LockeColeMA wrote:
Ah, I think we're mixing up syntaxes. The fishing skill on the left side of the /300 is your current fishing skill (with all the additions). This is what you are fishing with. The /300 itself is the max your skill alone can go to. If you have 300 (+95)/300, you still have 395 skill. Your base fishing skill itself will never rise above 300/300; but your actual fishing skill is your base (+additions) / 300. So, yes, bait and lures and items still make a difference when you have 300 skill; I mean, why else would you have an over 300 skill in that picture? ^_^
You're right. Boy, am I embarrased! I had just finished explaining to a newbie guildmate that very thing (the number on the left is your current, the number on the right is your maximum), but of course I didn't apply the logic to my own character. What can I say, other than "I suffered a senior moment"?
So, perhaps there are places that need skill over 300. I haven't gone to those (or possibly I have, but haven't fished there). In an experiment at Tanaris, however, I fished for 20 minutes with a lure and 20 minutes without a lure with the results being virtually identical - perhaps that's what gave me the mind fart. I just hope that I didn't lead anyone astray.