This is all in “normal” difficulty mode. Bait used was bionic lure and fishing pole was the Lost Angler’s Rig. I kept track of everything with an Excel spreadsheet. Fish can only be released one at a time. The planet was toxic in a yellow star system.
I caught and released a total of 344 fish. I feel this is a good sample size. I earned 17636 nanites.
Number of Fish Caught
Class S Fish - 7 or 2.03%
Class A Fish - 51 or or 14.83%
Class B Fish - 98 or 28.49%
Class C Fish - 188 or 54.65%
Total - 344
This means for every 100 fish you catch; 2 will be S class, 15 will be A class, 28 will be B class, and 55 will be C class.
Nanite Range for releasing 7 S Class fish - 160 to 198
Nanites earned from releasing 7 S Class fish - 1195
Nanite Range for releasing 51 A Class fish - 100 to 120
Nanites earned from releasing 51 A Class fish - 5554
Nanite Range for releasing 98 B Class fish - 50 to 90
Nanites earned from releasing 98 B Class fish - 6602
Nanite Range for releasing 188 C Class fish - 15 to 30
Nanites earned from releasing 188 C Class fish - 4285
Here are the final averages:
Releasing an S Class fish will give you 171 nanites/fish.
Releasing an A Class fish will give you 109 nanites/fish.
Releasing a B Class fish will give you 67 nanites/fish.
Releasing a C Class fish will give you 23 nanites/fish.
S Class fish made up 2.03% of the total and contributed 6.78% to nanite earnings.
A Class fish made up 14.83% of the total and contributed 31.49% to nanite earnings.
B Class fish made up 28.49% of the total and contributed 37.43% to nanite earnings.
C Class fish made up 54.65% of the total and contributed 24.30% to nanite earnings.
Conclusion: There are better ways to gain nanites. But if you enjoy fishing, this is fairly decent. The best fish to release is Class A or B, their percent contributions to nanite earnings were the highest. Catching S Class fish doesn’t happen often enough for their nanite contribution to be significant. I would save C Class fish strictly for cooking ingredients, releasing them for nanites is not worth the button press.
