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Taz D Oct 12 2011 11:25 PM

Fishing and Bait
 


This thread is for help with problems with Fishing.
Please read the following information BEFORE posting in this thread. Thank you.

Before posting a general question please check the Game Guide :
Chapter 19 - Fishing
Fishing Boats




Common problems....

Stubborn fish when using the single fishing pole.
The less fish in the water, the harder it gets. Click on the yellow rectangle in the farm selector to reload the farm you are on. It will reload the farm and spread the fish back out again making them easier to catch.
If you are hired to fish you will not lose the hire by doing this.
You will not be able to catch very single fish in overlapped waters or catch fish in waters placed of the edges of a farm with the fishing rod.

Overlapped waters and waters placed off the edges of a farm:
How a farmer designs their farms and the waters on them is entirely up to them.
To able to catch every single fish in overlapped waters or waters off the edges of a farm you will need to own the Turbo boat. Without a turbo boat you will find that you won't be able to catch every single fish in overlapped waters on the farm and you won't be able to fish the waters that are placed off the edges of a farm as those can ONLY be fished with a Turbo boat.
Hired workers can use the farm owners turbo boat as long as the boat they have allowed the use of their Tools in the hire. You will also need Fuel.

Storing bait.
When you store bait from your gift box, use "Store Ingredients" to store them to waters.

Gifted bait, bait from your fish farming plant and any bonuses you get from posting your own bait bonus gets stored with waters.
The exception to this rule is any bait you send to a friend when you click on their bonus post, your share goes to storage, which you can use to stock the Fishing Tackle shop if you own one or just sell at market.


Losing bait.
If you own the Fishing Tackle shop, you could be loading a lot of it into there for sale. Either do not load the bait into there, or if you have the load tool for that facility, go to the facility, open it and remove the checks from the boxes for freshwater and seawater bait.



All of topic posts will be deleted without warning. This thread is for help and support only. All feedback/suggestions need to be made in the feedback and suggestions area :)

Cortsgram Jan 23 2021 06:20 PM

Fishing Bait
 
I am trying to find out about bait for fishing. We are not able to accept gifts right now to exchange for bait and cannot work facility for bait. When I fish, I am using my bait and it is almost gone. Is it possible to fix it where bait is not used until gifts and facilities are working again?

Taz D Jan 23 2021 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cortsgram (Post 6420762)
I am trying to find out about bait for fishing. We are not able to accept gifts right now to exchange for bait and cannot work facility for bait. When I fish, I am using my bait and it is almost gone. Is it possible to fix it where bait is not used until gifts and facilities are working again?

Hi Cortsgram,
I moved your post to the subject thread about Fishing and Bait.
There isn't any way to get more bait currently. Unfortunately we are all in the same boat, so to speak. If they turned off the bait then you will only get 1 fish instead of the 2 fish you get with bait right now at least until you run out. It would not work for turning it off.

Chet Evors Jan 26 2021 01:52 AM

To whom ever get's this let me know what is going on please. Instead of getting better it is preventing from doing what I was able do.1336382078 Suddenly when harvesting, my buildings and facilities are showing up.
Fishing, have the purple boat but plenty of bait and those buildings and facilities are show while doing both harvesting and fishing.
I can still harvest but can't fish at all.
have 1000000 of bait and show fish in the water but won't let catch me!~!
Was fine tell yesterday afternoon, fishing is not at all.
Sorry to complain but everything was working pretty good tell a day or two ago!

marymarcel Jan 26 2021 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chet Evors (Post 6421870)
To whom ever get's this let me know what is going on please. Instead of getting better it is preventing from doing what I was able do.1336382078 Suddenly when harvesting, my buildings and facilities are showing up.
Fishing, have the purple boat but plenty of bait and those buildings and facilities are show while doing both harvesting and fishing.
I can still harvest but can't fish at all.
have 1000000 of bait and show fish in the water but won't let catch me!~!
Was fine tell yesterday afternoon, fishing is not at all.
Sorry to complain but everything was working pretty good tell a day or two ago!

Hi Chet Evors :)

When you click in your purple boat you will see an eye in the botton right sice of your farms.
It it is fully open, then click in it to get it show as half open. That will hide all other items on the farm not matching with the tool you have in your hands.

Lessonlady Jan 28 2021 04:54 PM

I had a couple billion Freshwater bait in storage that i had been amassing. When everything started to work this week, it was there, then it was gone!! It has been gone for over 36 hours so I am worried it won't be back! I have started buying more but since I use over a million a day, I can barely keep up with it! Will I get my old storage back?

Taz D Jan 28 2021 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lessonlady (Post 6423502)
I had a couple billion Freshwater bait in storage that i had been amassing. When everything started to work this week, it was there, then it was gone!! It has been gone for over 36 hours so I am worried it won't be back! I have started buying more but since I use over a million a day, I can barely keep up with it! Will I get my old storage back?

Hi Lessonlady,
It would not be possible to have that much bait that we know. The maximum for any item is 200 million. However if it is gone then no there isn't any way to get it back.
Please try clearing your memcache (link below), then when the page of unsetting text opens close that as it is done.
If your farm is open close it. Then reopen and try again.
https://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/p...lear_memcached


That will not bring anything back that is lost, but may keep them from disappearing again.


I just checked and your storage is at 98%. I would not be surprised if you were missing more items. You need to go through the storage to the market to sell off some excess you have like your non-ingredients and part of any thing you have very high amounts of.

Precious In His Sight Feb 05 2021 11:12 PM

Fishing
 
This just started happening today. When fishing, it no longer shows pictures of fish caught or number of fish left to catch.

Taz D Feb 05 2021 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Precious In His Sight (Post 6426502)
This just started happening today. When fishing, it no longer shows pictures of fish caught or number of fish left to catch.

Hi Precious in His Sight,
The developers removed the Coin and XP animations and the Show Feedback when Farming because they were causing major problems for those who were harvesting heavily layered waters and farms.


It should still show how many fish left to be caught if you move the mouse/boat over the water.

tharcicia Feb 06 2021 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taz D (Post 6426506)
Hi Precious in His Sight,
The developers removed the Coin and XP animations and the Show Feedback when Farming because they were causing major problems for those who were harvesting heavily layered waters and farms.


It should still show how many fish left to be caught if you move the mouse/boat over the water.


I am sorry Taz this sounds pretty ridiculous to me. We have to suffer for those who do layering. I can remember that years back layering was not allowed.

marymarcel Feb 06 2021 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tharcicia (Post 6426542)
I am sorry Taz this sounds pretty ridiculous to me. We have to suffer for those who do layering. I can remember that years back layering was not allowed.

Hi tharcicia :)

I have always had those options unchecked in my preferences using flash and now in HTML5.

I never liked to see all those messages for coins, xp etc. floating around my farms while working. And I dont have layered waters on my farms.

judy graham Feb 10 2021 07:54 PM

fish
 
For the last week I haven't been able to catch my fish. At first I was able to, but now I can't.

Taz D Feb 10 2021 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judy graham (Post 6427722)
For the last week I haven't been able to catch my fish. At first I was able to, but now I can't.

Hi Judygraham,
I moved your post to the subject thread about fish. If you are talking about seeing the fish amounts displayed that has been turned off because it was causing major problems and errors specially for those with layered waters.
Check your storage for the fish in a particular water, then fish it and see if the fish are showing there.

Rennymeinesbellemei Feb 18 2021 06:52 AM

My oceans & lakes show number of fish & bait but no growth times. Can not fish at all. have bought new ones a shows grown in so many hours bit disappears when ready to fish. Help!!

marymarcel Feb 18 2021 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rennymeinesbellemei (Post 6429306)
My oceans & lakes show number of fish & bait but no growth times. Can not fish at all. have bought new ones a shows grown in so many hours bit disappears when ready to fish. Help!!

Hi Rennymeinesbellemei :)

When water items are ready to fish, they only show the water item name, amount of fish and amount of bait if you hover your mouse on them.

When they are fished, then if you hover your mouse on the water item it will show its name, 0 amount of fish, baits amount and Grown in xxxx hours.

Please take in mind that coin waters take 20 hours, Farm Cash waters take 8 hours to be ready.

You can get your fishing boat 5x5 and click in the eye in the botton right corner of the game screen to get it open. That way you will see all items on your farm but the water item will also show you if you have to wait more time to get the fish ready.
After doing that, please remember to click in the eye again to get it half open to only show you the items ready according to the tool you have in your hands.

Also check to be sure your time and date in your computer are correct.

If you think water items are ready to fish but you cant do that, then please close and reopen your game.

If that doesnt work, then clear your memcache, link below. A new window will open with a short list of unsettings, close that window and your farm if it was open in another tab. Then reopen your farms and try again.

https://apps.facebook.com/farmtown/p...lear_memcached

If nothing works, please let us know in which farms you have water items and you are unabled to fish them.

Edited to Add> I visited your farms. Water items on your farm 20 are ready to fish by the time I visited the farm.

New water items (3 small sea coasts) on your farm 22 will grow in 18.7 hours by the time I visited the farm.

Rennymeinesbellemei Feb 19 2021 07:55 AM

Help - I can not fish. It shows how many fish in lakes, ponds, rivers & oceans & my bait. But that's all. No grown or growth times.

marymarcel Feb 19 2021 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rennymeinesbellemei (Post 6429450)
Help - I can not fish. It shows how many fish in lakes, ponds, rivers & oceans & my bait. But that's all. No grown or growth times.

Hi Rennymeinesbellemei :)

I moved your post to the thread for Fishing and bait where you first posted and I answered you.

My response is in the following link>

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthr...10#post6429310

I have visited your farms again, and it seems you moved the 3 small sea coasts from your farm 22 to your farm 20.

Those 3 coasts are now fished, so you can see the time you have to wait to fish them again.

As I told you in my previous post, when water items are ready to fish, dont show a time, you just have to fish them and then they will see the time.

Im sending you a private message.

BABANAN Mar 13 2021 12:16 PM

Farm town
 
When fishing it seems to take longer on some areas, even have to reboot in order to complete, can you please help. Ty

Taz D Mar 13 2021 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BABANAN (Post 6434754)
When fishing it seems to take longer on some areas, even have to reboot in order to complete, can you please help. Ty

Hi Babanan,
I moved your post to the subject thread about fishing.

Your previous post about this was answered in the following post link:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showpo...postcount=2653


To find your posts and the answers to them use the instructions in the following link:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594766

EmilyF Apr 14 2021 01:00 PM

is there a way to lay ponds in "multi" fashion like trees and flowers?

marymarcel Apr 14 2021 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmilyF (Post 6440978)
is there a way to lay ponds in "multi" fashion like trees and flowers?

Hi EmilyF :)

You own the purple hand so you can buy multiple ponds in the store but you have to place them one at a time on your farms.

kurbanovsky Apr 21 2021 03:00 PM

1041029409 id.. I am not receiving fish when I fish super neighbors OR if im hired in the market... I should have millions of fish,, nothing... help
Karen

marymarcel Apr 21 2021 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurbanovsky (Post 6442490)
1041029409 id.. I am not receiving fish when I fish super neighbors OR if im hired in the market... I should have millions of fish,, nothing... help
Karen

Hi Karen :)

We dont have data when you work as superneighbor but we have when you are hired at market by a stranger.

For the jobs did today, you indeed received fish.

The only way for you to check this, is to write down the amount of any type of fish and then check your storage again after fishing. You can reload the game to be sure fish was added to your amount.

Dana1971 Apr 22 2021 12:37 PM

Salmon
 
Is there a Small and a Large Salmon??

Taz D Apr 22 2021 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dana1971 (Post 6442710)
Is there a Small and a Large Salmon??

Hi Dana,
You would get the large boxes of Salmon if you hire someone to fish for you.

Dana1971 Apr 22 2021 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taz D (Post 6442750)
Hi Dana,
You would get the large boxes of Salmon if you hire someone to fish for you.


I never get anyone to do anything on my farms for me.
This is twice this has happened to me.
I fished today, refreshed and looked in my storage at the amount of Salmon I had.
I clicked the "Zip" and it took 4,000 of my Salmon Away out of my storage.
I will not ever use that "Zip" again. Like I said, this is Twice it's happened.
It never did when we were on Flash.
It needs looking into, Seriously.
I have a lot of real money infested in the FT Cash water so I would enough Salmon, Cod, and Squid. I don't need that Zip feature taking it away from me.

marymarcel Apr 22 2021 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dana1971 (Post 6442774)
I never get anyone to do anything on my farms for me.
This is twice this has happened to me.
I fished today, refreshed and looked in my storage at the amount of Salmon I had.
I clicked the "Zip" and it took 4,000 of my Salmon Away out of my storage.
I will not ever use that "Zip" again. Like I said, this is Twice it's happened.
It never did when we were on Flash.
It needs looking into, Seriously.
I have a lot of real money infested in the FT Cash water so I would enough Salmon, Cod, and Squid. I don't need that Zip feature taking it away from me.


Hi Dana :)

The ZIP button does not take items from your storage. It only converts Large and Small boxes into Regular boxes and also gives you the difference in coins for the Large boxes.


You have all the information in the following link from our Game Guide>

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthr...54#post6341354

keetakeets Apr 26 2021 10:10 AM

Fishing problem
 
I am probably in the wrong place but can't figure out how to just do a post. I was hired to fish by someone with a green boat. Worked well except for one pond in the upper left cornor. No matter how much I click it still says 184 fish and I will not be able to collect my bonous if I leave
Thank you
708671611

Taz D Apr 26 2021 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keetakeets (Post 6443874)
I am probably in the wrong place but can't figure out how to just do a post. I was hired to fish by someone with a green boat. Worked well except for one pond in the upper left cornor. No matter how much I click it still says 184 fish and I will not be able to collect my bonous if I leave
Thank you
708671611

Hi keetakeets,
Try refreshing the farm and see if you can get it. Refreshing the farm by clicking on it in the farm selector will not lose your bonus.

leighwj1960 Apr 27 2021 08:14 AM

Please remove the "common" fish from the Farm Cash waters and increase the amount of fish that can only be obtained in those waters to compensate

marymarcel Apr 27 2021 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leighwj1960 (Post 6443934)
Please remove the "common" fish from the Farm Cash waters and increase the amount of fish that can only be obtained in those waters to compensate

Hi leighwj1960 :)

Please post your idea in our Suggestion section. You cant open a new thread there but you can post as a reply to a thread that fits with your idea.

Please be specific about which fish you want an increase.

These is the link to Suggestions:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

EmilyF May 01 2021 01:13 PM

has the selling price of fish gone down? I hired someone to fish and got way less than usual

marymarcel May 01 2021 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmilyF (Post 6444838)
has the selling price of fish gone down? I hired someone to fish and got way less than usual

Hi EmilyF :)

We are not aware of any change to the fish price and we dont get data to check what they got.

EmilyF May 01 2021 01:31 PM

ok thank you, mam

marymarcel May 01 2021 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmilyF (Post 6444846)
ok thank you, mam

You are welcome EmilyF :)

If they run out of baits then that could be a reason to get less fish and got lower coins when selling.

Aussie Mark May 06 2021 09:29 PM

Fishing not harvesting correctly
 
10217518303690186 is my ID

There have been recent incidents where different fishing farms have been fully harvested and when you leave the farm and come back some time later half the fishing is still there to be done again. This throws the persons fishing farm right out of synch with the time discovering it was not harvested properly in the first place.

Taz D May 06 2021 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aussie Mark (Post 6445638)
10217518303690186 is my ID

There have been recent incidents where different fishing farms have been fully harvested and when you leave the farm and come back some time later half the fishing is still there to be done again. This throws the persons fishing farm right out of synch with the time discovering it was not harvested properly in the first place.

Hi Aussie Mark,
I moved your post to the subject thread about fishing.

It would depend on what tool they are using to fish with. If the farm is heavily layered with waters then the smaller tools will not get all the fish at once. The only thing to do is refresh the farm and get what you can and refresh again until you can get them all.

suefarm May 08 2021 08:24 PM

Fishing
 
Smaller fishing boats work until the last 1-10 fish then they don't. Sometimes they don't work at all. This happens on my farms and when I am working on others farms. If others boat is big enough to fish the entire river/stream/pond then it works. I have lost coins when working on other farms because most times the fishing comes last after I've done all the other work, then I get no coins because I haven't finished the farm work.
I also notice that if the water pieces are overlapping that this is contributing to the issue but not the entire problem. Also when the water is on the edge of the farm that contributes as well.

Taz D May 08 2021 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suefarm (Post 6446090)
Smaller fishing boats work until the last 1-10 fish then they don't. Sometimes they don't work at all. This happens on my farms and when I am working on others farms. If others boat is big enough to fish the entire river/stream/pond then it works. I have lost coins when working on other farms because most times the fishing comes last after I've done all the other work, then I get no coins because I haven't finished the farm work.
I also notice that if the water pieces are overlapping that this is contributing to the issue but not the entire problem. Also when the water is on the edge of the farm that contributes as well.

Hi Suefarm,
I moved your post to the subject thread about fishing. Yes if you have the smaller boats you will have some problems with fishing to get all the fish. When you have gotten all you can then refresh the farm, by clicking on it in the farm selector. Then you should be able to get more of the fish. Each time it stops getting fish, if there are more fish in the water, then refresh the farm again until you have them all.
The layered waters and those on the edge will be very hard for you to do unless they allow you to use their tools and they have the larger turbo boats. There isn't anything we can do to help you with that.

Sunshine3 May 16 2021 08:57 AM

boat
 
Hi, I use to have a boat that would have a square to fish, and not I do not have it anymore. Have you change the way the boats would fish? Let me know, because now I have to click on all, one by one when it come in a round pound made of 4 triangles, and before in one click it would fish in all 4 because the boat would do a square.


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