Help with fishing

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When you've reached the Jig part of fishing, all it is from there is a 'hot and cold' game. In the sense you are giving instructions if you are getting closer to the spot you need to hit or further. It's call finding the “Sweet Spot”.

I believe for fishing it was
'the fish is taking line' = you're getting cold = you're getting further away from the sweet spot
'you are taking in line' = you're getting warmer = you're getting closer to the sweet spot
(i forgot what it said for this one) = you're hot = you're really close to the sweet spot
'fish is getting tired' = you're burning up = you're hitting the sweet spot

Sometimes you need to hit the sweet spot or close to it a few times before you can reel in the fish.
If you don't see any of those text when you're fishing, then you've probably switched on the chat filter for "System Messages". Make sure you are not hiding those messages.

And some reference materials for additional reading sorted by relevance
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com.../gather03.html
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...a0e586d0373a75
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...f9ba09e2ee16f5