Early to bed.

pic is the "keeper" out of the four I caught, much larger than the other three I'll hang onto this one for a while ^^

Not feeling well this evening so I cut it short.

Decided to check out a suggested guide area for 28 in West Sarutabaruta, a few dark bass and giant catfish later I gave up. Just seemed like too much work for little reward.

Bought a shiny new Rouge Rig and hit Buburimu cliffs to try my luck at shall shells. Amazing spot. averaged 2 stacks per hour and lost only one 50k rig taking a gamble on the stamina bar. Before I knew it I hit 30.1. Whoot off to get that pesky quest knocked out. Pretty easy and straight forward, the best reward was my new title "The Love Doctor" from the pre-quests.

Will be out of town for two days, taking our son to a waterpark/hotel for his birthday so I leave the slaughter of the Noble Ladies to you shani^^

All hail the Novice Fisherman!

As noted in last nights half-asleep post I hit 28. As a matter of pride I intended to go fish up that Giant Catfish but it got late and I was about to pass out so I snagged one off the AH when I went to sell my catch. Fairly crap GP items for now but with some luck I should be able to mix in some skill fishing with gp fishing.

I really do not want to leave the ferry, the regular income over the last week has been so very nice to have. Pouring over guides and databases it looks like I may be better suited targeting fish for skill vs. sitting on the boat hoping for skill ups on fish 30 lvls+ over me.
I did solve the "no skill ups for hours" problem this morning it seems I was trying to skill 27+ on Nebs that cap at 27 /blush. Good thing I did lose that last Shrimp Lure.

I have a pretty good collection of fishing items in storage now, rods, lures etc.. Trying to get at least 2-3 of every rod as a back up and I am trying to make room for a stack or so of the more common gp items.

I still plan to attempt my Lu Shang's rod asap (asap lol) but will more than likely change focus towards the profit fish then buy moats than actualy fishing up a decent % of them.

Skill to 30 is the priority goal I will probably hang out on the ferry for this so I imagine it will take a few days, padding of the pocket keeps me there. I have been staring at the Inside the Belly quest for years and eagerly await crossing it off "the list".

Layout Changes and Addiction

First off new look in the house!
New Template using the beta blogger.
Added in the Catch of the Day and Top 10 #'s in Recorded History lists. Try to keep them semi-updated as I can.

Its late and I'm tired. Lost 10 Shrimp lures total tonight thank god I synth them from mining loot. Forced to switch to minnows my catch-per-hour numbers are suffering now from too many !!!'s. Shrip lures have been silly easy to skill on as Nebs are very frequent and noble ladies have been very easy to reel in 90% of the time. Minnows on the other hand have been a royal pain in the ass. The easiest fish being Cone Calimary is semi-rare compared to noble, bluetail and !!!'s, but the bluetails are still semi-borederline to hard for me to land 100%.

No Horror sightings yet, always a bonus ^^

Did get to see Blackbeard today!! as soon as I remember to run memory stick to work I'll post some pics

!!!! As of right now 1:06 am I am Lvl 28 fishing!!! /huzzah

Time to hit jeuno AH fish, hit windy turn in item, go snuggle choc egg so it wont be born mentaly challenged and pass out. More in the AM.

Chocobo Eggs and 10 Stacks of Fish

Went ahead and did the chocobo egg quest with Corn last night. You get a free egg after completion, seems like a good idea till to you add up the costs of op warping, chocobo at tele etc.. and compare it to the 1k cost of an egg. My baby choco is is safe and sound in Bastok. I really do hope it does not die of neglect.

Fishing was great last night. The ferry was pretty quiet with chobo fever going on. Landed around 90 Nebs and 30 Noble's before calling it quits. No Sea Horror was a bonus. Finaly saw the NM Silverhook too, 70+ smn almost got him down before dying. Noob was killed by a monster, I raised him and monster killed him again.

Going to end this session early.

Fishing Skill 26.2

I Believe in Ferry Magic!

No not "Fairy Magic", like mithrandel becoming a mage but the magic of fishing on the Selbina-Mhaura Ferry. Skill ups, Cash, Sea Horror eating young un's, its the whole package!

Netted about 300k so far fishing, just about paid for the weskit I bought yesterday @ 400k, at least I dont have to roll out in full af any more ^^.

"X's guide to the Sea Horror and You."
1. It's mean.
2. Dont run blindly onto the deck.
3. Fishing half way up the stairs is no longer safe.
4. see #2 then let someone else run blindly onto the deck.
5. While person from #4 is occupying it run out and get to a safe fishing spot.
6. Tractor #4 person and raise them.
7. #4 will probably cling to you if you are lucky they will think stairs are safe so keep them between you and the S.H.'s path. I like to call this "The exp buffer" as they provide a buffer between myself and the S.H. and allow me to save exp.
8. Have a chuckle when a "noob" is killed and someone tractors him to the center of the deck, runs away and casts raise just as the S.H. is coming back from a light snack in the cargo bay.
9. /sigh when the same "noob" has that happen to him twice.
10. Dont be a hero, but DO play S.H. tag with someone if you are bored. S.H. like to play tag and there is no mistaking when you are "it" (did this with a sam and a thf as a blm till they quit and I had to warp out)
11. Cheer the 75 nin who gets sick of watching people play S.H. Tag and kills it.

In the course of ten rides saturday the Sea Horror popped 5 times. I ate hot steamy death three times and warped out on my fourth aggro. A 74 BLM/WHM cannot kill it when he is only wearing fishing gear and taken by suprise while fishing and watching tv. Well at least this 74 blm can't.


Current Fishing skill: 24.5

Slow but sure the climb to 30 skill is under way. Why 30? I need to set a point where I can trade off skill fishing for profit, guild points and moat carps. 30 is also the level for the Inside the Belly
quest and that can bring some loot and the fishing rings.

Took some time off the ferry yesterday to fish South Gustaberg for ogre eels and cobalt jelly fish to knock off a few alchemy levels on venom items. Craftsman Rank obtained!! Still debating getting at least the Trituration gp item for alchemy before I switch to fishing since I have 4k gp left and 10k are needed. Back to the gustaberg cliffs, I managed to land six Bastore Bream a lvl 86 fish sales are not that great on them so I'll stash them for gp item.

Two new additions to "Shani's Strays" arrived yesterday so I'm no longer the new guy /hurray. Mrfrodo pointed me to an excellent fishing database I had not found. I'll be adding it to the links: Kida's Fishing Database.