#fishernation

it is called a fish fighting belt/harness.

BEHOLD.

Every Fisher worth their salt knows and loves the Magic Bucket, a minion which can only be obtained by getting lucky while fishing at a very cold, very lonely pond in the Coerthas Western Highlands. The Bucket very obediently follows you around, all the while carrying a single goldfish, which when /poke'd will jump into the air to greet you.

A fine specimen in his own right.

But did you know that, VERY occasionally, a FROG will jump out of the bucket instead? It, as far as I know, cannot be summoned with /poke, /beckon, or any other input (believe me, I've tried). Instead, the frog only appears when it pleases, and only for a moment. To save you tens of minutes of staring at a bucket (and because I desperately wanted to take a closer look at My Dear Boy the Frog), I have documented this phenomenon for you, dear reader.

Behold! A Frog!

Far more rotund than the froggos and poroggos typically encountered in Eorzea, our friend here is clearly very well-fed. (Perhaps this is where all that bait goes when we reel in too early?)

Through the power of gpose, we can also see a split second in which the Frog floats alongside the Bucket's primary denizen. Truly, peace and love on planet Bucket. And finally, for your viewing pleasure:

THE FORTUNE COOKIE OFFERED ME

A FISHERNATION PROPHECY:

PILES OF PROMISED PISCINE QUANTITY

BUT WITH OUR NATIONS QUALITY

I've spent, like, the past week trying to catch Aphotic Pirarucu. It's supposed to have a 5% bite rate... I had over 100 mooch attempts before I even saw my first bite, and then finally caught it today!

It now lives on the wall of Ardwin's house forever. Behold: the Pirarucu Wall of Shame.

Part of the reason that this fish was irritating me so much was not just that it wasn't supposed to be so hard to catch - it's also because it happens to perfectly overlap with the window for Madam Butterfly, and overlap to the point of uselessness with almost all windows for Armor Fish.

Both of these fish are well known to be very obnoxious to catch.

...Apparently they took pity on me after the Pirarucu Debacle because I just caught both of them.

she's so special and perfect AAAAAAAHH

I will love and cherish her forever 🥹

Wilfreda makes this face at Dryskthota before every single ocean fishing voyage she boards. At this point Wil has been doing it for years... surely Dryskthota is bound to notice her one of these days, right? Right??