Big Fishing

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Big Fishing was introduced in patch 2.2. To participate in Big Fishing, the player has to be a level 50 Fisher.

Unlock

To unlock Big Fishing, players need to complete the quest The Beast of Brewer's Beacon. Talk to Sispu in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x7,y14) to receive the quest.

Types of Big Fish

Fish	Zone	Coords	Location	Time	Weather	Bait	Mooch	Gathering Lvl
Goldenfin	Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks	any	Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks	8am to 4pm	Any	Pill Bug		345+
Octomammoth	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks	any	Limsa Lomina Lower Decks	7am to 5pm	Any	Yumizuno	Mooch to Merlthor Goby (HQ) then Harbor Herring (HQ)	301+
Zalera	Middle La Noscea	(11,9)	Zephyr Drift	7am to 2pm	Any	Rat Tail		335+
Beguiler Chub	Middle La Noscea	(22,22)	Rogue River	6am to 2pm	Any	Moth Pupa		308+
Great Gudgeon	Middle La Noscea	(21,16)	West Agelyss River	All day	Any	Crayfish Ball		301+
Gigantshark	Middle La Noscea	(15,17)	Summerford	All day	Any	Lugworm	Mooch to Merlthor Goby (HQ) then Ogre Barracuda (HQ)	301+
High Perch	Middle La Noscea	(17,14)	Nym River	2am to 8am	Any	Sinking Minnow		301+
Crystal Perch	Middle La Noscea	(21,12)	Woad Whisper Canyon	All Day	Cloudy Fog	Butterworm		301+
Caterwauler	Lower La Noscea	(24,23)	Mourning Widow	All Day	Clear Fair Rain	Moth Pupa		301+
Oschon's Print	Lower La Noscea	(26,26)	Moraby Bay	All Day	Any	Goby Ball		301+
Syldra	Lower La Noscea	(35,15)	Cedarwood	6pm to 6am	Any	Spoon Worm		339+
Silver Sovereign	Lower La Noscea	(20,20)	Oschon's Torch	All day	Any	Yumizuno		301+
Sabertooth Cod	Lower La Noscea	(20,39)	Candlekeep Quay	12pm to 10pm	Any	Rat Tail		301+
Jaques the Snipper	Lower La Noscea	(25,33)	Moraby Drydocks	9pm to 3am	Any	Goby Ball		301+
Fairy Queen	Lower La Noscea	(21,34)	Empty Heart	1am to 4pm	Cloudy Windy Fog	Spinnerbait		351+
Meteor Survivor	Lower La Noscea	(16,35)	The Salt Strand	3am to 5am	Overcast Fog Wind	Rat Tail		348+
Cupfish	Lower La Noscea	(27,16)	Blind Iron Mines	7pm to 8pm	Clear	Syrphid Basket		381+
Faerie Queen	Lower La Noscea	(??,??)	Empty Heart	All Day	Any	Spinnerbait		334+
Armorer	Western La Noscea	(33,30)	Swiftperch	7pm to 4am	Any	Northern Krill		308+
Junkmonger	Western La Noscea	(27,29)	Skull Valley	4pm to 3am	Any	Pill Bug	Mooch to Merlthor Goby (HQ) then Wahoo (HQ)	311+
Navigator's Brand	Western La Noscea	(30,30)	Brewer's Beacon	8am to 3pm	Any	Yumizuno		290+
The Lone Ripper	Western La Noscea	(16,22)	Halfstone	All day	Gale	Heavy Steel Jig		353+
Helmsman's Hand	Western La Noscea	(15,29)	North Umbral Isles	11am?	Overcast	Pill Bug	Mooch to Ocean Cloud (HQ)	360+
Captain's Chalice	Western La Noscea	(17,15)	Sapsa Spawning Ground	12am to 1am	Clear	Steel Jig	Mooch to Merlthor Goby (HQ) to Wahoo (HQ) to Giant Squid (HQ)	338+
Frilled Shark	Western La Noscea	(15,35)	Ships Graveyard	8pm to 1am	Wind, Gale	Floating Minnow	Mooch to Fullmoon Sardine (HQ)	373+
The Captain's Chalice	Western La Noscea	(??,??)	Sapsa Spawning Grounds	11pm to 1am	Any	Iron Jig	Mooch to Fullmoon Sardine (HQ)	358+
Shark Tuna	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	Costa del Sol	8pm	Clear	Spoon Worm	Mooch to Fullmoon Sardine (HQ)	?
Bombardfish	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	North Bloodshore	9am to 2pm	Clear	Herring Ball		347+
The Salter	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	Hidden Falls	9am to 3pm	Clear	Midge Basket	Mooch to Copperfish (HQ)	357+
Mirrorscale	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	The Juggernaut	???		Midge Basket		?
The Drowned Sniper	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	East Agelyss River	All Day	Clear	Snurble Fly		349+
The Greatest Bream in the World	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	South Bloodshore	8pm to 10pm	Clear	Shrimp Cage Feeder		343+
The Terpsichorean	Eastern La Noscea	(??,??)	Raincatcher Gully	???		????		?
Twitchbeard	The Mist	(??,??)	Twitchbeard	4am?	Clear	Spoon Worm	Mooch to Fullmoon Sardine (HQ)	384+
Toramafish	Upper La Noscea	(15,23)	Oakwood	5pm to 6pm	Overcast	Spinnerbait	Mooch to Common Sculpin (HQ)	336+
Joan of Trout	Upper La Noscea	(9,20)	Fool Falls	4am to 5am	Any	Crow Fly		339+
Worm of Nym	Upper La Noscea	(33,24)	Bronze Lake Shallows	8pm to 9pm	Cloudy	Butterworm		359+
King of the Spring	Upper La Noscea	(27,22)	North Bronze Lake	4pm to 6pm	Clear Lightning	Spinnerbait		359+
Thundergut	Outer La Noscea	(??,??)	The Long Climb	7pm to 11pm	Rain	Stem Borer		349+
Storm Dancer	New Gridania	(12,13)	Jadeite Flood	5pm to 2am	Rain	Stem Borer		301+
Bloody Brewer	New Gridania	(10,11)	Lower Black Tea Brook	All Day	Fair Clear	Crayfish Ball		301+
Matron Carp	Old Gridania	(15,6)	Whispering Gorge	3pm to 9pm	Clear Fair Cloudy	Bloodworm		301+
Carp Diem	Old Gridania	(8,8)	Upper Black Tea Brook	9am to 2pm	Fog Cloudy	Crow Fly		301+
Chirurgeon	Central Shroud	(22,22)	The Vein	All Day	Clear Fair Cloudy Rain	Moth Pupa	Mooch to Striped Goby (HQ)	301+
Ghost Carp	Central Shroud	(25,27)	The Mirror	9pm to 3am	Rain Fog	Butterworm		301+
Levinlight	Central Shroud	(15,24)	Everschade	6pm to 10pm	Rain Cloudy	Syrphid Basket		349+
Bloodbath	Central Shroud	(?,?)	Haukke Manor	All Day	Thunder	Honey Worm		350+
The Green Jester	Central Shroud	(?,?)	Hopeseed Pond	6pm to 9pm	Any	Honey Worm		357+
Dark Ambusher	East Shroud	(10,22)	Sweetbloom Pier	9pm to 3am	Clear Fair Cloudy	Moth Pupa	Mooch to Striped Goby (HQ)	344+
Moldva	East Shroud	(24,25)	Springripple Brooke	6pm to 1am	Clear Cloudy Fair	Midge Basket	Mooch to Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (HQ)	331+
The Assassin	East Shroud	(17,16)	Sanctum of the Twelve	9pm to 10pm	Cloudy Clear	Butterworm		357+
Sylphsbane	East Shroud	(20,21)	Verdant Drop	All Day	Rain	Butterworm	Mooch Copperfish (HQ)	348+
Blue Widow	North Shroud	(26,25)	Murmur Rills	9am to 2pm	Any	Floating Minnow		325+
Judgeray	North Shroud	(21,24)	Fallgourd Float	2pm to 9pm	Any	Wildfowl Fly		344+
Shadowstreak	North Shroud	(??,??)	Proud Creek	4am to 9am	Fog	Topwater Frog		368+
Son of Levin	South Shroud	(18,29)	Rootslake	Any	Thunderstorm	Caddisfly Larva		349+
The Gobfather	South Shroud	(27,21)	Goblinsblood	12am to 6am	Thunderstorm	Honey Worm	Mooch to Silverfish (HQ)	378+
Vip Viper	South Shroud	(18,19)	Upper Hathoeva River	6pm	Clear	Butterworm		367+
Floating Boulder	South Shroud	(?,?)	Lower Hathoeva River	1am to 5am	Overcast, Fog	Bass Ball		358+
The Grinner	South Shroud	(24,22)	East Hathoeva River	All Day	Any	Syrphid Basket		339+
The Sinker	South Shroud	(??,??)	Middle Hathoeva River	10pm to 3am	Clear	Sinking Minnow		352+
Sweetnewt	Lavender Beds	(??,??)	Lavender Beds	11pm to 3am	Fog	Midge Basket	Mooch to Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (HQ)	359+
Glimmerscale	Western Thanalan	(24,21)	Nophica's Wells	All Day	Clear Fair	Butterworm		301+
Mud Golem	Western Thanalan	(17,15)	The Footfalls	9pm to 3am	Any	Butterworm		310+
Rivet Oyster	Western Thanalan	(11,14)	Vesper Bay	All Day	Any	Heavy Steel Jig		356+
Fingers	Western Thanalan	(14,18)	Crescent Cove	5pm to 6pm	Overcast, Clear	Northern Krill		361+
Dirty Herry	Western Thanalan	(15,29)	The Silver Bazaar	8pm to 9pm	Clear, Overcast	Northern Krill	??	343+
Dream Goby	Central Thanalan	(23,18)	Upper Soot Creek	5pm to 3am	Clear Fair Duststorm	Crayfish Ball		301+
Slime King	Central Thanalan	(16,23)	Lower Soot Creek	5pm to 12am	Dust storm Cloudy	Crayfish ball		357+
Old Softie	Central Thanalan	(29,21)	The Clutch	4pm to 10pm	Any	Bloodworm		301+
Dark Knight	Central Thanalan	(27,19)	Unholy Heir	All Day	Fog Duststorm Cloudy	Crow Fly		301+
Marrow Sucker	Eastern Thanalan	(13,20)	North Drybone	8pm to 3am	Rain	Syrphid Basket		301+
Mud Pilgrim	Eastern Thanalan	(17,24)	South Drybone	5pm to 7am	Rain	Midge Basket		301+
The Warden's Wand	Eastern Thanalan	(25,22)	Yugr'am River	5pm to 7pm	Clear	Honey Worm		338+
The Thousand-Year Itch	Eastern Thanalan	(??,??)	The Burning Wall	All Day	Fog	Stem Borer		349+
Olgoi-Khorkhoi	Southern Thanalan	(27,37)	Sagoli Dunes	All day	Heatwave	Sand Leech	Mooch to Storm Rider (HQ)	348+
Magic Carpet	Southern Thanalan	(12,35)	Sagoli Desert	9am to 4pm	Heatwave	Sand Leech	Mooch to Storm Rider (HQ)	359?
Old Hollow Eyes	Southern Thanalan	(21,15)	Burnt Lizard Creek	9am to 1pm	Clear	Yumizuno		291+
Discobolus	Southern Thanalan	(??,??)	Zahar'ak	12pm - 4pm	Heatwave	Glowworm		368+
Iron Noose	Southern Thanalan	(??,??)	Forgotten Springs	???	??	????		?
Hannibal	Northern Thanalan	(24,25)	Bluefog	1am to 4am	Fog	Spinner	Mooch to Common Sculpin (HQ)	367+
Spearnose	The Goblet	(??,??)	The Goblet	???	??	????		?
The Matriarch	Coerthas Central Highlands	(6,22)	Exploratory Ice Hole	11am?	Clear	Honey Worm	Mooch to Abalathian Smelt (HQ)	349+
Anomalocaris	Coerthas Central Highlands	(13,14)	Sea of Clouds	10am to 2pm	Clear	Hoverworm		358+
Charon's Lantern	Coerthas Central Highlands	(??,??)	Daniffen Pass	12am to 3am	Snow, Blizzard	Glowworm		349+
Daniffen's Mark	Coerthas Central Highlands	(??,??)	Coerthas River	3am to 9pm	Blizzard	Wildfowl Fly		347+
Dawn Maiden	Coerthas Central Highlands	(??,??)	Dragonhead Latrines	???	??	????		?
Starbright	Coerthas Central Highlands	(??,??)	The Nail	9pm to 2am	Clear	Syrphid Basket	Mooch Abalathian Smelt (HQ)	350+
Aetherlouse	Mor Dhona	(?,?)	North Silvertear	3am to 12pm	Gloom	Glowworm		379-381+

Lore

Fishers of surpassing skill can try their hand at reeling in impressive denizens of the deep once thought to be mere legend, earning an array of achievements in the process. Do you have what it takes to stake your claim as one of Eorzea's master anglers?