What is Halloween without magic and dreadful monsters?
That is why we have a bunch of special missions for you.

The main one is ”FrankenFish Hunt”. But you need to complete them all!

Rumor has it, there’s a abominable monster-fish that will devour anything alive, even humans! The only opportunity to summon and hunt it down is during this year’s Halloween festivities. Head over to San Joaquin, find the island with the Witching Cauldron and deal with the vile Frankenfish!

Second one is -"Get the Book!"

To complete this mission you need to find an ancient magic book and choose that one potion that will help you to summon the Frankenfish.
Head over to Quankchin Lake and catch all of the wicked witch’s pets Catfish at midnight using special Halloween baits to retrieve the magic book!

“Potion of Summoning”

You’re in for a real scavenger hunt and plenty of fishing adventures to collect all of the necessary items for brewing the Frankenfish Summoning potion! Find the Witching Cauldron on San Joaquin and put all of the magic ingredients according to the Witching Recipe Book at the Cauldron!

In next missions you need to collect all the ingredients for the summon potion:

• “Bunch of Mandrake Roots”
  
  Wait for nightfall and head over to Falcon Lake in the mountainous region of Oregon to find these mythical plants that will glow in the dark!
  
  
• “Jar of Fish Eyes”
  
  The second ingredient of the Summoning Potion are Fish Eyes taken from a Bowfin that was caught after midnight using Roaches as bait! This is Frankenfish’s favorite snack and will definitely get his attentions.
  
  
• “Skeleton Tail”
  
  Let’s start with the Skeleton Bluegill by getting its tail! Catch these fishy Skeletons only in special power places during night time, each corresponding a certain planet.
  
  
• “Ghost Essence”
  
  You should put you soul into everything you do, particularly if you’re brewing a magic summoning potion! However, in this case, the Witching Book means literally adding some Ghost Pike essence! Catch enough of these fishy spooks during night time to gather a sufficient amount of their ethereal essence and attract the Frankenfish!
  
  
• “Green Ogre Scale”
  
  the summoning potion should be colored in a very sparkly shade of green. You’ll need to add plenty of green fish scales taken from the most fierce and hard-to-catch Gar in Neherrin River.
  
  
• “Albino Yeti Gills”
  
  Catching a monster fish is quite a task. But catching an albino monster fish is even a bigger challenge! Head on over to Everglades night for your next magic ingredient and get some gills from Albino Yeti.
  
  
• “Black Vampire Fin”
  
  Now, the recipe says that you must add the fins of blood-sucking monsters! It’s a good thing that Black Vampire Gars were recently spotted in Louisiana. Of course you can only catch them during night time at Quanchkin.

Good Luck to all brave anglers who will try to catch the Frankenfish!

Hey, Anglers! Get ready for Halloween’s horrifying fishing and frightful adventures!

• Complete dreadfully creepy missions to catch the abominable Frankenfish and get the unique Monstrosity Kayak as a reward!
  
  
• Hunt for Ghost Pikes, Mutant Gars and Skeleton Bluegills to complete cool Halloween challenges.
  
  
• Look for Tombstones and Vicious Pumpkins to get some awesome angling loot!

Behold the abominable Frankenfish - a scary and gruesome monster-fish boss that came to life as a result of a bizarre prank-gone-wrong!

This frightful monster will devour anything alive, even humans! So it’s up to you to go on an epic adventure to summon and defeat the horrid beast:

• Retrieve the Book of Recipes from the Quanchkin Witch to brew the summoning potion!
  
  
  
  
• Find the magic Witching Cauldron somewhere on the islands of San Joaquin and get all of the ingredients!
  
  
  
  
• Brew the Summoning Potion to summon and defeat the Frankenfish!
  
  

*It is only three of a bunch of Halloween's missions you need to complete.

Only you can put an end to its bloody rule once and for all! Conquer the monster to get the unique Monstrosity Kayak as a reward!


Spooky Fishing Pack will help conquer the Frankenfish and complete all Halloween missions, available for the duration of the event at 30% OFF!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/591985/Fishing_Planet_Spooky_Fishing_Pack/

Also do not forget to Set out on a night hunt after the mysterious glowing Ghost Pike,

catch terrifying Skeleton Bluegills,



and fierce Monster Gars:

• the Albino Yeti Gar
  
  
  
• Green Ogre Gar
  
  
  
• Black Vampire Gar
  
  

Be careful, because all fish monsters are going out for a hunt at night!

We also have plenty of cool tackle like the Ghost Reel™ 4000 spinning reel and the SpookySpin™ 260 spinning rod with a glow-in-the-dark tip, as well as creepy lures like the Bony Shad, Spider Spoon, and Slimy Crank and Halloween pumpkin jellies Candy bait!



You can rent a special Coffin Kayak - available only for the duration of the Halloween event!



And make sure to find all the Jack-o-lanterns and graves hidden at various fishing destinations to claim your daily prizes!



Yep, this year’s CURSE OF THE FRANKENFISH Halloween promises to be a real adventure quest that’ll scare you out of your fishing wits!

Don’t miss special Halloween offers and holiday discounts valid from Oct 22 through Nov 4th:

• Enjoy 3-Day and 7-Day Pond Passes to Halloween event waterways at 13% OFF
  
• Snatch the 600 BaitCoin Money Pack at 13% OFF
  
• Get the Spooky Fishing Pack at 30% OFF
  https://store.steampowered.com/app/591985/Fishing_Planet_Spooky_Fishing_Pack/

Forget Trick-or-Treating and better do some real monster fighting, cuz you’re in for the ultimate Gar tournament!

But don’t let these powerful giants make you forget that you also have other opponents, represented by some of the best anglers walking our Planet! Make sure to register and head out on the most exciting competitive journey of your life as you travel through some of North America’s top Gar fishing destinations - from the luscious green wetlands of Florida’s Everglades, on to the banks of North Carolina’s Neherrin River and finally to face the Top-20 Gar fighters in the swampy wilderness of Louisiana’s Quanchkin Lake!

Compete against the most ferocious opponents and make your glorious way through the 2 preliminary Qualifiers as well as the Semifinal and the Great Finale that’ll show who’s who on the monster fishing arena!

Gars&Glory Cup will be held October 24th through October 28th, with the Registration starting on October 23th, 24 hours prior to the First Qualifier..

The Tournament’s timetable is as follows:

• 23th of October - Registration for the Tournament begins.
  
• 24th of October - Qualifier 1 on the Everglades.
  
• 25th of October - Qualifier 2 on Neherrin River.
  
• 27th of October - Semifinal Round in the marshy wetland of Lake Quanchkin.
  
• 28st of October - the Grand Finale on Quanchkin Lake.

Gars&Glory Pack

With Gars&Glory Pack you’ll be armed to the teeth and well prepared to face the largest of underwater beasts! Every item in this pack is a powerful fishing weapon that is chiseled to perfection to complement your performance and maximize the chances of a solid win!

Only for the duration of the tournament you can get special tour pack
Gars&Glory Pack at 30% OFF!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/591984/

Patch 1.3.6 is a preparation for the Halloween event that starts on October 22 and Minor bugfix. More details about the event are coming soon. Stay tuned!

Halloween patch is on its way. Expected downtime is 20min. Sorry for any inconvenience you may experience.

Hey, anglers! Today we’ll tell you a little about the basic purpose and functioning of the key feature of most fishing reels - the drag system.
The drag system is one of the most important mechanisms in any spinning or baitcasting reel. Basically, its purpose is to allow the line to slip instead of breaking under the excess pressure from playing a large fish. This prevents from losing your terminal tackle as well as minimizes damage to the rod and reel.

There are two types of drag systems:

• Front-drag in spinning reels
  
  

The front-drag system is much more sensitive and will react even to the slightest pressure exerted by the fish on the line. The drag system on spinning reels is located in front of the spool. In this case, drag adjustment is accomplished by turning a screw. While the front-drag system is basically a screw that secures the spool, in baitcasting reels, the drag can be adjusted by a single push of a button.

• Rear-drag in spinning reels
  
  The rear drag is less sensitive and is more commonly used when angling with heavier tackle to handle the bigger fish, particularly when feeder fishing, trolling or using super powerful spinning rods. It allows for quick and simple adjustment right while you’re reeling in the fish.
  

Hey, anglers:) As you well know, Fishing Planet will soon be expanding its fishing premises onto the much awaited European regions! An so, today we’ll tell you about the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal in the Kingdom of the Netherlands - a place where you’ll be having some unforgettable fishing adventures!



Also known as Zeekanaal (or simply the Sea Canal), it links Ghent in Belgium to the port of Terneuzen on the Westerschelde estuary in the Netherlands. This deep canal (about 12m / 40 ft in depth) runs 200m (660 ft) wide and 32 km (20 mi) long, while serving as a navigable passage for large vessels almost all year round.
The in-game fishing locations are situated on the part of the canal near the small town of Westdorpe, just a few miles off the Belgium–Netherlands border.
The shoreline is somewhat monotonous, which on the one hand makes this area seem a bit dull, but on the other - provides a perfect location for large-scale feeder and float fishing competitions. In fact, World Feeder Championships 2015 was held here as well as countless regional and local competitions. Among other things, this canal is so attractive to anglers because it is inhabited both by typical freshwater species (Ide, Common Bream and Common Roach) as well as sea fish (like the European Flounder, Thicklip Grey Mullet and the European Eel).



Only the eastern bank (right side) of the canal in this location is available for fishing. The fishing area is about 1km in length. Since this waterway is a canal, the steady-sloping grassy bank is basically unchanging, lined with some reed thickets close to the shore. Beyond the fishing area, you’ll see a hilly tree-lined landscape with a highway and farm fields barely noticeable in the distance.

Although the landscape and the shoreline are largely unchanged, the fishing area can be roughly divided into two parts, that is two fishing locations: 1) An urbanistic bank near a large highway span bridge, overlooking a large elevator and massive warehouses on the opposite side; 2) A shoreline overlooking Dutch houses and farm fields with windmills.



Here are some interesting man-made objects that we added as part of the scenery:
1) a highway span-bridge across the canal; 2) huge cargo ships navigating the canal; 3) towboats and freight-laden barges navigating the canal; 4) an industrial area with a moore and an elevator across the canal; 5) modern and old-fashioned windmills atop the hills across the canal; 6) Dutch-style houses as part of the landscape.

Here’s a quick overview to give you a general idea on how we created the new waterway:
First off, our game-designer (who is also an expert angler) did some in-depth R'n'D looking for the right waterway in the Netherlands. The key factor to consider was the waterway’s popularity particularly among feeder anglers in the region. Since we were looking at the Netherlands, we wanted it to be a canal, to add some local coloring. Among other factors were the abundance of fish species, some interesting landscapes (we don’t want to repeat ourselves), etc. Once we found the perfect waterway, our angling game-designer drafted up a detailed plan with a map and all the necessary info that was further handed over to our 3D artists. It was up to them to create the scene, plant the trees and bushes, design and scale the industrial objects, etc. After that, it was up to our programmers to do some coding magic and make the towboats and cargo ships move, the windmills spin, the cars drive and the span-bridge turn. Finally, once all of that was completed, it was once again up to our angling game-designer to create the waterway’s bottom terrain and structure. And right now, we are working on fish setup for this waterway which is one of the final steps before waterway introduction into the Game.

The coolest thing about bottom fishing is the possibility of using different rods simultaneously! That’s what makes so many anglers hyped about this way of fishing, and that’s exactly what we are currently working on!;)

Once the whole Multi-rod feature is introduced to the game, we’ll also be adding new fishing equipment, namely the Rod Holders, that will let you catch fish using multiple rods at the same time!

At first, we plan to add about 7 different kinds of Rod Holders, that will mostly differ by their rod capacity, being capable of holding from 1 to 4 rods each. This means that the player will get a chance to take one Rod Holder on a fishing trip and use it by setting up in any convenient location, as well as adjusting its direction and height. We also plan to add the possibility of taking multiple Rod Holders with a capacity for 1 rod, so that you could set them up in different locations. Certain rod holder models will even have a Bite Signal feature installed.

Aside from this, we’ll also be adding stationary rod holders on some of the waterways that will be available for all anglers to use.

When all the functionalities related to bottom fishing and rod holders are introduced to the game, the players will be able to fish using various lures and baits simultaneously, which should drastically change everyone’s attitude to float and bottom-fishing rigs!

Hi dear players!
Do you know all the retrieves in Fishing Planet? Here we have a useful manual for you!

Nicely done everyone! Time flies fast and all good things eventually come to an end. So did our Mighty Carp Tour - this Fall season’s first and opening competitive fishing event. We hope you had the time of your life competing against so many others in catching this fun and challenging fish!
And now’s the time to announce the 10 names officially belonging to the Carp catching elite, but even more importantly - the Three Mighty Carp Champions who will leave a very distinct trance in the history of cyber sportfishing tournaments! Congrats to the winners and Tight Lines to all the participants of this Tournament and many more to come!
1 PH_Cauca6
2 CN.love1983
3 GiDRA_lotus157
4 Apone1
5 NB.CoAP
6 MAX-555
7 CN.YuLuO
8 kraken-vincent26
9 GiDRA_Duke
10 BUR-ADER_AB