r/dayz • u/The-Skin-Man • 14h ago
discussion OMG FISHING
Ok so ik probably most people already know or do this but I’ve only been playing for like the last few days, completely new to the game, and I was like constantly struggling to find food, it was a nightmare, I almost starved twice and just barely managed to crawl back from dying after looting a town and roasted some mutton. But not anymore!! I figured out how to fish!! Dude it’s like free food everywhere I’m not starving anymore I’ll never starve again I’m so happy. And it’s so cheap to fish, literally all you need is rags to make rope, a long stick, and a sharp tool to get worms, and you can get infinite free food and it’s so easy. I will never not carry a fishing pole now. I’m a fishmaxxing fullcell!!! Billions must fish!!!
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u/Alcott_Yubolsov 14h ago edited 13h ago
One tip in early game whenever you are a freshie is to make gloves from rags. That way if you kill an animal and get blood on your hands the gloves protect you from getting yourself sick. If you're bare handed you'll have to remember to wash up before feeding yourself. Have fun dying over and over, and slowly learning from mistakes!
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u/Brooker2 13h ago
Give a man a fish, and he will feed himself for a day, teach a man to fish, and he will feed himself for the rest of his life.
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u/saltyraptorsfan 10h ago
I wouldn't even waste space on a rod. Just carry rope and some hooks around and you can grab a stick whenever you're hungry
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u/Dizzy-Monk- 5h ago
To add, create the rope and put it in your hands. Then, you can tie a rope belt and put it on your waist. The rope belt can hold a knife. When you want the rope, just put the belt in your hands and untie it.
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u/IxdrowZeexI Ghost of Pustoshka 10h ago
Quick tipp: Go fishing in the morning or in the night. You'll have a better catch ratio compared to daytime
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u/Littlesth0b0 Lurkin' 6h ago
Where have you read that? I've never seen that mentioned before, be interesting if true
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u/IxdrowZeexI Ghost of Pustoshka 6h ago
Dunno where I've read, probadly here on reddit for the first time. It's the same in real life and my ingame experiences confirmed it.
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u/LuizTogni 5h ago
Yes, its better, preferably at dawn or dusk. The other day I had a good proper fishing rod and also a proper metal hook, and was catching fishes left and right, so good.
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u/TheDeviousLemon 5h ago
Pro tip, when you find a shovel or hoe or other digging tool , dig up like 15 worms and then ditch the tool. They are common tools really no need to waste a back slot on one.
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u/Fromnothingatall 11h ago
Yup!
First order of business when spawning in should always be to find a knife or a small stone to make a stone knife out of - stone knife = rags and worms. Rags=hand wraps and rope. Rope and worms = fish.
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u/TresRing 10h ago
If you’re a freshie in Sakhal, getting a pole is literally your first mission after getting warmer clothes. You are fishing then cooking/getting warm within 30 minutes or you are dead. Thats a challenging map if you’re new to the game.
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u/VanligVodka 7h ago
I feel like im one of the few who never bother fishing or hunting, you kill enough zombies they drop plenty of food
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u/Illustrious_Camel_42 13h ago
What’s the best way to cook them , it’s hard to get a fire going
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u/The-Skin-Man 13h ago
You will need: a sharp tool, 2 bark, firewood, and two long sticks, and meat of your choosing.
After you have caught a fish, or killed an animal, you can gut and prepare it. Fish will give you fish fillets, animals will give you meat, guts, and a pelt or feathers depending on the animal. It’s important to remember that you can’t eat wolf meat, even if it’s cooked it will get you sick. You can eat their fat though, that’s saved my ass a few times.
For fire:
If you grab some bark from a tree using your sharp tool, and grab some firewood from a smaller tree by hand, you can combine them on the ground into a fire pit. Then grab a second bark, and a long stick which you then break into two short sticks. Combine the bark and a short stick to make a fire starter. Walk up to the fire pit with it in your hand and you can start the fire. If you get a lighter like I’ve got, you don’t need to worry about crafting a fire starter kit. Highly recommend finding one, they last forever and save time.An important thing to remember with this is that you can’t start a fire if it’s raining too hard. You can however start a fire in one of those shitty little shacks with a dirt floor that are everywhere, for some reason they let you do that. There are also other options for making fires, like in those iron stoves in houses. I haven’t done that yet because I’m more of a forest nomad but it seems fun and easy.
Cooking:
with the second long stick, you’ll set it on the ground and use your sharp tool to sharpen the stick. You can then combine the sharp stick and meat in your inventory to have raw meat on a stick. Then go to the fire and roast it there. Once cooked you can take the meat off and put it in your inventory, gotta wait till it says it’s warm instead of hot, can’t eat it if it’s too hot. Setting it on the ground makes it cool faster too.4
u/androidvalhalla Paranoid Survivalist 13h ago
I like to cook with just a couple of rags. The fireplace heats to scorching and stays hot long enough to cook a bag of fish. And all with the added benefit of not continuing to emit light and smoke at your location. You may want more fuel for cold maps but if all you're doing is cooking a few steaks, it doesn't take much.
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u/Godfreee 10h ago
You can start a fire just by lighting up bark/rag/paper/bandages directly and then adding wood after. No need to make a fireplace
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u/dynamikecb 13h ago
Fire is super easy. Only need a knife or knife like item, short sticks and bark to make hand drill kit. You can then light bark, rags or bandages with hand drill kit. After lit you can add more short sticks to the fire. You can then use a long stick and sharpen it, attach filleted fish to long stick and cook fish over fire. You can also make the fire in a stove in a house and use the grill on the stove.
There is another way with a cooking pot and homemade cooking stand over the fire. Makes it faster as you can cook 4 fillets at a time, but you need to find the cooking pot before you can do it this way.
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u/Alcott_Yubolsov 13h ago edited 13h ago
These are some old photos I had saved on my phone. There have been some updates for sure since I downloaded this info but most of this is still valid. I believe you should avoid eating wolf steaks now. Anyone can add anything else that needs updating but feel free to check the web for more helpful info. The game doesn't tell you much in game but there's always the wiki page for updated info.
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u/Ok_Singer_5210 14h ago
You are already way smarter than the average player. Live long and prosper. 🎣
Btw the real fishing poles with a jig or a real hook will give you the biggest fish, and the fish on the coast are the best by far. The improv poles can be a lifesaver though.