Did you look at the lunar table? There's a link to it on the fish page. I hear tons of complaints about this fish, but nobody seems to do it correctly. When I go to catch them, I get near 100%. The wiki is accurate on how to catch plaice. To sum it up, I forget which phase of the moon you get best results on, but worms in lake shallows are your key. (Do note that I make no claims to the time-of-day posts there. It's something I've not tracked closely, and it can make a difference on some fish.)
Also, might help if you use the correct site. The Wikia site is about 3 years out of date. We (others in this community) have tried to get it removed and I have even heard of sabotage attempts, but Wikia has some weird policies about taking stuff down once posted.
http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Fishinghttp://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Fishing:P ... f_the_Moonedit: I will say even if it isn't the right phase of the moon, you'll still get some if you fish for roach or perch in shallows, but there are times you will get something completely different than those (like eel) when you were expecting something else. Fishing is a tricky part of the game and feels much like actual fishing. Can't count the number of times I went out for one thing and end up getting everything but that, both in the game and IRL.
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