Ocean fishing problem

[Jojoya]

None of the bonuses are Alliance based as far as I know. The list I've seen only includes solo and party bonuses. The few party bonuses you're going to see if you're randomly matched to a party can be obtained just as easily with 5 or 6 in the group as 8. The more lucrative party bonuses require you to be joining a pre-made that are going in prepared to catch specific fish. You're never going to get those with a random group.

You can get the mount even with only 2 spectral currents and 2 players leaving your party at the start. That's what happened to me last night on this character. I focused on maximizing my catch instead of worrying that others had left the group.

There's a good guide on reddit for ocean fishing. Give it a read so you can go in prepared and improve your chances.

[Liam_Harper]

You can get the mount even with only 2 spectral currents and 2 players leaving your party at the start.

Are there any good sources for maximizing points?

I've been following the main Reddit guide, aiming to catch Spectrals, then during Spectrals aiming to Double Hook the high-point fish with the correct bait, watching for their bite time as advised but so far my best runs have been around 5-6k points with 2 Currents. The majority of runs are 0-1 Currents and I've never seen 3. My main problem is the high point fish during Currents rarely bite, maybe one at most during a current, but blind DH's seem a waste since it doesn't even seem to work on some fish.

From what I've read, most seem to get the mount in a few tries after skimming a guide, but I've been turning out 2k, 3.8k, 3.5k, 5k, 3k and so on, along with everyone in my party. I'm a bit baffled. I'd expect to at least come somewhat close. I assume the Reddit is wrong and I'm missing an obvious trick, so open to any advice.

[Jojoya]

Are there any good sources for maximizing points?

I've been following the main Reddit guide, aiming to catch Spectrals, then during Spectrals aiming to Double Hook the high-point fish with the correct bait, watching for their bite time as advised but so far my best runs have been around 5-6k points with 2 Currents. The majority of runs are 0-1 Currents and I've never seen 3. My main problem is the high point fish during Currents rarely bite, maybe one at most during a current, but blind DH's seem a waste since it doesn't even seem to work on some fish.

From what I've read, most seem to get the mount in a few tries after skimming a guide, but I've been turning out 2k, 3.8k, 3.5k, 5k, 3k and so on, along with everyone in my party. I'm a bit baffled. I'd expect to at least come somewhat close. I assume the Reddit is wrong and I'm missing an obvious trick, so open to any advice.

The guide definitely helps if you have the luxury of picking which voyage you're going to do so you can skip the ones less likely to bring in the high point current fish. Weather doesn't matter during the currents but time of day does. Check the route in advance to see what time of day each current will have then check the guide to see if the high point fish will spawn at that time of day. If they won't, there's not much use in going if all you want if the mount.

There's still the usual RNG to contend with even after that. On my 2 current trip that earned the mount, I managed to get 4 NQ and 5 HQ Executioner for 3024 points. I had 6338 total catch points. Bonuses were 20% for over 5k catch points, 10% for catching a rare, 10% for triggering one of the currents, and 2 of the 10% bonuses for the party catching at least 10 different fish in a zone.

All I can do is say, keep trying.