WorseThanNormal

You know, if you actually follow the mission marker, it will take you to a different beach where you will immediately catch the fish your are looking for. You'll do it on the first or second try. And after that, fishing will be a much better experience. If you try to fish after that and get the same results as you are now, you will know you are doing something wrong. There are 3 factors that seem to go into fishing in the game: Location, Bait and Skill level. You need the right bait (soltwater bait for saltwater and fresh water bait for fresh water, though once your level is high enough (that's your fishing skill level)) you can use the lure anywhere.

In all honesty, I didn the same thing and spent an hour trying to complete this quest. I finally got bored and decided to see what else I could do, so I followed the mission marker on the mini-map, which led to a different beach. Once I fished there, the mechanic made perfect sense (very much like Okami's fishing).

I feel bad for him. The fishing game is quite simple if you're on the right beach. In fact you can see in the video that there is a big red X marked on his mini-map where he needs to go.

Um, did you read any of the info about the MT's in Champs? It doesn't seem so. You can buy costume options and action figures, neither of which allow you to kill another player faster. In fact if you read the interview with Bill Roper on the subject, he has not item on the MT list that are game changers.

OMG! MT's for clothes and toys! That'll ruin a game, sure enough.