Quote Originally Posted by Squand View Post
There are multiple fish that could be "getting away" in Mor Dhona.
There's only one fish that could be "getting away" in The Tangle, which is the only place you can catch Ninja Betta. That one fish is Ninja Betta. There is only one bait that can catch Ninja Betta: Assassin Betta, a mooch fish. Weather has an effect, but if the wrong weather is up, you'll never even hook a Ninja Betta, let alone have one get away.

So, it's very, very easy to gauge Ninja Betta catch rates. If you Mooch with Assassin Betta there's only two possible fish you can catch: Another Assassin Betta, or the Ninja Betta. Assassin Betta will never "get away", so if a fish does get away, that was a Ninja Betta. Even if you believe that Assassin Betta COULD get away, it's easy to tell when you've hooked a Ninja because the catch and reel-in animations for a Big Fish are much different than that of a regular fish.