Hey guys, first time poster here. I have two quick questions.

1 - Should I buy level 50 gear and meld materia for GP into it or wait for the higher level stuff and meld materia into that? I am currently level 58 Botanist and I leveled up the hard way, but I don't wanna have to go through this with my Miner (currently level 20ish). My GP is roughly 420 and I have the level 55 NQ gear with my botanist, so my stats aren't so great.

2 - I only bought my HQ Botanist level 50 gear non-melded, which is why I was able to get to 55 without a problem. I never did the forager's set. The issue now lies that my Fishing class (currently level 50) has 0% probability of catching fish. I'm just getting like level 35 catches from the newer spots. What can I do to solve this? Should I buy HQ Fisher gear until level 55, then switch what I am currently using with my Botanist?

Any help is absolutely appreciated. Thanks for reading.