Different types of fishing and details into how they are done. This research will help me to decide what type of fishing mechanics I can have within my game.
wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_techniques
Angling
The most common method of fishing. Using a rod with a tight piece of string/wire attached in order to catch fish.
Fishers often use bait to attract the fish which increases the chance of getting a hook.
Fly Fishing
An angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly.
The main difference between fly fishing and spin or bait fishing is that in fly fishing the weight of the line carries the hook through the air, whereas in spin and bait fishing the weight of the lure or sinker at the end of the mono-filament or braided line gives casting distance.
Blast Fishing
Explode the fishies in the water.
Using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection.
Its illegal because it hurts the fishies and damages the ecosystem. Poor fish 😦
Bottom Trawling
Using a large net to haul in a large amount of fish; usually attatched to a fishing boat.
Used in industrial fishing as it is fast and effective. It does however pick up essential parts of habitats on the bottom of the reef which is bad for the ecosystem.
Cyanide Fishing
Collecting live fish mainly for use in aquariums, which involves spraying a sodium cyanide mixture into the desired fish’s habitat in order to stun the fish. The practice hurts not only the target population, but also many other marine organisms, including coral and coral reefs.
Muro-Ami
A southeast asian fishing method. It uses an encircling net together with pounding devices. These devices usually comprise large stones fitted on ropes that are pounded into the coral reefs.
Spearfishing
Using a spear/sharp stick to catch fish.
Varient: harpoon fishing
Trout tickling
This is the technique of tickling the underbelly of a trout until it goes into a trance which makes it easy to keep it still and throw it onto a dry piece of land.
Animals in nature
I want my game to encompass all methods of fishing, including how animals would fish.
From the top of my head I can think of brown bears fishing/hunting in shallow, fast flowing rivers, catching fish in their paws or mouth. Other animals that hunt fish would include birds and seals.
Usually animals like this either hunt fish in a river or the sea, so I’m going to split this into two categories to make it easier to differentiate when designing the mechanics of the game.
I want to touch on this in more depth in another blog specifically looking at animals who hunt fish.
RPG Fishing Game 