The Potential of Fishing is INSANE in Stardew Valley 1.6 

i really want to see this strat pushed to extremes, any idea how many legend II's people are getting per day?

Sounds like challenge bait is about to pop off if you're really good

Good one Pete

Also, if you want to grind out on learning the pattern of one fish, I recommend pufferdle to practice

Eventually

Or they could just buff wild bait a little bit, increasing the bite rate to match wouldn't be out of the question imo

@@swyte fair, reasonable

Its the best to use as standard bait, but it is the worst option for practical use. You can start with training rod to get the fibreglass rod unlocked quick, use standard bait, and make sure to repair the ocean bridge asap, smelt up some iron on day 5 or 6, and you can make your bait maker, which is exponentially better than deluxe bait in terms of value, from there just cross your fingers for rain as you can catch 50+ catfish if you fish all day during spring rain with dressed spinners and catfish bait. Lategame you can do qi quest with legend II bait or maybe some challenge bait stuff. Tl;dr you can optimally do the entire fishing progressuon without buying or crafting any deluxe bait