Lofoten Catch tips: bigger catches and better prices
The three big tips for Lofoten Catch: wait the full 24 seconds before you haul, buy extra bait before every trip once you can, and sell big hauls to the fresh-fish buyer first and the rest to the fish factory. This page has easy tips for new skippers first, then tips for earning the most.
Tips for new skippers
- Follow the dashed line. The small map always points to your next goal: the fish, your float or the landing. See Sailing the boat.
- Read the big button. It always says the next step, like Set longline or Steer to the landing ▣.
- Sail right onto the fish. The Set longline button only works when you are very close to the turquoise fish.
- Count to 24. A line that waits 24 seconds catches four times as much as one that waits 6.
- Keep a little speed when you turn. The boat turns slowly when it stands still.
- Bumped into land? Nothing breaks. Tap Backwards, turn, and go again.
- Watch your crew. Press Change view while they haul. It is the best part of the trip.
- Take a break any time. Pause stops the boat and the fish clock, so your cod don't get older.
Plan a good trip
A good trip goes like this:
- At the landing, buy extra bait for 40 kr.
- Sail to the far ground.
- Set your line and wait the full 24 seconds. Use the time to clear ice or look at the view.
- Haul. With extra bait on the far ground, that is 48 kg: a full hold in one go.
- Head home while the crew is still bringing the cod aboard. You don't have to wait for them.
- Sell, buy bait again, and go back out.
Every number behind this plan is on Longline fishing.
Pick the right buyer
- Less than 20 kg: sell everything to the Fish factory. It pays 8 kr/kg extra from 12 kg, and splitting a small catch loses that extra.
- 20 kg or more: sell to the Fresh-fish buyer first. It takes up to 8 kg of your best cod at the top price. Then sell the rest to the factory.
- Old cod: only the factory buys cod that is more than 3 minutes old.
Full price tables are on Selling at the quay.
Tips for earning the most
- Extra bait is the best deal in the game. It costs 40 kr and adds up to 12 kg of cod to one line. That is worth hundreds of kroner.
- Fish on the far ground. You get 1.5 kg per second instead of 1, and almost all the cod are big. Big cod pay +6 kr/kg at the fresh-fish buyer and +3 kr/kg at the factory.
- Don't sail around with cod. Cod lose value as they get older while you sail. One big haul and a straight trip home beats two small hauls.
- Give the factory a rest. After you sell it a full hold, its price drops by up to about 10 kr/kg. It climbs back while you sail, which takes a few minutes. A quick second sale right away pays less.
- Give the fresh-fish buyer time too. Its order fills up by 1 kg per minute of sailing, back to 8 kg.
- Unsold cod can wait in the hold, but they keep getting older. If the factory's price is low, it is often still better to sell now than to wait until the cod are old.
- Start on the far ground. Pick The working water to start right on top of the far ground. See the four places.
The fastest way to fit every upgrade
All three workshop upgrades together cost 4,580 kr.
- After your first sale, buy the Powered line hauler (180 kr).
- Do far-ground trips with extra bait and a 24-second wait. Each full hold, sold the smart way, brings about 2,000 kr.
- Buy the Insulated fish boxes (1,600 kr), so your cod stay fresh for 6 minutes.
- Buy the Cruising propeller (2,800 kr) for quicker trips.
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