New Fishing Ideas

About the Page
This page has new ideas for fishing, to make it different and/or better. If you would like to submit something, feel free to comment, and maybe even edit as long as you are careful not to ruin the page.

Crafting Recipes
Shown on the right (Infobox Craft Basic Kelp-Based Lure) is the way to craft a basic kelp based lure. (The raw pork shown can be replaced with any raw meat).

Using a Lure will be the only way to catch fish using your Fishing Rod, and to equip it just use the Use Item button (right click for PC, long press or button for PE) with the Fishing Rod in your off hand.

Normal fishing rods can only hold one Lure at a time.

The Basic Kelp-Based Lure works just like the old fishing mechanic (same chances for fish, junk, and treasure). Better lures have better chances.

Lures
Trout Worms can be bought from Villagers (New robe color: Cyan. Represents Bait and Tackle Merchants), or crafted by putting 4 dirt in a crafting grid (makes 2).

–––––––––––– Image to the right (first one) shows the recipe to craft a Shiny Lure (Shapeless recipe)

Materials necessary: 1 String, 3 Gold Nuggets

This eliminates chance of getting junk (items like leather, string, or rotten flesh. Chance to get gold, diamonds, or enchanted books will not be removed). Ratio of fish to treasure remains the same.

–––––––––––– Image to the right (the one that lines up with this text) shows the recipe to make a Super Lure. The Super Lure will only catch fish, and will catch them 1.2 times as fast as a Basic Lure or Trout Worm.

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Ultra Lures can be found in chests in Strongholds, or crafted by combining 4 Super Lures, 2 Trout Worms, 2 Basic Kelp Based Lures and 1 piece of raw meat together using a crafting table (the recipe makes 4). They will catch fish in 3 to 6 seconds, and when it takes 6 seconds it catches two fish at once and neither one will be a pufferfish.

Fishing Rods
Image to the right (the one that lines up with this text) shows the recipe for an Iron-Handled Fishing Rod. The tool has 1000 durability, and catches fish 10% faster. Catch rates using the Ultra Lure are not affected.

Combine it with a chest to make an Enhanced Storage Fishing Rod, which can hold up to 16 lures of the same type. The lures can all be taken out of the fishing rod by dropping it (all stored lures will also drop).