Public VS Private

[Bill Tetley]

FishyFrags made a comment this morning about catching more fish in a private room versus a public room. Anyone else had this experience?

[👻 HauntingTheNet 👻]

It is a common comment.

It is entirely possible that there is code in place where X amount of fish may be taken out of X spot in X time frame and that all players in that room take from that collective fish pool. But there is as of yet no documented proof.

It is also entirely possible that we are dealing with a phenomenon called "Observer Bias". Basically once something is brought to your attention you notice and remember things which fits the same profile while other results which are counter to the suggestion are forgotten or overlooked.

If the first is the case then having 20 people all in one room and all fishing the same fish in the same spot then it will definitely result in overfishing of that fish to the point the fish becomes rarer. If the second is the case then you're instead dealing with pure RNG luck.

PS: Also, as a edit / post-script from Fishy's comment above I think there may be a second issue at hand. There is a little known bug that exists in the game, mostly related to lure fishing. While this bug is in effect your ability to get fish to bite becomes almost impossible.

For example I went over 20 straight hours without a single fish biting at my lures, and yet the fish bit just fine on bobbers, and once I patched the game instantly the lures once again started catching fish like normal on the same lakes without any changes in my style.

I am not alone on having been a victim of the bug as I have heard other players state that for them the lure fishing bug occured as well yet theirs seemed to be map-specific. One for example stated he could using lures catch fish on any other lake but Missouri would never get a bite even after hundreds of casts. It is entirely possible that some folks like FishyFrags simply have the no-lure-catches bug with map specific Alaska.

[dctoe_US]

I actually think I have found the opposite. I tend to catch more and bigger fish in public rooms. So I almost always use them unless they are full of a**holes.

But that may be the result of us sharing advice and tips, as well as locations and such. So that may be the logic behind that magic.

[Capt_Mac_141]

Originally posted by FishyFrags:

Just RNG b/s I think.

I agree.

Its all about skill, right Frags? (jk) lol

[florian_schaefer83]

Wouldn't say that i'm catching anything but the spot with the 30+ kg chinooks is empty for me on a public server. No chance......no matter what i've been trying.

[dbtr]

I 'm pretty sure fish spawns follow a normal (gaussian) distribution around each species peak time and room doesnt matter.

[Bill Tetley]

Gotcha, everyone! Sorry Fishy if I made you feel like I was putting you out there. I was just curious if I should be trying more in private rooms.

[darrren]

i refuse to fish in same room as mr ff :D he catches all the fishes all the time :P