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Fishing GUide

Levels 1-11
Area: West Ronfaure
Rod: Hume Fishing Rod
Bait: Insect Paste
Target: Moat Carp
This is pretty much the #1 spot to catch moat carps. Using this set up, about 49/50 of your catches will be carps. You'll hook the occasional arrowwood log, but you can note it because it's the only !!! item, and the music changes.
Levels 11-27
Area: Port San d'Oria
Rod: Hume Fishing Rod
Bait: Insect Paste
Target: Tricolored Carp
Using this set up, you should hook a tricolored carp about 1/3 of the time. The rest will be moat carps, the rare gold carp, and the occasional item. Nothing will break your hume rod, so just reel it all in.
By 27 you should be almost 1/3-1/2 of the way to lu shangs, while skilling! Think about it.
Levels 28-40
Area: Ferry
Rod: Halcyon Rod
Bait: Minnow
Targets: Bluetail, Cone Calamary, Noble Lady
For now you get to take a break from the carps and get a change of scenery. Head over to the ferry between mhaura and selbina, and get ready for some harder fish. Once again, stay away from the !!! fish and you'll be fine. If you use the profits from these fish to buy more moat carps, you'll quickly find it very much within your grasp.
Levels 41-56
Area: Al Zahbi
Rod: Hume Fishing Rod
Bait: Insect Paste
Target: Sazanbaligi
Once again, we're back to the moat carps. If you purchased moat carps in stacks from 28=40 you should be almost 1/2-2/3 of the way by now, and this is the last step.
3/4 of the fish you hook will be moat carps, the rest will be Sazanbaligis. These guys give some very pretty skill ups, and you'll have your lu shangs by level 50.
Levels 56-61
Area: Ferry
Rod: Lu Shang's Fishing Rod (use this from here on out)
Bait: Slice of Bluetail
Target: Bhefhel Marlin
Trade every one of these guys in to Zaldon. You'll be wanting/needing the rings rewarded from the pirates/birgands charts quests later on. Save them.
Levels 62-76
Area: Sauromugue Champaign
Bait: Meatball
Target: Silver Shark
These guys can be traded into Zaldon, or maybe sold on the AH for a bit of profit.
Levels 77-96
Area: Qufim Island (Ice Pond)
Bait: Sliced Cod
Target: Black Sole
These guys are just one huge money pool. By level 96 you'll be filthy rich off these little eels, but don;t worry, you'll be needing every cent you make for the next step.
Levels 97-100, The Ebisu
Talk to Irmilant in Rabao to begin the quest Indomitable Spirit. This quest will net you the ultimate of all rods, The Ebisu, which is unbreakable. You'll need the GP item Serpent Rumors to start the quest. It is also suggested you get the item GP item Mooching to increase the time the fishes stay on the line.

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These are one of my favorite guides. This fishing guide shows some really helpful ways to fish. I would definitely recommend this guide to other users. Although, in order to use some of the named bait, you would either need to be able to craft it or buy it in AH.

Thanks for commenting.

Interesting. This looks like an exact Copy/Paste job from one of the guides up on FFXIClopedia. In fact, most of the guides you posted are. Where's the credit?

I'd like to have this removed. PMing the Admin, he will know why.

As to Jacob, copy pasting a guide doesn't deserve credit.

well lion if you will look at the dl area you will see credit for FFxi wiki

Yea i have no problems as he did give credit

Thank you so much for sharing this