Make Fishing great again

[Macca]

So hear me out here back in the day fishing was the shit you would wake up in the city and fish or you would come home from work crack open a cold one and fish now you just sit and sell drugs or taxi to become rich in the city, 

I feel like the nerf to fishing completely ruined the fishing in the city and the fun everyone used to have, when fishing was the shit it would bring strangers together and bring out the best in people i remember groups of 15-20 people up on the peek in paleto or by the military base just chatting and getting along while they fish and it was a great way to connect and bond with people in the city who maybe you didn't think you would be able to connect and bond with. 

My suggestion is that i feel like fishing should be made elite again how it used to be and bring the fun back to the city

Positives: 

. will bring big groups of people together, would provide a chill calm environment like it used to whist filling your 500 storage trucks

. it will be another good way to make money, you used to be able to make hundreds of thousands from fishing, maybe not make it that OP like it used to be 

Negatives:

. It will lead to a up rise in robberies again, because people have no lives and feel like robbing is fun, only 12 year olds rob innocent people 

. maybe put people off the other jobs such as taxiing or drug selling 

To end this suggestion i would want both positive and negative feedback on this suggestion hear others opinions and the purpose of this is to bring back the nostalgia and the fun that fishing used to be. 

 

[Yelanis]

+1 

I was never into the sharks and turtles but just fishing in general was class. We used to sit in groups and talk for hours. Honestly such a good past time.

 

[Joesus]

+1 

More things to do in the city which will be actually beneficial would be great.

As well as give the new Police 'Rural Crime Team' something to do. 

All in all more RP for people as fishing has been rather dead for a while.

 

[Jack Smith]

Fishing is still fishing the only thing that's changed is it takes longer to acquire the sharks? What's stopping people from still going up in groups and fishing? 

The economy of the server also will be effected if this was to be adjusted again.

The suggestions is based on making money to get rich were as it should be looked at getting more RP from fishing.

 

[Katelyn West]

+1 great idea!

 

[Chester Lowe]

I made a post a year or so ago about the current state of fishing which didn't really get much progress.

I do agree that fishing is in need of some TLC given the current state of it, but I do agree with Jack's comment also.

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Fishing is still fishing the only thing that's changed is it takes longer to acquire the sharks? What's stopping people from still going up in groups and fishing? 

The economy of the server also will be effected if this was to be adjusted again.

The suggestions is based on making money to get rich were as it should be looked at getting more RP from fishing."

 I must admit I do agree with the above. I won't go into detail how much you can make per hour of fishing for obvious reasons, but it is average at best depending on location/fish etc and yes, it could use a bit of an adjustment to make it more worth while, but this should not be the focus of the post (to earn more money), but to make fishing more enjoyable in an RP sense. 

It seems to have been one of the only activities that has not been changed in terms of how it works, i.e. the new wheel mini game. Rather, it still has retained the old way of fishing, waiting for a specific number to appear and selected before fishing. IMO I think that the activity should be moved over to the same as mining/smelting/crafting etc with the new mini wheel game.

If there was to be a rework, I believe that there should actually be a "skill" for fishing, same as mining/smelting etc. You start off low, only specific fish are available to you and the money is not great. However, with time and effort, you increase your skill. However, the locations of "schools" of fish should no longer show on the map, but should be found out in conversation. Those that spend the time fishing, searching the island for better spots and better fish can then spread this knowledge via RP with other people fishing, bringing the community together and encouraging conversation, rather than just all standing there quietly with strangers for an hour or so doing not a lot. 

All in all, I agree some TLC is needed for fishing. This does however need to be done with a balance in mind that it doesn't turn into another easy money grab for people and in turn the RP that it can bring to the city gets ignored. So +1 from me if it's done with RP in mind over money!

 

[Atles]

There was a pervious post that I commented on

 

Instead of just “increasing the price of fish”, there can be a lot done to make it more enjoyable. Personally the price to me is fine. The activity it self is the part that can be improved.

Decrease the time it takes to get a fish by 10%.

Create a system like with mining and smelting. Each fish is locked behind a level.  Essentially creating a perk system to make the process of getting to fish to sharks more enjoyable. 

So it the previous fish isn’t not used again. We current can use some fish to help catch other fish even quicker. The idea is kinda the same, but you need the smaller fish to create the bait to catch the larger fish. So 1 trout can be turned into 10 trout bait with a knife to help catch 10 salmon easier. Then 1 salmon goes to catch another fish. Going all the way up to shark. Just gives more context to the current bait system.

Create a progression system. What I mean by this, we should start off by fishing off a beach, river or a pond. As you get more experienced as a fishermen. It you head to deeper water. You need a boat then to catch the better fish. Then maybe a even bigger boat to catch the larger fish is needed. 

Categories for fishing.

Pleasure fishing ( novice / entry level ).

Sport fishing ( medium ).

Commercial fishing ( highest legal fishing).

Then poaching/illegal (when you unlock going after turtles and sharks / any other protected fish).

More types of fishing 

Crab fishing like off the deadliest catch. Lobster potting. Or even go Marlin fishing where 1 Marlin weighs a lot and costs a lot more ( limited to a few marlins each trip, but the value makes it worth it.

 

[Hepps]

Perhaps change fishing so it’s only once per storm for 1hr, that would limit the fishing sweaters.  I met some good people when I did fish, the Apostles used to go fishing as a Group.

I would go do it again if it was worth the effort.

Also the MPO unit might as well be retired cos they mustn’t have much to do?

 

[HBaker]

+1 on this I would love for fishing to be a tiny bit more profitable or some sort of change to bring more excitement to fishing