Advice for catching harder fish

[Prof_Nekko]

Well I'm approaching year 2 and I have 10 fishing, so I was gonna try hunting down some Legends to rake in the cash, but a lot of the higher tier fish are stupidly hard to catch, especially the legendaries.

Is there any lure/bait combo to work better? Does eating food that raises fishing over 10 make it easier? I'd like to know

[Prof_Nekko]

yeah I know practice makes perfect. I've caught the angler so far in the legendaries list. Just wondering if there are any hook attachments to make it easier. I feel the trap bobber would help a lot, but the barbed hook also seems useful. Additionally I could use a treasure hunter lure to use a treasure box to block the bar going down in some clever cheese trick...

Or I could jsut mod it to be easier, but where's the fun in that?

[rena91]

Honestly, most of those lure items hampered my attempts to catch legendaries. I think the only one I found useful for them was the one that makes the bar bigger. Even then, it's only a slight improvement.

Edit: And yes, the food buffs help. Especially that one that gives you plus 3.

[Suzaku]

I use the trap bobber. The treasue hunter one isn't reliable because you can't gurantee you'd get a chest, if the fish will be in a good spot if one does spawn, and that advantage only lasts 1 second before the chest is claimed.

[McGoodGreen]

Don't use the lure that attempts to "lock onto" the fish for you, pretty sure it is the barbed hook. That is best used for easy to catch fish.

Trap bobber is by far the best. Loosing a fish at a slower rate helps out everyone. When I am not trying to catch a difficult fish though, I focus more on catching more fish in a shorter period of time, so lures that decrease time between bites.

[Soy Un Perdedor]

I used Dish O' The Sea and Cork Bobber to catch all legendary and other tougher fish. Found the octopus to be the hardest for me. Since you are level 10 you should be able to do it. If you catch all lengendaries and all fish types you will get a nice surprise. Good luck!

[Hermes Trismegistus]

Personally I find the trap lure to be most effective. The fishing bar is large enough to do what it needs to. But, having the forgving nature of the trap lure allows me to see patterns in the fish's movement without losing it as quickly. The cork attachment really doesn't enlarge the fishing bar that much for me to use it more.

I would recommend the trap bobber personally to you. See how it works for you. As well as what's been said before. Practice catching the tougher fish. The more you interact with it. The easier it gets.

[Idyllic Substitute Finds Purpose]

Tap.

[robruckus65]

bait just makes fish hit quicker than if you werent using bait so that doesnt help... the trap bobber and cork bobber are the only 2 that are even remotely worthwhile for catching fish imo... but in the end jsut getting used to how the fish move and hone your skills is the best bet...

[Cornflakes]

The more difficult fish are slippery, they will slip past your bar as soon as you touch them. Some fish will shoot up or down very fast. Your instinct is to chase them, but the faster you try to go, the fish will reverse direction, leaving you further away. The key to catching them is to not overreact to them, and instead anticipate where they are going, not where they are.

My advice is never hold down the button or let go to chase very fast movements. Instead move to their position in a controlled rise or fall by clicking faster or clicking slowly. When you hold the mouse, the bar goes up, and up, and up, it takes a long time to slow down because it has a lot of inertia, and it takes a long time to fall. Holding down the mouse button wastes time.

You might think that keeping the bar over the fish is most important - after all, that's how you fill your catch meter and meet the win condition of the minigame. However, that's not quite true. What is most important is the lose condition: losing all of your catch meter. As long as you don't lose all of your meter, you can still catch the fish. The most difficult fish will slip past your bar, and you will lose meter.

Losing meter is unavoidable. It is far better to lose part of your meter to move in a controlled way than to wildly chase after the fish, slip past it, and not be able to catch up in time. This is what makes the trap bobber the best option. Some people insist on the cork bobber, because it makes your bar bigger. It doesn't matter if your bar is bigger if you're not controlling the movement of your bar in a smart way. The trap bobber reduces the rate you lose meter by 66%, meaning the penalty for not having your bar on the fish is much lower. And you're going to not have your bar on the legendary fish a lot, so not being penalized as much is critical.

[+Elektrik Barbrella+]

I think from what i've learned at catching legendary is that different lures and bates work to catch different fish. It of course depends on skill, but certain lures and bait with combo of a good day and meals probably evens out the odds.