Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
A trick to getting only fish of a certain ilvl from a fishing hole relatively quickly is to look at how your rod moves and listen to the sound when you hook a fish. Different ilvls look and sound different. If it isn't what you're looking for, wait for the fish to go away and cast again. This burns through bait quickly, but if you're using lures, you only go through ~5 an hour or so. This trick more than doubled my Silver Sovereign fishing rate.
Excuse the ignorance here but how is this so much faster? Letting the fish get away is that much of a speed boost from just reeling it in? Am I missing something?

Great guide, thanks for taking the time!