Fish taking to much line

[flyeneagle]

I was useing the St. pattys day dlc was reeling in 36 pound pike. Now I hook one and it takes the line out over 600 feet then reel breaks this is the third time it happen when are you devs going to give us the right pole and reels for float fishig and casting I think I wasted money on the St.pattys day dlc. I do have pics on my steam page catching some nice fish with that pole and reel. THe fish fight great but the equipment sucks. I don't know how to add a pic here I do have a pic on my page with a 37 pound northen pike.

[Kman]

Yeah what is the deal with this, its like the drag does nothing at all sometimes, the fish just goes and goes, there is nothing you can do to stop it or slow it down.

I have a 6lb drag reel, and a 3lb pike is breaking my reel pulling the line out 240+ft. I managed to get it in before reel completely broke so I know it was only 3lb+. Yet another time the reel will just break with nothing I can do to stop it. I also caought 4lb+ pike that reeled in with no fight at all.

To me this is a broken game mechanic.

[Slo-Mo-Shun]

Very often you can turn the fish by using the rod flex. When the fish is taking line turn away and allow the rod to get a really good bend in it also adjust the drag to keep the line out of the red zone and if your gear is balanced it "should" turn. But I do agree there are some fish which are just unstoppable with present gear especially in California but so far thats the only place that I havent been able to stop one, unless I have messed up with the balance.

[Bosman_Rosh]

Two points:
1. If your reel breakes -> you've got the setup wrong. If you don't make the line the weakest point of the set things will happen.
2. As thigns are now some fish are VERY hard to land or even worse. Just means we/you do not have the right gear. Wait for it and leave the fish alone... lvl 18 in cali getting spooled on Striped bass... that's normal untill you get a 30/35lb set. Just wait for the gear to come out.

That being said the "fish pull strength mechanic" is a bit farbot... a 16lb fish pulling WAY harder than a 27lb trophy of the same kind... if you gety unlucky and hit a big fish WITH the strength rolled to full (like my poor 16lb which left me 22ft of line before I stopped it:P) you're busted.
Than again... with the right gear it happens very rarely... but IRL I did get spooled more than once...

[Kman]

Originally posted by Bosman Rosh:

Two points:
1. If your reel breakes -> you've got the setup wrong. If you don't make the line the weakest point of the set things will happen.
2. As thigns are now some fish are VERY hard to land or even worse. Just means we/you do not have the right gear. Wait for it and leave the fish alone... lvl 18 in cali getting spooled on Striped bass... that's normal untill you get a 30/35lb set. Just wait for the gear to come out.

That being said the "fish pull strength mechanic" is a bit farbot... a 16lb fish pulling WAY harder than a 27lb trophy of the same kind... if you gety unlucky and hit a big fish WITH the strength rolled to full (like my poor 16lb which left me 22ft of line before I stopped it:P) you're busted.
Than again... with the right gear it happens very rarely... but IRL I did get spooled more than once...

OK thanks for that helps some, I guess I need ligher line for my reel then, apparently 6 pounds or less for a 6 pound drag?
I had I think 10 pound line on there.
Funny because in real life we usually use 8 to 12 pound test for pike, but these are river pike which usually don't get 40+ inches that often.

[Myagony]

yes best to have line under max drag. avoids damage. But you dont have to set max drag either so you could use heavier line if you like.

IRL ive 20 lb braid on an 8lb or so reel. Im sure my reel is damaged from it and the drag is farked. But it still works just fine for reeling in fish so i keep using it, it definantly isnt as good as it use to be. Sometimes gotta hold the line and pull in the fish or snag or w/e that line doesnt break.

[darrren]

ingame always make line the weakest link and you should be fine but if you do want to fine ballance your gear it does seem to work better :d
i have 20lb braid on my irl pike reels but ive never had 1 that big yet :D but ive also hardly lost a lure since i started usin heavyer braid :D

[flyeneagle]

Originally posted by Bosman Rosh:

Two points:
1. If your reel breakes -> you've got the setup wrong. If you don't make the line the weakest point of the set things will happen.
2. As thigns are now some fish are VERY hard to land or even worse. Just means we/you do not have the right gear. Wait for it and leave the fish alone... lvl 18 in cali getting spooled on Striped bass... that's normal untill you get a 30/35lb set. Just wait for the gear to come out.

That being said the "fish pull strength mechanic" is a bit farbot... a 16lb fish pulling WAY harder than a 27lb trophy of the same kind... if you gety unlucky and hit a big fish WITH the strength rolled to full (like my poor 16lb which left me 22ft of line before I stopped it:P) you're busted.
Than again... with the right gear it happens very rarely... but IRL I did get spooled more than once...

If I have the wrong setup blame it on the devs cause its the St.pattys dlc and when I put it together it said it was optimizes so my guess is that its a match set

[flyeneagle]

Originally posted by darrren:

ingame always make line the weakest link and you should be fine but if you do want to fine ballance your gear it does seem to work better :d
i have 20lb braid on my irl pike reels but ive never had 1 that big yet :D but ive also hardly lost a lure since i started usin heavyer braid :D

I use 32 mono and all gear says optimize hook and live bait
I paid real money for this think seeing that its a DLC sould work better

[darrren]

i cant coment on that dlc i didnt get it :| but i prefere lure fishing and only float fish crappie i think it would be ok for that lol :D
but i did get the ultralight and that came with 3.6kg line and first thing i did without thinking to much about it was use it on the rod/reels i got in the dlc and hooked a big fish and broke my reel so just becouse they come with the lines ect you still need to make sure that the gear can handle it

[Myagony]

it doesnt ever say gear optimized does it... it says the lure weight is.

[boogadooga]

Originally posted by flyeneagle:

I was useing the St. pattys day dlc was reeling in 36 pound pike. Now I hook one and it takes the line out over 600 feet then reel breaks this is the third time it happen when are you devs going to give us the right pole and reels for float fishig and casting I think I wasted money on the St.pattys day dlc. I do have pics on my steam page catching some nice fish with that pole and reel. THe fish fight great but the equipment sucks. I don't know how to add a pic here I do have a pic on my page with a 37 pound northen pike.

Pole fishing would be sick! Both euro style and US style and I, a grown man will squee like a school girl who got kissed by Bustin Jieber :D

[Bshields225]

I HAVE had the same problem with the St. Patty Day Gear with the pike and so has my friend.... we both have it...the reel breaks... and it tells you the equipment is optimized.. well at least the reel can be fixed without gold .. this is a plus... but yes it kinda sucks

[darrren]

Originally posted by TheWhiteWabbit:

Originally posted by flyeneagle:

I was useing the St. pattys day dlc was reeling in 36 pound pike. Now I hook one and it takes the line out over 600 feet then reel breaks this is the third time it happen when are you devs going to give us the right pole and reels for float fishig and casting I think I wasted money on the St.pattys day dlc. I do have pics on my steam page catching some nice fish with that pole and reel. THe fish fight great but the equipment sucks. I don't know how to add a pic here I do have a pic on my page with a 37 pound northen pike.

Pole fishing would be sick! Both euro style and US style and I, a grown man will squee like a school girl who got kissed by Bustin Jieber :D

no just noooooooooooooooo nooo noooooo noooooooooooooooooooo bielebers :| same goes for pole fishing lol poles are specificly for catching a lot of small fish some one would try and catch a 30lb pike on it and complain that it broke but i do use the telerods the same /verry simular way to a pole so worth trying if you like pole fishing :D what i do is push f11 cast,hold rmb wind in to 4-3m and letgo of rmb whala pole fishing :D another hint is if no bites hold rmb lifts rig out letgo again to replace it :D just like pole fishing :D

[boogadooga]

Originally posted by darrren:

Originally posted by TheWhiteWabbit:

Pole fishing would be sick! Both euro style and US style and I, a grown man will squee like a school girl who got kissed by Bustin Jieber :D

no just noooooooooooooooo nooo noooooo noooooooooooooooooooo bielebers :| same goes for pole fishing lol poles are specificly for catching a lot of small fish some one would try and catch a 30lb pike on it and complain that it broke but i do use the telerods the same /verry simular way to a pole so worth trying if you like pole fishing :D what i do is push f11 cast,hold rmb wind in to 4-3m and letgo of rmb whala pole fishing :D another hint is if no bites hold rmb lifts rig out letgo again to replace it :D just like pole fishing :D

lol I meant more like this. And tough for them if they knowingly try to take fish on grossly undersized gear and furthermore why leave out a feature and let those of us who are competent miss out because of the few who are dumb and need to just learn to shut up about it.
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[SKΛ]

sometimes that should happen, I like it that the fish can be too big and cause damage to your gear!