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So, unlucky or no, I went to Jugner at 20 and dropped 2 carbons in an hour and a half. First carbon went after 8 casts. The second I moved to the river just off the lake and caught 2 stacks of moat and tri each, plus a gold. I got a total of .5 skill getting me from 19.8 to 20.3. I had to log so I couldn't go back and continue fishing, but broken carbons are a reality here....I brought two and couldn't finish the stack of paste-makings I'd brought. (ie. I only went through 10 stacks of paste).

believe it or not but i actually skilled on catfish
when i hitted 20 i tried leveling on carps at various places. but i only wasted expensive insect balls on collecting the entire rusty collection. i burned 31 stacks of paste and only gained 1.8 skill points.
so i thought im going to do something that all guides said to suck: fishing for catfish with composite+sinking minnow in w. saru.
and what do u know the skill points came quite fast and keep on coming fast. the catch rate was below avarage (still ~12 catfish in a 3-4 hour fish trip) but the bite rate was what i call good. i leveld from 21.8 to 30 entirely on the "you lost your catch" message. since i was using a lure i didnt care much that i cought almost nothing as long as the skill gains where coming i was a happy person.

now i doing something else that all guides said to be a bad thing to do. but so far i must say it works pretty well for me.
i'll post the details when i got some more experience at that fishing spot. till now it could be all luck but if it keeps going like this it cant be luck alone and i must be doing something right :)

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The full moon does not help you "catch" the fish, it only dictates when fish are more likely to bite.

You are most likely too low of a lvl to catch Moat Carp, and should probably stick to Bastore Sardines until (8-11)

...heck what am I talking about, just read the guide ^^

no need to bump this - there is a link to it in the sticky at the top of this forum.

Germ you need to shut up I have made alot of money useing Wolfs guide and have leved up my skill a great deal yeah i have broken my share of rods but in jungar I catch 15k worth of fish at the least before I break my carbon. Carbon rod cost like 5k and sells broken for 3k thats not that much of a loss when I bring in alot of money in carp and gain level really fast.

Wolf Thank you for you post it was a great post. I was never going to fish till i looked at your guide and decided to give it a shot in 1 week i am now lev 24 fishing and got enough money to buy all my fishing gear as well really great gear for my SAM job

Thank you again

thanks alot man for your guide i was getting tired of fishing. i went to jugner in like 30 min got one lvl. every time i threw my rod in i got a bite. caught enough moat carp to payfor the bait.

I am currently at lev 27 with all the gear I am level 31 and I am still getting .2 skill ups there I am thinking about going on and tring get level 30-40 the Bluetail gold lobster etc do you think this is a bad idea or should I level up more in jungar

where is the coastline in east saratabaruta to fish for gold lobsters exactly? all i see are rivers..

I've had zero luck in East Ronny: my first time out, I broke my Mithran. No change from Lv.13. Then I checked with that Japanese website and bought an unbreakable (there at least) Composite and within three casts my line broke and took with it my overpriced (there at least) Fly lure. Finally, I went to Windhurst and bought six of them, came back and have since caught some trout and salmon over the past two hours, all without a single skillup.

It really just be me, though; a LS buddy of mine did mad levelling here.

Edit - Three hours later, and 0.8 pts. Line broke once, losing yet another lure. Not even a dozen fish total caught, even through Watersday. It's as if Square/Enix forgot to fill the river after all their maintenance yesterday. Lesson: your mileage will vary. Or, in my case, just plain suck.

Edited, Tue Jun 29 22:40:08 2004 by Jaewon

Great guide. I have skill up to level 15 in 2 weeks. I have a question, which NPC in Jeuno will buy my rusty caps for 2.5k???

I have caught about 20 rusty caps. I think it's too good to be true. Again, thanx for the great guide.

I just hit level 18 fishing. Should I go up to Jugner to fish in the lake now? You said not to go unless you are 45+ and I'm currently a 35 Black Mage...

Just my 2 cents... I finished the drg flag quest in ghelsba outpost and came across someone fishing off a little bridge just north of the hut, and I asked a question or two, but it turns out they were JP, so I pulled out my rod and fly lure tried it for myself... I got 6 skillups in about 20 minutes! I fell in love! I went from 15 to 17 in no time there, now I don't know what range is good there, but my girlfriend came fishing with me (she had like 14.9 fishing), and her being slightly lower than my fishing had a slightly harder time, so I'm guessing about 15+ is good here.

ok i have been fishing in bastok mines for about an hour now. my skill lvl in fishing was 2 before i tryed your guide. i have gotten 3 cray fish in an hour and my fishing skill has gone up 0.1 the entire time.

not saying it didnt work for you, it just hasnt worked for me.

I have one question...you say you can sell Rusty Caps in Jeuno for 2,500+ gil...how the hell is this? Offers me 92 gil...

soem people say it is a superstition that u rock back and forth three times and reel it in it increases but the way the game works if u cought it or not just click and it will tell you at least thats what i hear

I love your guides and miss you very much Wolf, but I have to say something... E. Sab. is not a fun place to level >.<

9-10 of my casts are You didnt catch anything.

I have gotten two fishing levels here... in 2 days... but I would rather see some action somewhere ::laughs::

Ahh well, time to run to the guild and turn in my gold lobster and bladefish =D

for some reason, SE changed the price offered on rusty caps some time ago, probably for all the bots/gil sellers in rabao. Padded caps still sell for quite a substantial amount to NPC's.

if i lvl fishing in jugner with a composite rod instead of carbon will my skill rise at same speed or slower?

corrections:

fish that are beyond your current skill do give skillups, got one last night even though the message "the fish is beyond your current skill level" appeared, .1 :D

"you did not catch anything"
also get skillups off these all the time

ftfy

Excellent work. Thought I might mention a few places for the lower levels in fishing skills. Have had great success fishing off the dock in Selbina, and that is nice because you can sell the fish a couple of feet away. Went from level 6 to level 8 in an hour fishing off the dock in Kaz. I did spend the money on the level 1 gear and on a good composite rod, which I keep with me at all times, and this pays off while you wait forever for a good party in the Jungles. As for copper frogs, I might mention Drachenfalls area in North Gusta (up through the zone at the top of Dangruff Wadi), but you probably want to be exp. level 35 or better so the gobbies and the pugs don't aggro you while fishing. Finally, for the fisherman who does not want to spend time repairing broken rods or the gil for new ones, the thief/15+ can get a ton of yew/bamboo rods as well as a couple of clothespoles of the Fisher gobs in the Dangruff worm room. I farm down there a lot and probably throw away at least 6 or 7 rods an hour...

Zaub
Rdm41/Thf36/Nin25/Blm25/Whm20/Rng20/War20
Bastok Taru, Rank 5. Fame 9 in Bastok, Jeuno, Selbina, Rabao, Sandy.

i don't know if it's already been addressed.. too many pages now to read every reply.. but there are only 2 results that i have yet to get a skill up on at 31.7 fishing skill..

non fish pulls (rusty gear/gil etc)
monsters

every other result i have received a skill up on at least once.

also..

from 20-30 i fished the lake in la theine.. (L-10) i believe.. using comp rod/frog lure and gained the fastest skill ups of my fishing time so far.. need to be at least level 18 to fish safe.. and even then some mobs will be more than u can handle if u'r not war or mnk.. i sold all the fish to the guild in selb and when i got to around 5-7 rusty caps (lots of these) i would head to sando and put them on AH.. always 1k (Ramuh) and by the time i got back to sando from another successful run of fishing they would have sold and i would be that much richer.. (this is where i started to finally see the gil add up and fishing began to pay off, hoody'hoo).. also.. the one thing i don't see very often in any of these guides for low level fishers is the 2nd fastest time of my fishing career..

0-8,10.. carb rod/sabiki lure in port windu.. i got decent pull rate and skill ups here and tons of quus/sardines.. sardines can be used at to raise fame or sold at AH for decent profit and quus can be used for quest in bastok for gil or again sold for decent profit.. (sell sardines in windu and quus in bastok for best prices)..

other than the previous points i'd say the guide is pretty good.. now i just need a good spot for skill up/moat carp from 30-50 so that when i get 50 i'll have lu's rod ^^

so far i have been fishing in the lake in east saruta w/ decent success.. not much skill ups but mad carp and the bait is paid for by monkes.. only prob is some times of day REALLY suck for that area and i can get 10+ 'nothing' results in a row >< meh.. oh, and for those that want to know.. i'm using comp rod/li'l worms bait for the lake in east saruta.

i hope someone actually sees this reply and it helps ^^

I like this thread. I'm leveling cooking at the moment and you gave some great insight on fishing for cooking.

i found that u catch heaps of mobs, not very strong, but are still dangerious to lower lvl's

they r

Pugil

Cheval Pugil

Mud Pugil (i think)

have fun ^^

Gr8 guide btw

this is a good walkthrough...but from lvl 0-5 i go to bastok mines....around there, and u said crayfish should come up...but all i get is a moat carp