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Ok everyone good news! I am well on my way to getting this guide up and going!

I have updated the document in google docs with my latest version, this is just the first chapter (Thanalan - West) and inludes info on the various waters found there. (NOTE: Again Google Docs does a horrible job on the 'preview' so download to see it properly displayed and aligned!)

So here is my current plan and plee for assistance:

PLAN:

1) Create Cover, Introduction, and Table of Contents
2) Begin Adding Chapters (I'll begin with the rest of Thanalan)
3) Create cross indexes prior noted in OP

During all of this document creation I would like to ask for the following:

1) Those of you (you know who you are you wonderful people you!) who are working on Favored Bait projects PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep up the good work. I am monitoring all of your threads and will subsequently update my guide accordingly.

2) Those who would just like to offer a helping hand, note that I will update my guide from time to time as i complete new chapters (so people can view the work in progess). As you will note by looking at the current guide, there are a lot of "White" spaces on my charts. Both Jig and Favored Bait locations need to be populated. If you wish to help (since we want to help please submit the following to me or this thread)

A) A screen shot of a favored bait working (Just the chat log that shows:)
*The Fish seem to be biting on <Bait Name>
*Something Big hits your line!
*<whatever jig messages you have>
*You reel in <Fish Name>

Also please note the Jig location of where it finally was reeled in at.



B) Send me a message if you can't get the screenshot of what bait, fish and jig spot and I'll go verify it myself.

The more people who can do option A) the faster we can get this all put together! :D

That's great work Truvy.

I'll try to help out with the favored baits/jig locations if I can.

damn trudy! thanks for all your tireless hard work!

Truvy.... wow.... You have made that which i have imagined in my usually after work smokey haze and made it a reality. This is phenomenal my friend. Honestly at this point i would rather work with you then make another fish guide. All in all my hat is off to you sir. And seriously if you need help with any specifics or what not, dont hesitate to let me know. Like if you have a specific chapter or a list of info you might need for your guide i would be more then happy to be a part of it.

Oh and P.S.

This is really great work Truvy!

But i've a question.

Arn't there 5 jig locations?

From my experience... there's the location right in the middle, then on the left and right side from the middle, and on the far left and on the far right side.

Those 5 locations are the same for fisher, botanist and miner.

Well, at least that's what i thought so far.

I'll soon go fishing again at a grade 5 spot where you can catch crimson crayfish, northern pike and velodyna carp. And i'm almost sure that i reeled some of them in on the right side too. But you chart says the jig locations of those is only on the left side.

I can soon give you some data about that! =)

Wow, Truvy, excellent job!

Do you mind one suggestion? If you reduce the image color depth to 256 instead of millions of colors then there will be a barely noticeable difference in quality, but you will cut the size of the files by 75%, from a total of 850KB down to 220KB for the two combined! Keep them as PNG because JPG will make it fuzzy. It will make the forum thread a bit kinder on bandwidth and speed.

Still, very nicely done!

Thanks for all the work you are doing Turvy, it must be taking a lot of effort.

I will definitely have a go at the T-W5 spot you note, it seems easier to get there compared to the Isles of Umbra I have been using.

I would note you are missing a fish (kind of). Dart frogs can be fished up on the node at 16:19 in the North Shroud and also when doing the 'Fishing Emerald Moss' leve quest. Sweet point is +4 (one from the top) and they favour Crow Flys. When fishing them I haul them up when jigging right in the centre of the jig (basically I hit enter twice as quickly as possible). I assume the jig point is actually the same as River Crabs as the fishing for both is very similar.

Hurray its an Update!!!!

Ok the OP has the link to the updated version of the document which includes:

* Southern Thanalan
* Fishing Indexes

You'll also note there are now 9 new Locations added to the Maps and Logs database for Southern Thanalan. Grid locations and available fish as well. Nothing super special of the area, minus one Grade 10 pool fairly easy to get to and with no agressive mobs around it (Save for the level 94 mobs in a cave to the north...not sure i've found anything bigger than what was in there >.>)

Dart Frogs ended up _not_ making the update as i had to spend considerable time in Southern Thanalan trying to get to all the pools. Eastern Thanalan is also awaiting some additional research...missing some Grade 10 pools around Sandgate (Stupid killer Inferno Drakes!!) and some more details on the Schools of Fish (mainly what fish are added to the list of Schools that you normally can't get once the school is depleted).

But things continue to progress. As always, any assistance in confirming bait and lure bites are welcome, see the OP for info on how you can help!

Edited by user Thursday, June 02, 2011 9:13:54 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Truvy,

Excellent job! However, downloading the document and viewing it is not displaying the images. The images are visible in the Google document viewer though...

I'm using Word 2003 (SP3) to view with.

There is a background image on all the pages, and on the very last page is the saltwater lure image, but all the other images are just white placeholders - no images showing.

What format did you use?