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Commento di 4405

Received for fishing contest in Booty Bay held on Sundays.

Commento di 2590

This is the best fishing pole currently available in the game. You can get this fishing pole by winning the Sunday fishing tournament held in Stranglethorn Vale.

There is a rare fish you can catch during the tournament that can be turned in for a fishing line to further boost your +fishing: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=19971

There is also a +fishing enchant to gloves and a lucky fishing hat (also available from a rare fish).

Some comparable poles:

The Big Iron Fishing Pole can be fished off the shores of Desolace and has +20 fishing: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=6367

There's a new quest reward +20 fishing pole in BC: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=25978

A horde-only quest reward has +25: https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=19022

Commento di Ascension

Does anyone know how much the fishing line adds?

Commento di redfenix

FYI http://www.wowwiki.com/Fishing

Commento di 72301

I Pwn with fishing poles

Commento di Mordiceius

One of the best places to fish is Yojamba island.

Set your Hearthstone to Booty Bay and go to Yojamba. Around the entire island there are about 8-10 pools and in all my weeks fishing, no one ever goes there.

I've already won the competition twice and multiple times I've already got 40 fish before anyone else has.

Commento di 149915

This item is part of the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Competition. Which takes place every Sunday between 14:00 and 16:00 Server time.

These are the items that can be won if you are the first person to hand in 40 Speckled Tastyfish to Riggle Bassbait in Bootybay.
Arcanite Fishing Pole and Hook of the Master Angler.

Once someone has won the fishing competition, you can still hand in your remaining Speckled Tastyfish to Jang in Bootybay. (repeatable quest)

Here is a link to all the rare fish that can be caught during the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Competition and their drop chance (with thanks to Zubzubs's post on the Lucky Fishing Hat), plus the rewards you get when catching one and handing them in at the Fishbot 5000 in Bootybay

0.25% Keefer's Angelfish --> Lucky Fishing Hat
0.23% Brownell's Blue Striped Racer --> Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots
0.18% Dezian Queenfish --> High Test Eternium Fishing Line

not sure about drop chance, 0% according to Thottbot. Rockhide Strongfish --> Dual wielding Fish Power!!

Commento di calabacin

Here's a small guide on what patterns/items can improve your proffessions/skills. Please do feel free to comment if there's something wrong, or that I missed. If you like it, you may want to rate this comment ;-)

Using Blacksmithing
Riding+4% (requires 235) Enchant Plans: Mithril Spurs

Using Cooking
Fishing+10 (requires 100) Buff Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager

Using Enchanting
Fishing+2 (requires 145) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Fishing
Herbalism+2 (requires 145) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Herbalism
Herbalism+5 (requires 225) Enchant Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism
Mining+2 (requires 145) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Mining
Mining+5 (requires 215) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Advanced Mining
Riding+2% (requires 250) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Riding Skill
Skinning+5 (requires 200) Enchant Formula: Enchant Gloves - Skinning
Herbalism+5, Mining+5, Skinning+5 (requires 375) Enchant Enchant Gloves - Gatherer

Using Engineering
Mining+5 (requires 205) Head Goblin Mining Helmet

Using Fishing
Fishing+15 (requires 50) 2-Hand Darkwood Fishing Pole
Fishing+20 (requires 100) 2-Hand Big Iron Fishing Pole

Using Leatherworking
Herbalism+5 (requires 135) Hands Pattern: Herbalist's Gloves
Lockpicking+5 (requires 120) Hands Dark Leather Gloves
Riding+10% (requires 350) Trinket Pattern: Riding Crop

From a quest
Fishing+3 (level 14, requires 10) 2-Hand Blump Family Fishing Pole
Fishing+3 (level 70, requires 70) Enchant Spun Truesilver Fishing Line
Fishing+5 (level 1, requires 1) Head Lucky Fishing Hat
Fishing+5 (level 1, requires 1) Feet Nat Pangle's Extreme Anglin' Boots
Fishing+5 (level 1, requires 1) Enchant High Test Eternium Fishing Line
Fishing+5 (level 70, requires 70) Head Weather-Beaten Fishing hat
Fishing+20 (level 64, requires 62) 2-Hand Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole
Fishing+25 (level 50, requires 44) 2-Hand Nat Pangle's Extreme Angler FC-5000
Fishing+35 (level 62, requires 62) 2-Hand Arcanite Fishing Pole
Riding+3% (level 50, requires 40) Trinket Carrot on a Stick

From reputation grinding
Riding+10% (level 70, requires 70 & honored with Netherwing) Trinket Skybreaker Whip
Fishing+30 (level 70, requires 70 & exalted with Kalu'ak) 2-Hand Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole (Also allows underwater breathing)

From a vendor
Fishing+5 (requires 10) 2-Hand Strong Fishing Pole

Commento di 178919

A list of the things you need to get maximum fishing skill:

Arcanite Fishing Pole - +35 Fishing (Reward from winning the STV FIshing Contest)

High Test Eternium Fishing Line - +5 Fisihng (Reward from catching a rare fish during the STV Fisihing Contest)

Lucky Fishing Hat or Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat - +5 Fishing (Reward from catching a rare fish during the STV Fisihing Contest and Reward from the Daily Fishing Quests)

Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots - +5 Fishing (Reward from catching a rare fish during the STV Fisihing Contest)

Enchant Gloves - Fishing - +2 Fishing (Gloves Enchant)

Aquadynamic Fish Attractor or Sharpened Fish Hook - +100 Fishing (Made by engineering and Reward from the Daily Fishing Quests)

Captain Rumsey's Lager - +10 Fishing (The recipe is a reward from the Daily Fishing Quests)

And ofc 375 Fishing Skill

A Weather-Beaten Journal also helps alot when fishing :)

Hope this helps..

Good Luck Fishing Everyone :D

Commento di 195921

Woot finally won the Fishing Extravaganza today after attempts since lvl 20 and I'm now 70!

If others are looking to win this event some tips to win are

-You should set your hearth to Booty Bay! saves alot of time walking back to the turn in.

-I've found that having another 70 follow you stops ganks, and if it's a paladin you get Crusade Aura buff which is awesome 20% faster mount. You'll blow away the competition.

-Start around the "Ruins of Aboraz" (https://www.wowhead.com/cata/maps=33:400586) it usually has at least 3-4 pools spawn there right away

-Use a Fishing Mod A MUST Helps cast faster (http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/1531/)

-Be sure to have At Least 225 fishing to get rid of the "Fish got away" Message

-Just a bit of luck and have FUN =D

Good luck all

Commento di Nulgar

Since there will be the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole once WotLK goes Live, a pole that has less +Fishing but looks cooler, this pole definitely needs a new model, too.
Something that says "No, I don't have some white fishing pole, no, I'm not too lazy to farm Kalu'ak rep, I just have won the Fishing Contest"

*edit* Well, it has changed. Obviously, I'm a prophet :P Now, I predict that the old race models will be updated! (at some point in the future)

Commento di 157685

Never thought about it but would titans grip warrior's be able to dual wield fishing poles for extra +fishing?

Commento di 139657

Post-WotLK, this is still the #1 fishing pole in the game in terms of +Fishing skill.

Commento di 299915

One thing's for sure. If I get this pole I am never, NEVER letting go of it.

Commento di remains

Can my lvl 19 twink hunter complete the Q?

Commento di Corbis

What do all he heroes do on the weekends? Arcanite Fishing Pole HOO!

Commento di ClanniaFarstride

You can put glyphs on fishing poles as a DK... Making for some awesome/hilarious additions to ones arsenal...

Edit:Can't stand it when I spell stuff wrong.

Commento di wallix

The real crime with this pole is the ho-hum graphic. Nat needs to re-design this thing because those walrus-folk are owning this pole graphically. The best pole in all the world looks like a white item from a trash vendor.

Commento di 198265

Blue! EPIC! This this is legendary, maybe even an artifact! :O Compare it to Tuskar Fishing Pole and Horde one, Little Seth's one, then this one beats them hands down in the +fishing unless your going for the "Im L33t to have a bendy pole" then dont get the tuskar one.

Commento di Norrinir

Arcanite Fishing Pole seems to get another 5 bonus to fishing on latest PTR build. That bumps the fishing bonus to total of 40. Add Eternium Line and you have permanent +45 to fishing in one item.

Edit: no longer relevant

Commento di 303838

Sigh, they updated the skill on this, but as far as we can tell, the graphic is still the same. With the addition of the Jeweled and Bone rod, as well as the already badass looking Kalu'ak rod, it seems a shame that the best rod still looks crap

Commento di 23513

I agree 100%. The best rod in the game shouldn't look like a level 1 item.

Commento di 331656

Never thought about it but would titans grip warrior's be able to dual wield fishing poles for extra +fishing?

That might be the funniest thing I've heard all week, leave out the "...for extra fishing?" and it WILL be the funniest thing I've heard all week.

Commento di 364106

With the two new poles available from the Northrend fishing dailies, this baby needs a graphical upgrade. Doesn't have to be fancy, just something a little less bland and something that further shows off one's pride at winning the tournament (besides "Salty", which is fantastic already).

Commento di 193821

What I want to know is, can you go to a said place, like Yojamba Isle before the tournament and when it starts, you can get fish in that area for the tastyfish?

Commento di 67372

Arcanite Fishing Pole HOO-*sniped*

Commento di Rawrtashil

Best Fishing Pole ingame.

Commento di Jazzria

ARCANITE FISHING POLE HOO-- Yeah, doesn't quite work right.

Commento di 577021

this i s 1st thing im gona do in my fishing gear :P

Commento di 577021

this i s the 1st thing i want on my fishin gear :P

Commento di 577021

i want thi to my fishing gear! becos i want to hang out with nt and tra to beat him in fishing :P

Commento di 316829

Was never disenchanted.

Commento di 352647

Tried to win the comp today for a bit of fun, was my first time there.
12 mins in and "WE HAVE A WINNER", I was only on 17 fish!

Spoke to the guy who won, and he had friends scouting for pools, and fake fishing so people ran past.

I think, if you are in no rush to win, try this on the first cataclysm weekend, and there will be little competition!
Good luck everyone!

Commento di Norrinir

Arcanite Fishing Pole is getting a new model in Cataclysm! See the newsflash along with image at El's Anglin'.

Commento di greenland

should be epic...
the lame walruspole is epic.

Commento di 554098

The cataclysm model for this item does NOT " look like Nat Pagle himself used it".

It looks like a sword with a string stuck to it. Makes no sense.

Commento di Lotus

I personally love the new model. It is a fishing pole which is somewhat hard to acquire yet had the same boring model as every other old world fishing pole. I know alot of people liked that aspect of it but for me it became old with all the new flashy models that were putting it to shame in Wrath. Now it looks, yet again, unique and is a nice little symbol of pride to show off as a true nerd wow fisherman/woman :P.

Commento di Serrah

Maybe it is redundant information but the pole is UNIQUE and not UNIQUE - Equipped.

If you try to complete the master angler quest to win the competition this means you will not be able to complete it and the quest giver will announce that a duplicate item allready exists and close the dialog (perhaps costing you the win). So if you allready have a arcanite pole make sure you chose the hook of the master angler as this can be won as many times as you like.

Well, just a small heads up from one extreme angler to the next. =)

Commento di 790454

Not an easy rod to get, mainly due to all the pricks. I lost the contest today because there were lvl19 twinks IN stv leeching off my schools. Why? Why do lvl19s want a leet fishing pole in the first place? You think you can melee with it and own? You can't. Buy a loom like everyone else. Go away. Get your own schools of fish. I was 4 fish off when a winner was called. Despite having HALF MY SCHOOLS leeched by pricks that showed up after I was on the school first, I still nearly won.

My advice? Don't fish ANYWHERE near BB. Next week I'll be starting at the very top left of the zone, on the northern part of STV. The shores around BB have competition, and ppl will happily leech off your school instead of run to the next one.(Which is logically stupid because it ruins the chance of success for BOTH of you. They are too stupid to know what is in their own best interest.) You also got ppl helping others out, by DELIBERATELY following you around and leeching your pools so their best buddy will win the rod; so you want to be as far away from the towns as you can get.

But value wise? +10 skill means nothing. It's just a vanity item you can show off in the future. Why ppl obsess and frenzy so much over nearly worthless items is beyond me. Got to have their shiny unique crap, or they will rage and yell at the screen.

Only a moron would take that trinket or waste his time for it. A trinket for aquaform is a total waste of space. You do know you can fly OVER water in Azeroth now right? You also know you can mount your flying mount while at the top of the water, and still fly away when you want to leave, right?

Commento di hakwea

Why ppl obsess and frenzy so much over nearly worthless items is beyond me.

Then it is a wonder why you are getting in such a frenzy over the achievement and title? Which hold equal value as vanity items.

Commento di 755401

This pole should be like orange....or purple not lame blue!

Commento di 851879

Dominatorqt- Level 70.
I know this requires 300 fishing, i used no baubles and i have no +fishing items except for my +5 fishing pole. Won the tournament on my first try at level 70. 280% Flying and 8 Other 85s Compeating, how did i win? simply get them to fight each other while u fish.

Commento di Tethic

I just wanted to update something I saw in this guide… This is what I can accumulate to grant the highest Fishing Skill Level of 755:

525 Skill Level Cap (Cata)
+40 Arcanite Fishing Pole
+5 High Test Eternium Fishing Line
+150 Heat-Treated Spinning Lure (15 min Lure)
+15 Boots of the Bay (Feet)
+5 Lucky Fishing Hat or Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (Head)
+5 Formula: Enchant Gloves - Angler (Glove Enchant)
+10 Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager (Drink Buff for 3 min)
525 (Skill Cap) + 230 (Added Bonuses) =
Total: 755

Now, I don’t know of anywhere in game that would require anyone to have their fishing this high, but, I wanted to update it since the only person I saw that was close had a Rank of 0.

Commento di Asgalon

Some fishing poles in game since patch 1.11.1 with some helpful tips:

■ Fishing Pole can buy from any trader and is a reward from Red Snapper - Very Tasty! (Alliance only), generally its used for increase fishing skill on beginning.

■ Strong Fishing Pole can buy from specific vendors in world, them can sell only one item.

■ Staats' Fishing Pole reward from in Darkshore (Alliance only).

■ Darkwood Fishing Pole fishing low drop in some low level areas.

■ Big Iron Fishing Pole low drop from Shellfish Trap.

■ Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000 reward from (Alliance side) and (Horde side).

■ Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole reward from Rather Be Fishin' (Shattrath City).

■ you can get it if you are honored with , require the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

■ Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole reward from Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme, Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme for who completed this quest before the quest trainer for Artisan Fishing was removed in 3.1.0

■ Arcanite Fishing Pole reward from world event of Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza for to first player who catch Speckled Tastyfishx40 and give Riggle Bassbait, completing Master Angler, its is the best pole in game with high fishing skill.

■ Jeweled Fishing Pole low drop from Bag of Shiny Things (Fishing Quest Daily in Stormwind and Orgrimmar), even a lvl 10 can obtain this item, and Bag of Fishing Treasures (Fishing Quest Daily in Dalaran) you must be lvl 70 and got the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Also if you catch the Blacktip Shark but you are not the first person who completed it, you gain the bag in Better Luck Next Time.

■ Bone Fishing Pole low drop from Bag of Shiny Things, same work with Jeweled Fishing Pole.

■ you can get it if you are revered with , require the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

■ Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole can buy from Sairuk (Dragonblight) or Tanaika (Howling Fjord), you must be Exalted with The Kalu'ak, its the best pole with cool model and unique breathing underwater in game, you must have the expansion Wrath of the Lich King if you want this item.

Some itens removed or in database of game but you cant ever got:
■ Crafty's Pole this item appear in database of Lich King expansion, probably in patch 3.2 or 3.3, cannot be obtained in live realms.
■ Blump Family Fishing Pole is no longer available in game because the Gubber Blump disappear, so Staats' Fishing Pole and the replace.

Commento di 935365

Arcanite reaper, HO!-Wait a minute...who took my arcanite reaper! ARCANITE FISHING POLE, HO!

Commento di lugest

so if the quest is weekly and repeatable, is it possible to obtain both this fishing pole and the hook of the master angler trinket on one character?

Commento di zxczxczbfg

ARCANITE FISHING POLE, HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Edit: Yeah, I know people have already said this . . .

Commento di Thottbot

Zul'gurub requires fishing of 350 to consistently catch the fish found there thats why you need all the buffs you can get

Commento di Thottbot

I've won the competition once and barely missed winning twice, so I think I have a pretty good handle on it.

1. Try to build up your fishing skill to 200+. You'll need 300 skill to wield the prize fishing pole if you win it. Time spent applying lures is time when you aren't catching fish. Also equip your best fishing gear for added pluses.

2. Try to avoid overfished areas. You should start looking several minutes before the contest begins and find an underpopulated area.

3. Avoid fishing in a hole where others are already fishing -- Try to find your own. Otherwise, you will have to move more often per fish caught and risk losing time to catching a fish after the pool disappears.

4. As soon as the pool vanishes, move on, preferably in a different direction than others are going. It is helpful to have a mount, travel form, or Ghost Wolf form.

5. You need to be level 45+ to be seriously competitive because otherwise you will lose valuable time fighting creatures that attack you.

6. If you're on a PvP server, you probably need to be close to level 60 or have level 60 friends guarding you while you fish. I suppose you could have your friends gank other fishers, but that isn't very sporting.

7. I find the pools easier to spot from underwater. To that end I equip an Azure Silk Belt (+15% swimming) and will switch between my fishing pole and the staff from Gnomeregan that lets me breathe underwater. A Warlock's Unending Breath spell would also work (or a waterbreathing potion if you're rich). I swim until I find a school of fish (and no lures), surface, and switch back to the fishing pole.

8. Again, perhaps not sporting, but you could have party members "scout" unoccupied fishing holes for you. As soon as your pool disappears, quickly run or ride to the nearest new pool your friends have spotted. The time I won, I did *not* use this technique, so it isn't essential.

9. Not all of the pools are on the mainland. You can fish from the Troll island off the Northwest coast (and there are no monsters there), from the Water Elemental island (if you are high enough level to avoid aggroing the elementals), and probably from other islands. If nobody else is fishing in one of these places, it might make a good place for you to fish.

10. The *instant* you reel in your 40th Tastyfish, activate your hearthstone (presuming you set it to the inn in Booty Bay), run to the competition master, and try to complete the quest. Don't worry about whether someone else has already won unless you are *sure* you heard the announcement. Every second counts! I once caught my 40th fish, activated the hearthstone, and *then* heard the winner announced. Shaving 10 seconds off anything I did during that competition would have made the difference between "winner" and "also ran".

- Basilicus, Master Angler, Earthen Ring

Commento di Thottbot

I won the fishing tourny last Sun on Windrunner.

My fishing skill is at 347 now, using no lures - looking forward to fishing up the last rare to get the enchanted line bringing it to 352.

Its helped countless times with my miss rate in high level fishing areas, such as ZG and Azshara.

was my 5th tournament I participated in. Every time I had about 25 and it was over.

Just keep going and you eventually win, if nothing else you can catch a rare fish, 2 of which I got on my 3rd and 4th tournaments.

A tactic I found to work really well, find a nice stretch of 5 or so fishing holes and run just those holes over and over. I spent so much travel time in past tournaments looking for 'fresh' holes that had no one fishing. I found it quicker to hit the same ones over and over. Also, have a buddy 'pretend' to fish next to you. The more people on a hole, the less appealing it is. There are about 7 or so fish in a hole, from my experiance.

Never the less, I found each tournament to be enjoyable and plan on participating in the next. I will be looking for my last rare fish and not really trying to 'win' .. unless I happen to have 40 and no one else has one .. then I'll get my trinket and be done with it.

Good luck to those who participate!

Commento di Thottbot

WHEN: Every Sunday from 2:00 - 4:00 PM server time.

Commento di Thottbot

Dont know what happened to the comments... where plenty of them here last time I checked.

Anyway, the only way to get this fishing pole is to win the weekly fishing contest held in Booty Bay.

Plenty of guides on this contest, but to summarise; contest starts at 2 pm each sunday. You dont need to be IN Booty Bay at 2 pm to be able to participate. It is wiser to be as far away from BB as possible, and work your way down the coast or circle some fishing spots, and have your HearthStone set in BB is a must.
Also, to fish in Stranglethorn, have your skill up to at least 250, or you'll miss too many catches.

After 2 pm (till 5 pm), schools of Tastyfish appear all along the shores on Stranglethorn. If you are the first to hand 40 of those over to the goblin standing in front of the booty Bay Inn, you win.

Dont underestimate this contest; there are often a lot lvl 50/60 participating, with fast mounts allowing them to race from fishing spot to fishing spot, and a high enough level not to be bothered with the lvl 30-45 beasts roaming Stranglethorn.

I've seen people win (get 40 Tastyfish) within 30/40 minutes. If you aren't near 40 fish after half an hour, you can be certain you've lost.

For the losers; 5 Tastyfish can be handed in for something around 25/28 silver (out of the top of my head). You can also fish up other rare kinds of fish in Tastyfish schools, which can be handed in for various fishing items (fishin hat a.o.)

Commento di Thottbot

I've been teying to get this trink for a long time now and after a couple changes to my strategy I was able to get it easily(sort of).

1. Wait till 60. Epic mounts make this much easier.

2. If you are a hunter like me, bust Aspect of the Cheetah. I beat people to new swarms a few times by not having mount up.

3. If there are lots of people in the zone dont start just outside BB or all the way at the top of the zone, fishermen and gankers bunch up there at the start. Try a little south of Grom Gol and head south to BB. When you hit BB, run to the eastern shore and start up there. /who is your friend!

4. Remember that the pools spawn randomly. I got half my fish by running past people that were running past me, meanwhile this druid that was tailin me would see the people and figure there was no more pools that way.

5. Remember that the fish dont spawn in inland waters, off islands, or in BB.

6. BRING A POSSE!. The horde are gank crazy in STV already, and the contest makes it worse. I had my 60 mage and 60 warrior homies running D for me and I couldnt have done it without them(YZZI AND RUDISH FTW!)

6.Pay attention. I fished oily blackmouth schools twice accidentally.

7. If you dont make it back to BB(SET YOUR HEARTH THERE) by 35 minutes or so, you are probably screwed.

8.After someone wins, keep fishin anyway. Fishing is a pain to level and at least this way you (if you are above 225) get rare fishing gear out of it:

Keefer's Angelfish: Lucky Fishing Hat - +5 Fishing Skill

Brownell's Blue Striped Racer: Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots - +5 Fishing Skill

Dezian Queenfish: High Test Eternium Fishing Line - +5 Fishing Skill Enchant to Pole

Cheers,
The Fury of Spinebreaker
60 Night Elf Hunter

Commento di Thottbot

The new max fishing skill:

Base Skill: 375

Arcanite Fishing Pole: +35

Aquadinamic Fish Attractor: +100

Lucky Fishing Hat: +5

Eternium Fishing Line: +5

Anglin' Boots: +5

Glove Enchant: +2

Total: 527

Theres the break down, if ive missed some plz tell me, dont mind the spelling mistakes, there r many. Happy fishing.

Commento di Thottbot

you can skill up anywhere in the game that is castable. i thought it would be faster to skill up in the higher level areas pre-BC, but this was not the case. i got a lot of "fish got away" messages, or just empty casts even with lures.

most of my fishing was skilled up while waiting for boats in menethil/booty bay/etc. also, fishing the competition on sundays is a great way to skill up, not to mention fish for some rare stuff.

Commento di Thottbot

His location is 58-60!
Can't belive no one has put this in yet!

Commento di Thottbot

one thing I got that I love for fishing is the ability to detect the fish like you would herbs or minerals. it was a book that I fished out that gave me the skill.

Commento di Thottbot

Some tips I would've liked to have known during my first time doing this contest:

-If you have the track fish ability that you can learn from the weather beaten journal, it WILL NOT WORK FOR TRACKING TASTYFISH POOLS. It's handier to track humanoids if you have that ability, because you can see where the other anglers are heading and avoid those areas. I have read however that this is being changed with patch 2.4 and that the find fish ability will soon be able to track the tastyfish.

-In preparation for the event, it's not wise to find a pool before the event starts and wait for it to turn into a tastyfish pool, because it won't. I had read that multiple times on some forums but it's not true. When the event begins all the other pools in the area disappear and then tastyfish pools appear in random other places.

-I had also read many places that it's "totally possible to win this event without an elite mount". As uplifting as this may seem it's not really that realistic. If you play on a high population server the contest will always be won by someone with an elite mount, and usually in around 20 minutes. You really need to know what you're doing and be able to travel quickly between pools.

-Don't waste time casting over and over into pools that are close to the shore. You will spend too much time getting the "Water Too Shallow" message instead of catching tastyfish. If it's possible, get yourself a water-walking buff or if you're not a dwarf or gnome, walk as far out as you can into the water while still remaining standing and try fishing the pool from there. (It's actually really fun to watch gnomes and dwarves try this, because they're too short and they can only get a little ways out).

-Everyone talks about this but it's important to reiterate: THE PEOPLE WHO WIN DON'T SHARE POOLS. It may seem hard to avoid but it's not wise to just run to the next clump of people and fish from the same pool they're fishing. You just flat out won't succeed doing this.

-It's possible to go on and on about the relative merits of some locations over others but it all varies greatly by server and by day. Try not to take any of your preconceived notions about where to go into the event. Just focus on making informed decisions after observing the patterns you've noticed since the contest began (where people are fishing, where the pools are spawning, etc.).

-Of course it's always nice to stay afterwards and try to catch the three rare fish that give you the hat, the boots, and the fishing line. The other anglers tend to get a lot more polite (not to mention less numerous) after the contest has been won. It's also a lot of fun to watch the level 19 twinks trying to catch the rare fish that give you the boots (the boots have good stamina and can be enchanted with high level enchantments because they're an unusually high item level without having a level requirement). You'll see twinks running around being chased by trolls, crocs, and basolisks left and right.

-This may not apply to every server but here's a situation that I've seen pop up from time to time: The contest is over, and everyone who didn't win is heading back to Booty Bay to turn in their Tastyfish for a little cash. People (I may be biased as a Hordie, but it is honestly in my experience mostly Alliance characters that do this) will flag themselves for pvp then form clumps around the NPC that you turn your fish into and sit down and stand up continually in the hopes that you'll click on them and flag yourself, enter combat, and then be attacked by the bruisers. This can be incredibly frustrating. To avoid this, you might try just heading back up to Booty Bay a couple of minutes early before the contest officially ends. Also you can try zooming all the way in so you're in first person and walking right up to the NPC through the annoying characters. This way you can try to get a solid chunk of NPC right in front of you so you can click without fear. This also works if people are blocking the mailbox in a capital city.

In summation, don't count on winning (at least not on your first try), but by all means don't give up. Just keep a level head and try to have a good time.

Hope this was helpful! Good luck!

Commento di Thottbot

I think the 2.4 patch has made it possible to track tastyfish on the map now. i am not entirely sure because i didnt get track fish until recently, but it said you could on the patch notes.

Commento di Thottbot

as of now

max skill is 375 plus the following

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poles
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best pole is Arcanite Fishing Pole +35 fishing

second best pole is Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000 +25 fishing (horde only sorry)

next best pole could be either Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole or Big Iron Fishing Pole +20 fishing for both (only difference is seth's has +52 stamina)

next best pole is Darkwood Fishing Pole+15 fishing

next best pole is Strong Fishing Pole+5 fishing

next best pole is Blump Family Fishing Pole+3 fishing (alliance only sorry)

the next best pole is Fishing Pole nothing

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lures
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best lure is Sharpened Fish Hookor Aquadynamic Fish Attractor+100 fishing

next best lure is Bright Baubles+75 fishing

next best lure is NightcrawlersorAquadynamic Fish Lens+50 fishing (Aquadynamic Fish Lens are alliance only sorry)

next best lure is Shiny Bauble+25 fishing

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pole enchants
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best enchant is High Test Eternium Fishing Line +5 fishing

second best enchant is Spun Truesilver Fishing Line +3 fishing

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enchanting
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best enchant (only enchant) is Enchant Gloves Fishing+2 fishing

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gear
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best hat is Weather-Beaten Fishing HatorLucky Fishing Hat+5 fishing for both (only difference is the sats and the use on the weather beaten one, the use is equivalent to Bright Baubles)

best boots Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots+5 fishing

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drink
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best drink is Captain Rumsey's Lager+10 fishing

so...

375 skill
+35 pole
+100 lure
+5 fishing line
+2 gloves enchant
+5 hat
+5 boots
+10 drink
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=537 max posible skill

Commento di Thottbot

Levelling up fishing is doable in about 7-8 hours.

It helps that I have 2 computers, I can read the news on the other monitor while I fish.

1-150, Elwyn Forest around 40:60
When you hit 75, go to the trainer on the dock, fish to lvl 150. This will go fast, about 30-40 minutes. Use all the fish for cooking lvling, then vendor the rest.

150-225 Go get the quest in Booty Bay, lower level, Old Man Hemming. Lvl up in STV. Note you can lvl up during the fishing tournament on tasty fish. Catch the rare spawns as you level up, that's how I got my Boots and Eternium Line.

225-300, Go to Theramore, find Nat Pagle, he'll send you on a milk run for 4 fish. Once completed you can lvl up beyond 225. Go fishing in Azshara, in the middle of the bay, good place to catch Stonescale Eels and other fish that sell for decent gold, depending on your world economy.

300-345 Pick up fishing 300 in Zangar Marsh,
Fish in Zangar Marsh till about 345

345-365 Fish in Nagrand in one of the Big lakes

365-375 Fish in Skettis for Golden Darter and Furrious Crawdad.

Commento di Thottbot

it is now +40 fishing from +35
so +45 With the line

Commento di Thottbot

just a question, but are the tastyfishes soulbound when you catch them or not?

Commento di Thottbot

obviously

Commento di Allakhazam

Hmmmz... i don't really need this one i think, but it would be a nice to have it to get 442 fishing. :P Just for show

BTW the fishing extravaganza last Sunday was quite fun. :) To bad horde had to start ganking :S

Commento di Allakhazam

seriously guys MS warrior weapon right here and you hunters know it!

Commento di Allakhazam

Are you joking? this is a warlock weapon!
I'm not kidding. Maybe with high fishing this can be efficient like a staff...

Commento di Allakhazam

What is his location? coords?

Commento di Allakhazam

guys, we're all right for once... hunter weapon

Commento di Allakhazam

is clearly superior to alliance fishing. we have the 2nd best in game pole (the best one, this one, is hard to get and btw it's dps is crappy) and we also have better chance to get Big iron fishing pole since it's located in our territory. And I recall that we have the only area in warcraft to catch deviates! Clearly Horde has better fishing than allies...

Commento di Allakhazam

All of you hunters .... stop it! This is the clearest example of a rogue weapon to date. Look at that DPS! Might even be the best rogue weapon in game till Wrath of the Lich hits the shelves ... ;)

Commento di Allakhazam

i got this lovely pole yesterday after being the "Master Angler". In addition I have caught all rare fish&have fishing enchant so with attractor attached my fishing skill becomes 352 which is the maximum avaible skill in the game for present."Now I own u Nat!"

Commento di Allakhazam

This is clearly a druid weapon.

Commento di Allakhazam

One of the rewards for being the first to complete the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza event.

Commento di Allakhazam

Hunter weapon .. RLY

Commento di Allakhazam

Is it a repeat event?

Commento di Allakhazam

dothorio: well you wont get an fishing pole for the dps right?

this got +35 to fishing
the fc-5000 got +25

Commento di Allakhazam

Hunters keep your dirty hands off, this is clearly a rogue weapon

Commento di Allakhazam

just won the tournament ! :D very very happy this was my 2-ond try i`m on the pole next time 4 the trinket and the rare fishes :)

Commento di Allakhazam

The "hunter weapon" jokes are exactly 18 months old..

Can we PLEASE get over it? FFS....

Commento di Allakhazam

OMG! A PERFECT HUNTRR WEAPON

Commento di Allakhazam

doesnt have the phat dps of my nat pagle fc-5000

Commento di Allakhazam

no its not any regular hunter weapon,

UBER HUNTER PWNGE l33t WEAP!1!

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Arcanite Fishing Pole

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Binds when picked up
Unique

Two-Hand	Canna da pesca

42 - 63 Damage	Speed 3.00

(17.50 damage per second)
Integrità 45 / 45

Richiede Fishing (300)
Equipaggia: Fishing skill increased by 40.
"It looks like Nat Pagle himself used this."

Prezzo di vendita: 21 75

Arcanite Fishing Pole

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