WHY, RIDICULOUS CARP AND CHUB AND EVERY OTHER LAKE FISH!!!!!!

[CheesePoopStardew]

I was trying to catch the legend on a rainy day in spring, fishing after getting a cork bobber and deluxe bait, and even eating a seafoam pudding, cast my line out, and every bite was a carp, a chub, largemouth bass, or some ridiculous lake fish. Buh. I want to catch the legend, not a ridiculous carp

 

[Lew Zealand]

Yes, this is the unfortunate nature of things. The last few times I tried for the Legend, he was only awake for midnight snacks. No it's not coded that way but that's sure how it went when I tried earlier in the day and got nothing after 6 hours. But after midnight he bit 3 times. Obviously I ended up handing over my best bait the first two times because I have a free food reputation among the fish in town which reaches even as far as the Mountain Lake. However the third time was the charm.

And it wasn't the first time this happened, at this point when stalking the Legend or Legend II I simply don't even try until the afternoon (yes I'm a hopeless dreamer for trying even that early). Here's a story about one of those times (skip the top bit if you want to avoid the preamble, the fish story starts before the screencaps):

A Fish Tale

 

[FilthyGorilla]

As Lew said, the 10% chance for it to bite can really 'bite' you in the back (no I'm not ashamed) if you're even a little unlucky.

Another possibility beyond just fishing all day could be to just reset the day if you don't catch it in X casts, it seems like you had most of the preparations ready and the legend can bite as early as 6 am so if you don't want to waste time/buffs/resources then reset whenever your buff runs out if you didn't catch it and try the day again.

 

[CheesePoopStardew]

As Lew said, the 10% chance for it to bite can really 'bite' you in the back (no I'm not ashamed) if you're even a little unlucky.

Another possibility beyond just fishing all day could be to just reset the day if you don't catch it in X casts, it seems like you had most of the preparations ready and the legend can bite as early as 6 am so if you don't want to waste time/buffs/resources then reset whenever your buff runs out if you didn't catch it and try the day again.

umm, i forgot about that and just went on to the next day