Fishnatic

My Christmas wish is the developers give lure physics the attention it needs to make the cranks and sinking lures work again

Shiners confirmed- max depth with 4/0 hook is getting consistent bites.

Didn't see it mentioned here- Atlantic salmon will take shiners. I haven't been back since Halloween so I'm not sure about depth- I think it was max though. Straight out as you'd cast for them with cranks or whatever. I sure miss those ghost pike from this lake. That was the most fun I've had in this game.

Aside from the comic relief, it looks like the bug is repeatable. Board the [DLC, not rented] kayak and paddle to the old Fairytale platform, exit the kayak, travel to another peg, return to the Fairytale peg and there is no kayak to board and it's missing from my inventory. Exit game, relaunch and the kayak is back where it's supposed to be.

You want a screenshot of a kayak that isn't there? Details? Here's the screenshot: And here are the details: the kayak isn't there. It's supposed to be there.

Since this last update my kayak disappears when I change locations from Fairytale platform to any other peg. When I return to Fairytale the kayak is no longer in my inventory. If I exit the game and re-start it's in the inventory again. I saw that one other player experienced the same bug while I was playing yesterday. Playing on PC in Michigan. Thanks

I think what the OP is saying here has been an issue for a long time now- since water depths were reconfigured many months ago. Before the change you could use a 30ft crank- now they all just get left at home. All deeper cranks never get used anymore except maybe in Alberta. Sinking lures don't work right either. Try Alberta- let your spoon (or jig, spinner, etc.) sink to the bottom and it goes haywire- completely out of control. You still catch fish but wow- the lure action is crazy. Frequently it's like you're pulling the lure thru heavy mud trying to do a stop and go or lift and drop-- like the bottom is magnetized. It'd be great if you could control the depth of the lure with your retrieve more.

They like bouncing stuff- medium spoons, worms on a 4/0 jighead, stuff like that fished stop and go or lift and drop. Other things work too but that's what's been most consistent for me. The best spot before kayaks was the Fairytale platform, casting straight across towards the large boulders and towards the lighthouse. It's been a while but last time I checked you had to use a kayak to get to the platform.

It'd be a lot of fun to be able to make your own lures. Working off the basic lure types players could choose skins, depth, hook size, etc.

Sorry- I think your original opinion was the right one. After those 2 fish I got a bunch of nibbles but no takes and gave up on it. Was casting the same distance as the old spot- roughly 120-135ft. Another guy fishing the same area was there for at least as long as I was and he only got a couple, nothing big.

I'm finally back there now and just tried it. First cast got a 2 pounder, second cast got a 7 pounder. They are there but just tiny ones so far

So so true. I'm just one player out of thousands but I will extend an olive branch and go buy a dlc now to show you that communication will earn you loyalty. Bugs happen- I think everyone understands how complicated the code must be but when players spend actual money and a bug steals the chance of that purchase being useful-- this is when you need to step up and take care of your people. Step up! Offer something in return to all the people that spent money on and got nothing because of glitches. I'm not one of them, by the way- I've got plenty of game currency. I just want to see this game thrive so please... and I've said this many many times, please improve the way you deal with your players. ps- ghost pike were awesome

There's only one way left to voice your displeasure with the game when your comments have been ignored and that's by not spending money. Economy, physics bugs and poor communication between the FP team and players is why I'm not buying anything. Regarding the physics issues- I believe they are incredibly complicated and take time to work out but I strongly suspect they aren't being worked on at all. Economy- haven't read anywhere where KW said he plans on doing anything about the hundreds of complaints.

Having played FP since nearly the beginning I'll offer another perspective. This type of disappointment and alienation of the players is not new. In fact, it's been the management style for a very long time now. So many fine people have left the game (even after months of trying to help shape a better game with positive criticism and good attitude) but that hasn't changed their approach at all so we are left to either stay or go, accept it how it is or move on. There are a lot of us that try to enjoy the game but without supporting it financially. The developer will do what he wants to do regardless of our complaints. If there was competition out there that provided the same exciting experience FP is capable of it would be a different story but that competition doesn't exist as of now.

During the Halloween event you can see when a ghost gar appears and watch as it inspects your bait or lure. This has added a whole new level of fun to the game and I'd love to see it added as a permanent feature. Thanks!

Definitely saw a drop in catch rates in Louisiana too.

For snook go to Salty Delta and walk to the far left or far right sides of the dock. On the far left cast straight left out (from the direction you face when you spawn). There are a couple snags out there about 30m or so- cast a little past them, to roughly 35m. Retrieve single spoons, casting spoon, 1, 2 or 2.5m cranks, 4/0 jig, medium spoon, topwater... they hit many lures aggressively. Shiners and shrimp too. On the right side of the dock- same thing-- cast out to the snags. The uni spot for snook is different-- looking straight out from the middle of the dock there's a snag with some weeds about 40m out, just a bit left of straight out. Snook will bite anywhere from about 43m on in. That is where all my unis have come from. The other spots give up good trophies but never a uni so far. Best times are early and late in the day. Best spots for drum are from the right side of the dock. Look out to about the 2 o'clock position and you see three areas where reeds grow out of the water. Cast to the edges of the reeds, roughly 26-30m depending on which reeds you're casting to. Drum will hit lures during the day but it's much faster to catch them on shiners or shrimp. They will strike at a lot of different bait depths but 45cm is a good starting point. At night drum hit lures aggressively, plus they move over to snook territory. At night try glowing medium spoons, cranks, topwater lures and the big glowing crawdad on a 4/0 jighead.

Fishing now in Louisiana is a lot of fun, decent catch rates for the most part- not too many, not too few. What is really fun is how you can see the ghost pike appear and inspect your lure or bait. That's a feature that would cool all year long.

Bad news- pumpkin gave me dead mice today but they didn't show up in inventory. Good news- got yeti albino gar in 4 different spots today in Florida. Out of dead mice now. If only the pumpkin didn't lie lol. Edit: bought 5 more in the shop and ten showed up in my inventory.

Yes- that is what I meant. I was casting to the right edge of the island, which is the left edge of where the taller reeds start. I hope that makes sense. I noticed that the bobber didn't move with the water flow like it did before the patch but bites came just about as quickly as before. I used the same depth, hook and bait (119cm, 4/0 and peas).

Try going to the same carp island and casting to the reeds to the right of the island instead of the towards the shadow on the left like we did before. Casting to the old spot only got me tiny carp but on the right side I got regular sizes for the half hour that I tried it. Same depth etc.

This has been happening for a while now on pc too. Both the strike too early and disappearing people.

Last post from an FP team member was over a month ago. Sinking lures still suck.

Yeah- I noticed that too with the possible exception of muskie- they seem easier to catch. Message to the FP developers- you really need to step up your game because you're making a lot of people very mad.

They really need to lower the cost to about $1000 while they work out the bugs with the boats. It takes a half hour to paddle to the pike and muskie spot in Michigan. Once there it's great fun... until the casting bug hits and you have to reboot the game and paddle another half hour. I got about a half hour of fishing in for $4000.