Fishing

 The first spot that you will be able to catch pickeral/pike in is to the right of the top map section Last Songs Of Summer. Cast towards the wood that is sticking out of the water, not the log but the actual branches. It is important to use a Casting Spoon, you will want to select one of the smaller varieties with a size #1 or #2 hook. It is best to reel on speed #1 with a occasional stop and jerk motion, I have found this to be the most effective and have easily landed multiple Grass Pickeral size 05-0.7 pounds in a row. You will not get Chain Pickeral from this location. Due to the casting spoon use you may get the occasional small largemouth bass on the return near the log, i have on several occasions. Grass Pickeral give a average of  7+ xp per fish.

The Second spot my favorite for getting Pickeral is on the pike map section, if you go as far left as you can along the shore you will reach this location. Cast towards the branches as far as you can I usually cast 120-150 feet and reel back slowly on reel speed #1. Use a Reel and jerk motion again reeling maybe 5-8 times in between the jerks, this will get a fish 90% of the time. Use the same Casting Spoon that i talked about for the other spot. The important thing to note about the downstream location is that you can occasionally get Chain Pickeral, which can grow to 3 pounds they are identified by the chain like stripes on them, they give excellent average xp 20+. Grass Pickeral here offer the same as the other spot 

 Note the Weed bed to the left, Bass hide out in it. The best early game method level #4 to fish for bass is to use Red Worms on a size 4 hook. Set your leader length to 15 and cast towards them, but not into the weeds, Bass are slow to take the bait sometimes so it is very important to not jump the gun and reel in too early. Another method is to use Spoons Casting Spoons with hooks #1-#4 and #1/0-#4/0 also work at higher level. Cast these up against or to the right of the furthest weeds, and reel in dont let the lure stop for long bass like a constant motion, jerking to the right and performing a stop and go can help to interest them, bass hit hard so it is important to quickly set the hook. The third and final method here to catch them is to use a Mini or just plain Bass Jig any size will work, use them the same way as you would a casting spoon, the mini will only produce young largemouth, but that is okay as this can help rookies to level up fast. The larger hooks 3/0 or so can produce up to 5 and 6 pound trophies like the fish below.

Bass will also be lurking near the underwater log if you cast slightly to the left of the green boat you will land in the correct location. Be careful you can snag your lure quite badly. The style of bass fishing for this spot is the same as the spot to the left. Cast a casting spoon and retrieve it with a moderate speed, bass will usually bite from 120 feet out to about 50 past 50 they have never hit my line. So i would recommend that you just retrieve it. Bass jigs are the same idea, but reel them in at speed #2 this will help to keep them from getting snagged as they can be a little bit expensive to lose.