Big fishing is poorly designed and isn't very fun

[REMoyen]

I'm going back fishing for something; wearing BIS, Relic, Food, FC Buffs (6.58) and have seen "The Fish Gets Away" more than a dozen times off a mooch and only getting that single mooch during a window. The window is 9 minutes every 1 hours. Fishing is by far BAD DESIGN. Too many RNG layers and I feel like I'm just wasting time , zero fun. On top of that YOU ARE REQUIRED TO USE 3RD PARTY WEBSITES TO UNDERSTAND FISHING or TRACK WINDOWS. There is no Time, Weather, Bait, or even hits to how to catch fish in the game AT ALL. There is ZERO in-game information about Fish. Unlike Mining/Botany. Speaking of fishing-windows. What a scam. Want this Fish ? To bad you are at work and it won't spawn for another 15 days. Absolute dog-water. To those who have fun that I've met, they tend to have good RNG or a lot of time to fish because they minimal outside responsibilities.

[Zeeb]

big mistake trying this as I found out the hard way..
Why does a level 50 fish still get away from a level 100 fisher?
It's already RNG to fish it, and then another RNG to hook it?!

Given its already been like this for years I dont see them changing it anytime soon DESPAIRGE

[Fruity_Snacks]

big mistake trying this as I found out the hard way..
Why does a level 50 fish still get away from a level 100 fisher?
It's already RNG to fish it, and then another RNG to hook it?!

Given its already been like this for years I dont see them changing it anytime soon DESPAIRGE

All *BIG* fish have a chance of slipping at a fixed rate. Common tier fish (which make up like 80% of all fish) will typically *not* slip as long as your gear is at-level or higher. There's always a rare chance a Lv1 fish will slip to a Lv100 fisher in 100 gear, but it's much lower than if you are say, Lv1 going for a Lv1. Been this way - to your point - for a decade.

One thing I see a lot of people who say that fish are slippery doing is they're using Patience II (or even Patience) to catch big fish and then using the wrong hookset - or not using them at all. Patience II isn't required to catch any fish, and using Patience and Patience II gives you an inefficient hookset debuff, forcing you to use Precision and Powerful Hookset to nullify it... if you use the wrong hookset though, the fish is way more likely to get away. If you don't use the right hookset or you just use normal hook during it, then the fish is SIGNIFICANTLY more likely to get away, regardless of your level.

[vafurous]

i just started big fishing and i can understand the frustration, but i feel like being at the mercy of luck is just par for the course with stuff like this. some people get a kick out of trying again and again to win big. i personally like it so far but ofc ive barely scratched the surface being new to it and all, but as someone who loves things like shiny hunting in pokemon it kinda scratches that itch for me. have heard plenty of horror stories tho lol