What fishing profession should i choose?

[Owl]

I didnt use crab pots much and the fish sell price increase seems good but i mostly use fish for cooking and fertilizer so my question is what profession i should choose and why?

[Saint Landwalker]

Probably fishing, so that at Level 10 you can get Pirate (moar chests!).

Crab pots have their uses (especially at Level 10), but frankly I find using them to be kind of annoying. One of their Level 10 professions can be handy for mass-producing quality fertilizer, though.

[AvatarMan]

Trapper - Mariner.

With a decent supply of worms you can refill your Crab Pots which will give "Fish" for fertilizer, and Lobsters which can be used in a recipe to make an amazing meal cheap meal.


Fisher - Angler. It's okay but there's better sources of income.

Fisher - Pirate. While double treasure chance is nice it loses it's uses once you've gotten the artifacts.

[Saint Landwalker]

Ruffington, I seem to recall you were having issues with baiting your crab pots without picking them up... I was running into a similar problem and got so irritated that I stopped using them altogether. Did you manage to find a way to avoid that issue?

[Owl]

Thank you very much i will go with crab pots because i already have 60 artifacts and want to mass produce fertilizers

[AvatarMan]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Ruffington, I seem to recall you were having issues with baiting your crab pots without picking them up... I was running into a similar problem and got so irritated that I stopped using them altogether. Did you manage to find a way to avoid that issue?

It was due to taking Luremaster, because they didn't require bait it made it so I would just pick them up even when holding bait. Since swapping to Mariner I've been able to bait and collect from my Crab Pots much easier.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Ruffington, I seem to recall you were having issues with baiting your crab pots without picking them up... I was running into a similar problem and got so irritated that I stopped using them altogether. Did you manage to find a way to avoid that issue?

It was due to taking Luremaster, because they didn't require bait it made it so I would just pick them up even when holding bait. Since swapping to Mariner I've been able to bait and collect from my Crab Pots much easier.

Ah-hah, good to know. I've wanted to go the Trapper > Mariner route (to mass-produce fertilizer), but I was running into the same problem and just got so irritated with it that I quit trapping altogether.

Now that I'm starting a new run, maybe I'll give that branch a go.

[PeripheralVisionary]

Don't crawfish and periwinkles and all that count as fish and can be used in fertilizer? If so, I'd go crab pots.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by PeripheralVisionary:

Don't crawfish and periwinkles and all that count as fish and can be used in fertilizer? If so, I'd go crab pots.

Yes, just about all of the non-trash crab pot catches are considered fish, even though on their own you can't get any benefit from eating them. But they can be used for fertilizer, sashimi, lobster bisque, etc.

[AvatarMan]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Originally posted by Sir Ruffington:

It was due to taking Luremaster, because they didn't require bait it made it so I would just pick them up even when holding bait. Since swapping to Mariner I've been able to bait and collect from my Crab Pots much easier.

Ah-hah, good to know. I've wanted to go the Trapper > Mariner route (to mass-produce fertilizer), but I was running into the same problem and just got so irritated with it that I quit trapping altogether.

Now that I'm starting a new run, maybe I'll give that branch a go.

Fair warning, don't edit your save file (swapping from Luremaster to Mariner) and then clicking on a crab pot with bait while it has catch in it.... It leads to 'interesting' graphical glitches.
https://i.gyazo.com/140c507a16f2ddf43598fb4ccc80bd7a.png

[Dragonrubi]

Damn i picked the crab stuff and i was so sorry i even considered to restart the game :-(