Largemouth Bass - Elusive!

[Utildayael]

So I checked the wiki and threads here and everything says... go to lake NE of Robin's house by the mine. Ok no problem! I started in Summer and am in Fall now and can't get a single largemouth bass! I've tried different spots around the lake. I've fished morning, evneing, night, rain, sun...

Am I missing something? I have tons of chub, carp, walleye, and bullheads...

Thanks!

[Autumn Elf]

I was having this same problem. I went to that mountain lake. Stand in the second island at the tip. I think I put a spinner tackle on mine? I caught them straight one after another at one point. So keep at it. I also tried what another poster above said, that lake by Leah's house. I think that worked for me as well.

[Bear^]

I just gave up and bought one from the ♥♥♥♥♥. After going through 1 and a half year without getting one, fishing more or less every day at the same location without catching a single one.

[Headrock]

I don't want to offend your fishing skills, but Is it possible that those of you who are not getting the Largemouth are simply not good enough at the fishing mini-game to catch it?

Largemouth is somewhat harder to catch than most other fish at the lake (Sturgeon, Lingcod, and Legend are the only ones that are harder, IIRC). If you spend a whole day (morning to sunset) fishing at the lake (and from my extensive experience, the exact location is entirely irrelevant), and catch every single fish that comes up, and you're STILL getting no Largemouths whatsoever, then there's definitely a bug at work.

If, however, even a few fish escape you every time you go there to fish, then there's a chance you're simply losing all of the Largemouths and catching only the easier fish. A lot of people seem to have difficulty playing this mini-game properly, and some people don't even realize that the fish they aren't catching are actually of a completely different type than the fish they are catching. Again, I'm not here to offend anyone, but this is the only way I can explain what I'm reading here without jumping to the conclusion that it's a really weird bug that only happens to some people and not others...

Also note that fishing after sunset doesn't count - Largemouth disappear from the lake at around 7 pm.

[RLS0812]

Lake below the mine - cross the 2 (single plank) bridges - fish on the little outcrop facing south

[Headrock]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย RLS0812:

Lake below the mine - cross the 2 (single plank) bridges - fish on the little outcrop facing south

That only changes fish quality, not the types of fish you will catch. I've caught all available fish in the lake, in each season and weather, in pretty much every location around the lake. That includes Largemouth, Sturgeon, Lingcod, and Legend.

[Holyvision]

Sounds like monumental-statistical-anomoly bad luck. It took me about a quarter of a game-day at the mountain lake, fishing off the left side using bait and a dressed lure.

[Headrock]

On a related tangent:

I read a few posts in the past from people who were unaware that you need to click-and-hold to throw your line further out into the water. I also read somewhere that throwing further away from the shore will net you different types of fish. I don't tend to throw at less than MAX strength unless I have to (ripples, ice-fishing, etc.), so I couldn't say with 100% certainty that the rumor wasn't true. Therefore, I figured that maybe the problem here was that the people who weren't catching Largemouth were simply not throwing the line far enough away, and the Largemouth simply weren't biting the line at all.

So I went to check it myself, by fishing at the lake and throwing the line only a minimal distance into the water, and by doing so I think I can finally put those rumors to rest: The first fish I caught was a Sturgeon, the next one was a Largemouth. Therefore, coupled with all of my past experience in fishing, I can say pretty conclusively that throwing distance absolutely does not affect the types of fish that will bite your hook.

So if you see people spreading that old rumor, please ask them to stop that. It's not helping anybody.

[Stephen Hung]

I was fishing in the lake by the mines and it took me until 5:20 to get a largemouth bass... I started at 7:30.

[Kiwi_Tea]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Jellypuff:

In the future, try the lake between Leah's cabin and the wizard's tower in the forest. In spring, Largemouth Bass is all i can fish there.

Tose are SMALLmouth bass

[infinanova]

Right after I read this discussion, I caught my first Largemouth Bass! I was fishing off the second island. I was facing right, and I was fishing into one of those bubbly water zones. I had an iridium rod with only bait. It was kind of difficult, but I caught it and I'm so proud of myself :)

[jame]

Mountain lakes is where I fish normally and I catch about 12 large mouth everyday ( I uses the journal trick to catch a ton of fish incase you are wondering ) 1 option, stand on the first bridge and cast it east towards the log in the lake, 2 option, stand on the bottom edge where theres a fence, get to the lake and you can fish up plenty of large mouth there

Sorry for spelling mistakes, excuse my English

[Verdakyll]

do you guys use the mod to make fishing easier?
i tried that mod once and could find a largemouth bass either,after deleting the mod i got a largemouth bass on the second try or so..

[IreneGR]

My question is if the author did ever catch largemouth bass.. I am trying to catch it now. That’s why I’m here, on this thread lol

[frogprincess_q4]

I hesitate to comment on a necro-ed thread , but the only time that I've ever had trouble catching largemouth bass was when I hadn't been playing long and I didn't realise that they can only be caught in the lake that's just outside the mine (near Robyn's house) and that they can't be caught after a certain time of day (6am to 7pm according to the wiki).

While fishing takes a while to master, the largemouth bass isn't very difficult to catch. It's the most valuable fish that I can catch from lvl 1 so I try and spend some time catching them early in game when I need a few extra hundred cash.

I love the fishing game so much so it's a fun way for me to spend a bit of time. Once I realised that the fishing skill levels regardless of whether you can catch anything I stopped getting frustrated by the fish that I can't catch. I will catch them later when I level up and upgrade my gear ;)

[quarre]

Decided to check and got 3 Largemouths (1 of gold quality). Was fishing on Day 20 of Spring, Year 1, Bamboo Rod. Was fishing few tiles southern than Linus stay when he watching on Mountain Lake. No mods or anything.