Fishing

Learning and using Fishing

Fishing supplies fish and other catches for Cooking, personal use or trade. It is secondary and does not displace either primary profession.

Fishing is secondary, so it does not displace a primary profession. Keep useful catches and inspect their recorded reagent uses to decide what to save.

At a campsite

At skill 20, a Fish Bowl grants nearby resting players 8% increased stats; it is exclusive with Blessing of Kings.

See Camping for shared camp rules and feature limits.

Fishing in practice

Buy a fishing pole from a trade or fishing supplies vendor and equip it. Face water and cast Fishing from the Professions tab; when the bobber splashes, right-click it. To fish a school, land the bobber inside it.

Wowhead’s Forever beta guide says catches, rather than zone difficulty, determine Fishing skill progress. Fish somewhere convenient or choose a zone for useful ingredients; Fishing pairs with Cooking. Its estimates and catch rates should be checked against the current game.

Training and leveling

1–75: train Apprentice Fishing and fish in a starter zone. Wowhead recommends a Shiny Bauble below skill 25 to improve catches there.

75–150: learn Journeyman from a Fishing trainer and continue in a capital city.

150–225: buy Expert Fishing - The Bass and You from Old Man Heming in Booty Bay. Wowhead suggests Dustwallow Marsh or Stranglethorn Vale for useful catches, or staying in a capital for convenience.

225–300: at character level 35 and Fishing 225, speak to Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme. The quest asks for four special fish: Feralas Ahi, Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, Sar’theris Striker and Savage Coast Blue Sailfin. Complete it to learn Artisan Fishing, then continue fishing; Wowhead suggests Tanaris.

Temporary lures improve effective fishing skill. Wowhead’s beta guide recommends 225 effective skill for reliable catches in Dustwallow Marsh or Stranglethorn Vale, and 300 in Tanaris; check current tooltips and conditions.

Planning materials and practice

Fishing and Cooking work well together: keep catches that match a learned recipe and sell or store the rest. Follow the existing dated Fishing route as a suggestion, checking current requirements and catches.

Bring a pole and suitable lures before leaving town. Choose a location for ingredients you actually need rather than treating every cast as equally valuable.

Artisan travel

Wowhead’s beta guide says Nat Pagle’s Artisan quest is available at character level 35 and Fishing 225. It describes four quest-only catches: Feralas Ahi, Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, Sar’theris Striker and Savage Coast Blue Sailfin, respectively in Feralas, eastern Swamp of Sorrows, western Desolace and western Stranglethorn Vale.

The guide says these catches need no special school and may take multiple casts. Plan travel alongside other objectives and verify current quest text; this source predates launch and does not establish present catch rates.

Later campsite features

The October 24 beta overview names a Fishing Rack and Fishing Hut in addition to the Fish Bowl. It reports a Fishing Rack blueprint from Gelihast in Blackfathom Deeps and lists Fishing 140; this is a dated guide observation and does not establish a live drop rate.

The same source lists temporary lures and stronger poles as effective-skill boosts. A permanent pole upgrade and a consumable lure have different costs; use a lure where it changes your ability to catch the fish you need rather than assuming it is required everywhere.

Example ingredients from the Forever client

Recorded ability	Recorded reagents
Fish Bowl	1 × Raw Brilliant Smallfish, 1 × Empty Vial
Fishing Rack	2 × Simple Wood, 1 × Crystal Vial, 2 × Raw Mithril Head Trout
Fishing Hut	5 × Simple Wood, 2 × Bolt of Runecloth, 1 × Seasonal Fish Steaks

Reading these examples

These are selective client-record reagent counts, not proven output, training requirements or current availability. The Recipes and Materials tabs provide more recorded relationships.