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Topic: [172623] Deep sea fishing question

[3825447] david john (GB1) [None] :: Feb. 25, 2018, 1:14 p.m.

I would like to see more skippers for the fleets ,as I'm using the same skippers  on my trawlers etc when sending fleet out.
Tight lines everyone ))

[3826202] 24-KL0V3R (US1) [US1] :: Feb. 26, 2018, 3:43 p.m.

I never get requests for lobsters!    I would like to see more requests for lobsters and less for shrimp/oysters/clams.  Will someone please look into why (since the inception of the Fish Market) why I do not get orders for lobsters?  Thank you very much!

[3826444] artful (US1) [US1] :: Feb. 26, 2018, 6:50 p.m.

GoldenrodFarm (US1) said:

I haven't been using any, it just doesn't seem to be worth the cost

Same here, and I do okay. I do equip the boats w/ crew and/or other items (that I've won, I never buy any) sometimes during the FHWE (sometimes), and once in awhile when I am close to filling a contract.  But I'm quite happy to send them out w/o anything, and complete contracts in their own sweet time.

[3826445] AndyGriffith (US1) [US1] :: Feb. 26, 2018, 6:52 p.m.

There are lots of links out there to assist us in our fishing ventures; I like to use the K.I.S.S. Method.  I carry 14 boats - 4 Wherries, 4 Trawlers and 6 Skipjacks.  Outfitting them all with the proper equipment and extras costs me (rounded up) about $1.3M.  Now that the Fish Market has bonuses, I pulled in $5.2M filling one order the other day, so it's worth it to fish.  I like the Wherries to take care of the shellfish, the Skipjacks to do the mid-range deep-sea fishing, and the Trawlers to "go deep".  I always use 1 of each of the Hazard Counters per fishing fleet, and very seldom lose any fish to said hazards.  Now that we have access to the BF Calendar, it's relatively easy to figure out when the FHWE will take place and plan accordingly.  I have completed all the steps on one load of Herring in the past due to the large catch and reaching about 7/sec.  Not sure if this helps, but it's working great for me, and when I need to expand a farm I simply sell a bunch of fish, and "viola"!  So break out your sextants and head to sea.

[3826465] Surya54 (INT1) [INT1] :: Feb. 26, 2018, 7:05 p.m.

In my 'masterplan', I would like to run with 10 Trawlers and 3 Skipjacks. Those boat have a risk when shellfish pool is open but still worth it on deeper pools, while 1 boat slot is used to scrap unnecessary boats. I have maxed out the market and now can give up to 36 Million per day if lucky, if not I can still make 3-4 Million per day.

[3828173] GoldenrodFarm (US1) [None] :: Feb. 28, 2018, 3:59 p.m.

Today I have a great mix of 6 lobster pools :{  I have only gotten one contract with lobsters and it was only 95 of them.  Every contract I have uses clams, in the 100's with an occasional 71 or 61 and shrimp usually way over 100.  I thought something had changed when a couple of days ago I started getting pools of shellfish, but guess that was not true.  It should not be hard to get everyone a mix of fish, yesterday it was tuna, all but one, that was lobster.  Sometimes my contracts stay for weeks waiting for shellfish in a quantity that the contract want, one pool with 30 clams is not going to do it when I need over 500 to fill the contracts.

The skipJack is still loosing at least 24 fish every other time it goes out and there is no room for much other then basics in a level 1, I guess I will have to save it for near pools.

[3828503] dchen1 (US1) [US1] :: March 1, 2018, 3:11 a.m.

The level 1 trawlers won from the fishing hard worker event costs less per fish than level 6 norfolk wherry, level 6 runabout, and level 2 skipjack.  Most of the capacity comes from the trawlers initial capacity, 70.  4 large freezers can be added to increase it to 134, 2 Roy and 1 Victor to catch the 134 fish.  The trawler costs about 1400 per fish while skipjack costs about 1900 per fish.  

[3830362] AndyGriffith (US1) [US1] :: March 3, 2018, 3:22 p.m.

I just wish they would let us either dismantle unwanted boats (either from the dockyard OR in inventory) similar to how we can for decorations, or store unwanted boats in inventory, instead of having to destroy them for FXP.
dchen1, that was a great point you made about multiple ice chests on boats; I never even considered doing that before, but then, none of my boats have more than 3 spots for extra equipment/crews.

[3837863] AndyGriffith (US1) [US1] :: March 13, 2018, 9:59 p.m.

I have another suggestion regarding fishing and the boats; when the boats are at sea catching fish, and we click on the information "i", it would be nice to see what fish each boat is catching.  I know I don't remember hours later what I sent them out for, and it could help me decide if I wanna pull them in early or not.  Thank you.

[3838554] Emm55 (US1) [None] :: March 15, 2018, 1:30 a.m.

I like lobsters.  I use them rather than more versatile fish to make generic chum for fulfilling my contracts.  Making generic chum also earns a lot of fishing points so that I can keep leveling up and building  better boats.

[3838558] Emm55 (US1) [None] :: March 15, 2018, 1:56 a.m.

Lobsters/ FHWE:    Having access to a few big close-in lobster pools during a FHWE event is great for me.  With relatively little effort, I can get up to level 8 or 9 for lobsters and just let er rip for 36-48 hrs.  "Set it and forget it" as it were.  Just be really sure to check the new crazybigfarm.tk  FHWE spreadsheet to be sure that you don't reach the dreaded lobster level 10 and lose all of your work!

[3838560] artful (US1) [US1] :: March 15, 2018, 2:03 a.m.

@Emm55, I LOVE lobsters with a passion that borders on the unnatural...LOL!  "Set it and forget it" is right. This time, not one request for lobsters in the FHWE. Not one. Managed to finish, though, thank goodness.  

[3838958] Corvid (GB1) [GB1] :: March 15, 2018, 5:31 p.m.

disaster items are pointless, dont use them

i know ggs want to change that, which means they'll make disasters hurt your haul more

one of the specific things they did say about future changes to the dockyard

you nerfed it enough ggs, leave well alone pls

[3839152] GoldenrodFarm (US1) [None] :: March 15, 2018, 9:34 p.m.

I hope there are not more disasters, because the far pools are a complete waste for me with the werry and skipjacks, they always come back with big losses, yesterday the skipjack lost 26 fish, that makes the run go into the red.  

One of the things I have noticed in the last week or so is that my contracts are more and more not for just money, I fish for money and don't want 1 or 2 water, horseshoes, or seeds.  I had a contract for 1 bag of rose seeds and 1 bag of violet seeds no money.  Either are not worth over 200K $ in fish.  Right now everyone of my contracts have additional items besides money, there are  EX, seeds, water, nothing I want, but to keep deleting them is detrimental.

[3839173] Uncle John (AU1) [AU1] :: March 15, 2018, 10:11 p.m.

I've just started pricing up contracts and, so far, as long as some money is included, the price paid is better than selling the fish from inventory.
Up till now I have declined all contracts that included such over-priced cr=p but I am being forced to reconsider 

[3839233] AndyGriffith (US1) [US1] :: March 16, 2018, 1:41 a.m.

Continuing the "female dog in heat" session...why offer us boats as prizes if we (1) can't sell them or break them down for parts, or (2) can't place more than 14 in the dock yard???  I have 8 Prize Boats that I can't do a darn thing with!!  As for the disasters, I am fortunate enough to make millions per day even though I work (Real Life) 10-hour days, so the extra $$$$ for ink packs, magnifiers, propellers, etc. doesn't faze me, and about 90% of the time I lose no fish when the haul gets back to port.  To me they are worth the cost, as are the coolers, as the coolers help me empty the pools quicker.  Regarding lobsters, I never got to use my lobster catch on this last FHWE; my  herring catches lasted over 36 hours at 7/sec - 9/sec, and I ended up only using herring and clams by the time I collected all the prizes. Oh yeah, the same goes for boat workers as prizes; I don't have any more motorboats, so how come I can't sell those useless workers off when I get them as prizes???

[3839528] SophiaLorraine (US1) [None] :: March 16, 2018, 11:20 a.m.

Great good point Andy!!!  I have a TON of useless people, equipment and boats!!  I would love to see something done where we could SELL the things we don't need instead of just trashing them!  At least make Santa more interested in fishing during his workshop event, that would be nice to use it all for his prizes at Christmas time.......  

[3839542] funki (US1) [US1] :: March 16, 2018, 11:41 a.m.

i have made a few dollar fishing but i dont use coolers or  protection

[3983495] johnset (US1) [None] :: April 16, 2018, 7:11 p.m.

I have an inflatable boat and I want to get a new one. How do I do it? And how do you see all the boats you have?

Thanks,
Johnset

[3863807] RobAnybody (US1) [US1] :: April 16, 2018, 10:27 p.m.

The inflatable raft  on Flower farm is where you can rent boats. Boats you own are in the fishing region. You need to be a certain level and have finished all of Oleg's tasks to unlock it