Fishing spotsFollow

If you just want to level up your skill, Stormwind would work. I do not know what level is required, but at my skill of 87, someone told me that Menethil Harbor would be good.

The problem with leveling up in a low level area is that you do not catch as much, only the low leveled fish. I do not know if this applies to other fishable items, such as armor or not... someone else would probably know though

Forgot to mention, I have a Strong Fishing Rod, which gives +5 skill. It's limited quantity and solf by Old Man Hemming, the same guy who gives you the Fishing Manual, in Booty Bay. Worth picking up if you don't have a Big Iron yet.

What you seem to be missing is that it does not matter where you fish to skill up. Location only determines if you can catch successfully, and what type of fish you will catch. You can actually fish the lowest lvl zones like Ironforge all the way to 300.

Fishing is unlike most every other profession. The lvl of the fish you catch do NOT help you lvl faster. The only real reason to go to a higher level zone to fish to fish while skilling up is if you want to use/sell/cook the fish you catch while you are leveling...I hope that helps.

Barrens is good for deviate fish, and if you leather work you catch deviate scales. Zoram strand in Ashenvale has a decent drop rate for firefins, though if you can fish when the server is in "night" status, go to Steamsheedle port in Tanaris for Stonescale eels to AH, Clams that drop Black Pearls, and the fish you'll need to level cooking from 225 to 300 in about an hour, once you pop 40 and do the artisan quest. Don't forget, often times if you can't fish in an area, the 100 skill from an aquadynamic fish detector will let you. They're hard to keep in quantity if you buy from merchants, but any Engineer can crank 'em out by the dozen. If you like black mouths, head for Booty Bay. Finaly, in a few levels head up to Feralis for nightfins from the verdantis river. Also for any druids or high lvls out there reading this, Moonglade is good for nightfins and Red Gill, and not alot else. Some salmon and lightning eels,(hope they make an Alch recipe for that somday). Grr, I got long on this and didn't really answer the question. As already stated, you can level fishing anywhere, it's just what you want to catch along the way. These are or once were my hotspots as a lvl 47 fishing fan. One parting shot, NEVER fish without bait. You catch fish sooner in the meter with bait, and more catches in less time=faster skill up. The game DOSE NOT mistake your baited skill for your raw skill and make you catch more fish to gain skill because your skill is raised.

Edited, Tue Aug 9 09:53:49 2005 by Tulankamein

The pools in the Barrens where the deviate fish can be caught are fairly low level. I stood at one of them a few days ago and took my skill from about 150 to 225 so that I could do my artisan fishing quest.

I have friends who just started playing WoW. So I took my cooked deviate fish, a few stacks of them, to Brill and started passing them out. It was great fun. That undead town was suddenly overrun with human pirates and human ninjas.

The point here being that you can raise your fishing skill in one spot. If all you want is the skill then just fish someplace where none of the fish get away from you. Don’t fish anyplace else unless you want a chance to pull in specific catches, such as the deviate fish.

I'm a hunter just like the OP, now level 46 and I fished purely to make getting to 300 in cooking easier (Rockscale Cod, anyone? ;) ) and to get stonescale eels, oily blackmouths and firefin snappers for my alchemy profession.

After a slow start fishing in Darkshore and then Menethil Bay to about 100 (I was around level 23-24 latterly), I moved to Southshore to fish up to around 135 and then stopped fishing for a while. At about your level now (34) I moved to do the Stranglethorn quests and took up fishing in Booty Bay. I powerfished over about 3-4 hours from about 140 to 225 in Booty Bay just so I could do my Artisan Fishing quest with Nat Pagle in Theramore(remember to carry on fishing up a few skill points once you get the 300 cap to evade the dreaded fishing cap bug).

Latterly I used nightcrawlers to decrease the number of fish getting away - you can't level when you get that message so I wanted to minimise the number of times it happened. I also noticed that when I started fishing every 3rd or 4th successful fish would yield a skill up. At around 225 skill it's every 5th or 6th successful catch before you see a skill up. I wish that Blizz would introduce an audible signal that you have a bite, after all fishermen in RL use those! LOL

My fishing is currently at 258 skill and I'm fishing in Steamwheadle Port and Feralas (for the stonescale eels).

Best of luck to you. :)

Fish in Storwind or Goldshire until your skill is 90 or 100, then you should go to Redridge Mountains. you can fish there until 150 easily. Wetlands is fishable until 175, then go to Botty Bay to get that fishing book and level in Booty Bay till your fishing is 225! Theramore is also a good place to fish when you are trying to get to 225 fishing.

Where can I buy receipes for fish?
Where and what time of day is best for Oily Blackmouths?

Finally found oily blackmouths...

I found some in Longshore. There is a qst out of Westfall that requires Murloc eyes. The eyes are in Longshore. Its a coast area and you'll even see some half sunk pirate ships and a few small islands off the coast.
I had real good luck at one spot, where a half sunk ship is and it looks like lodged on a small island with a tree. There is a wooden box there also. Its far enough off the coast the warriors dont mess with you. I caught 8 in 2 hours.

8 blackmouths in 2 hours is actually low, but glad you found a spot.

it seems after getting the level to fish at menethil harbor, everywhere i fish after that has a chance for firefins or blackmouths. so just keep fishing, you'll catch them while catching other typs. the only place i remember which didn't have those 2 fish is the river in Southshore..but the docks (ocean) does have those 2 fish also.

zoram strand for oilys and firefin :D

Anyone have an estimate on skill needed for winter squid? Or, for fishing at steamwhatever port? :D

I have been catching Winter Squid in Feather Moon Stronghold. (Already?) My skill is 238. Feather Moon as a good mix of Oilys, firefin, stone eels, and winter squid.

For a Tauren Druid:

0-50: Coast of Durotar (for the occasional chest)
50 - 100: The Barrens (for Deviate Fish)
100 - 150: Zoram Strand, Ashenvale
150 - 200: Booty Bay
200 - 225: Moonglade (if you're level is too low) or Steamwheel Port (for Stonescales)
225 - 275: Steamwheel Port, Coast of Feralas
275 - 300: Bay of Storms, Azshara