Poor fish catch amounts

[Besame]

Why must devs always screw the fishers. No wonder there are so few when I am out and about and it has always been so on my server. I did the leve L-61 "There can be only one", for highland perch. This is a progressive 9x possible turn in leve. I spent over 2500 in gil for 6x salmon roe PLUS my gear wear cost and only caught 6. I gave up then and won't do that leve again.

[Vandril]

Yeah, honestly, that Leve is just not worth it in any way. In the time it takes you to gather even 3 of the fish, you'll have lost more EXP from fish getting away (there's a particularly difficult-to-catch fish that often gets away even upwards of level 68 at that fishing hole - guess which one) than you'll have gained from the Leve.

If you wanna level FSH, just farm collectable fish for turn-in. Find the spot one can be fished from, sit there, and farm your ass off. Move up the ranks of collectable fish as you level, and just keep farming. Use Commercial Survival Manuals from Red Gatherer's Scrips. Always. Update your gear at least once at level 65 at least with the NQ vendor gear (66 for Belt). The level 65 vendor gear can comfortably get you to 70. You'll probably max FSH in a good 12-15 hours. Of straight farming.

It's also worth noting that the 60-70 FSH questline gives ~10m EXP depending on RNG. That's the amount of EXP required to level from 69 to 70. If you're just farming away and ignoring the quests, be sure to stop farming and do them around halfway into level 68 at the latest.

Lastly, never skip your daily Grand Company Provisioning turn-in for FSH. HUGE exp for (usually) minimal effort.

Good luck.

[Besame]

I have not farmed much.. Just enough to level a few crafters a little and sell the product on the MB. I have my bard at 70 and miner and bot also. I did them as a duo with leves really quickly. Just have this fisher to get to 70 now. I also always do the class quests as they come available.

[Espritduo]

Highland perches can be brought back by fishing retainers at around level 61 as long as you've caught at least one and the retainer has good enough gear.

[blueruckus]

Save your leves for spearfishing common whelks at around level 63.

[Coldbrand]

Not to mention 99% of all fish now never have an associated recipe or use unless you're a big fan of fine sand.