Originally posted by jonnin:

I think your #s assume you get 1 fish for every bait. That is NOT my experience in general.

Correct. Even if you ended up wasting some bait though you can easily end up with over 1000 misty fishing bait from 40 stingy bait.

Originally posted by jonnin:

I do recommend getting enough to make some for boss fights or even troublesome areas like the mines, but its just not worth it to me (and I do like to fish) to catch enough to eat this all the time.

I also don't think its worth it to make it all the time or for it to be your only stamina food. I just want people to understand that its not that bad to work your way through the fishing system to get the recipe. I also want them to see that the time investment to produce the bait required for the angler fish is not frequent and not that large.

It is definitely worth it for boss fights and the infested mines like you mentioned. Its not a bad choice if you want to run around mistlands hunting at night either.