does anyone really fish?

[MikeReverb 49]

Fish hooks tend to be rare as fuck.

 

A friend of mine found one last night. I've never fished myself. I tend to waste my time picking apples and berries.

 

I haven't given the hunting meta-game a try either. I've killed a few cows but haven't harvested their meat patties. I've found pieces of meat on people I've killed, however.

 

And Sniper Mexican, the Ashwood Stick is definitely a lie!

[tootights (DayZ) 26]

Yes, my friend and I fished. I posted a video on YouTube 

 

[UltimateGentleman 355]

It works pretty good in fact. All you need are the hook and the rope, you pick them up sooner or later as you wander around and you keep them - they take up 2 spaces.

 

When you feel like it, if you're in the mood, you go find some worms.. you just truck around until you find a spade or a hoe and you dig some worms. Then you throw the  spade away again. You can find one or the other of these implements anywhere, in low risk areas.. it's not a hassle.

 

Then you cut your ashwood stick. You already know where ash trees grow, because you've seen them in your travels. Once you know the tree - you know it, and once you notice where those trees are growing, they are always there every time you go paste.

You pick up the stick in your hands so as not to waste space and you creep off into the wilderness, when you get to your isolated fishing spot you craft the stuff you need.

 

When you're tired of fishing you recover your rope and your hook and you throw the stick away. That's why people fish with sticks in the first place.

 

You need a knife to prepare the fish into steaks to cook.

Cooking is the same - all you need to carry around is a stone and some matches.. You have rags already. it's not complicated. Craft it all on the ground. Keep the stone afterwards, to save yourself hassle next time (and to sharpen your axe before you light the fire).

 

Nice. Nothing to simplify.

 

[build your fire under a tree, or unexpected rain will put out your matches when you try to light it]

 

[your axe and your knife wear down fast. So def. keep the fireplace stone. Whe the axe is damaged and you cut down 1 tree, afterwards the axe will be Badly Damaged. Use the stone to sharpen it. Same with the knife. So your knife and axe are always Damaged , but as long as you got the stone, you're ok, you get used to it. So 1 stone and 1 matches are all you need for hunting/cooking]

 

Assuming you're not getting attacked while all that is going on, not to mention you need to find a non broken axe for wood and throw it away while you get worms, which take up a ridiculous amount of space.

 

It's just not a good option, finding canned goods, foraging for fruits or berries or just killing people for their food is insanely more viable.

[pilgrim* 3514]

Assuming you're not getting attacked while all that is going on, not to mention you need to find a non broken axe for wood and throw it away while you get worms, which take up a ridiculous amount of space.

 

It's just not a good option, finding canned goods, foraging for fruits or berries or just killing people for their food is insanely more viable.

 

You don't ever throw away your axe, dude .. you pick the spade up in your hands, dig worms, throw the spade away .. why you want to carry a spade around?

yeah - try fishing somewhere quiet - fishing is a survival technique for living in the wilderness.. no point fishing if you're in the middle of your friday night Berezino PvP fest.. that would be - silly..

 

it's a mindset.. when you want to PvP you don't say, "I want to PvP so now I have to go find some ammo and a gun to put the ammo in, and maybe a sight too, before I can even start.. wow, that's so complicated and long ". You don't think like this, and in fact you've been picking up ammo since you spawned, so you dont see it as a hassle. Do the same for fishing/cooking gear and you'll understand how easy it is.

 

But no point trying it in the city. You can't fish in water pumps. Someone will shoot you.

Play as you like.

Edited July 26, 2014 by pilgrim

[UltimateGentleman 355]

You don't ever throw away your axe, dude .. you pick the spade up in your hands, dig worms, throw the spade away .. why you want to carry a spade around?

yeah - try fishing somewhere quiet - fishing is a survival technique for living in the wilderness.. no point fishing if you're in the middle of your friday night Berezino PvP fest.. that would be - silly..

 

it's a mindset.. when you want to PvP you don't say, "I want to PvP so now I have to go find some ammo and a gun to put the ammo in, and maybe a sight too, before I can even start.. wow, that's so complicated and long ". You don't think like this, and in fact you've been picking up ammo since you spawned, so you dont see it as a hassle. Do the same for fishing/cooking gear and you'll understand how easy it is.

 

But no point trying it in the city. You can't fish in water pumps. Someone will shoot you.

Play as you like.

 

Compared to ammo and guns though fishing gear is absurdly rare, namely fishing hooks not only are they rare and essential they're pretty damn hard to see against most flooring.

 

It's just not worth it compared to hunting, it's only good if you're desperate and have the supplies or just want to do it for roleplay or testing reasons.

 

They should add some kind of craftable, less efficient and flimsy fishing hook as well as a real fishing rod(rare obviously) then it would be viable currently it's just some niche feature to use if you're bored.

 

Also one thing they should do is let us spear fish that would be great, knife + duct tape + stick, simple.

[pilgrim* 3514]

Compared to ammo and guns though fishing gear is absurdly rare, namely fishing hooks not only are they rare and essential they're pretty damn hard to see against most flooring.

 

It's just not worth it compared to hunting, it's only good if you're desperate and have the supplies or just want to do it for roleplay or testing reasons.

 

..//.

 

Yes, I'm not proposing fishing as the best way of life in DayZ. Just saying that if you come across a fishook and rope, that's all you need, so keep them, they dont take up much space. Maybe one day they will come in useful.. like keeping rags and morphine. At pres. the easiest way to eat is to loot houses, sure, but this may not always be the case (I dunno). And perhaps for some reason you want to avoid contact with other players for a time ? (server full of enemies ?)  The wasteland areas are very deserted, and even small villages are always empty. Seems as though 99% of all players choose the option of going to the large places to loot, and fighting other players who do the same.So if you have one or two bits of survival equipment you can live quite easily. If you are solo, or sniping, or "not server-hopping" or 'roleplayng' (is PvP not roleplay ?), or just feel like moving through wilderness.. then this is a workable option. With permanent storage or bases it maybe becomes more interesting. I'm not defending it, and there may be other ways of fishing, as you propose - why not - I'm just saying its workable. But if you're already starving and you decide to start looking for fishing gear (why would you do that ?) .. well, you'll die.You don't 'fish to eat' every day - you do it once and stock up on meat.

 

If you survive in the wilderness you can move about quite freely across the whole map, you can observe other players easily, and you can decide when to go into urban areas. This is NOT roleplay- but it IS a totally different game to spending your whole day in Berezino or other built-up location. Any supermarket or piano house or factory might have a sniper watching it.. that can be you. Players almost always do the same things. They got no survival instinct ! You get to do overwatch on the people who live out of cans. Or maybe you like reading books - whatever.

Edited July 26, 2014 by pilgrim

[Azzerrrr 52]

Personally? No, I haven't had the resources to craft the rod, I'm to busy having fun with the new mp5 xD

[benedictus 160]

 

I think those Ashwood Sticks are myths o.O

 

 

The ashwood trees grow almost everywhere around towns, not that hard to find.

[King Raptor 191]

One of my friends was fishing for over 20 minutes and caught nothing. He told me he would tell me if he did but I haven't heard back from him. I assume he hasn't caught anything or maybe he got shot in the head while doing it. hehe.