Like others said above it's just the lack of reward for it weighed against the time you spend fishing. I got the master angler title and it was a mind numbing achievement I'm sure most who have that achievement can agree. I only fish now when a new dlc or chapter are released for achievement. If they had a daily fishing quest or something like that would give more incentive to fish then I would fish more often.

Press E for hours and maybe
"something awesome will happen" lol.

EDIT: just realized this thread is age old, sorry did not notice....

There are just two reason why you might want to fish: 1) to get the achievements. 2) because you just enjoy standing there motionless all day fishing.

Im assuming only a minority like 2) and since 1) is just for the achievement of it, only players that care about collecting achievements will do it and then they wont ever do it again, unless they are in the 2) group, which is no doubt a quite small group.

Fishing doesn't make much gold, it's really a low time to gold ratio. It's very repetitive and quickly gets boring too. Additionally you cannot get anything worthwhile, other than those golden caviar resources (lol forgot the name), but the drop rate is so low so you will earn much much more gold from just farming, which also involves a lot more action and diversity, which makes it less boring.

Imagine if ZOS made weekly fishing contests with special rewards only obtainable through winning, like WOW do in their Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza each Sunday. That would be awesome, that would be something Im sure would attract more players to the art of fishing.

because it is boring, and not rewarding?

Jemcrystal wrote: »

I'm pondering why my bait collects, from a farmer's perspective, do not sell.
What could be done to improve the popularity of fishing? Or more to the point, bait sales.

I think most people who fish get enough bait on their own; for a while I was in a fishing guild (until it broke up with Internet Drama), and could sell a few stacks, but not many.

I've always spent downtime (waiting for groups, or during guild auctions or raffles) fishing, and the Perfect Roe's a nice money-maker, sacks and furnishings are a nice bonus. Summerset and Artaeum adding unique loot bags is a huge improvement to motivation to fish, I want more zones to have such things.

I would still like to see new fishing poles, bait, and maybe more of a fishing minigame instead of just waiting for the bobber, but it's fine for a very casual activity. The new fishing food has minimal effect that I've seen, but I've only used it a couple times.

Why isn't fishing more popular? Well I can always watch paint dry since that's just as exciting for me.

So boring.

I spend more time talking to the cat and looking at my phone.

if Master Angeler were account wide.

Think of this, Zelda Ocarina of Time had a fun mini game mechanic for fishing that actually led to many players, myself included, burning hours and hours just fishing with little reward aside from achievement, and this was back when I was a kid playing N64.. fast forward to today and ESO fishing. Click.....wait....click....click again...wait...click............click again.......................................................wait..........wait........click. this is horrendously boring, and at 1 perfect roe per 300 fish not even remotely worth it, even with psijic bags and other junk you occasionally get. Ff15 has a decently fun fishing minigame even. Please tell me why ZOS views fishing as a stand in one spot and push one button over and over again like this is classic runescape or something. Simple solution, add a little mini game for fishing and change drops in proportion to the time it takes to get a fish. If I was in charge of this game and someone pitched fishing the way it is implemented in ESO I'd have to seriously consider why they're a designer on my game. Sorry if anyone thinks this is "Hating", but I'm not T Swift and I could care less if its insulting. The real insult is locking important legendary level recipes behind this dreadfully mundane mechanic.

El_Borracho wrote: »

Its not fun? But I love spending hours pulling salmon out of a river instead of the one f*&^%$ fish I need for the accomplishment.
Funny side story about this. Some dude got all kinds of angry when I fished in his spot with him. Guess he didn't know IT HELPS HIM.

It only helps you get more rare fish. If you just need plain fish for roe, it can be a detriment, and the fishing spot runs out faster.

I don't ask first, but if someone says they want to solo the spot I move on.

Because it's boring as hell.

I would love to see fishing redone instead of stupid changes like getting rid of the overload bar which nobody asked for.
Fish achievements should be made account wide and there should be more rewards for fishing besides perfect roe and some motif that never drops.