Hi there,

I did a SOBO LASH of the AT this year from Bennington VT down to Greenwood lake NY this summer with a break to work for Huttopia in June in Mass and then ended at the end of July when I went out to Arizona for a seasonal job that unfortunately for me got cut short early. I managed, according to Far out so take with a tablespoon of salt, 230 miles and this was not only my first thru hike but also my first multi day hike ever as well as my first hike in almost a decade.

I'm back in North east Massachusetts spare room surfing one week at a time between several friends homes as I have a job lined up the first week of November in Jay VT.

My plan is to hike the AT/LT NOBO until it seperates from one another and then just keeping on the LT as it quite literally goes thru the middle of the little town I'm ending up in.

Looking for advice and stories from anyone, particularly if you've done AT additionally, on how it stacks up difficulty wise. Recommendations on the conditions middle of October typically in the region. I'm from the Berkshire valley so am used to these wacky weather but I don't venture up to Vermont much not have I done a winter hike. I did most of the Mass section of my LASH in the start of May, end of April so 60s in the day and low 40s at night.

Picture is of my shelter, I don't tent but have an hammock with net/tarp. I've read there's a segment or two of the north half above treeline for long stretches. Is finding trees ever an issue?

I slept in shelters probably 75-85% of my LASH. How do the shelters compare between the two trails?

Is Farout my best bet for this or does the LT have a different resource? One of the two things I will get anxious about while hiking is water and Farout was Heaven Sent in regards to that.

Anyone wanna join me for some miles next month? Speaking of, final question I'm figuring it will take me about 16-20 days to do from Bennington up to Jay. I averaged 2.5-2.8mph and 15ish mpd on the AT but that was middle of July weather. Biggest day was 27.8 and was also the first day I fell ill with 🍋‍🟩 haha. Is two and a half weeks a doable pace?

Tl:Dr please give me advice for tackling the trail in the winter!

Does anyone here have tips for meeting other folks who might wanna fish together when you’re in a new town? I fw the solo casts but sometimes it’s nice to vibe with another angler.

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(A Ysley Pyre keeper build I made 2 weeks ago)

1. Try learning enemy mobs attack patterns. I know many ppl have this already but I will say it again. Try learning the attack patterns of monster enemies. I freshies first hurdle is the sharko, then the rock golems and finally enforcer/squibbo. I've been a freshie too, so I get the experience of wiping cuz of a sharko, who ambushed me, or failing the trial at power 20 cuz of the enforcer.

2. Due to recent updates, progging as been significantly slower than before. But, you are scared or you haven't learned any bosses attack patterns? Don't worry, I simple solution can fix it. And that is Trial of One and World Bosses. Once you learned to master the sharko, golems attack patterns, you are somewhat able to do trial of one. Even if you fail the trial, the important thing is you learned from the trial and gotten free points that you can invest. After doing ToO, world bosses are your go to. These world bosses spawn every odd hour in IRL, but you might be asking, aren't world bosses hard? Nah they are really easy, all you gotta do is get a boat with cannons(cheapest one is 1k or 1.5k notes) and spam your cannons at them. Do note that, you gotta keep your distance from the world bosses, as they can attack and potentially one shot you.

3. If you've been able to do all the things above, then I must imagine you are at power 16-20. But you don't got a oath dawg. Well, the oath Jetstriker is the easiest to get as the only requirement for it is 50 agility. As for progressing it, it's also pretty easy, just collect white scattered across the map( read the wiki on where this white orbs are actually are). Once you gotten a feel on the game, u can get more powerful oath such as soulbreaker, star kindred, dawnwalker, blindseer and etc. But you might say "well I already power 20, but I don't have the req for Jetstriker, what oath do I get" well get the oath FadeTrimmer. It might a meme oath, however it is still pretty good, the 2 mantras are good at doing combos. The only req is to change your appearance 12 times at any barber.

4. Getting a bell might be confusing at first, but it actually ain't that hard. Bell or resonance are obtained by killing certain enemies, you can get bell progression by killing bosses, other player, mini bosses (like enforcer and squibbo) and most importantly World Bosses. Since you progged by killing World Bosses, you already have a decent amount of bell exp. You can talk to an npc named Sibex( search it in the wiki to where his location his) to tell how close you are to getting your bell. As for getting the bell itself, you must go to layer 1/ depths and get knocked/killed in the depths. It won't kill you, instead, once you reached 0 hp, your bell will appear and you will be brought back to life. You can choose your like a mantra hand or talent hand, so pick wisely. As for my opinion, it is better to get knocked/killed in LAYER 2 because you have a safety net or insurance by using light hook in case you accidentally died again.

5.PVP is a hot topic in this community, but as a PVE player, PVP is inevitable, u might get jumped by those pesky voidwalkers who will claim your head, or those depth gankers who will wipe even tho ur just a little power 17. So there no way to fight back? Well there is a way, even tho u might get jumped by a voidwalker, it is better to fight them instead of running away. If you lose, then it's ok, you may have lost a life, but you were able to defend and practice pvp against him, and if you Win? Well then great, you are slowly getting a good feel on pvp. So for pvp? Just keep practicing and instead of running away, face the enemy and fight them.

6. Too scared that u might lose your character? Well then, you haven't read the description of deepwoken yet haven't you. This game is a PERMADEATH game, you are expected to lose your character and start all over again for scratch, but it's ok. After each character, you gain knowledge on how the game works, how to Parry the enemies attacks, where specific locations might be and how the bosses act in boss fights. It might be demotivating at the start, but I ensure you, once you learned, it feels amazing to beat your first boss solo, or u beaten a boss without taking a hot and getting chain of Perfection.

7. Build making really hard for you, or some build might be to hard to get you don't have bloodrend attunement yet. Don't worry my dear freshie friends, build making is all about experimenting and putting your ideas into your builds. You dont have to follow the newest meta build, just make your own build and see if works in pve or pvp. In some areas of the game such as Hell Mode and Diluvian, u might need a actually good build to be able to beat those, but who knows. You're build might be the next meta if you experiment enough.

There are many things I haven't touched on. Things like Layer 2, depths, legendary weapons, and many more. But this is like a mini freshie guide in the big 25, and because of the latest updates, it made the experience for freshies a lot harder and causing players to be intimated by the learning and consequences of playing deepwoken. So I made this mini guide. Hope this helps

- This short guide is mainly for players character level 40-60 but lvl 55+ is the best level to be.

- For leveling your fishing to 300 but also to keep on making gold at 300.

- You can get to very high fishing lvl by using gear, enchants, bait and boat. See link on bottom of page.

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>Stonescale Pools<

This will give you the most gold. Fishing 300 needed to not loose any catch.

- Tel'Abim island..

- Lapidis & Gilijim Island

- Feralas Coast.

- Azhara.

- Tanaris.

- STV.

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>Normal fishing<

If you cannot find any pools of stonescale you can do this instead. Fishing 425 needed to not loose any catch

- Lake Mereldar in Eastern Plaguelands (Nightfin/Sunscale & Whitescale).

- Hot Springs in Winterspring (Nightfin/Sunscale & Whitescale).

- Feralas in Jademir Lake (Nightfin/Sunscale & Whitescale).

(During Winter you can go to Bay of storm in Azhara and fish Winter Squid. 300lvl to not loose catch.)

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Congratulations! You have now saved hours and days of fishing, googling, asking questions or trying for yourself what works the best! :D I have done the work for you ;) Please share this guide if your friend is wondering what to do or where to go! I wish someone shared such a simple straightforward guide to me, it would be have saved med a lot of time and energy..haha xD

All the best to all of you and keep on Turtling!

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This page here also has a lot of useful information on the subject!

https://turtle-wow.fandom.com/wiki/Fishing

The last week has been nuts. Was able to take friends/family and limit out each time. Morning, mid-day, evening.

Using cut mullet on strong current days, lures when we can sight cast the shoreline

Look for pelicans sitting on the beach in large numbers, reds are pushing mullet to the shoreline/ lots of tiny shad and shrimp on shoreline too

Matagorda Island, TX

Edit: Multiple people have commented on the sustainability of keeping redfish. Here is a link to a great short video produced by HEB and TX CCA that provides a brief history of the TX redfish stock and how it bounced back through the combined efforts of the state and organizations like CCA to build and maintain a healthy population.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEKGD73y9iM