Fishing quests


 * Fishing quests can not be completed while in a raid group. Instead you will receive 'empty' loot (you can still gain fishing skill points though).


 * The quest fish is believed never to drop in a pool of fish. As a result, you must fish outside a pool of fish (anywhere in the water, just not in a pool) in order to complete the quest. This does not encourage good fishing practices.


 * Although not numerically verified, it is believed that a higher fishing skill will result in a (much) better catch rate. Basically, in Outland you will always want to use a fishing lure; the only place this isn't necessary would be in Stormwind or Orgrimmar because your fishing skill will probably already be capped.


 * At level 70, you can obtain daily fishing quests. Those quests do not have any explicit fishing skill requirement, but the areas which must be fished for the quests do (note with patch 3.1 these requirements have changed). In practice most of them require a high fishing skill (approx 250 minimum, 300+ recommended) and additional fishing skill buffs from fishing equipment, especially fishing lures. These quests often reward the character with fishing equipment, most often (approx. 75% chance) with a small stack (4 to 6) of s, a +100 fishing skill fishing lure, so the fishing skill buffs become somewhat self sustaining. The recipe for, a consumable which provides a +10 fishing skill buff, has a just under 10% chance to be awarded. These buffs will help you level your fishing, but become vital when you want to fish the most difficult areas.


 * One daily fishing quest, Crocolisks in the City requires only fishing skill 1 (but the cities are tier 2 fishing zones so a fishing lure will be helpful if you are just starting out fishing).

Old Man Barlo
Shattrath

Patch 2.4 introduced Daily fishing quests handed out by Old Man Barlo outside Shattrath City. The quest is random each day (although will be the same for everyone on the same server) and requires Level 1 Fishing and a Level 70 character. Each quest involves travel across Outland to different locations.


 * Shrimpin' Ain't Easy (Zangarmarsh)
 * Bait Bandits (Terokkar Forest)
 * The One That Got Away (Nagrand)
 * Felblood Fillet (Shadowmoon Valley or Hellfire Peninsula)
 * Crocolisks in the City (Orgrimmar or Stormwind)

The reward for these quests is a which contains some gold and grey items. In addition, you have a chance to get,, , , , and a cooking recipe to make. There is also a chance to receive one of four rare pets when completing theCrocolisks in the City quest:, , , or.

Marcia Chase
Dalaran

Patch 3.1 added a new set of daily fishing quests initiated by Marcia Chase next to the Eventide Fountain in southern Dalaran. The quest is random each day, but the same server-wide.


 * Blood Is Thicker (Borean Tundra)
 * Dangerously Delicious (Wintergrasp)
 * The Ghostfish (Sholazar Basin)
 * Jewel Of The Sewers (Underbelly)
 * Monsterbelly Appetite (The Frozen Sea)

The reward for these quests is a which contains some gold, vendor trash, and common items of variable utility. In addition, you have a chance to get, , , , , , , , , , or.

Mists of Pandaria dailies
The Anglers faction offers a variety of fishing daily quests. Not all of them involve the use of a fishing pole, but they all reward the player with +1 Fishing skill point. Every day, 3 random dailies will be available.


 * Armored Carp (quest)
 * Bright Bait
 * Fishing for a Bruising
 * Huff & Puff
 * Jagged Abalone
 * Jumping the Shark
 * Like Bombing Fish In A Barrel
 * Piranha!
 * Scavenger Hunt
 * Shocking! (quest)
 * Snapclaw (quest)
 * Viseclaw Soup (quest)
 * What Lurks Below
 * Who Knew Fish Liked Eggs?

Nat Pagle dailies
Reputation can also be earned with renowned fisherman Nat Pagle. The fish must be caught first, which then start a daily quest. Once completed, you are still able to fish up all 3 again ready to be turned in for the following day.


 * Flying Tiger Gourami (quest)
 * Mimic Octopus (quest)
 * Spinefish Alpha (quest)

Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza
On 13 September 2005 Patch 1.7 introduced Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza held in Booty Bay every Sunday from 2pm till 4pm (server time). With Pandaria the time was changed to 2pm to 4pm PST for US servers.

Kalu'ak Fishing Derby
Patch 3.3 introduced Kalu'ak Fishing Derby, stands in Dalaran close to Marcia Chase for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him a. Every Saturday beginning at 2 pm (server time) players can try to catch the elusive. is catchable from any fish pool in Northrend.

Due to problems that occurred with the introduction of cross-realm zones, all fishing tournaments where disabled. When they were reenabled in Patch 5.1.0 however, the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza had been redesigned to allow three winners, and included the rewards from winning the fishing derby. Thus the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby became redundant, and was removed altogether.