Fishing

Hey there everyone.. I have a simple question.. I used to play EQ a long time ago and have just recently took it up again... I dont remember how to fish. I have the pole and the bait.. but what is the command for fishing??
Thanks for any help you can give!! :)

i am a 70 Bst and my fishing is 206 how can i or can it go higher and if so where.

Ok I was in Toxxulia forest the other day and I killed this guy Aglthin Dasmore + 461 -461 he drops a fishing pole evry time you kill him. I been fishing with it forever and it has'nt broken. Mabey I'm just lucky either way it's a free pole with a +2 fishing and the mob is only level 12.

if your a fisherman and you want to make money cobalt scar is the place to go its a high lev area but as a 10 level necro i have fished it many times heres how i do it you need a few spells you get at plane of knolage you need dead man flot and some kind of invisabilaty or necro hide in shadows or a rouge could just hide get thoues spells then ask for a port to cobalt scar when you get ported to cs cast invs or some kind of hide spell on your self leve the portal are down to the closest water do your fishing return to portal area and wait for a nice hig level wizard to show up and port you out alwayse watch you spells time especaly your hiding spell if you become visable at the wrong time in this are your toast good luck fishing try to give donateions to high level players for there spells and the port to and from 50pp is not to much as the fish sell for 50 to100 pp each at the bazaar if anyone wants to talk fishing send me a tell im heast the fishing necro

Is fishing based on int/wis? Or dex like some other skills?

I cant remember what quest i was looking up. but fishing is needed for a quest i found on this site,, something about fishing in PoN, wish i could remember the quest,but one thing i remember is that the fish caught are worth 2-5p each...

What is the going price of saltwater seaweed, I was the only one in the bazaar selling it and I put 2 p on it, it sold instantly, I have no idea what to charge or what it is used for.. please let me know if you know the going rate, I am on the roleplayer server FV. thanks !

Where do I get a spool and Blessed dust of Karana to make a blessed fishing rod?

Well honetly will yu ever be able to make any money on fishing?

I recently have spoken with a lvl 61 player that has his fishing skill to 200 already... and the hope of catching gems and pulling up the occasional sea serpent is mere fantasy. Verant did not include such benefits with a skill that people would usually pay no attention to. They gave no incentive. It's like they said "Hey, we need another skill.... there's not enough... I got it! How about fishing"? You could have at least made it worth our while Verant, but overall EQ is still an awesome MMORPG!

My fishing skill is 161 but now it moves very slowly. One hour RL to go from 160 to 161 catching Thunder Salmon in NK. Is there a faster way to up skill (I dont want to spend 40 RL hours trying to get to 200)

I was sick of fishing, so I got this program MMOGer from quinworks.com that let me max my fishing skill while I slept. Very cool. It's like an event driven macro program. Check it out if you ever get tired of fishing :)

As a shaman I cast two kinds of spells a lot: conjuration and alteration. I cast evocation spells fairly often as well. Therefore these skills get enough use that they routinely stay close to maximum for each level.

Not so with divination and abjuration. These are very useful skills, but they don't get used all the time: so it's easy to be lagging 30 or 40 points below the maximum. Then you get new spells in these catetories and try them out, and you fizzle fizzle fizzle.

So you have to practice. Boring boring boring. Here's how fishing makes magic practice a little more interesting.

Setup. On one of the back ranks of hotkeys I set slot 2 to hold the skill Fishing, slot 3 contained the gem for Fleeting Fury (a fast abjuration spell), and slot 4 contained the gem for True North, a fast divination spell. Then I opened inventory, opened a bag to hold fish and miscellaneous loot, and closed inventory.

Action. I targetted myself, since Fleeting Fury is a buff. Then, standing on the south side of a body of water, I tapped 2 to begin fishing, followed by 3 to cast Fleeting Fury. Then, following spell recovery time, I tapped 4 to cast True North.

These spells are fast, so I could tap both of them twice in the time it took fishing to reset.

In the time it took to run through a stack of 20 fishing baits, I would improve fishing by half a dozen points, have some fresh fish to eat or bake with. At the same time I would have seen abjuration and divination increase by perhaps 8 to 10 points each.

My character fishing skill level is now 103. I would like to know what happens as skill increases. I have noticed that as my skill has increased the likelyhood of a catch has improved. I now catch something about half the time. It takes 2 ticks (12 seconds) for me to cast and get a result. Will my likelyhood of a successful catch continue to improve? Will i ever catch multiple fish per cast? Will the cast time drop?

An account of selected fish of Norrath:

Toxxulia Forest- greengill salmon
Blackburrow- hound pike
Dagnor's Cauldron- cauldron trout
Ocean of Tears- gunthak mackarel
Firiona Vie- all sizes of bass

Just to name a few.

Fishing is also a great skill for role-playing; I am an Erudite and when I'm not busy studying, researching, and using magic, I like to fish, since my race is a maritime society and all. In Firiona Vie, fishing contests are great ideas for guild events, weddings, et cetera.

i just bought a tackle box some dry, circular, and trebble hooks, and some magic fishing bait at the first stop to freeport from bb. all in all for the tackle box and a stack of hooks and a stack of magick bait was less then 5pp.

I use my fishing skill all the time, don't always catch something but catching the 10lb fetid bass is fun for me you can sell everything you catch also increases your skill for later as the game is always changing.

ok I am kind of new at fishing and I was wondering where I could buy some hooks and some supplies (not including normal fishing bait). it would help if I new where to buy it.


Aratoedhel,
17th Druid
Tunare

Here's one for you rogues. I have hotkeys set up for sense heading, sneak, hide, and fishing in that order, usually on my 3rd hotkey box. I found that by doing this, I can essentially work on 4 skills at once, catch my dinner and more, and find some junk to sell.

Ok. I heard a rumor the other night about a fly you make using pixie dust and something from Dreadlands (The person wasn't sure what the name was)that is supposed to let you catch gems and make an easy 5000 platinum and no i didn't add an extra 0 in there. As i said it is just a rumor and not believeing it yet(don't want to spend a lot of wasted time on a rumor until confirmed)and I would really appreciate any info.
Email address is Dwyvneth_songweaver@homail.com

just kill fish and they drop scales...pretty easy

I was fishing in Black Burrow while my 14 warior healed. I caught about 10 Hound Pike, and my fishing skill is only 20. Can you catch any more types of fish with 20 for your skill?

I have a fishing skill level of 135. I have never caught anything other then an assortment of fish types, rusty knives, tattered sandles, and fish scales. I have fished in many bodies of water in many different zones and NOT ONCE have I pulled up anything of any substantial value. I have used lures, fishing grubbs, Catch-A-Lot bait, regular bait, and see no difference in casting in regards to what I catch or how often I catch something.

So the rumors of catching valuable items are just that-Rumors! I'll believe it when I catch it and until then it just supplies me with food and relaxation.

Snotgobber Gobbleslobber
Officer of the Army of Grobb
Master Fletcher and Dark Angler
Tallon Zek.

I just caught a bunch of "stonefish" near the docks in Butcherblock Mountains. Just posting here since they're not on the list as a special catch.

I have also caught the salmon, mackerel, and seaweed at various points.

Hearing Rumors of a Cobalt Bass in the Cobalt Scar on Velious. Seems to be part of a quest. Any input on this would help.

I have caught a 16lb bass in the stream in FV that leads to Lake of ill Omen. Rather than being a meal it says it is a feast ...great but what the heck does fishing really do other than add some amusement to medding and a bit of extra food to my inventory? Will it come in handy later?


Spiritwolff Warrpath