Fishing

[Rilu]

Ok starting to get really frustrated. Lvl 56, on the ferry w/ sliced bluetail, no gear or w/e on, targeting marlins. I will occasionally get messages with !!! and i reel them in, and I lose them cuz of lack of skill. Does that make sense considering im using a mithran fishing rod, and only 5 lvls from cap?

If you are playing on a console like xbox, there may be a SLIGHT chance you're hooking Ryugu Titans with sliced bluetail (I caught like 8 titans last night on 3 boat rides (2/3 were pirate attacks), along with like 15 marlin). I say that because i've heard consoles have a MUCH easier time reeling in fish that are extremely difficult on PC. They con !!! and can be from Terrible, Positive you can't catch, to Fairly sure as messages, and still be Titans. The way I tell is the energy depletion, rather than the rod shaking, marlin deplete rather slowly, and titans deplete much more quickly, even if the rod shaking isn't really fast (usually is with titans, but i've had titans rarely shake rod, and I play on PC). Usually I have to face my camera towards the wheelhouse to induce lag just to pull up titans though, i'm lvl 57 and use a Lu Shangs.

but as stated above, i'd use a Halcyon over the Mithran, your depletion will be a bit slower, but it will increase your catch rate I think.

[Arkangel]

lol So thanks for the advice, now im breaking the poles but catching sharks.. lol

[Yeager]

Please don't mind me asking, but....how close are you to finishing your Lu Shang's quest?

I ask because, if you had Lu Shang's rod, you wouldn't have the issues you are having now.

[Arkangel]

im 6000 away. Apparently for it might be best to go back to mithran, im not really catching any marlins on halcyon, and apparently on pc i can somehow get titans to 0, just can't reel them in regardless of pole.

[Yeager]

I could be mistaken, but isn't Halcyon rod designed for smaller fish?? I think it's Mithran and Composite that are designed for larger fish, which is what you're after.

[Arkangel]

I was using a Mithran until people here suggested Halcyon

[Juib]

In the 50s you're better off stopping everything and focusing on finishing lu shangs

[Rilu]

I agree, you should focus on your Lu Shangs, or borrow someones or something, because it will make this fishing SO much easier.

But, lets focus on non-Lu shangs fishing: With sliced bluetail, you will be getting cone calamary, Silver Shark (both are ! fish) and then you will get Monsters, Marlin, and occasional titans (all !!! fish). I guess the question is, are you after skillup, or are you after Marlin for Pirates chart? If so, go with like a composite rod or Mithran, for big fish, but you will lose all the shark and calamary (which sells quite well on my server actually) but you will be able to target marlin much easier. Yes, you won't catch 6-10 marlin each trip if you are using this rod, you may get blanked in fact a couple trips (I have even with Lu shangs). I'm a fan of the composite type rods, Composite, Halcyon, Carbon Fiber, etc. I just like the action I get while fishing with those over the wooden rods.

Thing with Lu Shangs is, you can target it all at the same time.

[Arkangel]

Mainly for skillups, though I dont mind the calamary because its 4k a quick stack. Ill just keep with the Mithran and sliced bluetail, at least I'm not breaking any halc rods that way...

Unless is there a rod thats not lushang/ebisu i can get both sharks and marlins w/o breaking?

[Ruuz]

Rilu already pretty much summed it up, but the sharks are !, the marlin are !!!. Titans are really obvious in their movement/depletion as they deplete fast but move a lot.

I really dont see why you are on ferry though. If you think Calamary for 4k/stack is good you will love Nashmau. 600-1k/fish to npc is just great. If you have at least 70 inventory, you can fish up 100, sell Ahtapots to vendor, fish up another hundred, head back to Whitegate and sell to the Aht Urgan fishing guild. Whenever I check there, sell back price seems to be around 1k/ea for both. You can stay there all the way until 99 if you want.

If you hardcore fish, you can buy Lu shang and pay it back off in 2-3 weeks.

Also, be sure and use shrimp lure 50s-90, the !!! are Ahtapots, the ! are items or Mercanbaligi. Dont sell the Mercs until you have the best price on them. Over weeks or months of fishing you will make quite a bit from the additional 14-400 gil more per fish. Another option is of course Black Sole in Qufim selling to AH or guild, but the bite rate kinda sucks. Takes about 2 more hours to fish 200 than Nashmau, and that's with apron. /sigh, if only I didnt have so many marlin taking up space, damn charts.

[Raineer]

It cannot be emphasized enough how much Lu helps once you get near the 50-60 levels. Get this and be happy forever.

[Arkangel]

I'm going for marlins until i get the ring from brigands, or i hit 61, whichever is first. I was merely showing my annoyance that a bunch of !!! I fully take down it then says I don't have the skill to reel in, and im 56.

[Cele]

In my experience fishing for skill up, I didn't need at all the rings. I'm just saving it for Gugru/Liks when I start with em, currently fishing 93 and "standing by" leveling jobs and farming for crafts.

So don't care too much about rings more if you fish @Xbox.

[Ruuz]

Dont do Marlin till you have serpent rumors in hand. If you need the rings to fish................. try something else?

Serious son, go to Nashmau.

[Arkangel]

Nevermind, I appreciate everyones answers, and the insinuation I'm not going for Lu Shangs, but no one was able to answer my original question, so ty anyways.

[Raineer]

Nevermind, I appreciate everyones answers, and the insinuation I'm not going for Lu Shangs, but no one was able to answer my original question, so ty anyways.

The answer to your question is that if you use the wrong rod you will occasionally lose catches, so yes it makes sense.

[Ruuz]

We gave you everything fool. What you can/cannot catch where you are currently fishing, why you may have issues (not using Lu Shang), and better places for you to fish for faster skillups with more profit. How could you not be happy with that?

[Juib]

Whatever. Anyone who would actually attempt to move on past the 50s without lu shangs is a fool anyway so I wouldnt expect them to follow any sort of logical path when it comes to fishing

[Ruuz]

Whatever. Anyone who would actually attempt to move on past the 50s without lu shangs is a fool anyway so I wouldnt expect them to follow any sort of logical path when it comes to fishing

LOL, very true.

[Arkangel]

I've been skilling up just fine without it thank you, and I am working on it, not that I care that you know. I did not ask for advice on what poles or bait to use, in fact someone offered me help anyway and it ended up being ridiculous because I was suggested to use a halcyon rod for !!!s. I asked one simple question, and no one answered it, instead all I got was crap because I'm a fool because I don't have a lu shangs. Next time someone asks a question at least read it, or just ignore it, don't use it as an excuse to put the person down because they don't have something you do.