[Passenger]

I'm not sure this is worth recreating given that it's sorted out by the end of the timeline, but this is what I found.

- https://dbsanfte.github.io/eq-archiv...t-msg-2895.txt

Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 14:27:17 -0700

Steve Mitchell wrote:

> For food on the road, wouldn't it be better to take up fishing, rather than
> baking? You can carry just a pole and bait, and fish in any zone with water.
> Plus you can collect the fishing grubs that foragers throw away. Fresh
> caught fish work as food without cooking. Just my 2 cents.

That may have been true a while ago, but Verant is adding all kinds of
'specialty' fish. Now, most zones do NOT drop fresh fish, they drop something
like Surefall Carp or Thunder Salmon or Bony Fish. Currently, many of these fish
are NOT directly edible and do not work with known recipes. Plus, there is the
advantage of being able to get experience by hunting bears, cats etc while
getting food, while fishing is a void.
--
Gregory Gadow

- https://web.archive.org/web/20030116...picID=36.topic

Niami DenMother
(4/10/01 12:40:24 pm)
Re: Hello and Questions

Well met!

Special fish are zone-specific. At one point, it did seem that your chance of catching zone-special fish was determined by your fishing skill, but this is no longer the case.

Many zones now have special fish. In many cases, those fish seem to have totally replaced fresh fish. You can find a list of what zones have special fish now by going to the Trade Supplies section of the site. There's a link there for the zone-specific fishies. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Zone Reports

- https://web.archive.org/web/20031104...picID=21.topic

Osano
(3/29/01 7:57 pm)
Hound Pike in Black Burrow

Hi All! I've been enjoying and gleaning info from the message boards here for a few weeks as I learned the game, and finally mastered Fishing and caught my first special fish!

While attempting to complete the Monk Orange Headband Quest, I did some fishing in the bowels of Black Burrow and caught Hound Pike exclusively with a skill of 101 to 103.

Hit rate seemed to be about the same as fresh fish elsewhere. On the other hand, I was able to sell the Pike for about 1/3 more than ordinary fresh fish. I didn't try baking with them.

I also caught some humorous comments from those getting aggro'd by gnolls as I sat there calmly fishing! Heh heh!

Got my headband, so packing up the fishing gear and looking for new waters in the Karanas ...

Good Luck to my fellow fishing fanatics!

- https://web.archive.org/web/20040117...tart=1&stop=20

Tiensen
(3/29/01 2:01 am)
Re: page update

You can also add a Rygorrian fish (can't remember exact name at the moment) that is fished in Eastern Wastes now. I fish while medding there and never caught one before and as of the last patch it is the ONLY type of fish I can catch there.

Lanagard
(4/2/01 11:28 am)
Re: New Fish

I was fishing in Crushbone and discovered a Boar carp. It uses the same picture as the Stonefish and it replaces the fresh fish catch. I'm not sure if it's bakeable.

Whizbang Dustyboots
(4/2/01 2:42 pm)
Re: New Fish Found

Hmmm. Does anyone else find it odd/ill-advised to not have these unique fish -- which are otherwise quite cool -- not work in all ways as fresh fish do? (OK, maybe not the fetid bass. Yuck!)

I'd have starved if all I caught during my youth were Ak'Anon Koi, it seems.

Hopefully that'll be stage two of them adding these new fish to the game.

Niami DenMother
(4/2/01 8:47 pm)
Re: New Fish

Found Frosty cave trout were the only fish I caught in Kael today on my giant-friendly druid (fishing skill 61). The ice worms and the greywood fishing pole sold in Kael work just like the normal bait and fishing pole, FYI.

Tellemar
(4/3/01 10:12 pm)
Re: New Fish

Found Some of these, (like the gunthak makeral) have been around for a while, but most are new. Also, A new fish i just caught in the Lake of Ill Omen is the bloodfin trout, sells for 4.5 silver each to vendors with 70 charisma, is edible and i caught them every time with a skill of around 140 (can't remember exactly).