Originally Posted by
Madmartigan
I chocobo'd my way to Costa Del Sol at 25 and stayed there until 30. With jack-o-lantern I was earning about 2.8k xp per nq using a floating minnow. That lure will only target blowfish 99% of the time and angelfish 1% of the time, so it is perfect focused fishing.
At level 30, head to Moondrip just North of Vesper Bay and use a chocobo fly. Again, this is targeted fishing, but on occasion you will hook a fish that is too big that you can't reel in. So there are occasional drops here. I'd bring 2-3 chocobo fly's just to be safe. I think I lost 1 lure.