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.