Fish Desynth

[Nyalia]

This is a good source of desynthesis info:
http://na.ff14angler.com/desynthesized

While that site is really awesome, it's missing at least four unique items (Ti Leaf Lei (Frilled Shark), Summer Sandals (Shark Tuna), Oschon Roselle Capeline (unknown), Gold Roselle Capeline (Toramafish)). Also, I'm given to understand that a fish can drop Minium, which is totally plausible since they give so much sand. I wouldn't be surprised if a fish gave Emery too. And, there's a fish that drops Ferberite (Armorer) which is sorta worth mentioning.

EDIT: I take it back, that site is AWESOME! They have hundreds-thousands of catch times and desynth results recorded for some of these, very nice for figuring out exact times! Sadly, their comments are in Japanese, which is where the weather and minimum gathering info is recorded. I'll compile the data from translating the Japanese and let ya'll know what their data suggests.

[Nyalia]

Here's some data extracted from http://na.ff14angler.com/

Note: For the Gthr data, the highest listed value is the lowest known value of Gathering that definitely works. The lowest listed value is the highest known value that resulted in an "Insufficient Gathering" message (+1). This gives the range where the minimum Gathering score must reside.

Fish: Gigantshark
Zone: Middle La Noscea
Hole: Summerford
Wthr: Clear, Fair
Time: Any
Bait: Floating Minnow (12.3%) -> HQ Merlthor Goby (18.8%)
      Floating Minnow (62.7%) -> HQ Harbor Herring (13.3%)
      Floating Minnow (62.7%) -> HQ Harbor Herring (38.6%) -> HQ Ogre Barracuda (39.8%)
      Lugworm (50%) -> HQ Merlthor Goby (18.8%)
Gthr: ?-299
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 100%, at 80 dSkill: 70%
Loot: Sea Breeze Summer Halter (7.7%), South Seas Talisman (11.9%)


Fish: Octomammoth
Zone: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks
Hole: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks
Wthr: Any (Confirmed: Rain, Fog, Cloudy, Fair, Clear)
Time: 9am-5pm
Bait: (There are many valid options, but this is clearly the best)
      Pill Bug (7.3%) -> HQ Merlthor Goby (20.1%)
      Pill Bug (36.5%) -> HQ Harbor Herring (31.8%)
Gthr: ?-300
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 100%, at 80 dSkill: 70%
Loot: Sea Breeze Summer Pareo (7.7%), Blue Summer Maro (7.7%)


Fish: Twitchbeard
Zone: Mist
Hole: Mist
Wthr: Clear, Fair
Time: 4am-6am
Bait: Spoon Worm (41.8%) -> HQ Fullmoon Sardine
Gthr: ?-341
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 85%, at 80 dSkill: 50%
Loot: [insufficient data] Red Summer Pareo (?), Red Summer Maro (?) 


Fish: Shark Tuna
Zone: Eastern La Noscea
Hole: Costa del Sol
Wthr: Clear, Fair
Time: 7pm-9pm
Bait: Spoon Worm (37.4%) -> HQ Fullmoon Sardine
Gthr: ?-347
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 85%, at 80 dSkill: 50%
Loot: [insufficient data] Summer Sandals (?)


Fish: Olgoi-Khorkoi
Zone: Southern Thanalan
Hole: Sagolii Dunes
Wthr: Heat Wave
Time: Any
Bait: Sand Leech (41.9%) -> HQ Storm Rider
Gthr: 345-348
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 85%, at 80 dSkill: 50%
Loot: Waterproof Cotton (7.1%)


Fish: Frilled Shark
Zone: Western La Noscea
Hole: The Ship Graveyard
Wthr: Cloudy, Fog
Time: 5pm-3am
Bait: Floating Minnow (100%) -> HQ Merlthor Goby (100%) -> HQ Wahoo (78.7%) -> HQ Giant Squid (21.9%)
Gthr: 370-383
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 85%, at 80 dSkill: 50%
Loot: [small dataset] Coronal Summer Halter (~5.5%), Ti Leaf Lei (?)


Fish: Toramafish
Zone: Upper La Noscea
Hole: Oakwood
Wthr: Any (Confirmed: Fair, Cloudy, Fog)
Time: 5pm-7pm
Bait: Spinner (41.7%) -> HQ Common Sculpin
      Spinnerbait (40.9%) -> HQ Common Sculpin
Gthr: ?-336
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 85%, at 80 dSkill: 50%
Loot: [Insufficient data] Rose Roselle Capeline (?)




Good, easy to catch fish for leveling CUL Desynth (good for that gap between 75 and 90 skill)

Fish: Coeurlfish
Zone: Upper La Noscea
Hole: Oakwood
Wthr: Any (confirmed: Fair, Cloudy, Thunderstorm)
Time: Any
Bait: Spinner (41.7%) -> HQ Common Sculpin
      Spinnerbait (40.9%) -> HQ Common Sculpin
Gthr: ?-195
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 100%, at 80 dSkill: 70%
Loot: Nothing special (just a good desynth leveling fish)


Fish: Takitaro
Zone: Western La Noscea
Hole: The Ship Graveyard
Wthr: Any (confirmed: Sunny, Fair, Cloudy)
Time: Any
Bait: Streamer (13.8%)
Gthr: ?-242
Dsyn: Chance at 100 CUL dSkill: 100%, at 80 dSkill: 70%
Loot: Nothing special (just a good desynth leveling fish)

[Shadygrove]

Just got a grade 4 dark mater from a dinichthys.

[Nyalia]

For those who missed it on other threads: The Lone Ripper can desynth to Waterproof Cotton, and the Greatest Bream in the World can desynth to Oschon Roselle Capeline. There's also a fish that can give Aqueous Whetstones, but I forget which one.

[Lexia]

Anyone know what fish can continue to level up on after 92 points?

[Jeykama]

Anyone know what fish can continue to level up on after 92 points?

i75 fish like Sovereigns still grant 0.02-0.03 skill. Your only alternative are the i80 fish introduced in 2.3, which end up giving 0.12-0.15ish skill and probably peters off considerably at 95 or so.

[Nukocafe]

Anyone know what fish can continue to level up on after 92 points?

I'm at 92 and I'm just going down the list of the 2.3 big fish. They are giving me around .12 ~ .15.
Rivet Oysters btw also give that much but those damn things keep getting away so I don't bother anymore
I think the Frilled Shark which requires 380 gathering will probably be the best you can do and will give slightly more.
Sadly I don't have enough gathering even with FC buff to catch it yet.

[Nyalia]

I'm fairly certain (but could be wrong) that all of the new Big Fish are i80 and all give the same desynth exp. Frilled Shark should give the same exp as a Twitchbeard even though it's much harder to catch since they are both the same ilvl. It may seem odd, but it's the same with other classes. i90 items that take super rare items like a Throne Gem or Waterproof Cotton still give the same exp as items that use much more common materials. Why? They're both i90.

[Lexia]

Does the swimwear desynth into something? I noticed on the marketboard the male bottoms the same person bought 5 of them.

[ServerCollaps]

Does the swimwear desynth into something? I noticed on the marketboard the male bottoms the same person bought 5 of them.

you can desynth them to waterproof cotton, with a maybe 5 to 10 % success rate