Fishing benefits of different spears could be clearer

[Vahvapito]

Its difficult to find info on how good different spears are for fishing. Wiki says that tridents are better than others but I can't find a source for this. Game encyclopedia only says "used for fishing" about tridents.

I'm assuming tridents are better than for example a javelin but because fishing results are quite random it is hard to test this in game.

Maybe wiki could mention how good fishing tools different spears are, for example "very good for fishing" or "awkward for fishing". Or it could be written as comparison to fishing rod: "as good as a fishing rod", "much worse than a fishing rod. "

I feel tridents should be about as effective as (primitive) fishing rods and javelin much less effective. Also some kind of "wood trident" could be added for crafting: a poor weapon but okay fishing tool. It should be relatively simple to fashion some kind of pronged spear from timber and tying equipment.

[PALU]

Fishing was modified fairly recently when baits were introduced. At that time, spear fishing was made (even) harder, and I would suspect tridents were reduced in efficiency as well.
The scenario where tridents have been used successfully in recent history is lantern fishing, i.e. fishing at night from a craft with a bright lantern or fire on the craft (the fire would be contained in a metal cage, often (always?) hanging off of the craft). I believe this kind of fishing is banned in many placed because it's too effective, but iron age Finland should have had no such laws...

[JP_Finn]

"Gigging" was prohibited in Finland 1902. Allowed again 1951. Regional prohibitions can apply; i.e. rivers with salmon, lavaret.
And Mid-April to Midsummer is no-go according to wikipedia, yet the largest carp caught in Finland was on April 24th...