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Fishing in Auridon

scamp235
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I have been fishing off and on for a couple months. I have caught about 1500 river fish in Auridon and have yet to catch the blue rare fish. Is this normal, am I just unlucky, or is this zone bugged? I have fished in about 10 spots, all I can find, and have caught lots of green rares. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
  • MakeUcrazY
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    Personally, I have caught one blue in Auridon. My wife and I fish the same spots and, standing next to me, she caught 2 blues out of one spot when i got a bunch of used bait and Duhfish or something. She insists on using only worms and guts. I dont know if that's the reason. But I'm going to change my bait a bit if this keeps up.
  • Faunter
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    scamp235 wrote: »
    I have been fishing off and on for a couple months. I have caught about 1500 river fish in Auridon and have yet to catch the blue rare fish. Is this normal, am I just unlucky, or is this zone bugged? I have fished in about 10 spots, all I can find, and have caught lots of green rares. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
    I caught all the rare fish in Auridon for the achievement a couple of days ago, and I can confirm that it is not bugged.
    MakeUcrazY wrote: »
    Personally, I have caught one blue in Auridon. My wife and I fish the same spots and, standing next to me, she caught 2 blues out of one spot when i got a bunch of used bait and Duhfish or something. She insists on using only worms and guts. I dont know if that's the reason. But I'm going to change my bait a bit if this keeps up.
    If you're catching Used Bait, it means that you're using the wrong type of bait for that specific type of water. This page might be of help.
    Edited by Faunter on July 30, 2015 11:50AM
  • MakeUcrazY
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    Faunter wrote: »
    If you're catching Used Bait, it means that you're using the wrong type of bait for that specific type of water. This page might be of help.

    Fantastic link! Thank you!
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  • Kaylenx
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    Your chances of catching rare fish dramatically increase when using the correct bait.
    Think of it this way,
    Correct bait = 100% chance of catching any fish.
    Wrong bait = 50% chance of catching used bait.
    Over the course of two hours last night in Craglorn. I caught about 30 blue and green using Guts for Lake fishing.
    I also noticed the more people fishing the same spot, I was getting more rare fish, which sucks because I don't want the achievements, I wanted skinnable fish haha.
    At one point, there was three of us fishing a single hole and I got 5 rare in a row, 2 of them being rare. Nice gold, but it doesn't get me any perfect roe.
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    I've got every fish in Auridon except for one blue ocean fish. River wasn't bad, finished lake with 3 fishing holes. That's RNG for you.
  • scamp235
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    daemonios wrote: »
    I've got every fish in Auridon except for one blue ocean fish. River wasn't bad, finished lake with 3 fishing holes. That's RNG for you.

    Yes, I am missing one blue ocean fish also the eel. I use the rare fish tracker add on, will try other but don't think it will help drop rate. I always use the correct bait for the type water, river using Insect Parts and about 25 shad. I also have fished several "holes" with one or two other players. Still no joy...))
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    I hear the ideal number for rare fish is 4.

    It took me forever to get the last ocean blue in Auridon. Meanwhile my friend who was fishing with me got about 3 of them...
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  • Ourorboros
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    scamp235 wrote: »
    I have been fishing off and on for a couple months. I have caught about 1500 river fish in Auridon and have yet to catch the blue rare fish. Is this normal, am I just unlucky, or is this zone bugged? I have fished in about 10 spots, all I can find, and have caught lots of green rares. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

    It's called RNG. It sucks, but you are just having a streak of being on the wrong side of an RNG curve. About the only thing you can do is fish with friends, which will improve your odds of catching rares. Here's a wonderful fishing guide.
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  • scamp235
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    I want to thank all for info. The amusing part is, I just went back, had about 50 shad and caught the blue in about 8 tries...SMH..
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