam Team Games:

At the moment any food can be used as "bait". We will be expanding on this so its more realistic and a better trade-off for the bait used.

Good to know. At least using half a coconut to catch fish is a better trade

[Red River]

I was able to feed 4 baby crabs into the fishtrap.. the more bait the more you catch. my first catch was lionfish lol

[SkyDriver]

You guys are going about this all wrong.

1. You put bait in the trap the same way you add wood to a fire. Hold the item (in this case, bait) in your hand while clicking the trap.

2. The guy who caught a Sardine... different types of fish spawn at different depths. A shallow trap catches small fish. Medium depth catches medium fish. Deep depth catches stuff like Cod and Giant bass.

3. I thought this was just common sense stuff, but apparently I'm a rocket scientist.

[Mashed Potato]

Hello,
I use potatos as bait. The fish traps are e very nice feature but at the moment useless. You have to use food to catch a fish. It's just a change of food actually. The count of catchable fish shuould be randomized like 1-2 very common, 2-5 common, 5-8 rar.

Another idea is to upgrade the fishtrap with a coconut bouy (lashing and coconut) ; so you see there you have placed the trap
Swimming traps (use coconuts insteat of stones) could be also an option.

Ps. why I can't eat the anglefish and the triggerfish ? They don't have any poison in real life. It's also possible to eat lionfish (after cooking).

- Thank you for the fix today :-) -

MfG

[PapiwA]

Effective Fish Traps

Not quite worth the time and effort yet, as 1 piece of bait yields only 1 catch.
Would be awesome if 1 piece of bait caught many fish, 'trapped inside' over time.