Originally posted by RasaNova:

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

I have killed a few with bows, but then you have to sail your boat around or risk drowning to get the meat. I seem to remember it sinking after a short amount of time as well, but I may be thinking of the scales.

Most of what meat/scales I have I got when one followed me to shore, so I was able to quickly take it down near land, which is much easier.

That said, I never eat the stew because I have no need for it normally, and it seems to precious to waste.

That's why in my previous reply I said to put up the sail. Stop the boat, shoot them with arrows, they die right next to you so you can just hop in the water to grab the loot. Time it right and you can even get the scales without them sinking.

It's been a while since I tried, but they do swim around, and it's generally in a storm. I know the couple of times that I tried it ended up far enough away that I didn't want to swim it. Maybe I'll have to try it again.