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Let's go Fishing

Once the lake has been chosen you will start the 3D section of the game. You will be placed in a boat on your chosen lake, and you are now ready to fish.
The Boat
To control your boat you must use the cursor keys.
Cursor Up - Boat Forward
Cursor Down - Boat Reverse
Cursor Right - Rotate boat right
Cursor Left - Rotate boat left
Mouse - Rotating the mouse will allow you to look around you in all directions reguardless of the direction of the boat.
Periscope
When the boat is still and you haven't activated your fishing rod you can enable the underwater periscope by pressing the "P" key. This will activate an underwater view from a point directly under the boat, enabling you to see the depth of the water and any fish swimming around your boat.

The Fishing

To get out your rod and begin fishing, you must stop the boat and press the 'RETURN' key. This will pick up the rod ready for casting. Pressing the 'RETURN' key a second time will put the rod back down and return to sailing mode.

To cast your line you must hold down the right mouse button to position your casting target. While the right mouse button is held down a target will appear on the surface of the water, moving the mouse will move the target around until you release the button which will cast out the line.

Once the line is cast, you need to wait for a fish to bite. Watch the end of your fishing rod closely, as soon as you get a bite you will see the tip suddenly bend forward. As soon as you see the bend, you must pull back quickly on the mouse to set your hook in the fish. If you time it right, you will see the rod pull back and the Reel 'drag and tension' bars become active. You have hooked the fish, now you must reel it in.

To reel in the fish, hold in the left mouse button and the line will start to reel in. If you have hooked a large fish it will begin to fight back and you will see the tension bar begin to increase. If the tension bar gets to high, your line will snap and you will loose the fish. To release some of the tension from your line, you can lower the reel's drag by holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse backwards. This will reduce the drag on the line and lower the tension accordingly. To increase the drag again, hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse forward.

To reel in the really big fish, you need to control the amount of drag on the line and keep control of the fish. If the drag is too low, there will be no line tension, you will not be able to reel in the line and the fish will swim away from you. Alternatively if the drag is to high the tension on the line will increase, if the tension bar reaches full the line will snap.

Once you have reeled in your fish you may cast your line for another or put your rod away. To cast the line back out, just use the right mouse button as above. To put the rod away, simply press the 'RETURN' key.

You may change your line, lure and casting setup at any time by going to the map screen.

To end your days fishing press the 'Esc' button and you will be taken back to the Menu screen.