Can't figure out if I'm doing the fishing correctly

[dohh]

Read the tutorials, saw online videos, playing w/ keyboaord and mouse. Supposed to catch a salmon to lure cheeseburger back (or something liek that). Talked to the guy by the pier near the airplane hanger. Pressed R to shop, bought basic fishing rod. THe ;ures stay blank dso I cant highlight them...does the lure automatically attach when you buy a rod? THe instructions are so obtuse.
I have the basic fishing rod, whenever I cast it near salmon or fish in general nothing happens. I'm not sure if I even have a lure on the line and no idea how to make sure.
Does it automatically attach the lure when you press Q, then E to select the rod? I cant attach anything otherwise. I cast the line in the water, and nothing hap[pens, even if my green line is right where a fish is jumping up and down. Only thing I can figure is I've got no lure.
SO: how the heck do I fish and how the heck do I insure a lure is attached to the pole? AGaina, only using keyboard and mouse.

[🐷! O!NK ! ™ © 🐷]

when your in game , press Q then E you should be able to change the bait , i think you also have to buy the fishing perk that allows bait change , while since i had to look , if your still struggling add me to uplay , its oink12769 ill come into your game and give you my rod that works , see if that helps

[dohh]

I'll give it a try later. thanks. I HAD been pressing Q(for reel), then E but all I see is the green line being cast into the water and nothing at the end of it.

[🐷! O!NK ! ™ © 🐷]

make sure the box with the rod is highlighted , then when your sure it is scroll the mouse wheel it should change the bait

[👑KingZer0👑]

Also, if you have a mouse that you can change the DPI on the fly, crank it all the way up for fishing. It makes it that much easier to catch a fish.

It's been some time since I have played, but the green line you are talking about means you have a fish on the line, and you have no tension on it, meaning you should reel it in. It will change from green to orange to red depending on the amount of tension.

When it is red, stop reeling/pulling the rod or else you will break the line and have to restart.

I caught the Admiral in about 30 seconds with my DPI all the way up. Fishing is to easy with a good mouse. :) Hope this helps.

[dohh]

Thanks everyone. NO time to try it today but I'll get to the game again in a day or so.

[dohh]

My line has neveer been anything BUT green, from the second I cast it to when I reel it in. ANd also, I can only "reel it in" when I bring the line closer to the pier (or whever im standing). Then it lifts out of the water automatically. But it's ALWAYS greenm and neevr changes to any other color. AND even if I see the salmon puddling water right where my line is, nothing ever happens.

[Chunk Norris ☯]

I recommend you get the 2nd upgraded fishing pole. And after that focus on some of the fishing quests to unlock better fishing poles, which drastically make fishing easier.

Basically you fish like this.
1. Find fishing hole. Not all water spots have fish, most do. You'll see fish jumping out of the water or little rings of surface water that show fish are in the area.
2. Cast off your line. You'll see various disturbances in the water of fish that are nearby.
3. Start to slowly reel in your line. Hit the reel button, wait a second. hit the reel button again.
4. When a fish gets interested it will tug on the line, and you'll hear the reel release some line. This is your que to hook the fish, using the same button you used to cast the fishing line in the beginning.

5. Once you've hooked your fish it's basically tiring him out. So when the fish is trying to swim to the right. You hold the fishing pole to the left and reel in the fish.

**Watch the color of your fishing line. When it turns red release pressure. Until it turns back to normal color and repeat the process.

Eventually the fish will swim directly towards you and you'll have caught your first fish.


It sounds like you're not hooking the fish. Cast the line out a good distance from you and wait for the fish to tug on the line. You then have to push the hook button (it was mouse one for me). The tug will be brief. Try doing the 3rd process over and over again. Reel in for a second, and then wait. reel in and then wait.

[dohh]

THanks you Ole. THis was very detailed.

[dohh]

OK. I got a good fishing pole. DId the Q, then E, cycled through lures. Tried different lures. Cast my fishing pole directly into where puddles were and saw fish jumping in and out of. Waited. Didnt wait and cast right in the puddles. Waited. Nothing. LIne is always green, no fish ever tug or try to take the bait. How do I even tell if my line was cast in the water? The line always seems to end ABOVE the water,when it ends IN the water, after I cast it. I waited a good 10 minutes during my longest stretch and never got a tug on my line,even tough the salmon at times were RIGHT WHERE my line was cast. SO I give the heck up with the fishing. Have the fishing perk,too. DOesnt seem to matter.

[Chunk Norris ☯]

Originally posted by dohh:

OK. I got a good fishing pole. DId the Q, then E, cycled through lures. Tried different lures. Cast my fishing pole directly into where puddles were and saw fish jumping in and out of. Waited. Didnt wait and cast right in the puddles. Waited. Nothing. LIne is always green, no fish ever tug or try to take the bait. How do I even tell if my line was cast in the water? The line always seems to end ABOVE the water,when it ends IN the water, after I cast it. I waited a good 10 minutes during my longest stretch and never got a tug on my line,even tough the salmon at times were RIGHT WHERE my line was cast. SO I give the heck up with the fishing. Have the fishing perk,too. DOesnt seem to matter.

Not all water has fishing places. Look around, there's signs that say where certain fish will be.

From the point where you cast off, to the point you hook, a fish and begin trying to tire out the fish should take no longer then 10-20 seconds.

[James]

If you're lure doesn't land in the water it will automatically be reeled back in.

The fish won't bite if your lure is not moving. You can't just sit and wait for the fish to give it a tug. You've got to slowly reel the line in to move the lure. With the mouse I usually click the reel button about once every half second. If you reel too fast you may pull the lure back in before the fish grab it. You'll know the fish are going after it because you should see up to three ripples in the water going towards where your lure is in the water.

Also, don't cast into the water too close to yourself. The fish swim away if the lure gets too close to where you are standing. If you cast too close to yourself the fish won't even come after it. If you find the lure is always landing close to you in the water, aim up while casting and the line and lure will land further out in the water. You do not have to actually hit the "puddles" in the water just somewhere in the area where you are seeing them.

When you are reeling in eventually one of those ripples will catch up with the lure. When the fish bites the lure you should hear the reel make some noise. If you have on screen indicators it will give you a prompt to hook. That's when you press the other button to set the hook. Then you will go back to the reel button to fight the fish and reel it in. If you press the hook button before the fish grabs the lure the fish will swim away from it.

The names of the lures will help you determine which one to use as it will have the fish type in the name of the lure. Although I found you can catch a fish with any lure. I think the lure types only matter when you are going for the bigger fish to beat the fishing records in Fall's End, The Prison, and the Whitetails Hideout or when you've been told to catch a specific fish using a specific lure.

Hope this helps and good luck.

[dohh]

Thanks. NOt sure why this is so difficult. I guess because I've never fished in real life?

[MaddogDino]

Imagine you're teasing a cat with a piece of string, using RMB every now and then to tug on the line, giving your fly the impression of life movement in the water = tasty treat to Fish ;o)

[Chunk Norris ☯]

I will say that certain fishing quests where you're trying to catch the harder to catch fish, you should have the better reward fishing pole for those fish. The quest starts in the whitetail mountains.

[LtRopy]

Dohh did you sort this cause I am having identical problems.

The bait stays in the air and never reaches the water unless I force it it by bringing the mouse down and then it auto reels in

I have tried to follow the instructions as written above but I am still doing something wrong somewhere somehow.