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Fishing tweaks to encourage fishing in proper bodies of water

I was recently fishing in a 2x2 pond and it seemed to be faster than fishing in a river like I had been doing.  Even though fishing in the river is the more realistic and would actually give you access to more fish and loot.

So my proposal is that the rate of a "fish" being attracted to your line diminish in anything that is less than a certain area.  A reasonable fishing pond is at least 5x5 and two deep, so 50 connected water sources in a minimum of a 5x5 surface would yield normal results.  Someone who doesn't have access to buckets only needs to find a river, a pond, or expand a too small pool in such a way to cause new sources to generate.

If the bobber is not in a 5x5 surface of a body of water, the rates are reduced.  They are further reduced as the surface the bobber is in shrinks and the total number of connected water blocks are reduced.

This would make automatic fish farms much less productive and encourage manual fishing in a realistically sized body of water.

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• June 24, 2018 04:48
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  • June 26, 2018 01:14
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  This is the best solution for AFK fishing farms I've ever seen, because it greatly discourages them, rather than trying to break them outright, and at the same time encourages classic, properly-done fishing. I wish I could give this a good 10 upvotes.

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  • October 21, 2019 11:34
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  I totally agree.
  
  My idea for fishing would be more extreme, involving actual fish mobs being required to be caught. However, this alternative means of fishing would be fine if it were implemented. I've always disliked how exploitable the fishing mechanic is, so this new restriction would balance it out and encourage people to go find or make a body of water instead of sitting in their small contraptions.
  
  Although despite that, there would still be a way to make an AFK fishing farm through connection to a larger body of water, so I do not know if it would make that much of a difference, however it certainly would be more challenging to make such.