Any tips for fishing? Bar too jumpy

[DrakenKin]

Just started fishing but the bar is too jumpy when i click,

Is there a mouse sensitivity issue or is there a trick to it? What i do is only use the left click of the mouse button to make it stay on the fish... not sure if there is another way to go about it...

Any way to level fishing fast? My farming is level 8, but finishing is zero.

[I Kinda Fail]

Have you ever played that game Flappy Bird, by chance? It's kinda like that.

If you hold the left-click down, it shoots up. If you want it to move up a tiny bit, you have to just keep clicking once or twice.

Likewise, if you let go of the button, the bobber plummets down and will bounce off the button.

It takes some getting used to, but once you hit level 3 it's way easier.

[Nakos]

First off, fish in the ponds on your farm, you'll only catch "trash" but that can be converted to useful building materials (later on) so it's still useful, and it helps level your fishing.

Second, visit the lakes and try for Carp, Carp are VERY sluggish and are easy to catch.

Don't try to make a maximum cast, make shallow casts, you get lower quality, but easier to catch fish that way.

[General Profit]

It also gets much easier around level 3 if i recall correctly the fishing bar gets a fair bit larger

[DrakenKin]

So I just fish trash in my valley until i hit level 3?

I am guessing throwing the hook farther gives more experience?

[General Profit]

Originally posted by Draken:

So I just fish trash in my valley until i hit level 3?

I am guessing throwing the hook farther gives more experience?

you get 3 crab pots from the crab pot bundle which can be gained by getting the 4 forageables at the beach and 1 crab from the mines
Crab pots give fishing experience also :)

[Hazy]

Originally posted by Draken:

So I just fish trash in my valley until i hit level 3?

I am guessing throwing the hook farther gives more experience?

As far as I know, the hook throw only factor's into the difficulty of the catch, not experience. I was able to finish the lake fishing bundle prior to hitting level 3, so while the trash may be higher than usual, you still get a lot of fish.

Don't forget that the time of day and season affect what fish/items your catching.

[Headrock]

Originally posted by Draken:

So I just fish trash in my valley until i hit level 3?

I am guessing throwing the hook farther gives more experience?

The best place to learn fishing is at the lake in the mountains, IMHO (next to Linus's tent). There are some very easy fish there (Carp), and the more difficult fish are worth a lot. Just don't try it in winter - it's best to go fishing at the Beach in winter.

[HansBerg]

Most certainly you need to learn how to tap or pulse the mouse button to keep the bar over the fish. Long held presses are doom for fishing. As you level up and buy new fishing rods, as others have noted, fishing becomes FAR easier. It's probably the most skilled based element to this game in that the player has to learn the mechanic and the technique with which to keep the bar relatively steady, or to climb/fall slowly (by comparison to simply holding down the mouse button and watching it blast upward).

[Magpie]

Don't let your green bar bounce off the bottom. When the fish drops down suddenly, only go halfway to the fish, then adjust. Also there is a current thread with lots of advice.