I started doing the quest line about a week ago but im having real trouble in catching most big fish. So far i only caught titanic sawfish and nepto dragon but every time i try to fish helicoprion or olgoi i always miss them in the 15+ windows i tried so far. I tried twice for Kuno but the windows i get are about 2 hours ET.

The problem starts with gathering rate. Although i have ~680 with food, it seems to be not enough at all. Most feedbacks from other catchers however mention that they got them with 348-352 gathering. I am thinking to start doing melds in order to increase my gathering but should i (seriously??) lower my gathering in order to catch them as it is suggested?