Let's Talk Fishing!

got my ebisu rod when fishing hit 78 and I'm wondering should I save gp to get my fishing apron next or pick up the emblem for the stall first I'm down to 9k gp since I picked up the rumors for the ebisu atm. currently 83 skill with neither the apron or the waders as the very first fish I gutted was a gugru that was given to me by a friend when I hit 30 and it had the sabre shoot so my gp priorities were slightly skewed

got my ebisu rod when fishing hit 78 and I'm wondering should I save gp to get my fishing apron next or pick up the emblem for the stall first I'm down to 9k gp since I picked up the rumors for the ebisu atm. currently 83 skill with neither the apron or the waders as the very first fish I gutted was a gugru that was given to me by a friend when I hit 30 and it had the sabre shoot so my gp priorities were slightly skewed

I would say go for stall because it's +5(?) fishing skill and only costs 20k versus 100k, but that's just me!

edit: ugh god, new paged again <____<

In the years I played ffxi I did some fishing every now and then but always got bored on long fishing runs. I however did quite enjoy fishing when I have a busy day studying and take occasionaly breaks to clear my mind for 30-60min.
Ive read some fishing guides and the conclusion across all of them is "get a lu shangs rod". I started the quest long ago but I will never get it done (<1.000/10.000 so far) because I do by far not fish often enough and not "hard enough".
lu shang being at 7m on bahamut is much easier farmed (7 dynamis sessions should still do the trick, even with declining currency values) than quested. However, for the occasional, casual fisher, 7m for a fishing rod is quite a lot.

Can you guys give me some advice, is it worth at all getting (buying) the lu shangs rod if I dont fish dedicated and regularly for hours? if I have the lu shangs rod, how much time would it take me to fish the 7m back?
and finally, I am currently lvl 21, what is the best spot/rod/bait for me to skillup? considering that I dont spend lenghty periods fishing but rather casually go there every now and then for shorter periods, Id prefer an area that isnt too far off (like the depths of SSG), 30min to get there to fish another 30min and warping again isnt fun really :S

edit:
I did read the post on this page that says how to make money but 200k a day (which involves several hours of fishing I assume) isnt that much money compared to the 7m needed for lu shangs or to the 1m you'd do in less time dyanmis farming

Fishing GP has turned into the single worst thing I've ever done in this game

i will trade you my 0/1032 gugru 0/291 lik and 245k gp for your ebis items...

saber shoot 1/1102 fishing will not beat me this day

i will trade you my 0/1032 gugru 0/291 lik and 245k gp for your ebis items...

Do I need Mooching for Matsyas, other than that Signboard thing or smock best for GP

thanks i got a lot of help today and after i got my shoot sold off remaining 42 gugrus and made 2 other people able to share my victory

I tried getting skillups at level 21, went to talacca cove to fish for istavrit which happened to go awesomely smooth, only downside is not a single skillup came in. after 26+ fishes I abandoned it. followed a wiki guide and went into the SSG, halcyon rod, shrimp lure for nebimonites, what I got was catch nothing x3, then an item, then a monster (cancelled them both) and then a rod break on the first thing that should have been a fish. Guess that was the last time I tried fishing for this year lol maybe Ill give it another try next year

Had the same problem with nebs hour of fishing in ssg got me 3 fish was following this guide

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Quick_Skillup_Fishing_1-100_by_Talila

Ended up skipping to the crystal bass witch worked fine for me and haven't looked back since

ok so yall can hate my wife as much as me
im 1/294 lik 1/41 gug
wife 1/53 gug 1/14 lik
and out mule is 1/15 lik 0/35 gug so far

After buying and selling a lu shangs rod about 5-6 different times during all these years I am finally questing it manually with my 3 characters. 600 moats a day should make it relatively easy seeing that this is day 3 and the NPC counts about 2480 (I had some turned in previously apparently).

I am also doing GP everyday for serpent rumors and did the prerequisite for inside the belly so I can do ebisu soon. I've been 100 for awhile and I have the fishing stall already. About 30,000 points into the 95,000 needed at this moment. Not looking forward to spamming the 2 fish for the key items.

I've been skimming the thread for a bit and might have missed it, but the stall in my mog house gives a hidden+5 even without moghancement for fishing? Also does having 100 skill or beyond help with the break rate of the lushang or line?

I never looked hardcore into fishing until this point. I got my fisher's torque last night at least.