Originally posted by OctoberSky:

In one fishing trip, I managed a few perch but that gave me something like 6 raw fish from the cauldron. I then took my ship out a little and managed 2 tuna and 3 pike. Pre-Mistlands that would have given something like 10 fish but the cauldron only gave me 5. Is this simply rng? I made some mossy bait but haven't tried it yet.

Did you miss the level on the fish somehow? Mistlands PTS had this as well.

I had not paid attention to that before but will now. Many thanks for the pointers.

...just ground scored a Lvl 5 Pike, it is Huge!

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

...just ground scored a Lvl 5 Pike, it is Huge!

that's awesome.

Raw fish gained is based on fish level now instead of type. Level 1 gives 1 raw fish and each additional level increases the yield by 3 more (so Level 2 = 4, Level 3 = 7, etc). All fish types can be found up to Level 5.

Yup.. it is RNG based on the level of fish you get like avatar.zero said. I went out and spent maybe an hour fishing and got 1x5* 6x3* 3x2* and like 10x1* so I think I got like 45 or so? Which was more than enough for a lot of wraps to last a few days.

Mossy bait is used specifically to catch troll head fish in the black forest.