So you wanna be a Fisherman eh?Follow

I know someone is going to call me a cheater for posting this, but one thing I wanted to add.

If you have your back against a zone wall, large rock, log, etc, you cannot fish up monsters. Monsters spawn behind you when you fish them up, if something is blocking that space, you can't catch them.

So for example, In Jugner Forrest, at the lake there are spots with logs/rocks you can put your back to and fish all day without worrying about being owned by a monster you fish up.

Euthenasia,

Using the sabiki rig to fish for sardines at lvl 6 is great :P Now go buy your own!

Wolfstable,

Thanks for another great guide, being that I used your cooking guide ;) I will definately have to use your fishing guide. Don't sweat the critics keep the guides comin!

Stupid ppl (You know who you are),

Get a life! And if think you can make more money lvling a THF to 15 than I can fishing, you are just plain nutz. Yes with a "z" NUTZ!!! Gold carp are not as rare as I keep reading. In 2 hours time I can catch "at least" 4 stacks of Moat carp 4k each
2 stacks of Tricolored 1.2k each (NPC)and close to a stack of golds 10k each or 600+gil a piece at NPC (if your AH is full of moats like mine is :P). So, if you think you can make 20K in 2 hours of lvling a THF PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT...... sorry! Anyway, fishing is great!

P.S. To catch Golds, you must use a rod that they can break. Don't ask me why; I didn't make the rules I just follow them. The Devs must have a very sick sense of humor.

P.S.S. Thought I would share my macro. A friend gave me the basic idea I just tweaked it to my likings.

/equip ammo "Insect Ball"
/wait 14
/fish

And that't it in a nutshell. Therefore I have a reminder that my macro has started, I don't have to worry aboot changing bait and it's nice and simple.

Edited, Fri Feb 6 14:34:41 2004 by Rytemis

i find that i breck carbon rods like mad at jungar. they last about 25 to 30 casts then bang. i am going to try bringing a bunch of bambo rods and see how i do. BTW fishing at jungar is off the hook! you got to try it some time.

If you're fishing in Jugner, I don't know if this guy was fished up or just spawned, but watch out for King Arthro. A bunch of japanese, high levels of course, have been fighting him for about 7 minutes so far, and he's only down to half health. (Alla's has him listed at lvl 55)

Waterga IV... yikes.... hehehehe

I thought wolfsable's guide was practical and clean and easy to read. Istondil does a lot of research and so he knows a lot of the fishing stuff. Somebody had a fishing site that was so hard to read :p ughh.... just lots of facts just slow and hard to understand it ¬_¬: all us poor newbies want to know is how to use this info and do the optimal lv gain in fishing with low expenditure :/ Not everybody is rich in ffxi :P You can't afford to break expensive rods, lose expensive lures, buy expensive fishing body gear :/

After reading a few guides and i went back to ffxi to try it, i ended up asking again people who were actually fishing what they were doing.

over at gamefaqs they said to use a clothespole, but in ffxi they said to use bamboo to fast your skill if your a lv 0 and just started.

Point is, nobody can know how far they can trust what they read here compared to asking somebody fishing next to you in ffxi what their doing and etc. Thats what i do. I take the notes here, try some of it, and i ask the fishermen around what their doing and try it their way.

I've been fishing in the Zeruhn mines river at the bridge past the gate and thats on the way to korroloka tunnels.

I broke a carbon rod there >_<; from my exp from lv 0-6 fishing i've caught cray fish , moat carp , tricolored carp, and black eel.

skill gain was like 0.1, 0.2 and i think i once got 0.4 I used only 2 rods there so far which were bamboo and carbon. Carbon broke once after a long long time and i never expected that. Bamboo broke too frequently. Fastest record time after i bought this was 3-5 times fishing without a catch and it broke.

Waiting for how many thugs i believe doesn't make a difference. As long as you get a bite you just pull.

People at the Zeruhn mines river bridge told me that. I also saw some fishermen with angler fishing gear and a lushang rod do that too.

Edited, Sat Feb 7 11:47:44 2004 by MoogleStiltzkin

all i did was

1. buy 3 bamboo rods
2. buy 10 stacks of insect paste
3. fish in windy woods
4. get 4k from my first stack of carp and use 1k for fishing gloves
5. get 4k from my next stack of carp and use the 7k for a comp rod
6. fishfishfishfishfishfishfishfishfishfish (buy the rest of the fishing gear) and i can make 30k on a good day :) (i really liked ur guide tho; when i start needing more money ill use it to lvl past 11 ^^)

Some things that aren't mentioned.

1. We are basing these statistical numbers on the fact that this is a GAME. Would the devs make stupid ass random equations to determine skill gains, etc .. or would they use something reasonable and on par with the other parts of the game. Do something for free = takes long time, get money = takes time, craft = takes no time. The time factor determines the equation.

2. You can raise your skill to 50 in any part of the world. I find that with the advanced support from WH, I can catch fish 10-15 lvls up instead of 7-10. Might take a bit longer but result in A. less broken rods B. More of each fish (think cooking) C. You can stay near town and garden for a sh*tload of $$.

So I fish, Guild support + fishing, gardening, and day trading makes a easy 30k profit a day.

Take into account I play max 5 hours a day.

It is a long run, unfortunately, MoogleStiltzkin.

Bastok Markets > South Gustaberg > North Gustaberg > Konschtat Highlands > Valkrum Dunes > Selbina > Ship to Mhuara > Mhuara > Buburimu Peninsula > Tahrongi Canyon > East Sarutabaruta > Port Windurst.

A long, long trip indeed. An not an easy one to make, as there can be a lot of tough mobs you could encounter around the Dunes, on the ship, and in Buburimu if one doesn't know who and what to avoid, or aren't powerful enough to handle them.

I would highly suggest if you do make this trip, though, stopping along the way and picking up a crystal from both the Crag of Dem in the Highlands, and the Crag of Mea, in Tahrongi Canyon, along the way. Why? Because at peak times (sometimes for a moderate fee), you can often find a lot of mages willing to give you a Teleport that will save you a lot of time and effort. I've just finished Mission 6 (or 2-3, depending who you ask), and my entire party used the Teleport to go from Bastok to Windurst, and Windurst to San d'Oria.

All you need to do when you get ready to go, after you have the appropriate Crag crystals, is just do a search for a level thirty six or higher WHM in the area you're in and politely ask (I usually offer 500 gil, but often they will port you for free, especially the Japanese players.. they tend to be very friendly if approached properly), or just use the /shout command in the Markets or wherever you happen to be.

It's a great way to get about, saves loads of time. I plan on leveling WHM up enough that I can use it, and you'd better believe if someone asks me, I'll give them a 'port if possible. Cooperation and a little friendly spirit make this game as great as it is. ^^

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Thnx Lukikiya =^-^=; kupo.

my in my experience, lv 20-25 the trip should be safe around places like valkrum dunes difficulty to make the trip i believe :/

I have a crystall from the crag in the konsthat highlands. I also did one mission to trade a crystal and receive one which i gave to cid :/

What does collecting crystals from the crags do actually :) bit confused.

I heard white mages can only do warp 1 to warp themselves, and only black mages can do warp 1 and warp 2. Thats warping themselves and also others i believe. Don't know if thats true but that was what i was told anyway :/

Since i'm a lv 29 war/ 10 monk, i'll take a visit around that windhurstian region when i hit lv 30 ^^

I'm currently level two with full fishing gear, putting me technically at 6 fishing skill, would that be enough to start there?

Also, I have a Mithran Fishing Rod, would that be safer than a Carbon? I checked Osakana Database and it said Carbon'll snap but Mithran won't.

http://www.fishermanrods.net/database_e.cfm?genre=0&fish_id=028

Any thoughts?

I'm curious as to one thing about all this - it's well and good if you have easy access to boats and warp spells and airships, but I'm a level 17 black mage (no subjob yet, this is my first real character) in Windurst and I don't have any viable way to go all the way to San d'Oria to fish -- I'm a level 11 fisherman right now and aren't catching moat carps fast enough, and I have a serious need for money right now. My plans aren't big: I don't want to be a level 50 fisherman (yet), I just want to make 20 or 25k when I need it, and being level 11 is only yielding me 2 to 5 moat carp per stack of insect balls. Is this guide pretty much limited to higher level characters starting out in the skill?

Yah.....Rabao........One heck of a sweet fishin hole.

I'm tryin to get my whm to 38 just so i can port there when i feel like it. I am Galka. lol

Id suggest actually reading the first post? it tells you what you need to do


*cough*bump*cough*

I fished pretty heavy for awhile, and then I got caught up in leveling. I then went on a cooking venture (thanks Wolf!!), and like above did not do as good as wolf (-15K in the end) but it was an excellent investment.

I found Wolf's Cooking guide to be VERY helpfull in providing me some direction, but I did not follow it 100%. In this guide I also plan on following the Direction, but may deviate occasionally.

I tend to use a macro similar to Wolfs, but if like me you do other things while you fish the following might help. I cannot remember if I used /p, or /echo for the macro . . . I seem to recall switching to /p, because /echo was not alowing the <call#> events to sound off, but I may be misremembering.

LINE 1: /Echo *** MACRO STARTED *** <call12>
LINE 2: /wait 14
LINE 3: /Echo *** CASTING *** <call9>
LINE 4: /fish
LINE 5: /wait 20
LINE 6: /echo ***WAKE UP, and CAST!!!*** <call1>

I don't bother with a one line /fish macro . . . I type it.

Lines 5, and 6 are for when I lose track, and forget to recast. I will typically be doing something in the kitchen (I play on my laptop) and fishing at the same time. I have the volume up, and fish pretty much by sound.

Anyway . . hope it helps

I jsut caught one,level 11 at Knightswell. Broad daylight,so much for catfish dont bite in the day. I have yet to catch anything else except for that and about 20 rusty leggings

well this is my experince with fishing in the East Ronfare river for lvl 13.

pole used(glassfiber)
lure(fly)
fishing gloves

Salmon caught(12)
Trout caught (4)
skill gained (0)

Does'nt seem to be a good place to me.

I had a similar experience in a 4 hour period

Fishing 11
Pole (Glass Fiber..no breaks)
Lure (Fly)
Full Fishing gear

Salmon (24)
Trout (11)
skill gained (.5)

Lorwin

I am current a LV 30 following you guild kind off


But somehow I cant catch anything in east Sar with slices sardine. Everything is either too small for the Rod or too low for the skill...I am using Comp. Fishing Rod.

I got a few skill ups in 4-5 stacks of lure(Sliced Sardine 1.1k per stack) but no fish, that is a 6k cost for almost no return.

Any idea whats wrong? could it be the fact that there was at least 30 more ppl there all with Lu Shang?

I got LV up but I am not making good money unless I fish Moat Carps, and in good i mean at least to pay for lure.

Thank you for you guild :)

Edited, Mon Mar 1 10:01:05 2004 by Dagashi

*shifty eyes* BUMP! Thanks for the great guide, sorry you had to go.

Double Post :((

Edited, Mon Mar 8 16:30:17 2004 by Naykedmage

I agree with this for the most part except for the skill level 5-8. This actually works as early as skill level 3 and can be done in Selbina if you don't live on that side of the world. Also since Valkrum Dunes is a big place to level, this can be a great time killer while waiting for an invite.

I've only reached skill 10, so I won't comment any further, but this is a great guide.

There is a small area of water between the AH and Zeruhn Mines.

Gotta love Wolfsfable, done so much for we wana be crafters, this guide isn't so bad, i've been following, lvl 13 in E Ron, even on a bad moon i got a stack of samon and trout and 1.3 skill ups in about 1 hour. trade skills are my only hope of raking in money sufficiently, really sucks sometimes being a taru bard trying to farm, i almost got pwned by an axebeak, its tough, but fishing is alot of fun, thanks wolf, even tho your gone, your still a name that runs through my head when i think of FF!

yeah so I have a question. My fish is capped at level 10 and if i go above level 10 will I still be able to catch moat carp. Catching moat carp is capped at level 10 fishing? What other fish sell well besides moat carp? Surely moat carp isnt the only thing that sells well when you progress in fishing levels thanks.

You'll still be able to catch moat carps, how ever i have noticed that i get alot of too small messages now that i'm lvl 13 fishing, (i was using comp) so i switched to carbon and voila, no problem, I like to carp in windy since i can make lots of money selling paste that i make and giving teleports, the other day i made 50k from it all, i was happy, only 200k more till my signa!
Oh and one more thing, your carbon rod can break on rusty items, but they are only 4 k and sell back for 2k, so with all the gil you make with carps, its worth it

Also a note on E raunfare river, i was worried about rod breaks so i bought 3 glass fibers and 4 fly lures and didn't break 1 on about 8 hours, still using the same one, but we'll see.