Fishing items

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This page details items obtained by fishing. There are many kinds of items that can be caught using the fishing skill; fish, containers, and other objects.

Fish

In WoW, some fished water (or lava) creatures are not fish in a biological sense, although most are fish. There are many kinds of fish that can be caught. Most fit a specific game function category; some fish overlap more than one category.

Fish listed on this page are caught by fishing, but some mobs, such as murlocs will drop some these same fish, and some vendors sell some of these same fish.

Some fish are only sold by vendors and cannot be caught by fishing. These are just like any other vended food, but have the food type 'fish' which matters mainly to hunters for their hunter pets.

Some fish, such as the Threshadons, are water mobs and are killed in combat, not fished. Mobs have a graphic model that can be interacted with. Fished items generally have no specific graphic representation until they are caught, then appear as an inventory icon.

Some fish, such as the Loch Modan  [Loch Frenzy], can be both fished or hunted as water mobs.

Normal fish

Normal fish are the most frequently caught. They are a free source of food and skillups for cooking, although they do not provide buffs like some other cooked foods. If you're able to heal yourself or have a reliable supply of bandages, you probably won't need to bother keeping the normal fish you catch, unless you are a hunter with a fish eating pet. If you do not need the cooking skill-up, note that cooked fish generally sell for a higher price to a vendor, while in the auction house, raw fish often carry a premium.

The raw fish have the item type and subtype Trade Goods, Meat. This is where you will find them in the auction house. This is true even for the ones that can be consumed raw. The cooked fish have the item type and subtype Consumables, Food.

Name (Raw)	Item Level	Found In	Use (Raw)	Required Level to Use (Raw)	Name (Cooked)	Cooking Skill Needed	Use (Cooked)	Required Level to Use (Cooked)
[Raw Brilliant Smallfish]	5	Inland waters	Restores 30 health over 15 sec.	0	[Brilliant Smallfish]	1	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	0
[Raw Slitherskin Mackerel]	5	Coastal waters	Restores 30 health over 15 sec.	1	[Slitherskin Mackerel]	1	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	0
[Sickly Looking Fish]	5	Blackfathom Deeps and inland waters in Tirisfal Glades, the Ruins of Lordaeron, and the Undercity	Restores 30 health over 15 sec.	0	(none)	(n/a)	(none)	(n/a)
[Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper]	15	Inland waters	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	5	[Longjaw Mud Snapper]	50	Restores 243 health over 21 sec.	5
[Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore]	15	Coastal waters	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	5	[Rainbow Fin Albacore]	50	Restores 243 health over 21 sec.	5
[Raw Loch Frenzy]	15	Loch Modan only	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	5	[Loch Frenzy Delight]	50	Restores 243 health over 21 sec.	5
[Oil Covered Fish]	15	Inland Oil Spills	Restores 61 health over 18 sec.	5	(none)	(n/a)	(none)	(n/a)
[Darkshore Grouper]	15	Coastal Auberdine in Darkshore	Restores 243 health over 21 sec. and is also a quest fish	5	(none)	(n/a)	(none)	(n/a)
[Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish]	25	Inland waters	Restores 243 health over 21 sec.	15	[Bristle Whisker Catfish]	100	Restores 552 health over 24 sec.	15
[Raw Mithril Head Trout]	35	Inland waters	Restores 552 health over 24 sec.	25	[Mithril Head Trout]	175	Restores 874 health over 27 sec.	25
[Raw Rockscale Cod]	35	Coastal waters	Restores 552 health over 24 sec.	25	[Rockscale Cod]	175	Restores 874 health over 27 sec.	25
[Raw Redgill]	45	Inland waters	Restores 874 health over 27 sec.	35	[Filet of Redgill]	225	Restores 1392 health over 30 sec.	35
[Raw Spotted Yellowtail]	45	Coastal waters	Restores 874 health over 27 sec.	35	[Spotted Yellowtail]	225	Restores 1392 health over 30 sec.	35
[Raw Whitescale Salmon]	55	Inland waters	Restores 1392 health over 30 sec.	45	[Baked Salmon]	275	Restores 2148 health over 30 sec.	45
[Darkclaw Lobster]	55	Coastal waters	Restores 1392 health over 30 sec.	45	[Lobster Stew]	275	Restores 2148 health over 30 sec.	45
[Barbed Gill Trout]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Blackened Trout]	300	Restores 4320 health over 30 sec.	55
[Barbed Gill Trout] (again)	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Stewed Trout]	300	Restores 7500 health over 30 sec.	65
[Enormous Barbed Gill Trout]	60	Inland waters	Trophy Fish	0	[Hot Buttered Trout]	300	Restores 7500 health and 7200 mana over 30 sec.	65
[Giant Sunfish]	55	Isle of Quel'Danas	Restores 7500 health over 30 sec	0	(none)		(none)
[Fountain Goldfish]	65	Dalaran Fountain	Restores 7500 health over 30 sec	0	(none)		(none)
[Sewer Carp]	70	Dalaran	Restores 13200 health over 30 sec	0	(none)		(none)
[Shimmering Minnow]	70	Dalaran	Restores 13200 health over 30 sec	0	(none)		(none)
[Barrelhead Goby]	65	Sholazar Basin	(none)	n/a	[Sauteed Goby]	350	Restores 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec.	70
[Borean Man O' War]	65	Borean Tundra	(none)	n/a	[Black Jelly]	400	Restores 45000 Health and 38400 Mana over 1 minute. This is currently he highest health and mana replenishing food in the game.	75
[Bonescale Snapper]	65	Sholazar Basin	(none)	n/a	[Grilled Bonescale]	350	Restores 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec.	70

Buffing fish

Cooking these Buff fish adds an additional buff to their raw use of health restoration. You may only have one 'well fed' food buff at a time. Food buffs stack with every other buff, whether from a potion or a spell. As above, the raw fish have the item type and subtype Trade Goods, Meat, where you will find them in the auction house. This is true even for the ones that can be consumed raw. The cooked fish have the item type and subtype Consumables, Food. Raw Lightning Eel is a Trade Goods, Other. In the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion, many of the cooked fish can make use of the [Northern Spices] that are available from the new cooking dailys to cook up a higher quality buffing food. The Wrath expansion also added 2 anomalous fish that provide a buff without being cooked, and "feasts" which are buffing food for a group that takes multiple ingredients. As these are all "Buffing Fish" I have included them here as well.

Name (Raw)	Item Level	Found In	Use (Raw)	Required Level to Use (Raw)	Name (Cooked)	Cooking Skill Needed	Use (Cooked) gives Well Fed Buff	Required Level to Use (Cooked)
[Slippery Eel]	70	Dalaran	Restores 13200 Health over 30 sec. +30 Dodge Rating for 1 hr.	70	(none)	n/a	n/a	n/a
[Magic Eater]	70	Dalaran	Random Well Fed or Polymorph	70	(none)	n/a	n/a	n/a
[Deviate Fish]	15	The Barrens; oases and the Wailing Caverns	Random Effect	0	[Savory Deviate Delight]	85	Transforms player into Human Pirate or Ninja for 60 minutes with polymorph immunity (this is not a well-fed buff, so will stack independently).	0
[Raw Sagefish]	20	Inland, pools of sagefish	Restores 155 health and 315 mana over 21 sec	10	[Smoked Sagefish]	80	Restores 378 health and 567 mana over 21 sec and gives 3 MP/5sec. for 15 minutes.	10
[Raw Greater Sagefish]	40	Inland, pools of greater sagefish	Restores 567 health and 882 mana over 21 sec	30	[Sagefish Delight]	175	Restores 840 health and 1260 mana over 21 sec and gives 6 MP/5sec. for 15 minutes.	30
[Winter Squid]	45	Coastal, in winter only, early to mid PM	Restores 874 health over 27 sec	35	[Grilled Squid]	240	Restores 874 health over 27 sec and gives +10 Agility for 10 minutes.	35
[Raw Summer Bass]	45	Coastal, in summer only, early to mid PM	Restores 874 health over 27 sec	35	[Hot Smoked Bass]	240	Restores 874 health over 27 sec and gives +10 Spirit for 10 minutes.	35
[Raw Nightfin Snapper]	45	Inland, nighttime only	Restores 874 health over 27 sec	35	[Nightfin Soup]	250	Restores 874 health over 27 sec and restores 8 MP/5sec. for 10 minutes.	35
[Raw Sunscale Salmon]	45	Inland, daytime only	Restores 874 health over 27 sec	35	[Poached Sunscale Salmon]	250	Restores 874 health over 27 sec and restores +6 health every 5 secs for 10 minutes.	35
[Lightning Eel]	45	Coastal and inland waters	Quest fish	35	[Stormchops]	300	Charges you with energy, causing lightning to occasionally zap nearby enemies for the next 30 min.	55
[Raw Glossy Mightfish]	45	Coastal waters	Restores 874 health over 27 sec	35	[Cooked Glossy Mightfish]	225	Restores 874 health over 27 sec and gives +10 Stamina for 10 minutes.	35
[Large Raw Mightfish]	55	Coastal waters	Restores 1392 health over 30 sec	45	[Mightfish Steak]	275	Restores 4320 health over 30 sec and gives +10 Stamina for 10 minutes.	45
[Spotted Feltail]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Feltail Delight]	300	Restores 4320 health over 30 sec and gives +20 Stamina and Spirit for 30 minutes.	55
[Zangarian Sporefish]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Blackened Sporefish]	310	Restores 4320 health over 30 sec and gives +20 Stamina and +8 MP/5sec. for 30 minutes.	55
[Golden Darter]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Golden Fish Sticks]	325	Restore 7500 health over 30 sec and gives +44 Healing and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	55
[Furious Crawdad]	60	Inland waters, flying required	(none)	(n/a)	[Spicy Crawdad]	350	Restore 7500 health over 30 sec and gives +30 Stamina and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	55
[Figluster's Mudfish]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Grilled Mudfish]	320	Restore 7500 health over 30 sec and gives +20 Agility and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	55
[Icefin Bluefish]	60	Inland waters	(none)	(n/a)	[Poached Bluefish]	320	Restore 7500 health over 30 sec and gives +23 Spell Damage and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	55
[Crescent-Tail Skullfish]	65	Zul'Aman and Deadwind Pass	(none)	(n/a)	[Skullfish Soup]	325	Restore 7200 mana over 30 sec and gives +20 Spell Critical and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	65
[Huge Spotted Feltail]	60	Inland waters	Trophy Fish	0	[Fisherman's Feast]	350	Restore 7500 health over 30 sec and gives +30 Stamina and +20 Spirit for 30 minutes.	65
[Glacial Salmon]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Smoked Salmon]	350	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +35 Spell Power and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Fangtooth Herring]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Pickled Fangtooth]	350	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +12 MP/5sec. and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Fangtooth Herring]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Haunted Herring]	350	Gives the Buff "Scared"	1
[Imperial Manta Ray]	70	Coastal waters	(none)	n/a	[Baked Manta Ray]	350	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +30 Haste and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Musselback Sculpin]	70	Coastal & Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Grilled Sculpin]	350	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +60 Attack Power and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Nettlefish]	70	Scholazar Basin	(none)	n/a	[Poached Nettlefish]	350	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +30 Critical Strike and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Bonescale Snapper]	70	Coastal & Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Snapper Extreme]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +40 Hit Rating and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Nettlefish]	70	Scholazar Basin	(none)	n/a	[Spicy Blue Nettlefish]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +40 Critical Strike and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Musselback Sculpin]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Poached Northern Sculpin]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +80 Attack Power and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Imperial Manta Ray]	70	Coastal waters	(none)	n/a	[Imperial Manta Steak]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +40 Haste and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Fangtooth Herring]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Spicy Fried Herring]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +16 MP/5sec. and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Dragonfin Angelfish]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Dragonfin Filet]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +40 Strength and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Dragonfin Angelfish]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Blackened Dragonfin]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +40 Agility and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70
[Glacial Salmon]	70	Inland waters	(none)	n/a	[Firecracker Salmon]	400	Restore 15000 Health and 12960 mana over 30 sec and gives +46 Spell Power and +40 Stamina for 1 hour.	70

Alchemic fish

Some fish are used in Alchemy to create potions and oils. Alchemic fish have the item type and subtype Trade Goods, Other, except Deviate Fish is a Consumable, Food & Drink.

Name	Item Level	Found In	Alchemic Product	Alchemy Skill Needed	Number of Fish Required	Number of Bottles Produced	Other Reagents Required	Bottle Type	Product Use
[Oily Blackmouth]	15	Mostly coastal waters, but also inland lakes	[Blackmouth Oil]	80	2	1	(none)	Empty Vial	Ingredient
[Deviate Fish]	18	The Barrens; oases and the Wailing Caverns	[Elixir of Giant Growth]	90	1	1	One [Earthroot]	Empty Vial	End Product
[Firefin Snapper]	25	Coastal waters	[Fire Oil]	130	2	1	(none)	Empty Vial	Ingredient
[Stonescale Eel]	50	Coastal waters	[Stonescale Oil]	250	1	1	(none)	Leaded Vial	Ingredient
[Pygmy Suckerfish]	70	Northrend Waters	[Pygmy Oil]	375	1	1 - 2	(none)	(none)	Ingredient, Cosmetic Effect Potion
[Glassfin Minnow]	70	Crystalsong Forrest Waters	[Ethereal Oil]	380	2	1	(none)	(none)	Ingredient, Cosmetic Effect Potion

Quest fish

Some fish are the object of a quest. They may or may not have other uses, and may appear in other sections of this page detailing that use.

The quest fish that are only used in a quest are typically a quest item type, and can only be caught while you are doing the quest. These will also typically have no vend value. Red Snapper, a typical quest item type quest fish, cannot be fed to a cat hunter pet that eats fish.

Some of these quests are repeatable, and the quest fish for repeatable quests are typically not a quest type item, can be caught, traded, and vended normally.

[Speckled Tastyfish] are the object of the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza fishing competition, and disappear from all players' inventory four hours after the competition, so that each week's competition starts with zero fish already caught. The secondary 'quest' for these fish is a special turn-in to redeem these fish for cash before they disappear.

Name	Needed For	Fished In	Quest Reward
[Red Snapper](10)	[6] Red Snapper - Very Tasty!	Azuremyst Isle	[Fishing Pole] and  [Shiny Bauble] Note: This Quest is completed by net-fishing instead of line-fishing, using the provided  [Draenei Fishing Net].
[Darkshore Grouper]	[10] The Family and the Fishing Pole	Auberdine	Blump Family Fishing Pole.
[Spotted Sunfish]	[16] Selling Fish	Redridge Mountains	[Murloc Fin Soup] Cooking recipe. Note that this fish may also be found as loot when killing the murlocs that live nearby.
[Feralas Ahi]	[35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme - (need all four fish)	Feralas	Raise Fishing Skill Cap from 225 to 300 - (need all four fish) (See Note)
[Misty Reed Mahi Mahi]	[35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme - (need all four fish)	Swamp of Sorrows	Raise Fishing Skill Cap from 225 to 300 - (need all four fish) (See Note)
[Sar'theris Striker]	[35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme - (need all four fish)	Desolace	Raise Fishing Skill Cap from 225 to 300 - (need all four fish) (See Note)
[Savage Coast Blue Sailfin]	[35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme - (need all four fish)	Stranglethorn Vale	Raise Fishing Skill Cap from 225 to 300 - (need all four fish) (See Note)
[Brownell's Blue Striped Racer]	[1] Rare Fish - Brownell's Blue Striped Racer	Stranglethorn Vale during Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza	[Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots]
[Dezian Queenfish]	[1] Rare Fish - Dezian Queenfish	Stranglethorn Vale during Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza	[High Test Eternium Fishing Line]
[Keefer's Angelfish]	[1] Rare Fish - Keefer's Angelfish	Stranglethorn Vale during Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza	[Lucky Fishing Hat]
[Speckled Tastyfish]	[1] Master Angler - (competition winner)	Stranglethorn Vale during Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza	[Arcanite Fishing Pole] or [Hook of the Master Angler]
[Speckled Tastyfish]	[1] Apprentice Angler - (after-competition turn-ins)	Stranglethorn Vale during Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza	1 12 per 5 fishes (updated with patch 2.3)
[Zulian Mudskunk]	Bait fish, used to summon  Gahz'ranka	Zul'Gurub, school is Muddy Churning Water	Summon  Gahz'ranka by using [Mudskunk Lure] with five [Zulian Mudskunk]s
[Plated Armorfish]	Argent Dawn quest  [60] Craftsman's Writ - Plated Armorfish objective (30 required)	Eastern Plaguelands,Winterspring, Feralas and Zul'Gurub	[Insignia of the Dawn] or [Insignia of the Crusade].
[Lightning Eel]	Argent Dawn quest  [60] Craftsman's Writ - Lightning Eel objective (30 required)	Western Plaguelands, Moonglade, Eastern Plaguelands, Deadwind Pass, Feralas, Un'Goro Crater, The Hinterlands, Felwood, and Zul'Gurub	[Insignia of the Dawn] or [Insignia of the Crusade].
[Stonescale Eel]	Argent Dawn quest  [60] Craftsman's Writ - Stonescale Eel objective (40 required)	Azshara, Stranglethorn Vale, Feralas, Tanaris and The Hinterlands	[Insignia of the Dawn] or [Insignia of the Crusade].
[Bloated Barbed Gill Trout]	[70] Shrimpin' Ain't Easy - Daily Fishing Quest	in Zangarmarsh lakes	This container fish yields [Giant Freshwater Shrimp]
[Giant Freshwater Shrimp]	[70] Shrimpin' Ain't Easy - Daily Fishing Quest	Zangarmarsh, inside [Bloated Barbed Gill Trout]	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Terokkar Forest)]
[Blackfin Darter]	[70] Bait Bandits - Daily Fishing Quest	rivers in Terokkar Forest	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Terokkar Forest)]
[World's Largest Mudfish]	[70] The One That Got Away - Daily Fishing Quest	in the lakes of Nagrand	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Terokkar Forest)]
[Monstrous Felblood Snapper]	[70] Felblood Fillet - Daily Fishing Quest	in the waters of Hellfire Peninsula and Shadowmoon Valley	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Terokkar Forest)]
[Baby Crocolisk]	[70] Crocolisks in the City - Daily Fishing Quest	in Stormwind or Orgrimmar	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Terokkar Forest)] (Chance to get one of four baby crocolisk small pets in the bag)
[Tasty Reef Fish]	[69] The Way to His Heart... - Daily quest (Fished using Net. Fishing skill not required.)	Howling Fjord	500 Kalu'ak Rep
[Phantom Ghostfish]	[80] The Ghostfish - Daily Fishing Quest	in  [River's Heart]Sholazar Basin	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Dalaran)]
[Bloated Monsterbelly]	[80] Monsterbelly Appetite - Daily Fishing Quest	The Frozen Sea	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Dalaran)]
[Terrorfish]	[80] Dangerously Delicious - Daily Fishing Quest	Wintergrasp	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Dalaran)]
[Bloodtooth Frenzy]	[80] Blood Is Thicker - Daily Fishing Quest	Borean Tundra	[Bag of Fishing Treasures (Dalaran)]

Note: The  [35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme quest is no longer required to raise fishing from 225 to 300. Simply visit the appropriate fishing trainer.

Trophy fish

See main article.

Certain uncommon fish can be caught which can be wielded in the off hand, with the exception of the trophy groupers and trophy lobsters which can not. Equipping the trophy fish in the off hand will not show the fish on the character, but if the trophy fish is equipped, typing 'z' to show the wielded weapons will show the trophy fish.

Trophy fish are wieldable objects, they do not stack in your inventory, each takes a slot, except see the wieldable cooking ingredient fish, which do stack.

There are three major subcategories of trophy fishes:

Most (older) trophy fish are a variation of a normal or buffing fish, but unlike their non trophy counterparts, these trophy fish cannot be eaten as fish nor used in recipes. They are available in what appears to be a partially populated range of sizes, specified in pounds of weight. Since there is a consensus of which few sizes are available, it appears that these are generated off a table, not at random over a range of values.

The main purpose of these fish is to be displayed proudly to other players. They can be fed to hunter pets that eat fish, but only producing the same results as feeding a normal fish of that type, there is no benefit from the specialness nor extra size. These trophy fish can be sent via mail, sold to vendors, sold on the auction house, and traded. The demand in the auction house is low, but they do sell, and you can get surprisingly much for your trophy fish on occasion. The item type and subtype for these fish is Miscellaneous, Junk. This is where you find them in the auction house.

These fish include the following:

	Sizes		Sizes		Sizes		Sizes
Mud Snappers	[10 Pound Mud Snapper] [12 Pound Mud Snapper] [15 Pound Mud Snapper]	Catfishes	[17 Pound Catfish] [19 Pound Catfish] [22 Pound Catfish] [26 Pound Catfish] [32 Pound Catfish]	Redgills	[34 Pound Redgill] [37 Pound Redgill] [42 Pound Redgill] [45 Pound Redgill] [49 Pound Redgill] [52 Pound Redgill]	Groupers	[40 Pound Grouper] [47 Pound Grouper] [53 Pound Grouper] [59 Pound Grouper] [68 Pound Grouper]

	Sizes		Sizes		Sizes
Salmons	[15 Pound Salmon] [18 Pound Salmon] [22 Pound Salmon] [25 Pound Salmon] [29 Pound Salmon] [32 Pound Salmon]	Mightfishes	[70 Pound Mightfish] [85 Pound Mightfish] [92 Pound Mightfish] [103 Pound Mightfish]	Lobsters	[7 Pound Lobster] [9 Pound Lobster] [12 Pound Lobster] [15 Pound Lobster] [19 Pound Lobster] [21 Pound Lobster] [22 Pound Lobster]

The Burning Crusade added two fish which can both be trophy fish or can be used in cooking recipes (see above):

• [Enormous Barbed Gill Trout]
• [Huge Spotted Feltail]

These have the Miscellaneous, Junk type and subtype, even though you might expect them to be Trade Goods, Meat items.

• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): added two more trophy fish. Unlike previous trophy fish these provide a bonus when wielded.
  

These bind on pickup and cannot be traded, and are very rare (estimated roughly 0.1% of catches in their respective locations.)

• [Old Crafty] adds +5 Stamina when wielded off hand. Caught in the fishing pond in Orgrimmar.
• [Old Ironjaw] adds +5 Stamina when wielded off hand. Caught in the waters or lava in Ironforge.

The quest fish [Feralas Ahi] can be wielded in the off hand as a trophy fish, but the Feralas Ahi can only be caught when you are on the quest, the fish has the unique property, so you can only have one, and the fish must be turned in to complete the  [35] Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme quest which grants artisan level fishing skill, raising the fishing skill cap from 225 to 300, so most people who catch it will prefer to turn it in than to display it. It can be used as a trophy fish while you are on the quest.

Low Quality Fish

The item type and subtype for these fish is Miscellaneous, Junk.

• [Felblood Snapper], can be fed to a fish eating pet.
• [Sickly Fish] is a "skill too low" junk item; it cannot be fed to your pet.
• Water Snail is a "skill too low" junk item; it cannot be fed to your pet.
• [Goldenscale Vendorfish], a rare fish which sells to vendors for 6 gold.

[Mr. Pinchy]

This very rare fish has a few magic effects. He binds on pickup. You'll need flight capability to even try to obtain him. [Mr. Pinchy] has three wish charges with one of five possibilities.

• Mr.Pinchy's Blessing

500 Health for 2 hours

• Furious Mr.Pinchy

Summons a Giant Pinchy Crawdad that will attack you

• Benevolent Mr.Pinchy

Summons a Giant Pinchy Crawdad that will fight with you

• [Mr. Pinchy's Gift]

Contains 4-5 [Super Healing Potion] or [Super Mana Potion]

• [Magical Crawdad Box]

Teaches the Companion Pet Magical Crawdad

Containers

Several kinds of containers can be fished.

Containers must be opened in order to loot the contents. After the container is fully looted, the container disappears. Except Clams (since Patch 3.0.2) containers do not stack in your inventory, each takes a slot. Looting them can often save space, since the loot will often stack.

If a container looks empty, but does not disappear, it still contains a item that you cannot see. Often the item is a  [Weather-Beaten Journal], which is not visible to you once you have learned the skill it grants. These containers can be sold to other players who need the Weather-Beaten Journal.

Container fish

These are (with the exception of the Giant Sunfish) exceptionally rare fish you can catch that contain gems or rings, so don't forget to open them when you catch them. They all can be caught in the same area as the non-bloated variety, but are only containers; they can't be used as food and disappear after they are opened.

• [Bloated Smallfish] (level 5)
• [Bloated Mud Snapper] (level 15)
• [Bloated Oily Blackmouth] (level 15)
• [Bloated Catfish] (level 25)
• [Bloated Rockscale Cod] (level 35)
• [Bloated Trout] (level 35)
• [Bloated Mightfish] (level 45)
• [Bloated Redgill] (level 45)
• [Bloated Salmon] (level 55)
• [Bloated Giant Sunfish] (level 70)

Container fish for quests

One fish is a specific target of a fishing quest and contains the item (another fish) that must be collected and turned in. See Quest fish above for more details.

• Quest fish [Bloated Barbed Gill Trout] (level 70)

Clams

Various Clams can be fished and should be opened for clam meats and occasional pearls. With Release of Patch 3.0 clams are now stackable. Except for the [Brooding Darkwater Clam] which is a rare clam you will sometimes obtain and is often seen as a result of this post: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9957005708&pageNo=2&sid=1#32

• [Small Barnacled Clam]
• Thick-shelled Clam
• [Big-Mouth Clam]
• [Jaggal Clam]
• [Darkwater Clam]
• [Brooding Darkwater Clam]
• [Giant Darkwater Clam]

Venture Company crates

These infrequently-found non-locked Venture Company crates are labeled "Venture Company Supplies" and always contain a small quantity of engineering supplies such as  [Rough Blasting Powder],  [Iron Strut], etc.

• [Dented Crate] (level 15)
• [Waterlogged Crate] (level 25)
• [Sealed Crate] (level 35)
• [Heavy Crate] (level 45)

Trunks & Crates

These boxes may also contain the [Weather-Beaten Journal] which is used to learn [Find Fish].

Name	Item Level	Frequent Contents
[Tightly Sealed Trunk]	15	[Bolt of Linen Cloth], [Bolt of Woolen Cloth], [Light Leather], [Medium Leather], uncommon quality items
[Watertight Trunk]	15	[Bolt of Silk Cloth], [Bolt of Woolen Cloth], [Heavy Leather], [Medium Leather], uncommmon quality items
[Iron Bound Trunk]	25	[Bolt of Silk Cloth], [Bolt of Mageweave], [Thick Leather], uncommon quality gear.
[Mithril Bound Trunk]	35	[Bolt of Mageweave], [Bolt of Runecloth], [Rugged Leather], [Thick Leather], uncommon quality items
[Curious Crate]	60	[Fel Iron Ore], [Knothide Leather Scraps], [Netherweave Cloth]
[Heavy Supply Crate]	60	[Handful of Fel Iron Bolts], [White Smoke Flare], [Elemental Blasting Powder], [Fel Iron Ore]
[Reinforced Crate]	70	[Cobalt Ore], [Borean Leather Scraps], [Frostweave Cloth]

Locked chests

These infrequently-found chests are locked and can be opened by a rogue or blacksmith and/or engineer. These chests have rather disappointing contents compared to the Trunks routinely fished from Floating Wreckage.

Name	Item Level	Lockpicking Skill	Frequent Contents
[Small Locked Chest]	20	1	[Bolt of Woolen Cloth], [Bolt of Silk Cloth], [Medium Leather], [Heavy Leather], gray quality items
[Sturdy Locked Chest]	30	70	[Bolt of Woolen Cloth], [Bolt of Silk Cloth], [Medium Leather], [Heavy Leather], gray quality items
[Ironbound Locked Chest]	45	175	[Bolt of Mageweave], [Bolt of Silk Cloth], [Thick Leather], [Heavy Leather], gray quality items
[Reinforced Locked Chest]	55	250	[Bolt of Mageweave], [Thick Leather], [Rugged Leather], gray quality items

Other

[Messages in a Bottle] are infrequently found from ocean fishing in zones of level 20-40. Contents may include:

• Scrolls (Scroll of Protection, Scroll of Spirit, etc.)
• Recipes (Plans, Schematics, etc.)
• Damp Diary pages

[Inscribed Scrollcase], found in Outland, contains scrolls.

Other objects

Potions

Various common potions are occasionally caught while fishing.

Rumsey Rums

Several varieties of Rumsey Rum brand alcoholic beverage are occasionally caught while fishing from Floating Wreckage. In addition to getting you drunk, these provide a stamina buff.

• [Rumsey Rum Light]
• [Rumsey Rum Dark]
• [Rumsey Rum Black Label]

Crafting ingredients

Several items generally obtained through other means can also occasionally turn up while fishing.

• [Coal], from Un'Goro Crater (Fire Plume Ridge).
• [Deviate Scale], from The Barrens (Oases and The Wailing Caverns).
• [Peacebloom], from the "School of Fish" in Elwynn Forest. The pool, located in an elevated lake north of Northshire Abbey, cannot be reached by normal means.
• [Stranglekelp], worldwide.

Elemental goods

These drop from various elementals, but can also be fished. Azshara sometimes has Patch of Elemental Water Pools that will spawn, and Nagrand will sometimes have Pure Water Pools. These pools have an increased rate of elemental water catches.

• [Elemental Water]
• [Essence of Water]
• [Globe of Water]
• [Mote of Water]
• [Crystallized Water]
• [Elemental Fire], from Un'Goro Crater (Fire Plume Ridge).
• [Essence of Fire], from Un'Goro Crater (Fire Plume Ridge).
• [Heart of Fire], from Un'Goro Crater (Fire Plume Ridge).

Herbs

In an unfinished area above and to the north of Northshire Abbey, the fishing pools produce only  [Peacebloom].

Weapons and Armor

Various weapon items or armor items are occasionally caught while fishing. This list is not intended to be an all inclusive list, but only a list of those items that you can ONLY obtain via fishing. The Crushfish, Strongfish and Herring have the added benefit of looking like fish as you wield them. (Refer to Foodfight for other weapons that look like food)

Weapons and armor unique to fishing:

• [The 1 Ring], named in reference to The One Ring from The Lord of the Rings, which was also caught by fishing. Can be fished worldwide in low level areas, but is very rare. It carries a high price at auction.
• [Broken Wine Bottle], a one-handed mace can be fished from The Sludge Fen in The Barrens.
• [Steelscale Crushfish], a one-handed mace caught off the coast of Wetlands or Hillsbrad Foothills
• [Rockhide Strongfish], a one-handed mace caught rarely from  [Speckled Tastyfish] Pools during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza
• [Dustbringer], a dagger. Can be caught in any non-pool water in Northrend.
• [Dark Herring], a dagger. Caught in the waters of Grizzly Hills or Howling Fjord

Fishing equipment

• The [Darkwood Fishing Pole], an extremely rare +15 fishing pole, can only be obtained by fishing. If you can find one, it fills a void in the fishing pole progression. Do not expect to find one in the auction house.
• The [Weather-Beaten Journal] can only be obtained by fishing. It is not fished directly, but is fished in box-like containers. It is not equipment used while fishing, but rather teaches a skill useful for fishing - tracking fishing nodes on your mini-map.

Vendor Quality Items

Various Vendor trash items can be caught while fishing.

The mechanics of fishing skill level were changed significantly in Patch 3.1. Prior to 3.1, each zone had a minimum skill requirement to be able to cast in that zone, and a cap where you achieved a 100% catch rate in that zone. In between there was a chance your fish could "get away"; you would catch nothing and receive no skill-up for that cast.

As of 3.1, there is no longer a minimum skill requirement to fish in any zone, and all casts will catch something and award a chance for a skill-up. However, if your skill level is too low for a zone, you will catch mostly junk items. The skill level required to guarantee "no junk" catches is equivalent to the old "no get away" level.

The "skill too low" junk items are a specific set, 5 common, and 5 rare.

• [Driftwood]
• [Tangled Fishing Line]
• [Tattered Cloth] vends for 1
• [Weeds]

And note:

• [Sickly Fish]; while this is a fish, it is one of the "skill too low" junk items, and has no fish properties; you cannot feed it to your pet.

• [Empty Rum Bottle]
• [Old Boot]
• [Rock] vends for 1
• [Tree Branch]

And note:

• Water Snail; while this is a mollusc, which are typically treated as fish in WoW, it is one of the "skill too low" junk items, and has no fish properties; you cannot feed it to your pet.

Commentary: There are 5 common junk items (Driftwood, Sickly Fish, Tangled Fishing Line, Tattered Cloth, and Weeds) and 5 rare junk items (Empty Rum Bottle, Old Boot, Rock, Tree Branch, and Water Snail). All junk items sell to vendors for 18c each, except Tattered Cloth and Rock, which sell for 1s. The average income from fishing junk is 35c per catch.

Vendor trash items are occasionally caught normally while fishing. These are often associated with specific locations and are 'flavor' items.

Unique to fishing:

• [Acidic Slime]
• [Old Skull]
• [Old Teamster's Skull], a reference to Jimmy Hoffa.
• [Old Wagonwheel].
• [Rusted Engineering Parts]
• [Seaweed]
• [Steam Pump Debris] vends for 50
• [Broken Engine Part] vends for 10

Quest items

Some fished items are the object of a quest. These are typically a quest item type, are only used in that quest, and can only be caught while you are doing the quest. These will typically have no vend value, but note that 'Strange Engine Part' can be caught outside the quest (since it starts the quest) and vends for 1. The quest is repeatable, although you can only have one active quest at a time.

Name	Needed For	Number Needed	Fished In	Quest Reward
[Electropeller]	[10] Electropellers	12	Darkshore	20 x [Aquadynamic Fish Lens]
[Gaffer Jack]	[12] Gaffer Jacks	8	Darkshore	2 50
[Strange Engine Part]	[55] Strange Engine Part	1 (starts quest)	Steam Pump Flotsam nodes in Zangarmarsh	2 95 (additional units can be vended)

Raid boss

• A H  Gahz'ranka, a boss in Zul'Gurub in Stranglethorn Vale is spawned by luring him out with Zulian Mudskunks. Catch 5  [Zulian Mudskunk] and use a  [Mudskunk Lure] at Pagle's Pointe. The Mudskunk Lure is bought from Nat Pagle in Dustwallow after completing the quest Quest:Nat's Measuring Tape. Requires 300 fishing. (Zul'Gurub is a level 60, 20 man instance, although most of it can be solo'd by level 80 players.) See Quests section above.
• A H  The Lurker Below, a boss in Serpentshrine Cavern in Coilfang Reservoir, can only be spawned by fishing. Fish in the area and eventually you will 'catch' him.

See also

• Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza
• Daily Fishing Quests
• Fishing equipment (Equipment that aids fishing, and can often be obtained by fishing)
• Fishing locations (Places where various fish and such are found)
• Fishing skill requirements by zone (Explanation of the degrees of difficulty of fishing in different locations)
• Category:Fishing (Fishing-related articles on WoWWiki)

External links

El's Extreme Anglin' Fishing Guide.

Voodex Gold-Making with Fishing.

TheNoobSchool.com 1-375 Fishing/Cooking Walkthrough

• Level Fishing and Cooking to 375
• Draznar's Fishing FAQ
• Thalen's WoW Guide - Swirls and patches of elemental water.
• Fishing Basics - Official information.

WoW-professions.com Fishing/Cooking guide 1-375