I finally did it, Eorzea. I got my flying shark mount, and once I sat down and just looked at things, it turns out Ocean Fishing is surprisingly easy. Well, for the most part.

It doesn’t hurt to be a high-level fisher with overmelded gear. And if you’re a level 90 fisher, as all the guilds like to call it, getting the 10,000 points necessary shouldn’t be too difficult! But if not, the general idea probably remains the same.

Here’s the strategy that worked for me pretty much as soon as I used it (with more details below!):

10K Fishing Guide

  1. Get some Cordials (preferably Hi-Cordials, but normal will do). You might also want to eat some food that’ll help with gathering!

  2. Check Lulu’s Tools for the route you’re about to go on, and purchase the right baits. As soon as your ocean fishing endeavor begins, equip the correct bait.

  3. Enable Snagging, and start fishing! Use Prize Catch to not only get bigger fish, but also build up Angler’s Art. Three stacks of Angler’s Art allows you to use Thaliak’s Favor, which restores 150 GP. Save these for spectral currents!

  4. When you get to a spectral current, equip the bait according to Lulu’s Tools, under the line divider in each section.

  • Make sure you have pretty full GP, then wait for a big catch opportunity. When you get one, triple hook it! You can earn upwards of 1500 points on a single catch this way. If time is running out and you can’t use Triple Hook, use Double Hook instead.

Go Fish!

A lot of it is luck, but build Angler’s Art, manage your GP wisely, and look for good Double/Triple Hook opportunities during spectral currents. Also try to hit your special mission goals during your outing - completing all three gets you a 20% bonus on top of your score at the end. You also get a small bonus for going ocean fishing as a party!

This is a pretty basic step-by-step, and you can get very high scores if you get good at fishing and also get lucky with spectral currents. One fisher scored around 22k during one of my voyages (20k gets you a fancy title!), and I’ve seen other reports of around 40k). But this got me a shark, a dolphin, and 50 mogtomes as a solo fisher, so it was good enough for me!

Good luck!