Currently on p99, player-made fishing lures, bait, and poles give a fishing skill bonus. This was patched in on 12/20/2001 on the timeline. Previously they gave no bonuses.
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2001-2.html
Quote:
- Crafted fishing flies, special fishing poles and special baits now
add a fishing skill bonus.
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10/2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20011024...g/recipes.html
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02/2002
https://web.archive.org/web/20020206...g/recipes.html
I'm assuming Catch-a-Lot bait falls under the category of 'special baits' but I'm not certain.