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Earth · Cetus

Plains of Eidolon

Gara Toht Lake is the large lake just north of Cetus. Look here for Mawfish during the day, Charc Eel at either time, and Norg at night with Norg Bait.

Inland ponds hold Khut-Khut and Yogwun during the day, Mortus Lungfish at either time, and Cuthol at night in a hotspot with Cuthol Bait.

Ocean coast has Goopolla and Tralok, plus bait fish. Murkray needs an ocean hotspot and Murkray Bait. Glappid needs night, an ocean hotspot, and Glappid Bait.

Venus · Fortuna

Orb Vallis

Lake: Echowinder and Kriller during warm weather; Sapcaddy during cold weather. Longwinder appears in a warm lake hotspot with its bait.

Ponds: Eye-Eye and Brickie during warm weather; Tink and Recaster during cold weather. Recaster and Tromyzon need a cold pond hotspot.

Caves: Scrubber and Mirewinder can appear in cave pools in either cycle. Charamote and Synathid need cave hotspots and their matching bait.

Deimos · Necralisk

Cambion Drift

Fish can be over surface pools or cave pools. Check whether Fass or Vome is active before targeting cycle-specific fish. Hotspots look like glowing patches over the fluid.

Use a Spari or Ebisu spear to catch fish through the Exocrine. Raw Residue attracts some fish; the rarer hotspot fish need processed bait from Daughter.

Myxostomata: look for a glowing cave hotspot during Vome and use Processed Vome Residue.

Duviri

Golden Maw feeding

Duviri uses a different fishing activity. In The Duviri Experience, start a Maw feeding event at a Transference Pad beside the water, then steer the Golden Maw through the fish.

Catch 10 fish for the first reward tier. Reach 15 for the extra tier and an aquarium fish on the first successful feeding of that run.