Silver Shark Questions

[Ryamatsu]

Heavy Iron Jig, Silver Bazaar, 95% catch rate. Why are you people trying to catch everything in so complicated way?

Thanks for the tip. There's a lot of misinformation online, have to be careful what you read. I was reading the wrong thing apparently.

[Waliel]

I'll keep the rest as a trade secret.

Oooh, sorry. It was Iron Jig, not Heavy Iron Jig.

[Moochan]

Thanks for the tip. There's a lot of misinformation online, have to be careful what you read. I was reading the wrong thing apparently.

First of all, the information is not wrong. Our mooching is probably how 99% of the people will get their first shark. Also, I had no fricken clue you could catch anything you need to mooch with bait/lure instead. Kinda defeats the purpose of having a mooch then doesn't it?

[Orophin]

Best place to attempt Silver Shark is probably South Bloodshore. You can use low level bait like lugworms and only catch Merlthor Gobies and possibly the Coral Butterfly on occasion. Singling out the Gobies will give more chances at catching an HQ version, allowing you to Mooch. The downside is Blue Octopus shares bites on Mooched catches, so it'll be a crapshoot on what you catch.

[Moochan]

I want a second opinion on using lure to catch silver shark before I'll believe it. I won't take one persons opinion on it.

[Flaeb]

Not sure if theres a place where you get a Silver Shark only from Mooching and not having other fish stealing the bait.

[Lumia]

I went to Summerford X:14 Y:15 ish which is in middle La Noscea and used lugworms. You tend to catch only herrings and gobies but if the goby is HQ then it allows you to mooch the silver shark. I don't think night/day really has any significant effect here. If you happen to find a bait that only attracts goby though please let me know!

If you are high enough, Cape Westwind (level 45 area) in Western Thanalan is the best spot for Silver Shark. (North of Vesper Bay by the imperials... you'll need Stealth III). Use a low level bait/lure for ocean fishing to catch the Merlthor Goby and you can mooch Silver shark or Wahoo. And even double mooch the Wahoo back to Silver Shark.

Because there is a huge level gap between the lvl 3 Merlthor Goby and the lvl 34 Haraldr Haddock, you'll always get goby's for the starting fish.

I was able to pull these up much faster than other areas.

I want a second opinion on using lure to catch silver shark before I'll believe it. I won't take one persons opinion on it.

I have fished almost every spot around Eorzea and I am 99% certain that Silver Shark can only be mooched, either from a goby or from the fullmoon sardine.

You will start to see patterns in areas when you try to complete locations. For instance Silverfish mooches Goldfish. Once you've done this, and if there is a fish at the end of the row that just isn't being caught by any other means, it is most likely double mooched off of the goldfish.

[Artamie]

Thanks Lumia, I'll have to give that a try for sure!

[Waliel]

Yes, Silver Sharks can only be mooched. Either by a single or double mooch depending on the location.

[Vermilion]

With 246 Perception I'm still not getting many HQ goby bites is it capped?