Fish wraps

[bowman__]

I feel fish wraps are imbalanced.
When you could pick them up by hand it made more sense.
Perhaps a gill net that could catch 4 fish per day ?
Like the fish trap in conan.
Multiples for desired effect.
Or simply change wraps to 1 fish makes 2 wraps rather than 2 fish makes 1 wrap. Which would make more sense anyways.
I cant fathom making a wrap with 2 fish.

[jonnin]

it takes me less time to get 20 fish than 20 deer meat. What is the issue, the time to fish, or that there are better foods? Bread is your go-to stam food later. But wraps are a decent cheap food.

[Pitchforque]

Originally posted by jonnin:

Bread is your go-to stam food later.

You might have this backwards, fish wraps are a flat upgrade over bread.

But regarding the OP, I'm not sure exactly what problem you're bringing up. Getting fish is too slow/unreliable? I stack up fish very quickly when fishing. Best suggestion I have is to hold M1 for no more than about a half second, 10m or less is a good cast range, otherwise you'll run out of stamina reeling them in. When you think a big one is directly under your bobber, tap (don't hold) M2 to see if it hooks. If it doesn't, you can keep waiting with your bobber around the same spot. If it does hook, then hold M2 to reel it in.

Edit: Also, bringing a stack of wood with you to build a temporary pier will make everything easier.

[©.VorteX]

fish traps is a VERY good idea... but what do you mean by not being able to catch them by hand? It's still possible...

[jonnin]

You might have this backwards, fish wraps are a flat upgrade over bread.

Yes, I said that wrong. I do use bread for non-combat stamina activities because fish are a minor effort to gather, and that is why I confused myself. Apologies.

I re-examined this and I think one of the issues is figuring out a reliable way to get the higher fish count fish. One meat per fish is not good return on time spent. You frequently get up to 4, but you have to find the bigger ones for that... is there a trick to that or just RNG?

[Megahurts]

Originally posted by jonnin:

You frequently get up to 4, but you have to find the bigger ones for that... is there a trick to that or just RNG?

If you look closely, I believe there are 3 different sized fish swimming around...a 1x, 2x and 4x. I don't think there's a way to get one to bite over another, but once you figure out the 1 x you could reel your line in a bit before it strikes so it misses. Probably not worth the effort...at least for me...I'm not a fan of fishing.

[jonnin]

I meant was there a trick to finding the 4x, eg not in rivers but out to sea a bit? I have not found a consistent approach.

[bowman__]

Im really surprised by the responses. I filled a iron chest with every endgame food and fish wraps by far took the longest.
Lox meat is just a joke to farm.
Leeches feel pretty easy as well.
Entire game day im lucky if i can hit 2 decent holes. And daytime sunny is the only decent time really. And finding a decent spot to begin with as they are random.
Sometimes those big ones just swim around your hook for 5 plus minutes with no bites. Then you get waves, and mob aggro.

[Soulstinger]

Fish from your boat, seems to work better