What's the skinny on pre-chest fishing loot?

[Gemviper]

I'd like to get as much pre-chest loot as possible while fishing up chests, mostly for the turn in points of those items. Does anyone have any working tips/tricks to share to maximize how much pre-chest loot you get?

- Does having low fishing skill help by, in theory, making it harder to pull up the chest?
- A dredging hook seems designed to give you more loot, or at least the barnacle covered variety of said loot which is worth more pts
- Does fishing right on top of the co-ordinates make the chest come up faster as opposed to staying 30-45 degrees away?
- Does luck play any role in how much, or how little, pre-chest loot you fish up?

Thanks in advance for any guidance on pre-chest loot.

[Crisis]

Back in the day you would need to be about 30 meters out to have the best luck but now it is completely random on official servers. Sometimes I will fish up 10-20 items and others it is chest on the first cast. 

I use the pre-chest loot for donation points.

[Gemviper]

So do I.

I also read somewhere that the chance to get another piece of pre-chest loot decreases(they claim by 3% per piece) the more pieces you have on you. They claimed that included any worn pieces and suggest you put any pre-chest loot in the hold before fishing up another MiB.

Legit?

[Crisis]

I haven't noticed any difference with or without luck to be honest.

[Gemviper]

Confirmed after 20 hrs of fishing, zero difference in amount of shoes, gems, serps or mibs. I had 0 luck before and 1800+ luck after... and now I have a pretty luck suit on my vendor again. I prefer to go with a spell channeling rod to start casting without switching to spellbook so I need the spell damage increase from my regular suit!

No idea if luck plays any role in fishing up mibs, haven't tried yet.

[Crisis]

Kyronix said it did but I have not noticed a difference one way or another.