Fish Tales

The sunny oasis town of Rabao was today's setting for Fennella's "catch-of-the-day;' sandfish. Sandfish are nice in that a sibiki rig can pull in up to three at a time. While they're much easier for me to fish now days than they were way back when I first started trying to catch them, they're still small and feisty little guys that put up a pretty good fight.

After I'd caught 32 of them, I stopped by to speak with Irmilant (and old fisherman who hangs out in Rabao). We spoke a little about serpent rumors and he told me more about a story I'd heard where some legendary sea monsters swallowed opal silk thread and a saber shoot branch. Irmilant explained that who is the only one alive that can fashion these things into a legendary fishing rod impervious to breakage. It sounded far fetched, but I have heard parts of this rumor elsewhere. I plan on keeping my eyes open for these legendary sea monsters. Perhaps if I should catch one, I'll have Zaldon gut it for me to see if I can find the legendary items Irmilant speaks of...

Fennella had a pretty easy catch today: nosteau herring. It was no problem pulling up a stack (12) of these guys will waiting at Port Jeuno for the Windurst airship. Using a shrimp lure I was actually able to pull up some tiger cod, black sole, and a few cobalt jelly fish. I'll carve up the tiger cod into sliced cod bait and use it to catch some more black sole while working on my fishing skill. The black sole and cobalt jellyfish I'll sell at the auction house. I like when things work out nicely!

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I spent some time (not much time) at one of the cutest little lakes; Lake Tepokalipuka in East Sarutabaruta. I've been here a couple times before catching other fish for Fennella. This time around, I was catching pipira and all I needed were 16. I didn't even take me a full Vana'diel day to handle that request! This fish were practically jumping out of the water for my minnow lure. I can't argue with an easy catch of the day! I guess I'll use the spare time to do some black sole fishing on Qufim Island...

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I had a chance to do some fishing at the foot of the most mesmerizing, yet menacing waterfall I've ever seen. Fennella's catch of the day was takitaro and they can be found at the pond at the bottom of the Cascade Edellaine falls on the Misareaux Coast.

The view was breathtaking but the fishing was a burden. Takitaro have a HUGE amount of stamina. After trying and failing to actually land any fish with my Lu Shang's rod and a fly lure, I raced back to my Mog House to grab the albatross ring I'd been saving. Without the enchantment of the albatross ring boosting my stamina, there was no way I could catch the takitaro. Even with the boost there were still a few times I lost my catch.

Fortunately I only needed three fish to satisfy Fennella and my albatross ring enchantment lasted long enough for me to catch four. I love the amazing landscape of the Misareaux Coast but the takitaro didn't give me a second to sit back and indulge in the beauty!

The Fishing Guild "catch-of-the-day" today was silver sharks. It's been a while since I've ridden the Selbina ferry and even longer since I've caught any of these squirmy carnivores. I decided I'd give it a go.

First thing I did was unpack some sliced sardine bait I'd had sitting on ice crystals in my Mog House and grab a wind cluster from my Mog Safe. After I boarded the ferry (and watch a poor young adventurer get completely knocked out by a Sea Monk), I started fishing bluetails with the sliced sardines.

After I'd caught a few bluetails, I broke up the wind cluster to get some individual crystals and used them to slice up the bluetail for bait. Then with the bluetail, I pulled up a few silver sharks. You know, I've gotten alot better since I last fished these sharks. These guys were pretty easy to reel in!

When I was done, I grabbed a sea pugil as pet and ran around the ferry like a crazy Elvaan!