what the best way getting state records fishes?

[✿Sakura Rozu✿]

been at this for a hr and nothing....

[Clacker]

do you have the better lures? is a quest for it.

[19FORD49]

You can use a corndog and catch them fish. They are the dork fish.

[RageMojo]

Get the best rod you can, make sure your ar a "Hard" fishing hole. Aim where they are jumping out of the water. If it is a record fish, it will fight you a bit more, if your string breaks, recast right where it was and you can re-snag the fish again.

[neutrino]

Originally posted by Clacker:

do you have the better lures? is a quest for it.

No, there's not. There's a quest to get a better fishing pole, yes. Lures, though, I have found to be useless. Their description cites that they are used to catch bigger fish, but after catching now about 500 fish (hey, I like fishing! It's relaxing!), I can state without a doubt that the lure one uses has no impact on the size of the fish that is caught. In fact, you can even use the wrong lure and it won't make a difference.

If the lure does make a difference, then it must be a RNG thing, and the odds must still be extraordinarily low, and I am the unluckiest guy on the planet.

[Herb & Bea Ehltée]

Originally posted by neutrino:

Originally posted by Clacker:

do you have the better lures? is a quest for it.

No, there's not. There's a quest to get a better fishing pole, yes. Lures, though, I have found to be useless. Their description cites that they are used to catch bigger fish, but after catching now about 500 fish (hey, I like fishing! It's relaxing!), I can state without a doubt that the lure one uses has no impact on the size of the fish that is caught. In fact, you can even use the wrong lure and it won't make a difference.

If the lure does make a difference, then it must be a RNG thing, and the odds must still be extraordinarily low, and I am the unluckiest guy on the planet.

I can corroborate this, and on hardest difficulty. I haven't bothered changing out my lure since going through them and catching everything easily.

[C]

I really hope that fishing is bugged and they will make it easier to catch record breaking ones, because frankly the quality catch rate is rediculous

[Syntax Error]

If you're at the "Hard" fishing spots, it shouldn't take long. I don't think I've had to catch more than five fish at a "Hard" location to get the record.

[✿Sakura Rozu✿]

it takes me one hr just to get a state fish

[Viper]

Montana Record for Rainbow Trout 33.1 Lbs..Kokanee Salmon 7.85 Lbs...Have not caught any Rainbow even close to that. Wondering if the records in this game are anywhere close to realistic. And reeling in a 33 lb fish with an off the bank casting rod would be a heck of a fight and take a long long time. Nobody has better than about 12 lb line on a rod ( 10 lb most likely ) like this. Could only apply a little tension and a short reel in ever so often or goodby fish. Infact even the 12-13 lbs are not realistic. Bring them in about 15 seconds. That would break your line every time.

[Herb & Bea Ehltée]

Just because it hasn't been mentioned and if anyone is confused about how heavy their fish need to be:

The three cork boards with the exact regional fish and their weights are Fall's End, Hope County Jail, and Wolf's Den. (edit: i.e. the three main hubs)

[JACKSin]

You can catch them all with the basic rod or maybe the second rod would be easier. Go to hard fishing spots and select the right lure. You find hard spots buy finding magazines about the individual fish. If you can't find a magazine then get a boat and travel the waterways until you see a merchant icon indicateing a fisherman, then either go and talk to the guy or cast a basic lure into the water and catch a fish, which will give you a map icon telling whether it's a hard or normal spot. You won't get a notification for a blue ribbon fish, you just have to guess. Like cod said, check the corkborads for the target weights.