I only bought this game a few months ago, and don't have HW yet, so I'm a little behind the times. I've got my Fisher to level 50, and have been trying to get my gear to at least 301 for some of the bigger fish, but some of the guides have left me a bit confused, and a lot of the pages are old, outdated or no longer show up.

I have the HQ Fisher's set (HQ Forager is a little out of my price range for the time being) and now I'm trying to figure out my right side and materia. I've read I should use i70 battle accessories melded with gathering materia, is this right? Can it be any i70 battle accessories? And should all my materia be + gathering, or do I need perception too? Does the latter affect the chances of catching big fish? What numbers should I be looking at?

I'm not quite finished with the game yet and want to wait a bit longer before getting HW, in case anyone tells me not to bother because of 50 - 60.