i have the bait but is gm good enough?
thanks.
thanks.
I'm going to correct you on that, as the main maintainer o'fish these days; 105 is the minimum it was reported to UOGuide at, but no one has reported any catch-levels since High Seas went live. It's possible perhaps at a lower amount, as you can see there's one other Legendary reported at 92.2, but it's not known for sure where the actual minimum for Marlin will truly be.I believe it is 105 minimum skill to catch a blue marlin.
The suit didn't give the bonus until the last patch; it does work now, but 1% increase on 1 in 1000 say will still be tiny You notice it more with Rare fish which are much more realistic to catch... You can see me getting 3 Crystal Fish in a row in my guide to fishing the Prism Of Light for instance; but as you've seen Legendary are monsters to chase, so anything which swings the odds in your favour will help, no matter how small.Not to discourage you but it is not easy catching those legendary fish. Even at 120 skill and the fishing suit!!
I myself have yet to catch one and I am a 120 skill. I swear that bait doesn't work !!
Keep trying and best of luck *to us both*
You only need GM Fishing to get the maximum 1 in 4 chance to summon Charybdis, Osireadon and the Leviathan. It also doesn't affect how many boots you get... The 120 will only matter if you're chasing the Rare/Legendary Fish for a collection.thanks for the advise, insight and help.
i never planned on going to 120. maybe i should rethink this.
To add to this; don't remove the traps before they hold at least 3 crabs in them if you're after the Tunnel Crab. I added the note to UOGuide on Crabs, and I am still living off the collection of crabs I got chasing the Legendary in quests for the reward tracking document sticky here... 500 odd hand ins later and I still have 100-200 of most of the quest crabs! And in all those collections I never once saw a Legendary appear before the 3rd bob. If you're using bait, try and leave them in as long as possible; crabbing is actually the easiest Legendary to catch though as the traps increase the odds with each cycle, unlike casting a rod which is a flat chance every time... if bait is applied, the improvement is to the base chance I believe, so the longer a trap is in, the more it will multiply the bait bonus too. So sacrifice traps for better odds and save yourself precious time!Aye, what is it about this game that makes me spend hours on end on something I honestly hate...... crab fishing? I hate it, it is probably the most boring thing I have ever done, even in real life. I am way past the point that finally nailing a tunnel crab will make it worthwhile (passed that point over a year ago). It was a toss up whether the tunnel crab or the blue marlin would be the final conquest. I have to say, though that fishing has made my UO life better in that I will never have to worry about gold again. I have made over 200 million (without a vendor) just selling the scrolls and charybdis stuff and white nets. If I had set up shop with a crab and lobster vendor, I am sure I would be well on my way to a billion. Let me give the aspiring fisherman a little advice: do not go crab fishing without PINCO'S mod. With that mod, once the crab pots bob, they get a tag bar above them that does not go away. There is a counter on the tag that shows how many crabs the trap holds. You can relax and go pick up the full traps when you are ready and do not have the added stress of watching the traps closely for the bobbing.
I hope that prediction proves to be accurate.I wish I'd kept track while building my skill to Legendary so I could tell you what to expect in the way of frequency of catch... But I'll tell you this, you can expect plenty more of them from here on out...