Fishing Log: The Southern Strait of Merlthor

Fishing Log: The Southern Strait of Merlthor

Type

Ocean Fishing

Level

1

Location

The Endeavor (X:6.0, Y:6.0)

Patch

5.2

Links

TC

The Southern Strait of Merlthor is a location on the Indigo Route for Ocean Fishing.

This fishing log applies when a spectral current is not present. During a spectral current, the fishing log at this location changes to Fishing Log: Southern Merlthor Spectral Current.

Routes that use this fishing location:

• Northern Strait of Merlthor (The Southern Strait of Merlthor → Galadion Bay → The Northern Strait of Merlthor)
  • Recommended for the What Did Seadragons Do to You? achievement (→→)
  • Recommended for the What Did Octopodes Do to You? achievement (→→)
• Rhotano Sea (Galadion Bay → The Southern Strait of Merlthor → Rhotano Sea)
  • Recommended for the What Did Jellyfish Do to You? achievement (→→)
  • Recommended for the What Did Sharks Do to You? achievement (→→)

Fish

	Fish	Preferred	Ragworm	Krill	Plump Worm	Ghoul Barracuda	Points			Bite	Hookset	Stars	Weather	Notes
	Ghoul Barracuda	Krill	4 - 8	4 - 8	4 - 8		10	2	3	!!	Powerful Hookset	★	Not
	La Noscean Jelly	Ragworm	2 - 5	2 - 5	2 - 5		10	3 - 4	5 - 7	!	Precision Hookset	★	Any
	Sunfly	Ragworm	5 - 9	5 - 9	5 - 9		10	2	3	!	Precision Hookset	★	Any
	Marine Bomb	Krill	5 - 9	5 - 9	9 - 14		27	2	3	!	Precision Hookset	★★	Any
	Shaggy Seadragon	Ragworm	9 - 16	14 - 22	14 - 22		35	4	7	!	Precision Hookset	★★	Not
	Momora Mora	Plump Worm	13 - 21	13 - 21	8 - 17	8-17	22	2	3	!!!	Powerful Hookset	★★	Any
	Merlthor Butterfly	Ragworm	17 - 28	17 - 28	17 - 28		51	2	3	!	Precision Hookset	★★★	Any
	Gladius	Ghoul Barracuda				7-14	49	2	3	!!	Powerful Hookset	★★★	Any
	Spectral Discus	Krill	19 - 34	21 - 37	21 - 37		100	1	1	!!!	Precision Hookset	★★★★	Not
	Little Leviathan	Plump Worm			16 - 28		204	1	1	!!!	Powerful Hookset	★★★★	Any	: 1 Gladius (60s)

Data pulled from ffxiv.oceanfishing.boats.

Bait used

• Ragworm
• Krill
• Plump Worm

Achievements

This fishing log is specifically associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Denizens of South Merlthor	10	Catch every type of fish in the southern Strait of Merlthor when a spectral current is not present.	-	5.2

Additional information

The Southern Strait of Merlthor is shown in game between southeastern Vylbrand and western Thanalan.