Fishing is impossibe?

[klong34]

I'm trying to play on a track pad, can anyone give me any advice as to easy spots to fish or anything? I lose every fish that hooks on. Cannot seem to do it right.

[José Juan Álvarez]

First of all, It's a track pad, playing ♥♥♥♥ on that is nearly impossible to begin with.
Second, I'm using a controller and fishing is still hard af, so much effort for a single sardine lmao.

[Stoic Romance]

Fishing is impossible yes. Ruins the simulation because real fishing can be done by total yokels bombed on Busch and jerky.

[José Juan Álvarez]

Originally posted by Stoic Romance:

Fishing is impossible yes. Ruins the simulation because real fishing can be done by total yokels bombed on Busch and jerky.

tbh, fishing in this game is harder than fishing irl lmao.

[klong34]

I do think fishing is meant to be a little challenging on this game, but if you try to play with a trackpad its pretty much impossible.

[Selei]

So, I've seent his thread popping up a lot on the forums. I thought fishing was impossible too at first, but, then i learned a few things.

A little advice that got me better at fishing:

Don't spam click, the bar moves by holding down left mouse. It operates the same as minigames we have seen before, and, once I understood that I wasnt suppose to spam left mouse button to get the thing to move, it got infinitely easier (i havnt lost a fish yet, since that point).

Treasure chests arnt always worth it. I'd say that 1 in 5 gives something of use, so if you arnt sure if you can get the chest and fish, just go with the gauranteed money.

and finally, it isnt a race. The fishing minigame will last as long as the bar does not hit the bottom, so if a fish is being an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and keeps moving, just try to keep the bar as high as possible until the fishes movement evens out. I've caught many fish by letting it spike up then settle back into a position.

I tried it this morning with a trackpad as well, just to see what could potentially effect your issue specifically. Thank god for the better half's laptop. If its a touch trackpad (i.e, no mousebutton), tap and hold works just fine. If its a macbook, or has a dedicated mouse button near or on the track pad, press and hold, and of course, release as needed. I didnt find it overly hard (though it was a little challenging using the touchpad).

Hope this helps, and good luck farmer!

[Adohleas]

Fishing seems to be easy for me using a mouse.

[☯ Icy ᚱᛖᛞ ᛊᛟᛞᚨ▲]

Originally posted by Croiss:

First of all, It's a track pad, playing ♥♥♥♥ on that is nearly impossible to begin with.
Second, I'm using a controller and fishing is still hard af, so much effort for a single sardine lmao.

Which button on the controller is for reeling the fish in?

[Frisky Fox]

Originally posted by AndroidJazz:

Originally posted by Croiss:

First of all, It's a track pad, playing ♥♥♥♥ on that is nearly impossible to begin with.
Second, I'm using a controller and fishing is still hard af, so much effort for a single sardine lmao.

Which button on the controller is for reeling the fish in?

For an XBox controller, the default is X to reel in, and A to simulate the left click during the minigame.

Fishing seemed impossible the first few days I tried it, but then it suddenly just started to click! Especially once you go up in fishing level.Some fish seem to be really annoying, and then you'll get some that barely move. Selei's post is very true, too!

[Justin Hawkes]

Don't spam click when you fish! Just hold the button and you will have a much easier time.

[Lechet]

That doesn't work when you have to quit holding it and then the thing just drops like a stone to the bottom nearly the exact second you let go of it.

[Moogie]

Not sure why people are saying "don't spam click". When the fish is bouncing up and down the bar, you HAVE to spam-click to keep in line with it.

Fishing isn't all that difficult with a mouse, for what it's worth. I enjoy it.

[JigglyRitz]

Once you get used to it fishing gets pretty easy imo. However, on my laptop with the trackpad it's like you said: Impossible.

[obama]

lol controllers suck

[Kiya]

I'm playing on mouse + keyboard and the only fish I managed to catch was the first one. I wasted so much time trying that at this point I have given up on it. I find it frustratingly horrible which is a massive dissapointment for me. Fishing was always one of my favourite activities in other games like this.

[crmagic]

You hold the button to move quickly and spam click for small adjustments. It's harder than HM, but much easier than Ocarina of time.

Only problem I had was understanding that the fish needed to stay INSIDE the green area, not in front of!above it.