Originally Posted by Snowball  |
So anyway, I'm stood there in Bastok Mines with a composite rod in my hands, and lugworms as bait, but it's really horrible cause it's not working for me!! 
The little little fishing bar at the bottom of the screen won't go down for me! |
Did you get your fishing level up to what it currently is back a few years ago, before they changed fishing? Because the stamina of items should be easy to deplete, unless you misunderstand fishing mechanics and are just doing it wrong.
The only issue items should give you is that they don't move around much. So your rod may stay in the middle for long periods of time. If that happens... well, you just have to be patient and wait for it to swing to one of the sides.
I tend to pull up plenty of rusty items when I target other stuff. You can't specifically target for items. Since you're fishing skill isn't capped on Crayfish yet, you might as well be using Little Worms to try for Crayfish skill ups. Or you can go to Bastok Markets, and use Little Worms to potentially pull up Moat Carp as well. Don't worry, you'll get rusty buckets as well.