Fishing

Training
(E):Expert Skill

How to Fish
You can either fish on land by facing the water, or anywhere at sea. You can also buy bait from an item merchant (the ones that sell clothes) and use it the same fashion that you use the skill.

There are as of yet 3 different baits. Using these wil not raise your Fishing Skill.
 * Bait
 * Normal bought at every Shopkeeper.
 * Probably lowest rate of catching fish and common fishes are caught.
 * Live bait
 * Get it from sunken ship from maps or maybe buy later in game. Also obtained as a reward for some Adventurer-type quests. *:Higher catching rate and rarer fish caught.
 * Fishing Net
 * Consumable item with durability.
 * Same as Live Bait, eg.: Higher catching rate and rarer fish caught.
 * Fishing Skill - best thing to use
 * On land: You will cast 4x, while on land like in city. Just stand near water and activate your skill. Caught fish will be automatically exchanged for cash, the price will be between ¼-⅛ of shop price.
 * On sea: You will auto-recast the skill until your Vigor is depleted.
 * Can't be used in Port.
 * Only increases skill level when you successfully catch fish.

The "catch"
Yeah it's a pun.


 * I have found that it is harder to catch something at open waters.


 * It takes longer to catch something in the ocean.


 * What you catch in towns will be automatically exchanged for money. It'll be at a lower market price than if you sold something you caught from the sea.


 * Poisonous fish will be thrown back into the water.


 * What you catch in the ocean is rarer than on land (so far anyway).
 * I've noticed that seagulls will sometimes fly around your vessel at times, this is perhaps there are more fish in the area since seagulls only fly out to the ocean to die. (Unconfirmed) [edit: Seagulls and Dolphins make you invulnerable versus Disaster] (Seagulls make you immune, Dolphins remove)
 * You can make Provisions out of the Fish in a 1:1 trade on the fly at sea. Higher level fish covert into more food. One Spanish Mackrel is worth seven food provisions.
 * By buying book from Shopkeeper in Marsielle (Fisherman Arts - Preservation Methods, requires Storage 1) you can process caught fish into "Fish" which sells for more Ducats. 1 fish into 1-3 "Fishes".
 * At higher levels you start to catch more than one fish at a time, experience less line breaks and receive more hits, you will also begin to catch new better fish.
 * Fish are location specific
 * It is possible to discover Maritime Creature while using this skill.