by Zampfeo » Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:10 pm
The most important part of fishing is the node you are fishing in. It doesn't matter what rod you use: If your node doesn't contain the fish you are looking for, you won't get it. You will want to test every body of water with jumping fish nearby and make note of what's available on your map. Your neighbors might be able to point you to a good node, but the wiki/forum/discord cannot do that for you.
Bait fishing with a bushcraft pole will then catch different fish in that node randomly. Lure fishing with a primitive casting rod will allow you to "target" a specific fish in that node. The success rate of catching the targeted fish depends on the combination of lure, line, and hook.
I personally exclusively bait fish once I've got access to a rowboat, wheel barrel to carry my bait (usually chum or entrails), and my local area mapped out.