Spook meter

[sirkipalot]

This fish spooking away from the bait is just too much to bear. I don't even know if they read anything here anymore but 5-6 spooks nearly every cast is not a feature in my book it's a bug. Been watching some footage from the PS4 they don't seem to suffer from this.

You can try any set up smaller/larger hooks . lighter lines . change baits it doesn't make a jot of difference . Worse place is Bagger-sea -Germany. 20-30 mins in game time fish coming and going before one decides to be brave enough to fight a piece of veg. Any chance whoever is in charge of this ghost ship to turn the spook meter on the fish. Float fishing isn't like that where you get your info from is beyond me. The day I see a Carp mess about with a bait for longer than a few seconds unless it's devouring floating crust bit by bit is the day I will eat my own Rod.

[Marshall_maz]

Originally posted by sirkipalot:

....... before one decides to be brave enough to fight a piece of veg.

Now that put a big smile on my face this morning. I'm just imagining in my mind these carp being scared of veggies and the one waving his friend closer for backup :-)

You have a way with words bud :-)

[Guitarminator]

I think this is intentional, not a bug.

I hadn't played this in over a year. I came back only to find that Uni's no longer give Bait Coins and they are only purchasable, or earned through "Challenges", one of those being "Angling Machine" where you have to catch x number of fish in a row.
I am in Everglades throwing poppers for LM Bass and find that if I get anywhere close to the # of fish for Angling Machine II, the game sends a fish that has no intention of taking the bait and is there solely to bump into my lure to reset the counter.

Another interesting note. Angling Machine II was bugged for me for a while. The counter was stuck at 1 no matter how many fish I caught in a row, until I made a bug report. Then it just started working when I was going to take some screenies at devs request. Probably just a coincidence. Maybe.

While I did think earning Bait Coins was far too easy before, I'm not sure if I like how far they went to address it. I am a cheap bstrd though. :)

[sirkipalot]

Spook meter on these ropey bass or W/E they are called is 100 x worse than normal. Believe this or not. I have not managed to catch one as they have totally destroyed my already deflated enjoyment 10 casts. bob bob bob dip bob bob dip dip bob bob dip bob dip bob. for 45 in game minutes on every single cast and not once did the float go under. It has had such an effect I am almost ready for the 2nd time to uninstall this absolute bug infested game. Please for the love of aunt Jehmimahs tea pot. turn this ridiculous spooked fish nibble nibble nonsense off. It has no bearing on RL fishing unless your a muppet using floats that fish can't pull under because they are real mooring buoys. :D