Fishing question regarding different "pulls" and hooksets.

[Vandril]

One thing that helps me deciding which fish is possibly biting, along the tug animation, is to count how long it takes for it to bite. For example certain fish bites in a few seconds where some take 10+ seconds. When I went after Anomalocaris, big fish in Coerthas Central Highlands, it required a mooch fish which would bite quite soon, so if it took longer than what I had counted, I just cancelled that cast and went for it again. That limited my fish yield to two possibilities since third and fourth (if I recall correctly) took way too long to bite.

Perhaps that'll help with the Ala Mhigan Ribbon. I haven't gotten to try that fish yet myself.

Interesting. I did some testing on this recently due to your post, and I can confirm that fish will always bite within a certain timeframe after cast depending on the fish. As a generalized example, I had one fish that, every time I caught it, was 10s into the cast (+/- 1s). Never more, never less.

Very interesting find. And it also helps explain why I was able to guess what fish I would get when I got a bite with surprising accuracy after fishing at a hole for a while; my subconscious noticed the time patterns even if I had no idea. I love it.

[Shadygrove]

CCC is. heavy pull, powerful. I don't count seconds, I count rod tip bobs, around 10.

Armor fish is heavy, precision.

Interesting. I did some testing on this recently due to your post, and I can confirm that fish will always bite within a certain timeframe after cast depending on the fish. As a generalized example, I had one fish that, every time I caught it, was 10s into the cast (+/- 1s). Never more, never less.

Very interesting find. And it also helps explain why I was able to guess what fish I would get when I got a bite with surprising accuracy after fishing at a hole for a while; my subconscious noticed the time patterns even if I had no idea. I love it.

http://ff14angler.com now has bite timers. Scroll down on any fishing hole.

[Vandril]

http://ff14angler.com now has bite timers. Scroll down on any fishing hole.

Oh, shit. I've used that site for ages, but I usually just refer to the page of the specific fish I'm aiming for, so I had no idea! That's immensely useful, thanks!