Fisher or Trapper?

[OrigamiDragon11]

So I have been playing through the game and I am coming up on level 5 fishing and I am having issues with choosing a profession line. I just want to hear what people have to say, about both. So which profession is better?

[OrigamiDragon11]

Who is Mackenzie? I'm new to the community so forgive the ignorance.

[hairyharryz]

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[Neutralize]

For end-game, imo, Trapper then Mariner. For easily accumulating tons of fish for quality fertilizers and lobster for op fewdz. Investing in the angling trees can help out early with cash, but later you don't need it as much, and while getting extra treasure can be nice, you can just equip lures for that and there are other ways to get stuff like Iridium. Bait is also a non-issue if you dungeon dive enough or build plenty of worm bins.

I guess in the end it depends on how much field space you have dedicated to crops. But if you intend to have huge plots, do you really wanna have to fish up literally hundreds of fish? It takes forever and becomes super tedious even with a moderate field.

[OrigamiDragon11]

I was thinking of using Luremaster if I go trapper, the trash can be useful so I don't mine keeping it.

[OrigamiDragon11]

Otherwise thanks for the suggestion Neutralize

[Hexprone]

It's very easy in this game to get all the money you'll ever need.

You definitely want Fisher over Trapper (crab pots are mainly useful for extra quartz from broken glasses in the long run, so you don't want to stop catching trash).

But at level 10 you want Pirate over Angler. By that point, making money will be effortless, but finding those last few artifacts is a slow process.

[OrigamiDragon11]

I guess that's true, I hear a lot of grumbling about completing the museum.