Fishing Hobby?

[ussyberry]

Since you are so close to level 6, it would be a shame to quit now. I suggest for you to persevere and finish it and unlock the fishersim outfit and wallpaper. After that, move your sim to a much more rewarding activity.
Btw, fishing at level 5 goes up 1% every two 4 minute rounds.

The 4minute rounds on level 5 give 0% for me

It's the 1hr rounds that give 1%.

[Hufflepuff Karen]

Since you are so close to level 6, it would be a shame to quit now. I suggest for you to persevere and finish it and unlock the fishersim outfit and wallpaper. After that, move your sim to a much more rewarding activity.
Btw, fishing at level 5 goes up 1% every two 4 minute rounds.

I'm having the same problem - poor Seamus and Lee - one is level 4 (he actually caught my missing level 5 fish yesterday) and one is level 5/50%. I spent all day yesterday (working from home) with one of them in the park fishing in 4 minute intervals. Lee fished all day while Seamus was at work and then Seamus came in when Lee went to work. When I can't babysit them, if I set them up for the "unwind" interval for 1 hour, I noticed they get 1% each time there - so at least it's countable (Seamus is at 50%, so 50 more hours will get him to next level if I can't do 4 minutes and can only do the 1 hour thing).

I was focusing on getting fashion design finished this past week, so I had Irma designing in 1 hour or 4 minute intervals as much as I could while the guys fished for an hour. Irma finally finished and then I sent Arabella over to work with her, so they could finish the second set more quickly to get the lucky hat - that took a couple of hours yesterday. Now I'm done with fashion design - Arabella will go do something else, and Irma will keep her level 6. I'm going to convert her sewing room into a regular sewing room instead of having it full of FD dummies and when I make my internal community center, I'll put the extra ones there with a bunch of wood working benches so 10 Sims can hobby to their heart's content.

I have 3 divers and that is also very slow going, to get the diving boards, but I will keep going until I get them, then whoever gets level 6 first will stay there and the others will do something else. Focusing on diving now, fishing will be last.

I have 3 ice skaters (two are permanent - as their storyline calls for it), 4 wood workers (2 of them are permanent, also because of story line) and 1 level 8 ghost hunter. I don't do much ghost hunting, it's annoying and takes too long to get 5 LP, even with 3 or 4 of them working on it and I can't set them up to stay busy at it for an hour or longer. I finally got enough sign resources last night by making Cedric and Dora dizzy changing clothes for two hours (taking turns at a neighbor's to get more XP) so that I had to pay less than 30 LP to finish it. I had my woodworkers earning LP all day yesterday and told myself I was NOT going to spend 50 LP to finish the thing, but if I could get enough parts to get it down to 30, I would do it. So my teen mansion is currently under construction. I wanted it done in case Thanksgiving starts up with some other stupid quest this week.

Wood working is much better, they have different intervals to keep them busy or if I have time I can work them all through the grid in about 45 minutes, even with duplicates. The LP earning ratio is much better there. I do change out their hobbies, except for one or two of them, so they can earn their XP again, but all the non-level six Sims end up back at woodworking or ice skating.

[dichantra]

I am getting very bored of trying to complete the fishing hobby, I am on level 4 & after reading several comments on the hobbies have decided to only keep 1 sim on this & also just 1 sim as an expert on each of the hobbies to make sure I have 1 sim at a high level for what ever the next updates throw at us, then I will change the others according to the whatever is required of them. It is such a feeling of satisfaction once you achieve 100% & gain that elusive prize. So far I have managed ghost hunting & today got wood working & finaly unlocked the ski lift. Phew

[Hufflepuff Karen]

I am getting very bored of trying to complete the fishing hobby, I am on level 4 & after reading several comments on the hobbies have decided to only keep 1 sim on this & also just 1 sim as an expert on each of the hobbies to make sure I have 1 sim at a high level for what ever the next updates throw at us, then I will change the others according to the whatever is required of them. It is such a feeling of satisfaction once you achieve 100% & gain that elusive prize. So far I have managed ghost hunting & today got wood working & finaly unlocked the ski lift. Phew

Get some wood working benches at one of your houses and have your Sim do it at home - no chasing the dolls! It goes pretty quickly if you have a few of them working at the same time at home workbenches - once I unlocked that, I got the dog house and the foosball table within 2 days and now I regularly get LP with them at least once a day (depending on how often I can play and check on them) or multiple times (if I have a few hours to have them working on the 4 minute cycle).

[MSmith]

I despise this fishing hobby. Currently at 77% of 5, So close in theory to level 6 yet sooooo far away.

[enkeli63]

I have one fisherman who actually has completed the grid a couple of times now, but the first time was absolutely dreadful. I'm *NEVER* going to make any other sim do fishing!! I have a sim working on diving right now, but at least when she's finished, I can have diving boards at homes with pools, which will make the hobby a lot nicer to work on. I think the worst thing about fishing is that only one sim can do it at a time. They should've made the little decorative fish pond be useable! That would be funny--add pretty fish to your yard so your sim can fish at home

[JKCher]

I have one fisherman who actually has completed the grid a couple of times now, but the first time was absolutely dreadful. I'm *NEVER* going to make any other sim do fishing!! I have a sim working on diving right now, but at least when she's finished, I can have diving boards at homes with pools, which will make the hobby a lot nicer to work on. I think the worst thing about fishing is that only one sim can do it at a time. They should've made the little decorative fish pond be useable! That would be funny--add pretty fish to your yard so your sim can fish at home

Me too, I had to get the wallpaper and posters! And then I got them and wondered... why? LOL The second time was the worst for me, it was hours and hours and days and days of 4 minute practice to get the last of what I needed. It was driving me nuts but had to complete it. No Sim of mine will ever fish again, unless needed for a goal! lol
And yes only having one be able to fish and not even in your own yard makes it the worst! I too wish they'd make the little pond fishable lol

[dichantra]

I am getting very bored of trying to complete the fishing hobby, I am on level 4 & after reading several comments on the hobbies have decided to only keep 1 sim on this & also just 1 sim as an expert on each of the hobbies to make sure I have 1 sim at a high level for what ever the next updates throw at us, then I will change the others according to the whatever is required of them. It is such a feeling of satisfaction once you achieve 100% & gain that elusive prize. So far I have managed ghost hunting & today got wood working & finaly unlocked the ski lift. Phew

Get some wood working benches at one of your houses and have your Sim do it at home - no chasing the dolls! It goes pretty quickly if you have a few of them working at the same time at home workbenches - once I unlocked that, I got the dog house and the foosball table within 2 days and now I regularly get LP with them at least once a day (depending on how often I can play and check on them) or multiple times (if I have a few hours to have them working on the 4 minute cycle).

Thank you for the advice, I now have3 houses with wood work benches & have started the collection again. I hadn't realised re starting the collections could be so rewarding.

[Two-of-six]

Has anyone else noticed that the fish the Fishersim holds up may not be the fish that is credited on the grid? Or is it just a quirk on my game?

[IronMagus]

Has anyone else noticed that the fish the Fishersim holds up may not be the fish that is credited on the grid? Or is it just a quirk on my game?

I think that's just for the six "mutant" fish that become available in the final two levels. Those fish (and levels) were introduced at a later time than the rest of them, so instead of creating a new 3D model for each one, the game devs just re-used the models of some of the earlier fish.