Messages in a Bottle

Can We have MIBs We Can Fish up Like Treasure Maps of the Sea and seak out and fish up Sunken Treasures protected by enemys of the deap like a giant Crustaceans!!!

 

I totally agree.

I would also suggest a revamp of the fishing loot as a whole, we already can catch rare flotsam which is great - but the loot inside isn't worth the effort. Add some rares or something inside? Even if its just simple deco, Why not a selection of lanterns or something that come in say 30 random hues - easy to build, gets us busy with stuff to collect.

 

They could do a bunch of interesting things with new aquatic creatures in the fishing loot table.
When you butcher these new creatures, they could sometimes drop an essence type item that could add unique abilities to crafted items and artifacts, or perhaps be used to create a food/potion type consumable.
For example:

• Fiddler crab - increases the effect of an equipped artifact stringed instrument
• Trumpet Fish - increases the effect of any equipped artifact wind instrument.
• Puffer fish (blowfish) - improves gust in some way (maybe increases gust distance).
• Cuttlefish - improves stealth abilities.
• Electric eel - improves discharge spell or adds to a melee weapon a chance of discharge on hit.
• Sea Horse - increases movement speed on mounts.
• Anglerfish - gives some buff to fishing.
• Brain Coral - adds intelligence.
• Mussel - adds strength (pun on the homophone Muscle)

and so many more... This could enhance the desire to fish, and would also add new elements to both crafting and combat.
Wishlist....

In regard to the original post's "Message In a Bottle", it would be cool if we could craft a message in a bottle [recipe: empty bottle/flask + wood scrap (as a cork) + wax + piece of a paper with players writing]. If we sell this item to a fishing merchant, it gets put in the fishing loot table (but i think these should only have a chance to get "caught" if you failed catching the standard items in the fishing loot table, so that when tons of bottles are dumped into the loot table, they will not dilute your chance of catching a fish or other more sought after item). If player "catches" the bottle, he can open the bottle and reveal the enclosed note (and perhaps an enclosed item can be included as well?).