Fish Tales

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!

Well, today is certainly a red letter date! On the ferry today I caught my very first Ryugu Titan! The fish weighs in at: 340lm and 1689pz. I'm not sure how big that is in comparison to other titans but it wasn't an easy catch - that's for sure.

Since the start of my fishing career I've hooked many but never reeled in a legendary titan. You can imagine how ecstatic I was about this catch. I ran around the deck of the ferry acting like a purely insane Elvaan. After the immediate elation wore off however, it was back to fishing as usual - albeit with a much happier outlook!

I was out in North Gustaberg the other day fishing for gavial fish for the Fishing Guild. They were a pretty easy catch for me behind the Drachenfall waterfall (F-7 on the North Gustaberg map - you have to go through Dangruf Wadi to get there). A few stacks of meatballs and my trusty Lu Shang's rod pulled in fifteen or so fish. Not a bad haul as far as I'm concerned.

The cool mist from the falls plus the view of the moon from within the chasm that Zeikt Creek cut made for a relaxing outing. The roar of the water is disconcerting at first (there's so much raw power there) but once you've caught a few gavial, you kind of forget about the noise as it blends into the background.

I saw only a few other adventurers down there and fished along side a Taru named Tonytonychopper. Not much conversation but what's to be said in a landscape such as that?