[size=9][align=center][b]FAQ[/b][/align]
[b]Q: How do I fish?[/b]
A: Buy a rod and bait from Logan's shop, in Bass'ken lake (North of Barton). His shop is the hut at the bottom-left of the map. Click [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/store.php?id=83dc2][color=darkblue]here[/color][/url] to go there directly. Then go to Bass'ken lake and click the "Fishing" image that will pop up to fish.
I suggest just starting off in Bass'ken Lake with a Basic Fishing Rod and some grade F bait.
[b]Q: How do I keep the fish between the red lines?[/b]
A: You simply have to counter the fish's movements. If it moves left, you have to tug it to the right; and if it moves right, you have to tug it to the left. You can tug fish by moving your mouse left or right in the fishing screen (the part with the actual scenery in). The further to the right you have the mouse inside that screen, the harder you pull it to the right. The further to the left of the fishing screen, the harder you pull to the left. But don't pull too hard, or you'll drag the fish right out of that side and lose it!
[b]Q: Where do I buy fishing equipment?[/b]
A: You can buy fishing equipment from "The Ole Fishing Hole", Old Man Logan's fishing store. His store is positioned in the bottom-left of Bass'ken Lake, the map just north of Barton. Click [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/store.php?id=83dc2][color=darkblue]here[/color][/url] to go there directly.
[b]Q: I can't find where to buy bait![/b]
A: In The Ole Fishing Hole, the shelf on the left, underneath the Fish Exchange / Rod Upgrade signs.
[b]Q: Where do you buy fishing rods?[/b]
A: The shelf in the middle of The Ole Fishing Hole.
[b]Q: Does the time of day effect what fish I'm likely to catch?[/b]
A: Yes, though only rares. You can check which rares can be caught at which times in the fish listing.
[b]Q: Does bait effect the fish I'm likely to catch?[/b]
A: Yes. Better bait will give you chances of hooking rarer fish. Grade A is the best, and grade F is the worst. Start off with grade F if you're a beginner, though.
[b]Q: What does upgrading your rods do?[/b]
A: It makes your range wider. In other words, the red lines of whatever rod you're using move further apart, so there's more room between the lines for the fish to swim around in without being caught.
This is useful, though it only makes the range about 50-100px wider and is fairly expensive. So if you're not a dedicated fisher then an upgrade could just turn out to be a waste of gold. Though, if you are, 100px more range is a lot of difference, and it also increases the casting range. Certain fish are only caught at certain ranges. E.G., a strength rod couldn't reach far enough in Durem Reclamation Facility to hook a Boldur, but a strength rod plus could. If you're a dedicated fisher, an upgraded rod could make a huge difference.
[b]Q: I keep trying to sell my fish, but Old Man Logan says I don't have enough.[/b]
A: You're trying to use the exchange, where you trade in many fish for items - not sell them. If you want to sell your fish to Old Man Logan, you click on the thumbnail of the image down in the inventory at the bottom of the shop, next to your avatar, in the main shop view ([b]not in the fishing exchange[/b]). Type in the amount of that fish that you want to sell and click the "Sell" button. It's the same way you sell items to stores except there's quantity too.
[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8479576][color=darkblue]Click here[/color][/url] to visit Novarren's sticky - it contains thumbnails and previews of various exchange items, to help you decide if you really want to exchagne your fish.
[b]Q: I suck at fishing. How do I get better?[/b]
A: Chances are you're in a hard area. The different areas have difficulty levels.
[color=green]Bass'ken lake: Easy.[/color]
[color=orange]Port of Gambino: Medium.[/color]
[color=red]Durem Reclamation Facility: Hard.[/color]
So, just practice until you're good in one area, then step up to the next difficulty.
Rods don't help you that much, trust me. It relies all in your skill, not in the rod.
And remember, practice makes perfect!
[b]Q: Does changing your location in a area make a difference to what you're likely to catch?[/b]
A: The only thing changing your location in an area does is give you a new bit of scenery to look at, as far as I can tell. It does not have an effect on what fish you'll catch.
[b]Q: I can't catch anything in Durem/Gambino![/b]
A: If you're new to fishing, you shouldn't start out there. Restated, the difficulties are as follows:
[color=green]Bass'ken lake: Easy.[/color]
[color=orange]Port of Gambino: Medium.[/color]
[color=red]Durem Reclamation Facility: Hard.[/color]
You should always start off in Bass'ken Lake if it's your first time. Once you gain the hang of fishing there there, try out Gambino. If it's too hard, you should go back to Bass'ken for a while. When you eventually get used to Gambino's fish, take a step up and try out Durem. Just don't rush yourself.
[b]Q: How many fish do I need for exchanging?[/b]
A: You need 100 fish to exchange them for their item. Rares are the exception, where you only need 10 fish. You need 5000 cans for a tin hat, 1000 old boots for patchwork boots, and 500 tires for tire-on-my-head.
Precise amounts are listed in the Exchange Items List.
[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8479576][color=darkblue]Click here[/color][/url] to visit Novarren's sticky - it contains thumbnails and previews of various exchange items, to help you decide if you really want to exchagne your fish.
[b]Q: Do I have to give in all the fish at once to recieve my item or can I just do it bit-by-bit?[/b]
A: You must hand them in all at once from your inventory. Logan will not let you trade in fish bit by bit, and selling your fish to him does not result in gaining an exchange item.
[b]Q: Where/how can I sell fish?[/b]
A: You can sell them either back to Logan, the same way you would normal items to stores - underneath the shop view you can click the fish you want to sell, and follow the options.
The other choice is at the marketplace, where you can usually sell a little more. Though for that, you require a Vending Pass. This can be bought from the bank in the southeast of Isle de Gambino for 1,000g; you must have bought a trading pass at the bank for 500g first though.
[b]Q: What's the best spot in an area to fish?[/b]
A: "Hot spots" and "sweet spots" where you supposedly catch more fish than other spots in an area don't exist. Full stop.
[b]Q: Which is the best rod?[/b]
A: There's no "best" rod. There's just which ones suit the user's needs and which ones don't. You can read an essay in the Rods section, second post of the second page of this guide, which goes into more depth about this issue.
[b]Q: I sold my 100 fish to the store and I didn't get the free hat for it![/b]
A: You don't get the relevant hats when you've sold a total of 100 fish to the Ole' Fishing Hole.
What you do is you click on the sign at the top-left of the shop view which reads "Exchange Fish". You exchange fish for items there. Note that you must be holding the amount of fish you need - you can't get an Orange Guppy Hat if you've sold 50 orange guppies and you're still holding 50 orange guppies, you have to be holding all 100 orange guppies in your inventory.
[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8479576][color=darkblue]Click here[/color][/url] to visit Novarren's sticky - it contains thumbnails and previews of various exchange items, to help you decide if you really want to exchagne your fish.
[b]Q: Why are there so many Rares like Diamondbacks, but so little easy-to-catch Rares like Candy Stripers? Shouldn't there be more Candy Stripers than Diamondbacks?[/b]
A: It's a matter of preference of lakes. People tend to move away from Bass'ken and into the difficult area, Durem, when they get skilled, and stop fishing in Bass'ken - therefore the people with the skill to catch a rare in Bass'ken aren't there to actually catch them.
[i]Thankyou, Novarren.[/i]
[b]Q: Why don't my fish show up in bank trades?[/b]
A: Trading gaming items (including fish and rods) in the bank has been disabled. Gaming items can still be put up in the marketplace or sold back to store, but cannot be traded between accounts.
[b]Q: What do you need to catch Rares?[/b]
A: Any rod, and A-level or D-level bait (bait levels can be read about in Guides). Unlike other fish, Rares can be caught anywhere on a lake - there's no minimum casting distance, meaning you can use any rod. Just cast, and whether or not you hook a Rare is left up to luck.
[b]Q: Does your bait and rod affect the fish you catch?[/b]
A: Yes. Some rods can cast further than others. The further you cast the better the fish you can catch.
Here's the distances:
[u]Basic Rod:[/u]
Normal: 70ft
Plus: 80ft
[u]Strength Rod:[/u]
Normal: 60ft
Plus: 75ft
[u]Performance Rod:[/u]
Normal: 75ft
Plus: 90ft
[u]Distance Rod:[/u]
Normal: 90ft
Plus: 100ft
And here's the ranges:
[u]Junk:[/u] 25 ft to 100 ft
[u]Small:[/u] 25 ft to 100 ft
[u]Medium:[/u] 45 ft to 100 ft
[u]Big:[/u] 65 ft to 100 ft
[u]Rare:[/u] Rangeless, can be caught anywhere.
So, effectively, by getting a better rod and casting further you can catch better fish. Which brings me to my second point - bait. Bait just makes you more likely to catch better fish. You're much more likely to catch Biters with A-level than you are with F-level. And you're more likely to get junk with F-level than with A-level.
[b]Q: I sold my fish to Logan but he didn't give me my gold! What's wrong?[/b]
A: If you scrolled down below the store view, clicked the fish you wanted to sell, typed in the quantity and pressed the sell button, at least you sold it right.
You don't get the gold from the fish you sell INSTANTLY. Go to any other page (don't refresh or you'll be submitting the formdata for selling your fish again, which you might not want to do) and then check your gold. Your gold should now be raised by the amount you got for the fish.
If you still don't have your gold after visiting another page, wait for a few minutes, the server may be lagging. If you still don't have your gold after a while, it's most likely a bug; PM an [b]online[/b] Omnimoderator (they fix account issues) and explain the situation to them. Make sure to mention what fish you sold and how many of each fish, as well as what time you sold the fish, as this can sometimes be vital information. If there are no omnimoderators currently online, write the information in a text file or some other kind of text document, and when you next see an omnimoderator online, PM them. If you haven't seen any omnimoderators online after a day or two, it would be a good idea to PM an offline one anyway. Just keep in mind that some moderators do not like being PMed while offline, as if they need to inquire at all, you might be offline by the time they're on and fixing the problem could take a while.
[b]Q: I saved my bucket, but when I went to the fishing store, the fish I had just caught weren't there. Why's that?[/b]
A: When your bucket becomes full, the game saves itself. Once it's saved, it exits itself too. If you exit the window manually, chances are it hasn't yet saved properly, and your catches might not be recorded.
If, however, you did let your game save properly and not close the window yourself, it is most likely a bug. You should PM a Fishing Forum Omnimoderator - they solve account issues.
You can view the fishing forum's moderators by going up to the top of the main fishing forum page, and under Gaia Gaming -> Gaia Fishing!, click the link which reads [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewforum_moderators.php?f=124][color=darkblue]View Forum Moderators[/color][/url]. There it lists all the fishing forum's moderators; Omnimoderators are the ones listed in [color=green][b]green[/b][/color].
[b]Q: What's the point in fishing?[/b]
A: There's no specific "point" in fishing. There are aims, and things you can do. The aim of Fishing is to catch the best fish you can, and to get a good score - though you don't necessarily have to adhere to that. The things you can do are upgrade your rod, buy new rods, and get bait - and after fishing, you can exchange fish for hats, or sell the fish back to Old Man Logan or on the market to another user.
[b]Q: Can we eat the fish we catch?[/b]
A: No. What's the point in eating them if our avatars don't get hungry? It would just be discarding them and getting nothing from it.
And no, the admins are not planning on converting Gaia Online into a giant Sims-like game anytime soon, so your avatars will not be getting hungry.
[b]Q: What is the most profitable way to fish?[/b]
A: There are many different strategies for profit in Fishing - not just one best one. Some strategies require different baits and rods than others, however most require a high level of skill in filtering. But the best advice you can get is from the users themselves who get a lot of profit.
[b]Q: Gaia fishing sucks![/b]
A: This isn't a question, though I feel I have to answer to it anyway. Why on earth do we keep having people coming into the fishing forum and saying fishing is crap and/or worse than another game? Gaia's Fishing population doesn't care - they like fishing, and no-one's forcing you to play or to be here. If you don't like fishing, you have every right to not play it and not come to the Fishing forum, just don't rant on about how you think Gaia fishing is crap and/or worse than something else - no one appreciates that.
[b]Q: What is the best time to catch [fish name]?[/b]
A: There's no best time to catch any fish except rares. All fish can be caught anytime, excluding rares - in each lake, one rare can be caught at daytime, one at nighttime, and one at dusk or dawn. All other fish are not at all affected by the time of day. You can check what time certain rares come out in the fish listing.
[b]Q: How can I see the fish I already have?[/b]
A: Go to The Ole Fishing Hole and they're listed at the bottom where your items would normally be listed in the other stores. You can also see them under "My Inventory" under the Game tab.
[b]Q: I tried to exchange ## fish with Logan but he said I didn't have enough! Why can't I exchange my fish?[/b]
A: You need to have at least 100 of one kind of fish to trade it for an exchange item.
Actually, on top of that, for any kind of fish, you need 100 of that fish to exchange it for an exchange item (except for junk and rares, I'll get to that later). Note that you [u]can't[/u] trade 50 orange guppies and 50 yellow guppies for an item - you have to trade either 100 orange guppies or 100 yellow guppies. That's just an example though - you can exchange any fish or piece of junk for items in the exchange.
Different kinds of fish require different amounts for exchanging:
[u]100 small fish[/u] (guppies, seedkins, pebbo feeders) can be exchanged for a [u]cap[/u].
[u]100 medium fish[/u] (bass, rainbow trouts, biters) can be exchanged for a [u]helm[/u].
[u]100 big fish[/u] (stripers, tunas, boldurs) can be exchanged for a [u]helmet[/u].
[u]10 rares[/u] can be exchanged for a [u]mask[/u].
What kind of cap/helm/helmet/mask you recieve depends entirely on what fish you trade in. For example, [u]100 red guppies[/u] will give you a [u]red guppy cap[/u], but [u]100 brown bass[/u] will give you a [u]brown bass helm[/u].
This doesn't apply for junk, as there's only one kind of old can, one kind of old boot, and one kind of old tire.
While we're on that track:
[u]5,000 old cans[/u] can be exchanged for a [u]tin hat[/u].
[u]1,000 old boots[/u] can be exchanged for [u]patchwork boots[/u] (the only exchange item that doesn't go on your head).
[u]500 old tires[/u] can be exchanged for [u]tire-on-my-head[/u].
[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8479576][color=darkblue]Click here[/color][/url] to visit Novarren's sticky - it contains thumbnails and previews of various exchange items, to help you decide if you really want to exchagne your fish.
[b]Q: What's the rarest fish of all?[/b]
A: Rares. All rares are just as rare as each other, none is found with more or less luck than another.
If you're talking on terms of the least-owned fish, however Candy Striper is the one fish of which the least have been caught, because it only comes out for about two hours at a time, and not many fishers with the skill to catch a Candy Striper actually fish at Bass'ken.
[b]Q: Why should I fish?[/b]
A: Why are you asking someone else? We can only tell you why we fish, not why you should. There is no reason you "should" fish, just why you would want to fish. Fish, and find out why you would want to keep fishing for yourself. Find out if you'd like to do it for profit, for items, for the highscores, or for the sake of having fish.
[b]Q: I've noticed that different areas have different fish in them. Which fish are there in the different areas?[/b]
A: Here's a list of all the fish in the different areas. More detail on each fish can be found in the fish listings on the second page of this guide.
[u]Bass'ken Lake fish:[/u]
Smalls: Red Guppy, Yellow Guppy, Orange Guppy
Mediums: Brown Bass, Blue Bass, Green Bass
Bigs: Gray Striper, Blue Striper, Green Striper
Rares: Mutha Guppa, Big Mouth Bass'terd, Candy Striper
[u]Port of Gambino fish:[/u]
Smalls: Pink Seedkin, Green Seedkin, Blue Seedkin
Mediums: Frozen Rainbow Trout, Warm Rainbow Trout, Cool Rainbow Trout
Bigs: Dicy Tuna, Icy Tuna, Spicy Tuna
Rares: Chargin' Chino, Tootin' Tino, Buckin' Bino
[u]Durem Reclamation Facility fish:[/u]
Smalls: Black Pebbo Feeder, Brown Pebbo Feeder, White Pebbo Feeder
Mediums: Black Rocque Biter, Bluestone Biter, Pyrite Biter
Bigs: Slate Boldur, Stone Boldur, Sand Boldur
Rares: Diamondback Lion, Rubyback Lion, Emeraldback Lion.
[b]Q: Is fishing profitable?[/b]
A: You can make a lot of gold from fishing if you know how to. Some users make quite a lot of gold from it - Novarren can make 10k per day. So yes, it's potentially very profitable.
[b]Q: How do I catch a rare fish? I haven't caught a single one so far![/b]
A: Certain rares can only be caught at certain times of day in the different areas. You must also have D or A level bait (not grade, level) to hook a rare. And a lot of skill to reel it in.
But you can't blame yourself for not catching a rare. Like their namesake, they are rare. Even some of the best fishers would have to be extremely lucky to catch enough rares for a helmet in a whole year.
[b]Q: Which colour fish is worth the most?[/b]
A: All three types of a fish are worth the same to the store. All three boldurs have the same price, all three biters have the same price, all three tunas have the same price, etc. Though in the marketplace, the new fish (ones that were added in Fishing v1.5, e.g. Black Pebbo Feeder and Dicy Tuna) tend to be worth the most. Additionally, rares tend to have settled out, though Candy Striper is currently worth the most due to how few there are.
[b]Q: Do certain fish go for certain kinds of bait? Is there a difference between the bait and does the bait you use really matter?[/b]
A: Bait does make a difference, though it doesn't exactly make you catch one kind of fish more than the other. One kind of bait will not attract more red guppies than another kind. Better bait attracts [i]rarer[/i] fish, not certain fish of the same rarity.
Higher-level bait (Read about bait levels in the [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?page=1&t=8723440#420537535][color=darkblue]Guides section[/color][/url]!) attracts rarer fish more often. You will still catch some small fish, but your chances of hooking (not necessarily catching, check the difference in the glossary) mediums and bigs are increased - A-level having the highest effect, D-level the lowest effect, and F-level no effect (it's already as bad as it can get, how can we say it improves anything?). Higher-quality bait is very important when you're trying to aim for rarer fish.
Keep in mind that the grade of bait you use only has a subtle effect on actual rare fish like the lionfish (Durem R.F.), fishinos (P.O. Gambino), etc.
[b]Q: Hey can anybody give me tips for fishing?[/b]
A: Yes I can. This is a -guide-. It is full of tips. Read it.
[b]Q: There's something this guide doesn't explain that I'm trying to find out.[/b]
A: Feel free to PM me with your questions and I'll explain them to the best of my ability.
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