Silver Shark Questions

[Lumia]

I went to Summerford X:14 Y:15 ish which is in middle La Noscea and used lugworms. You tend to catch only herrings and gobies but if the goby is HQ then it allows you to mooch the silver shark. I don't think night/day really has any significant effect here. If you happen to find a bait that only attracts goby though please let me know!

If you are high enough, Cape Westwind (level 45 area) in Western Thanalan is the best spot for Silver Shark. (North of Vesper Bay by the imperials... you'll need Stealth III). Use a low level bait/lure for ocean fishing to catch the Merlthor Goby and you can mooch Silver shark or Wahoo. And even double mooch the Wahoo back to Silver Shark.

Because there is a huge level gap between the lvl 3 Merlthor Goby and the lvl 34 Haraldr Haddock, you'll always get goby's for the starting fish.

I was able to pull these up much faster than other areas.

I want a second opinion on using lure to catch silver shark before I'll believe it. I won't take one persons opinion on it.

I have fished almost every spot around Eorzea and I am 99% certain that Silver Shark can only be mooched, either from a goby or from the fullmoon sardine.

You will start to see patterns in areas when you try to complete locations. For instance Silverfish mooches Goldfish. Once you've done this, and if there is a fish at the end of the row that just isn't being caught by any other means, it is most likely double mooched off of the goldfish.

[cloverkitty]

If you are high enough, Cape Westwind (level 45 area) in Western Thanalan is the best spot for Silver Shark. (North of Vesper Bay by the imperials... you'll need Stealth III). Use a low level bait/lure for ocean fishing to catch the Merlthor Goby and you can mooch Silver shark or Wahoo. And even double mooch the Wahoo back to Silver Shark.

Thank you very much for this tip, it helped a lot, I now have a reliable way to make the oil so I can make the militia crafting tools for me and the LS crafters so we can better support the LS with 1 star items. I can confirm this worked well. Using low level bait (15 and lower) I caught nothing but Gobys which when HQed gave me a shot at the Silver Shark, occasionally I got a Wahoo to which seemed to HQ at least half the time mooching into a Silver Shark.

Again much appreciated.