Ok, so I've melded my gear, at least all the gathering that is allowed, and as much perception as I can. That gives me 317 gathering and 292 perception. I know I'm well beyond the requirements to catch silver sovereign. And, I have caught 7 HQ so far. However, this has taken me almost 3 weeks of pretty much solid fishing out side of daily ex roulette. I need 30 of them for the hat and rod.

Is there anything else I can do? This is taking a ridiculously long amount of time, even for a grind. I can't advance with "feast of famine" because I need the rod and the hat to even attempt to come close to 400+ gathering it requires for the fish in that quest.

I'm just getting frustrated because I've read the forums and other guides and it seems others are not having such a hard time catching 30 HQ sovereigns.