Fishing... we need to talk.

[Granyala]

And having spent 3 hours trying to get icepicks tonight so I can get the Cloudfishing skill and actually be able to do my GC daily without a single one to show for it, I can agree with many of your ideas about more focusing toward specific fish with bait and the woes of RNG.

Oo You must have fished at the wrong place.
They don't bite well but they aren't THAT scarce, after all they are a direct catch if I am not mistaken.
I fished them up in half an hour with the Lv 51 insect lure you can buy in western coerthas at Western coerthas; unfrozen pond.

I can recommend the site Silverbane linked. It has virtually all the information you could possibly need.

I agree though that being dependent on such a site is ludicrous game design. FF tells you waaay to little about the fish you want even after you caught it.