Fishing

[Hot Ashes]

I always thought JP midnight as well, After fishing a lot more lately and actually reaching the cap, I notice that fatigue does seem to follow you into the following day, Especially noticeable when catching popular fish, Having caught 189 Black Sole over the course of a day during a painfully boring day at work the next day when I was attempting to do the same I encountered a staggeringly bad bite rate.

It stuck with me for most the day trying off and on between other things to do until later that night when it started to pick up again to the reasonable expected bite rate and the next day it was back to how I am used to it.

I would be hard pressed with time to test the exact parameters of it but I'm sure there is a separate fatigue system that goes on a larger scale then Soft and Hard fatigue that has been stated stated on previous Fishing related forums.

[vegetaa]

I have always been under the impression fatigue wears off (or gets reset or however you would say it) at JP midnight.

Several times it was very noticeable in SSG...After having several hours of great bite-rate, and going through a horrible hour of items and no catches, all of a sudden it was back to a very good bite-rate, like 10 minutes after JP midnight.

[spooky]

Does fatigue reset at JP midnight?

Yes.

Being EU, JP midnight is 3pm in the afternoon for me, so I can easily hit cap before crossing over the JP midnight line. I've seen on serveral ocasions a massive change as soon as my clock hits 3pm.

[Capo]

is it possible for certain fish to run out in an area? just logged in to catch some more shall shells and after 10 minutes ive hooked nothing but items. last few days ive had an amazing bite rate on the shells and caught what i needed within 30 minutes. could they have all been fished up or am i just having stupid luck. theres no way i have fatigue, i caught 30 fish since last jp midnight, maybe not even that

[vegetaa]

I think it's possible for an area to be "empty", but I doubt it's the case in Buburimu on Shall Shells. Fishing is somewhat random, and you will have some very weird periods without any catch. Change spot, zone, do something else for a few hours, and it should be back to normal next time you fish

[spooky]

is it possible for certain fish to run out in an area? just logged in to catch some more shall shells and after 10 minutes ive hooked nothing but items. last few days ive had an amazing bite rate on the shells and caught what i needed within 30 minutes. could they have all been fished up or am i just having stupid luck. theres no way i have fatigue, i caught 30 fish since last jp midnight, maybe not even that

Is it thunderday in game? That makes your bite rate suck.

[Capo]

went from watersday to windsday when it was sucking. i came back wayyy later and ironically it was lightningsday when the bite rates were much better than before

[Rags]

Anyone care to suggest a fish to aim for at lvl 30. It seems nothing I target is giving me any skill ups. Lots of stacks of numerous fish. But nothing for skill ups. Another thing is I try and target 1 fish, But I catch the other fish thats higher in lvls and even that will not cough out a point.

Anyone care to help a struggling fisherman out?

[Raineer]

Ogre eels in E.Saruta sea bite constantly. I believe their cap is 36.

[Daeman]

I wish they would just fix the boats already.

I don't know about the boat ride to and from Al Zahbi, but it seems like they fixed the boat ride to Nashmau. I've been taking that boat a lot over the last week and was always getting the glitch before the update but I've yet to get it again in three trips since Monday.

[Clyne]

Anyone care to suggest a fish to aim for at lvl 30. It seems nothing I target is giving me any skill ups. Lots of stacks of numerous fish. But nothing for skill ups. Another thing is I try and target 1 fish, But I catch the other fish thats higher in lvls and even that will not cough out a point.

Anyone care to help a struggling fisherman out?

You may get a lot of "Fish for profit, not skill" responses, which is true, but I feel where you're coming from. The best recommendation I can make, without knowing your Lu-status is Halycon + Minnow on the ferry or Qufim North. Your target is cone calamary, 47 cap, plus any additional fish you may be able to reel in (not a lot inititally). Cone Calamary sell decently (3k/stack on your server) and you'll hook them all the time. Hell, you can NPC them for around 2k/stack iirc. I loved these things when they were first released...until I hit the cap...then they just pissed me off. Enjoy them while you can.

[Martinius]

if you have your lu, clyne is 100% right, north qufim going for cone calamari is the place to be.

if you don't have your lu, you should be living in rabao, nothing but insect paste and a halcyon rod. you get the moats for your lu, and in the process, catch sandfish, which cap at level 50(calamari cap at 46 and are slightly easier to reel in). i know it's back in the stone age, but i found my old sig on titanictus and i got my lu in dec. of 04 lol.

im pretty comfortable with the recommendations i've given, but i'll ask my girlfriend when she wakes up to post here, she's level 50.1, and has done her entire career under the 'new' system(i was 69.1 when they implemented the current method of fishing), so would have a much better idea of where to fish for skill at that level.

mind you, in my day, you did south gustaberg with a sinking minnow until at least 40 lulz.

[Rags]

I dont have my Lu yet. I like to fish 1 day for moats wait a day then aim for skill. This worked well til I hit 30. I tried targeting orge eels everywhere but I always seem to catch a bunch of other higher lvl fish.

I do have Hac rod and a Comp rod. With most of the bait. An I have a bunch of high lvl jobs so I can survive anywhere.. Guess I will work on moats til I get my rod.

[vegetaa]

You'll love your skillup rate with Lu Shang...and the ability to easily catch almost every fish, even way under their skill cap.

[Martinius]

my suggestion about insect paste and rabao was largely based around your desire to both complete your lu and skillup. unless there's fire weather, the bite rate's great, and sandfish will cap at 50, giving you plenty of moat but also the chance for skill.

if you're fishing purely for moats, the two best spots in the game are the small pond in the SE corner of E-9 in rolanberry fields and dragon's aery, once you're in the pit, fishing off the spot where you'd drop to run back out to zitah. personal recommendation is for rolanberry, i fished most of my lu's moats there.

[Cookamungas]

How is everyone's fishing going along? I recently got 58, and its going ever so slowly. I am skilling up on Marlins for pirates charts. It would be nice if the boat ride was longer, since i'm losing 5 mins on Pelican ring each run but its not too bad. I'm doing pretty good for "still" not having Lu'shangs haha. I really need to work on that quest, only like 400/10000 on the quest so far.

[Geddoe]

Cooka do Trumpet Shell until 62~63 with Halcyon rod and rogue/robber rig in vunkerl inlet. I found it really nice for gil cos like 20k~ a stack and fact they stack make it a lot nicer on inventory :D Just a suggestion :D

[Cookamungas]

I tried that once before when I was lower, and didn't seem to reel in much or rather, it took a long time lol. I'm doing some noble lady in the mean time.

[spooky]

Someone posted in my fishing topic! :nikkei:

I will get lucky on Garus for Ebisu one day... 0/lostcount

[Cookamungas]

what lvl is your fishing? are you fishing up your own or buying?