
And there is nothing more satisfying to me than FINALLY being able to afford that equipment you wanted/needed to progress. If you are patient and prepared to put in the hours, even if it gets boring at times, you will eventually get there just the same. One nice thing about this game though is that you don't HAVE to pay to play/win. You can always fish with weaker equipment and things like barbless hooks to gain more XP, at the risk of losing more fish and spending more time playing fish, which in turn decreases earnings. and you don't have to continually upgrade your equipment any more.Īlso, there is always a trade off between earning more money or XP. When your equipment is of such a nature that you can catch the big stuff at White Moose, Everglades, Quanchkin, Saint Croix etc. Once you get to that kind of level it does become somewhat easier though.

Not saying that I did everything perfectly, but I do think I played a lot, grinding waterways like Emerald and Neherrin for days at end, to be able to afford a bigger net, a canoe etc. Travelling, repairs and equipment is way too expensive for this. You can go from the current night to the next nights peak time with no cooldown period after the initial cooldown for forwarding during the day has ended, or you could just fish the peaks of the day to lessen the cooldown period.Without Premium Account and buying DLC, I cannot see how this is possible. When you travel to New York you will want an Advanced licence so you can fish at night, cast out as far as you can from either end of the dock and let it sink to the bottom, try Stop and Go, Twitching and Lift and Drop retrieves on speed 2 (whichever speed is easiest). Get the best keeper or stringer you can (might be the lvl 10 JailXS until lvl 18).


Fishing during mid - high peak times will get you more fish interaction - check the weather forecast on the Map tab.Īt level 8 New York Emerald Lake would be a good option to aim (save up) for, get a Valuespin rod and a spinning reel (maybe a crucianhunter) suitable for your level, buy a couple of 7g (1/4 oz) narrowspoon 1/0 lures, some 7g 2/0 jigheads and some glow in the dark shads and/or worms to go with that hook size.
