Seemingly there are people that got the mount even just with two spectrals (I also just missed it by 900 points) if you have the right amount of bonus. Maybe you get less points because your luck is bad and you get lots of NQ fish? Also its a big difference if you can only double hook once or twice per spectral and if you get lucky and have !!! when you use it. (And on top of that the NQ)

I am honestly not really sure if I like that new content. We already had people drop out after the first round because of no spectral (and it being quite difficult to reach 10k with that) which of course made it worse for the rest of us. I also wonder when the first people will go there just to troll others by doing nothing. Seeing how you need the bonus at the end which you only get by doing it as a group.