When to reel in (fishing)

[Carbon]

Observation from two days of hardcore fishing:

Fastwater + sabiki for sardines/quus/yellow globes: Reeling in (hitting enter/mouse button) when the rod is fully bent seems to catch more.

Moat carp: Reeling in almost as soon as the fish bites seems to catch more.

Is this just a coincidence, or do different fish require a different ideal time to hit the button?

[keflex]

Probably coincidental.

I'll bet that the results you see are affected alot more by your fishing skill and the moon phase than anything else.

[luckki]

hmmmm

I have noticed this myself. I feel like if I hit enter as soon as it displays the something caught the hook message, I usually loose the catch and have a better chance if it was starting to show the reel in animation. not sure if it is coincidence or not. I understand fishing skill and moon phases, but neither of those change that quickly when I'm doing fishing every 20 seconds or so.

:confused:

[Fraggle]

Sorry

I remember actually keeping track of 40 "Something is on your hook" 's and I took an average based on how fast i reacted and reeled in.

The results where, as you might suspect, insignificant. Stick with the moon and such.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc
:p