Tim's up to a fishing tournament!

I am hosting an invitational fishing tournament at my base. It is open to any Atlas CSD members, who can participate by visiting and expending 100 bait of their choice any time in March.

TO ENTER

  1. message me for portal address and directions
  2. clear a storage space of any fish (suit, exoskiff chiller, whatever you want to use) and keeping your tournament catch segregated there
  3. visit my base, Thanks Hirk, and expend one hundred bait of your choice (does not have to be in a single visit, just keep the catch segregated)
  4. message me a screenshot of your catch

PRIZES AWARDED FOR:

  1. VARIETY: bring in the most different kinds of fish
  2. VALUE: largest total value, in units
  3. TOTAL WEIGHT: points awarded based on sizes of fish caught, five for small, 7 for medium, 10 for large. Note, AFAIK water at my base is not deep enough to catch colossal fish, please do not dig holes in my bay to deepen the water. If someone somehow catches a colossal fish, twenty points.

Multiple entries are allowed, up to three.

You can fish anywhere on this map:


Major fishing spots are marked, but you can pick your own spots. There is lots of beach and plenty of space for skiff fishing.

The main building has upper and lower fishing decks. You are welcome to fish off the roof, though I personally donā€™t like to be that far above the water. Please do not leave empty beer cans laying around.

The refinery also has a fishing deck.

Transporter at the refinery will take you to the head of Thumper Point Pier. I find the mineral extractor annoying myself, but it is a good place to launch a skiffā€¦and at times when I have set aside the annoyance I have caught some good fish from the pier.

Bridge to Hirkā€™s Island. Shallow water, but any fisherman worth their salt canā€™t resist tossing at least one line off a bridge.

Transporter on Hirkā€™s Island will connect you to the floating power platform for access to deeper channel water.

May the odds be ever in your favor!

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This sounds like a lot of fun. Do we get bonus points for catching the blue butterfly snakes on the power lines?

As a patron of The Nal Order, will I be accepted on Hirks Island? I donā€™t want to gain the ire of any Hirk Zealots that might live in the area.

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The only Hirk zealot is me, and I am a sort of ā€˜go along and get alongā€™ zealot.

The butterflies make pretty good neighbors, so I generally leave them alone. No bonus for pestering them, unless they are in the house. If they are breaking in while I am away maybe some reward outside the contest is in order.

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I love this CSD community idea even if I may not be able to participate. Iā€™m way behind on mission advancements and am pushed for time lately.

Again, though, great idea.

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I stare at the water and relaxā€¦and can burn through a hundred baits in (I would guess) well under an hour. Fishing in NMS, to me, is much the same thing it is in real lifeā€¦an excuse to be with the water.

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I may have to get my wide-brimmed hat and grab a cold one before I go fishing.

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Thatā€™s the spirit!

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What a delightful idea! Thank you for hosting this event! :smiley:

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Aaaand itā€™s march :wink:

Definitely up for heading there over the coming days :ok_hand:

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I have already started. 25 caught so far.

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Hey just some qā€™s on the submissions.

You only get the weight of a catch when itā€™s a new personal record so unless I beat my own records I canā€™t record the weight. Iā€™m sure one of the catches will eventually so Iā€™m not too worried there, just something I didnā€™t think to foresee.

When you say multiple entries, up to three, is this three of your best catches or is this three attempts using 100 bait?

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Itā€™s three attempts using 100 bait.

And the weight is a totalā€¦and probably better described as ā€˜size.ā€™ You get five points per small fish, seven per medium, and ten per large. So the declared ā€˜weightā€™ of individual fish doesnā€™t matter. This is what prompted me to allow multiple entries, because if you try to win this by focusing on catching large fish it could reduce the overall variety and ā€˜cost youā€™ the prize for that, where if you are trying to catch the widest variety of fish you will likely be spending part of your bait in the shallows actively seeking the small fish.

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Ah this makes more sense :slight_smile:

Thanks for the clarification, it seems obvious now that you meant the size classes rather than the actual weight.

Oh one more q, if we fish up a boot or maybe a child of aquarius lure, does it count towards our 100 catches?

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Yep. You also donā€™t get to replace any lost baits. My typical catch for a hundred baits is somewhere around 95 fish, but I am easily distracted.

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Helpā€¦so I saved and quit with my bait on my fishing pole. When I started the game up today, my bait is all gone ā€¦ :neutral_face:
And my depth finder is not working but I got my 100. No fish ever get away from meā€¦

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If you can escape from experimental mode Iā€™d be happy to gift you 100 bionic lure. I made way too much :smiley:

@Timsup2nothin Cant respond with text on ps5, but Iā€™ve used 50 bait so far, 2-3 def got away I think. my excuse is the oscar special distracting me :stuck_out_tongue: Controller is handy for fishing prompts via vibration feedback, dont need to look at screen necessarily.

Taking a break for coffee and a smoke (these specials usually run for four hours) and enjoying the view from the couch

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LOLā€¦I know how that goesā€¦I was:
Fixing dinner in my actual kitchen.
Making pantry space in my base kitchen.
Throwing a ball for my obsessive dog.
Telling my other obsessive dog that no matter how long she went on the ā€˜single bark every third stepā€™ march she was not going to make dinnertime come any sooner.
and being amazed at the idea of having a guest.

Which accounts for how I failed to reel in on like the third cast with my gifted bait.

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T & T Mobile fishing

This can happen if there is ground above where youā€™re fishing. This screen is a good example, the foam next to us is being created by the cliff beside us which tapers over us as it gets higher, if I fish anywhere it covers (which is most of that initial foam area) I will not get a depth reading.

Same thing happens when cave fishing, when gas giant fishing i had a big sun roof dug above where I was casting the line while I hid in a covered part from the storms, to get the depth reader to behave.

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ā€œSun roofā€ ā€¦ Love it!

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I got my bait picked out and live well cleared. Iā€™ll be starting tonight. Thanks @Timsup2nothin.

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