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Rhaom at 09:20, 16 September 2023

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Rhaom at 09:19, 16 September 2023

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Hailiah: /* Low Quality Items */

2022-11-27T20:12:54Z

Low Quality Items

Snoerr: /* Common Fish */ Oxyrynchus are old-school "common" fish, even if they're the most rare of the "common" fish.

2021-08-20T19:18:57Z

Common Fish: Oxyrynchus are old-school "common" fish, even if they're the most rare of the "common" fish.

Cate: /* The results */

2021-07-18T08:29:47Z

The results

Fumen: /* T10 Equipment System */ Adjusted wording; only the fly rod must be equipped to have the fishing action show.

2021-06-06T01:34:46Z

T10 Equipment System: Adjusted wording; only the fly rod must be equipped to have the fishing action show.

Redshift: /* Equipment and skills */

2021-06-05T12:49:22Z

Equipment and skills

Narkho: /* T8 Equipment System */

2021-06-05T12:01:56Z

T8 Equipment System

BradsBot: clean up

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== Common Fish ==

Common [[Fish]] are the following 7 fish: [[Abdju]], [[Carp]], [[Catfish]], [[Chromis]], [[Perch]], [[Phagrus]], and [[Tilapia]].
* For more information, see [[Fish]]
* For types of lures needed to catch, see [[Fish]].

== Fishing Infographic here: [[Fishing Infographic|Infographic]] ==

Follow link for the infographic for the times, seasons and lures for uncommon fish catches.

== Log Fishing tests here: [[Fishing/Trials|Trials]] ==

This is to log raw data for uncommon fish catches.

== How to fish ==

===T8 Equipment System===

The T8 Equipment System has the option to equip the fly rod. If you equip the fly rod you cannot fish. Do not equip the fly rod and the process is the same as pre-T8 Equipment System.

It can be expected that this will be altered in future updates.

'''NOTE''': In T9, the Fly Rod '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).

=== Equipment and skills ===
To catch fish, you need three things:

# [[Fly Fishing]] skill;
# A [[Fly Rods|Fly Rod]] in your inventory;
# One or more [[Fishing Lure]]s in inventory.

=== Off shore fishing ===
After the introduction of sailboats, it is possible to fish offshore, in any body of water, at any debth (the Nile, Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea etc.).

You may fish while sailing, which enables trawling as you sail to your destination. It is also possible to change lures and fillet (via the [[Filleting]] skill) while at sea.

=== Preparation ===

Before you can catch any fish, you must first select a lure from those that you are carrying. To do this, bring up your own menu, select "Skills...", "Use Lure...", the type of [[Insects|insect]], and then the level of lure.

This type of lure will be used for all subsequent fishing attempts. If you no longer carry any lures of that type, a popup will tell you that you need to use a lure.

You may also want to increase your [[Stats|speed]] statistic while fishing, as some fish can only be reliably caught with up to 28 speed. [[File:T7N.png]] Max speed needed is not yet known.

=== Making the casts ===

[[Image:FishIcon.png|left]]You can then fish by standing near water and clicking on the fish action icon in the top-left of your window. Fishing takes about 14 seconds, and the results will be shown in your Main channel. If you caught a fish, you will also see a flyaway message. You can fish again immediately after getting the results of the previous cast.

=== The results ===

Whether you catch a fish or not, there is a chance of losing your lure. Fresh lures (made with [[Fly Tying]] 1) have a very high chance of loss, while Hardened lures (requiring Fly Tying 4) may last for hundreds of casts.

These are the possible results from each cast:

* ''You didn't catch anything. Try different lures and locations.'' This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and you should try again.
* ''No fish bit. Try different lures and locations.'' There are no fish of sufficient size to be caught by you, due to fishing out the types that are available at this time. This applies per-avatar, not by location.
* ''You almost caught an unusual fish, but you were not quick enough.'' Your speed was not high enough to catch this type of fish. If it is almost enough, you may catch them on future casts.
* ''You almost caught an odd fish, but you were too late recognizing the bite.'' Your Fly Fishing skill was not high enough. You can only catch that type of fish by increasing your skill, through enormous amounts of fishing.
* ''The water is dead, and smells like rotten eggs.'' You are trying to fish in [[Sulphurous Water]].
* ''You almost caught a strange fish, but this rod was just too clumsy.'' You may need a better fishing rod. You may succeed on future attempts. Otherwise, keep an eye out for [[Events]] offering better Rods as prizes
* ''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''.'' You caught a fish! Note that fish have a bulk of 20 debens each, so it is easy to become overloaded.
* ''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''. The fish seems a bit listless.'' Displays when using a higher level rod. No idea why yet. (I got "listless" with a basic rod in downtown RP. Pollution maybe? -Matk) (Just got this message for the first time - was using Beachcomber's rod. Switched to basic rod and got same message. Was at my compound where I normally fish. Went to a fishing spot a bit further from camp and no longer got the message, so may well be pollution. ~ Lilyoptra 7-26-2016)
* ''Your Fly Fishing skill went up!'' Your skill went up. Takes a hecka lotta casts. This varies greatly by avatar and increases significantly for higher levels of flyfishing. Reports of between 700ish to 1500ish for the first increase. (T7: I got my first skill up after 693 fish caught. - Matk)
* ''You didn't catch anything because your hook got stuck in some <item>'' You caught a non-fish, a precursor to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
* ''You didn't catch anything but you found a <item> - it is fairly worn...'' You caught a non-fish, related to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
* ''You found part of a sunken ship!'' You caught [[Ship Debris]] for [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]

== Non-Fish items ==

===How to fish for loot===

Not confirmed, but highly likely:
*Negative speed stat will increase the chance of catching loot (and decrease the chance of catching fish).

Things found during fishing include:

=== Useful Items===
* [[Boards]]
* [[Gold Foil]]
* [[Linen]]
* [[Mirror]]
* [[Rope]]
* [[Rotten Flax]]
* [[Sail]]
* [[Silk Cloth]]
* [[Frayed Rope]] - 5 Frayed will make 1 Rope in a distaff
* [[Ship Debris]] - may be handed into a University of the Human Body as part of the [[Test of Isis Bounty]]
* [[Rotten Leather]]
* [[Rotten Wood]] - may be recycled to search for insects with sufficient [[Salvage Techniques]] skill
* [[Tattered Sail]] - may be recycled into thread with sufficient [[Salvage Techniques]] skill
* [[Torn Bandages]] -
* [[Damaged Crowbar]] - opens cases of cheese from events

=== Items with no known purpose ===
* Broken Chariot Wheels
* Broken Mirror
* Decayed Cadavers

=== Low Quality Items ===

A low-quality item, of between 1000 and 2500

* Barometric Sphere
* Distillation Coil
* Florence Flask
* Hookah Bowl
* Jagged Blade
* Resin Wedge
* Sharp Edged Blade
* Test Tube
* Thistle Tube
* Twice Folded Blade
* Wine Glass

==See also==
* [[Fly Fishing]]
* [[Arthropodology]]
* [[Fly Tying]]
* [[Insects]]
* [[Fly Rods]]
* [https://fishing.atitd.wiki/ Angler's Apprentice]

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 These are the possible results from each cast:
-* <FONT color="Blue">''You didn't catch anything.  The water looks pretty still.''</FONT>  This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and ??? (new T10 message)
+* <FONT color="blue">''You didn't catch anything.  The water looks pretty still.''</FONT>  This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and ??? (new T10 message)
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You didn't catch anything.  Try different lures and locations.''</FONT>  This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and you should try again.
+* <FONT color="blue">''You didn't catch anything.  Try different lures and locations.''</FONT>  This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and you should try again.
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''No fish bit.  Try different lures and locations.''</FONT>  There are no fish of sufficient size to be caught by you, due to fishing out the types that are available at this time.  This applies per-avatar, not by location.
+* <FONT color="blue">''No fish bit.  Try different lures and locations.''</FONT>  There are no fish of sufficient size to be caught by you, due to fishing out the types that are available at this time.  This applies per-avatar, not by location.
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You almost caught an unusual fish, but you were not quick enough.''</FONT> Your speed was not high enough to catch this type of fish.  If it is almost enough, you may catch them on future casts.
+* <FONT color="blue">''You almost caught an unusual fish, but you were not quick enough.''</FONT> Your speed was not high enough to catch this type of fish.  If it is almost enough, you may catch them on future casts.
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You almost caught an odd fish, but you were too late recognizing the bite.''</FONT>  Your Fly Fishing skill was not high enough.  You can only catch that type of fish by increasing your skill, through enormous amounts of fishing.
+* <FONT color="blue">''You almost caught an odd fish, but you were too late recognizing the bite.''</FONT>  Your Fly Fishing skill was not high enough.  You can only catch that type of fish by increasing your skill, through enormous amounts of fishing.
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''The water is dead, and smells like rotten eggs.''</FONT>  You are trying to fish in [[Sulphurous Water]].
+* <FONT color="blue">''The water is dead, and smells like rotten eggs.''</FONT>  You are trying to fish in [[Sulphurous Water]].
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You almost caught a strange fish, but this rod was just too clumsy.''</FONT>  You may need a better fishing rod. You may succeed on future attempts.  Otherwise, keep an eye out for [[Events]] offering better Rods as prizes
+* <FONT color="blue">''You almost caught a strange fish, but this rod was just too clumsy.''</FONT>  You may need a better fishing rod. You may succeed on future attempts.  Otherwise, keep an eye out for [[Events]] offering better Rods as prizes
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''.''</FONT>  You caught a fish!  Note that fish have a bulk of 20 debens each, so it is easy to become overloaded.
+* <FONT color="blue">''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''.''</FONT>  You caught a fish!  Note that fish have a bulk of 20 debens each, so it is easy to become overloaded.
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''. The fish seems a bit listless.''</FONT>  Displays when using a higher level rod. No idea why yet. (I got "listless" with a basic rod in downtown RP. Pollution maybe? -Matk) (Just got this message for the first time - was using Beachcomber's rod.  Switched to basic rod and got same message.  Was at my compound where I normally fish.  Went to a fishing spot a bit further from camp and no longer got the message, so may well be pollution. ~ Lilyoptra 7-26-2016)
+* <FONT color="blue">''Caught a '''<size>''' deben '''<fish type>'''. The fish seems a bit listless.''</FONT>  Listlessness is an indication of pollution from buildings like compression furnaces and can happen with any rod. a listless fish when filleted seems to give very little fish meat. (cate> T10, post Malard's July 2021 changes).
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''Your Fly Fishing skill went up!''</FONT> Your skill went up. Takes a hecka lotta casts. This varies greatly by avatar and increases significantly for higher levels of flyfishing. Reports of between 700ish to 1500ish for the first increase. (T7: I got my first skill up after 693 fish caught. - Matk)
+* <FONT color="blue">''Your Fly Fishing skill went up!''</FONT> Your skill went up. Takes a hecka lotta casts. This varies greatly by avatar and increases significantly for higher levels of flyfishing. Reports of between 700ish to 1500ish for the first increase. (T7: I got my first skill up after 693 fish caught. - Matk)
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You didn't catch anything because your hook got stuck in some <item>''</FONT> You caught a non-fish, a precursor to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
+* <FONT color="blue">''You didn't catch anything because your hook got stuck in some <item>''</FONT> You caught a non-fish, a precursor to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You didn't catch anything but you found a <item> - it is fairly worn...''</FONT> You caught a non-fish, related to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
+* <FONT color="blue">''You didn't catch anything but you found a <item> - it is fairly worn...''</FONT> You caught a non-fish, related to the [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
-* <FONT Color=Blue>''You found part of a sunken ship!''</FONT>  You caught [[Ship Debris]] for [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
+* <FONT color="blue">''You found part of a sunken ship!''</FONT>  You caught [[Ship Debris]] for [[Test of Isis' Bounty]]
 == Non-Fish items ==

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 ===T10 Equipment System===
-'''NOTE''': In T10, the Fly Rod and your lure '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).
+'''NOTE''': In T10, the Fly Rod '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).
 === Equipment and skills ===

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 ===T10 Equipment System===
-'''NOTE''': In T10, the Fly Rod '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).
+'''NOTE''': In T10, the Fly Rod and your lure '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).
 === Equipment and skills ===
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 # [[Fly Fishing]] skill;
-# A [[Fly Rods|Fly Rod]] in your inventory;
+# A [[Fly Rods|Fly Rod]] in your inventory and selected as your preferred rod;
-# One or more [[Fishing Lure]]s in inventory.
+# One or more [[Fishing Lure]]s in inventory, with one selected as your preferred fishing lure.
 === Off shore fishing ===
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 This type of lure will be used for all subsequent fishing attempts.  If you no longer carry any lures of that type, a popup will tell you that you need to use a lure.
-You may also want to increase your [[Stats|speed]] statistic while fishing, as some fish can only be reliably caught with up to 28 speed.  [[File:T7N.png]] Max speed needed is not yet known.
+You may also want to increase your [[Stats|speed]] statistic while fishing, as some fish can only be reliably caught with up to 28 speed.  [[File:T7N.png|link=Special:FilePath/T7N.png]] Max speed needed is not yet known.
 === Making the casts ===
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 === The results ===
-Whether you catch a fish or not, there is a chance of losing your lure.  Fresh lures (made with [[Fly Tying]] 1) have a very high chance of loss, while Hardened lures (requiring Fly Tying 4) may last for hundreds of casts.
+* Whether you catch a fish or not, there is a chance of losing your lure.  Fresh lures (made with [[Fly Tying]] 1) have a very high chance of loss, while Hardened lures (requiring Fly Tying 4) may last for hundreds of casts.
 These are the possible results from each cast:
 * <FONT Color=Blue>''You didn't catch anything.  Try different lures and locations.''</FONT>  This means that your cast was unsuccessful, and you should try again.

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 * For more information, see [[Fish]]
 * For types of lures needed to catch, see [[Fish]].
 == Log Fishing tests here: [[Fishing/Trials|Trials]] ==

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 After the introduction of sailboats, it is possible to fish offshore, in any body of water, at any debth (the Nile, Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea etc.).
-You may fish while sailing, which enables trawling as you sail to your destination. It is also possible to change lures and fillet (via the [[Filleting]] skill) while at sea.
+You may fish while sailing, which enables trawling as you sail to your destination. It is also possible to change lures and fillet (via the [[Skill/Filleting|Filleting]] skill) while at sea.
 === Preparation ===

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 * Twice Folded Blade
 * Wine Glass
 ==See also==

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 == Common Fish  ==
-Common [[Fish]] are the following 7 fish: [[Abdju]], [[Carp]], [[Catfish]], [[Chromis]], [[Perch]], [[Phagrus]], and [[Tilapia]].
+Common [[Fish]] are the following 8 fish: [[Abdju]], [[Carp]], [[Catfish]], [[Chromis]], [[Perch]], [[Phagrus]], [[Tilapia]], and [[Oxyrynchus]].
 * For more information, see [[Fish]]
 * For types of lures needed to catch, see [[Fish]].

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 == How to fish ==
-===T8 Equipment System===
+===T10 Equipment System===
-The T8 Equipment System has the option to equip the fly rod.  If you equip the fly rod you cannot fish.  Do not equip the fly rod and the process is the same as pre-T8 Equipment System.
+'''NOTE''': In T10, the Fly Rod '''must be equipped''' in order to get the fish action icon (located alongside the other action icons at the bottom of the screen).
 === Equipment and skills ===