17-32 Pound Catfish - El's Extreme Anglin'

This page summarises how to catch 17-32 Pound Catfish.

About 17-32 Pound Catfish

Specific Catches:
Use: Equip: Held In Off-hand.
Value: Vendor: 3s 75c - Certain fish worth less.
Other Tomes: Battle.net, WoWDB, Wowhead, Wowpedia

Catching 17-32 Pound Catfish

Notes: Off-hand Catfish are shown as caught in "75 skill" zones, including capital cities. However there are no confirmed catches of the 32 Pound Catfish in these areas (such as Stormwind City). Anglers that are trying to catch 32 Pound Catfish may wish to avoid this group of zones, and try slightly higher-skilled water.
Achievements: One That Didn't Get Away: Catch one of the rare fish: 15 Pound Mud Snapper, 22 Pound Lobster, 29 Pound Salmon, 32 Pound Catfish, 52 Pound Redgill, 68 Pound Grouper, 103 Pound Mightfish, Dark Herring, Rockhide Strongfish, or Steelscale Crushfish. All these fish are very rare catches.

Where to Catch 17-32 Pound Catfish
Water	Areas	No-Junk Skill	Catch Rate		Common Catch
Water	Areas	No-Junk Skill	% of Catch	Sample	Common Catch
Open Water	Named Inland: Bloodmyst Isle (General), Ghostlands Coastal and Inland: Redridge Mountains (General), Stormwind City Inland: Azshara (General), Darkshore (Freshwater), Darnassus, The Deadmines, Ironforge, Northern Barrens (General), Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Westfall	75	<1%	2049	Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: Blackfathom Deeps, Silverpine Forest, Undercity	75	<1%	Thott	Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: Loch Modan	75	<1%	Thott	Raw Loch Frenzy Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: The Wailing Caverns	75	<1%	2025	Deviate Fish Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: Northern Barrens (Oasis)	100	<1%	2025	Deviate Fish Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: Arathi Highlands (General), Ashenvale, Duskwood, Hillsbrad Foothills, Northern Stranglethorn (General), Redridge Mountains (Lake Everstill), Stonetalon Mountains (West), Wetlands	150	<1%	1075	Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Open Water	Inland: The Cape of Stranglethorn (General), Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas (General), The Hinterlands, Scarlet Monastery, Southern Barrens (General), Western Plaguelands	225	<1%	1335	Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish Raw Mithril Head Trout

Off-hand Catfish are shown as caught in "75 skill" zones, including capital cities. However there are no confirmed catches of the 32 Pound Catfish in these areas.

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Achievements - Describes achievements that involve fishing.
One That Didn't Get Away - Options for completing One That Didn't Get Away.

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32 Pound Catfish in Northern Barrens Oasis?

Poguemahone, June 2011:

im aiming for the salty achievment and am planning on trying to catch the 32 pound catfish for the one that didnt get away, im planning on fishing in the oasis in northern barrens so that i can make gold from the deviate fish that i catch but douse the 32 pond catfish drop from the oasis because on this site it says on the list of fish that drop from barrens that the 32 pound catfish douse drop but n brackets not in oasis.

Thanks if any one can clear this up for me
Pogue
el, June 2011:

Yes, it should be possible to catch it in any inland part of the Northern Barrens (with the possible exception of The Sludge Fen - there's no reliable data for that pond). The 17-32 Pound Catfish page lists both the Oasis and non-Oasis, but separately, because the skill required to fish without junk varies slightly.
Poguemahone, June 2011:

Thats great thanks, now i can make gold while im trying to get salty
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