Big Fish and you: What bait is needed when to land the big one

[Ultimatecalibur]

Looks like my supposition was spot on.

[Desidious]

You might be right but why are Navigator's Brand fish out with a yumizuno then?

[LlenCoram]

Updated. You guys are killing it . I'll have to remember to bring my keycode generator so I can update the OP while I'm away next week.

[ernie237]

The Moldva requires more than 329 gathering. Multiple attempts gave the insufficient gathering error every time.

[Huckster]

caught goldenfin during rainy weather too.

[Huckster]

Great Gudgeon - West Agelyss River - Crayfish Ball - Daytime - Clear/Fog

[Desidious]

Going by a lot of the list for those I haven't caught has lead me to surmise that it's a rare bite factor more than the weather. Bait being specific hasn't been tested so much but could anyone give a bite ratio using the baits they caught them with?

[MrKupo]

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That's exactly what I was thinking! Even more, I feel as though that for every time you catch the NQ version of the fish, there's a small chance of hooking the legendary version. So if you have a 10% chance of catching a certain fish in an area, there is a fraction of that percentage towards catching the legendary. That means in order to increase your chances at catching a fish, you need to find the bait/lure that can pin-point that specific fish. That doesn't mean that that is the only bait you can catch it with, though. What it does mean is that the higher level bait isn't always the better one.

Also, this may sound weird but I think upon maximizing your gathering with food, go with something that increases gathering without increasing perception! You are less likely to catch an HQ version of the legendary, lowering your chances of hooking something too heavy. This works less on mooching but the level discrepency between the mooch fish and the legendary is big enough that the perception at our level barely effects HQ rates of the mooch fish... if that makes sense. =P

[MrKupo]

Going by a lot of the list for those I haven't caught has lead me to surmise that it's a rare bite factor more than the weather. Bait being specific hasn't been tested so much but could anyone give a bite ratio using the baits they caught them with?

No bite ratio but what I can tell you is that for everyone that I've caught with the correct bait, it was less than half a stack. I know because I still have the damn bait in my inventory taking up space. XD

[Huckster]

Sabertooth Cod - Candlekeep Quay - Goby Ball - Daytime - Clear
EDIT - we're at Go Big or Go Home II now 16/37