http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby-some-strategy-is-possible Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:21:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby-some-strategy-is-possible#post-8429 Mon, 24 May 2010 06:11:29 +0000 traconis 8429@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>When it says that the sharks like this pygmy suckerfish will the shark drop very quickly if you got<br /> 100 pygmy suckerfishes in the bag? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby-some-strategy-is-possible#post-7699 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:19:53 +0000 Sabrieal 7699@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Been lurking here for a while but i thought i'd share my thoughts on the Kalu'ak Derby.<br /> Okay so after having no luck with the Fishing Lottery- I mean Derby so far (I haven't caught a single shark and fished the full hour in every contest so far^^) I've been looking at a few ways one COULD increase their chances of winning.</p> <p>A few factors that can affect chances of winning:<br /> How close are the pools you're fishing?<br /> How many other people are fishing those pools?</p> <p>These are the first two which spring to mind. But how about these:<br /> How far apart are everyone else's fishing pools?<br /> How MANY FISH are in their pools? ; )</p> <p>These last two are of interest to us because we CAN control them.<br /> How? Well although it involves spending a good few hours beforehand for relatively small gain, some form of "preparation" is possible. I've noted that people tend to stop fishing pools as much a couple of hours before the contest starts. Starting last week i have begun "forcing" pools into a close group. In Grizzly Hills I succeeded (after a good half hour) Of emptying most of the southern Imperial Manta Ray pools and filling most of the eastern ray schools.</p> <p>However, this week i'm going to try something else: fishing as many pools as i can to reduce the number of fish in each pool (apart from mine on the east coast : P) Effectively all one does is fish 2-3 catches out of each pool so that only 1 or 2 fish remain in each pool. The theory being that competitors will take longer travelling between useless pools while I catch the shark and win : D Obviously it's gonna take some time to go around every pool in Northrend, and sure some lucky randomer with a fishing skill of 23 may still get it on his first catch, but it has to help SOMEHOW!</p> <p>I'm not sure if some will view this as cheating, but I for one think this is perfectly acceptable : )</p> <p>What do you guys think? Too much effort for too little gain?</p> <p>Also still wearing max fishing gear out of paranoia incase the skill does have some affect on your chances. :P any proof of that yet?</p> <p>Anyways thanks for reading, sorry if post is a bit lengthly. Will let you know if i end up with some nice boots or a broken computer and a sore fist! </p>