Fishing competition registration?

[sparr]

For the Martial Arts tournament, you are specifically told you have to register a few days in advance.

For the Fishing competition, the invite says registration is at the event, but when I showed up a few minutes after the start there was nowhere to register. Did I screw up by not showing up early? If so, it would be great if that was mentioned in the invite.

[Kargor]

No, you register on location. There should be a register, similar to stores.

[Suzaku]

IIRC, you register on location and simply walk up to an open spot near everyone else that's fishing along the river to get started.

[worstcase11]

Well to be exact, you need to go to a chair with a huge sun umbrella - there you are asked, if you want to participate. You need 15 Stamnia and 200 Gol for each contest you want to enter.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1460588268

There is a maximum of 3 contests per day (and the event takes 2 days). You should also bring enough bait, your best fishing rod and have enough free space in your inventory to carry the fish and the prizes home.

Once you registered a timer starts counting, get to the fishing spot itself and try to catch as much as possible (that part is the same as fishing normally).

You can improve your chances to win by having the skill that tells you which fish is taking the bait and then catching only emperor fish to get more points.
There is a rare chance to lure in a king fish, but with the starter rod, your chances to reel one in are very slim.

What is working different from normal fishing is, that the timer will keep ticking down the entire time, so catching quantity might win over quality.

[sparr]

Shouldn't it be sparking, like the martial arts drum and phone booth? I did walk up to a bunch of stuff to try, but must have missed the chair.

There IS also a register, but it's for turning points into prizes, not for registering (ha!)