I would love if the fishing log would indicate which bait to use once you have caught the fish. Then I wouldn't need to keep the Fishing Log on Gamerescape open all the time when I'm working on leves, leveling, or fishing quests.

And having spent 3 hours trying to get icepicks tonight so I can get the Cloudfishing skill and actually be able to do my GC daily without a single one to show for it, I can agree with many of your ideas about more focusing toward specific fish with bait and the woes of RNG.

I also agree that there should be more value to doing fishing. Right now it is the red-headed stepchild of the gathering classses. I enjoy it, but it is not held to the same status as miner and botanist and with a few tweaks it could be.