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Where to Catch Blacktip Shark
WaterAreasNo-Junk SkillCatch RateCommon Catch
% of CatchSample
Borean Man O' War SchoolCoastal: Borean Tundra1<1% [1]1045
Deep Sea Monsterbelly SchoolCoastal: The Frozen Sea1<1% [1]1045
Dragonfin Angelfish SchoolInland: Dragonblight1<1% [1]1045
Fangtooth Herring SchoolInland and Brackish: Howling Fjord1<1% [1]1045
Glacial Salmon SchoolInland: Grizzly Hills1<1% [1]1045
Imperial Manta Ray SchoolCoastal: Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Howling Fjord1<1% [1]1045
Moonglow Cuttlefish SchoolCoastal: The Frozen Sea1<1% [1]1045
Musselback Sculpin SchoolInland: Borean Tundra1<1% [1]1045
Nettlefish SchoolInland: Sholazar Basin1<1% [1]1045
Waters shown have the highest chance of catching a Blacktip Shark. Blacktip Shark can be caught anywhere else Pygmy Suckerfish are caught, but the chance is lower: Inland and unnamed coastal open water, and Glassfin Minnow School.

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Kalu'ak Fishing Derby

  1. Pubcrawler, October 2009:

    El says: For a contest summary and guide, see Kalu'ak Fishing Derby. Original post:

    Posted on the MMO-Champion website

    "The Kalu'ak hold a fishing derby every few days in Northrend. Be the first to catch a Blacktip Shark and win respect with the Kalu'ak, and an amazing prize!"

    Wondering if anyone can confirm that this is on the PTR for testing.

    Pub

  2. Troo, October 2009:

    Allakhazam also has a posting about new stuff on the PTR build 10623 that changes the Master Angler of STV to Master Angler of Azeroth. The information is at this link, which I don't know how to properly link as my html has gone rusty: http://wow.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=20212

    If it's every few days I actually stand a chance at someday getting the only title I've ever wanted. :) *fingers crossed*

  3. Tjalfe, October 2009:

    Troo wrote:

    If it's every few days I actually stand a chance at someday getting the only title I've ever wanted. :) *fingers crossed*

    I've just last night gained my Salty title (I won STV this sunday and have frantically been doing the last bits since)
    Having competed since the STV gone live, this feels like a bucket of cold (salt ;) ) water thrown in my face...

    For a short moment I felt elated by knowing that for the fist time since I started I playing WoW (been here since serverstart) I had achieved something special - this title that only 52 can achieve a year on a given server.

    Why, oh why do the contests have to share the Master Angler achievement and thereby heavily devaluate it? :-(

    Yeah I know, this is just QQ ....and actually I did...

  1. el, October 2009:

    I'm currently searching for information...

    As you know, the Master Angler achievement will require a win of either contest. The PTR in-game calendar shows the event on Wednesdays at 20:00 server time (on the PTR, that's PST). But that may just be for testing. Unfortunately I'm not seeing anything else yet... The only data-mined clue is that there are not new items associated with the Kalu'ak win. However that may be simply because the new contest does not need to be retrospectively awarded - every winner will automatically flag the "win" criteria at the time they win.

    I should add, however, that there are several new fishing-related spells lurking. Notably the old +5 fishing glove enchant is back. Old because it never actually appeared in the game.

    The idea of a Northrend contest has been mooted on these forums - Northrend has a lot of pools. Whether the new contest is the same as the STV contest remains to be seen. I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.

  2. TheTacoMan, October 2009:

    Perhaps we will see implementation of the alternate bobbers, and the Stick model fishing rod that we never saw with the fishing dailies.

    Although part of me hopes that the reward for this comp is exactly the same as the STV one, otherwise it will make people who already have salty compete just for the rewards

  3. Tjalfe, October 2009:

    el wrote:

    I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.

    Now that I've composed myself a bit ...and have read and reread the comments, I can only concur. :)
    Reading the originally qouted statement as having a Northrend fishing contest several times a week is not what it says.

    The addition of another fishing contest _is_ a great thing.
    I will certainly try my luck when this goes live. :)

    PST as in Pacific Standard Time?

    Guess I'll have to try it out tomorrow morning.

  4. Ninf, October 2009:

    Maybe one of the prize could be one of the beta-removed non-combat pets -> http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/21168/baby-shark/

    http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21168

    I would love it

  5. heathisrael, October 2009:

    Ninf wrote:

    Maybe one of the price could be one of the beta-removed non-combat pets -> http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/21168/baby-shark/
    http://www.wowhead.com/?item=21168
    I would love it

    a water-only pet would be cool

  6. Meadows, October 2009:

    I seem to recall in the WotLK beta that the Mastercraft Kau'lak fishing pole model was attached to another item. It was named after some specific Tuskar NPC, and it's on-use ability was to summon that NPC's special Fishing Chair.

    I've always remembered that because it sounded like a Fishing-tourney type reward. I'm betting we see that for the tournament reward.

  7. el, October 2009:

    Tjalfe: PST is Pacific Standard Time - about 9 hours behind Europe, depending on where you are.

    Meadows: There's been a spell to summon "Drostan's Fishing chair" since WotLK beta. As others comment, there's a lot of loot that we've never seen in-game.

  8. Kahless, October 2009:

    I checked Dalaran, Unu'pe, Kamagua and Moa'ki for any sign of a barker or new quest giver.
    Nothin'

    It's on the calendar but not necessarily implemented yet.
    I'll be on the PTR at 8 tonight so see if anything happens.

  9. Fantasma, October 2009:

    I can't tell you how excited I am by this. I've been trying to win the STV contest for what seems like forever. Despite following the guide and the advice of past winners, I'm never even close. To make matters worse, we have a few people on our server that have already won multiple times and continue to win week after week because, and I quote, "It's fun to participate." /strangle Salty [Insert Name Here]

  10. GormanGhaste, October 2009:

    With the winning conditions requiring just one shark, sounds like the outcome will be even more random than the STV contest. Hopefully, this will discourage the people that feel a need to win more than twice. Ideally, they will make the quest for this one non-repeatable, which will eliminate that sort of thing altogether.

  11. Pomelo, October 2009:

    I can't express how happy I am to hear this news. The STV contest is the last achievement I need for my Salty title. But, no matter how hard I try, it just never seems to work out.

    I take all the tips into mind, and do all the tricks. I set my hearth to BB, I have a fish macro on my action bar, so I can see how many I've collected, without having to open my bags. And, I always get there early and find a good spot.

    But, being that I'm on a pvp server, even when I bring a friend, it just never seems to work out. There always seems to be big groups of five or six who are just waiting to wreck everyone's fun. And, what stings is that, most of the time, they don't even have a fisher who's looking to win the contest, with them. They are just out to wreck the chance for anyone else, because it's a pvp server and they think it's all in fun and justified.

    And, I'm all for world pvp. But, I have enough respect for other players, that I'm not going to attempt to screw them over on something that I realize they only have a chance to do once a week. So, it just sort of ruins the whole fun of it. And, even if I were to bring a big group of my own, which isn't always easy to accomplish, it would still equal in wasted time pvping. And so, like I said, it just never seems to work out. So, I am definitely thrilled about the possibility of this new contest. Not to mention, that it just sounds really cool and fun. And, I love anything new and exciting that involves fishing. :D

  12. Kahless, October 2009:

    US PTR Broxigar

    No announcement went out in Dragonblight and no changes happened at Moa'ki.
    There were alot of Fishermen hanging out waiting for something to happen.

    Left Moa'ki just after 8:01 for Kamagua, then Unu'pe and Kaskala. No changes there either.
    No new quests or new NPCs

    It's probably not implemented or enabled yet.

  13. el, October 2009:

    Indeed. Hard to be sure, because I don't know what I'm looking for. But the obvious signs - like announcements, quest givers, widespread change of pools or catch - haven't happened.

  14. Troo, October 2009:

    el wrote:

    I think it's too early to declare that a win/Salty has been dramatically devalued.

    I'm on the fence. :) I want Salty to be a bit tough to get so it's not the new Jenkins, but I'm so very happy that there will be a chance for the people who absolutely cannot participate in the STV tourney due to work. I'm hoping that this will be a once a week thing as well, but just at a different time. I don't care what it involves.. I will be there. Consider me one excited fisher-orc.

  15. jeraz, October 2009:

    i wouldn't mind it if it gives the salty title but i would love that it would become a second achievement. so i could show i won the stv 1 and not the derby. and also i wouldn't like it if your only able to win it 1's.. its fun to partisepate in and also for the people that are saying that they hate it if some 1 wins more that 1 time at stv i just want to say this: if you can't beat them your probely not good enough to be a worthy salty member... (dousn't count for the people that work on sundays or something).

  16. DarkMime64, October 2009:

    From the latest patch notes:

    The all-new Kalu’ak Fishing Derby, a test of fishing skill with a healthy dash of luck, has come to Northrend! Every Wednesday beginning at 8 PM players can try to catch the elusive Blacktip Shark. Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him this shark. This champion fisher will be rewarded in-kind for returning with the first catch. Those who aren’t able to return with the first catch will still receive just reward for getting the Blacktip Shark to Elder Clearwater before he takes his leave. It is said that these sharks’ favorite meal are the bite-sized Pygmy Suckerfish. Perhaps a hook in their waters will do the trick.

  17. Kahless, October 2009:

    Interesting. I haven't been able to find a "Blacktip Shark" in any item database. (Yet)
    I assume it's only catchable during this time frame and has a limited duration like the Tastyfish.

    Sounds like you have to wait for him in Dalaran and get a quest from him first, then go fish and bring it back within the hour. I hope you don't have to get the quest first. I can see speeding up the process by having a 'lock friend waiting and summoning you to your fishing spot right after you get the quest. I have a feeling though it'll be one of those things you can only catch if you have the quest.

    The hint to fish for it where Pygmy Suckerfish are found isn't much help since they are found in every body of water in Northrend. Since it's a Shark I assume it'll have to be coastal water. I'm also assuming pools and not open water since you only catch suckerfish from pools.

    It doesn't sound like a test of skill, but a contest of luck.
    Since this does grant the requirement for Salty, IMO it does diminish it and doubles the number of available titles to 104 per year.

    P.S. At the moment (on the PTR) the achievement list has no way to distinguish which contest you won.
    You just get "Master Angler of Azeroth.". There are no new achievements in the list.

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Kalu'ak Fishing Derby Results

  1. el, December 2009:

    If you have caught a Blacktip Shark during the (live) Kalu'ak Fishing Derby, please post details here. Only post results - start a new topic for discussions. Only post on behalf of someone else if you really know and trust them - I'd prefer anglers to post their own results. It doesn't matter if you won or not, although if you won, congratulations - you can add the win to your profile's Aquarium. Post your:

    • Win (yes/no)
    • Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures)
    • Faction (Horde/Alliance)
    • Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    • Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    • Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone)
    • Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater)
    • Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)

    Thanks!

  2. fidget, December 2009:

    Hello I have just finished fishing in the Kaluak Fishing Derby for the first time :-)
    Win? - no :(
    Effective fishing skill was 575 to start (450 + hat, enchant, rod, 100 lure, rum)
    Someone won before the lure ran out so i didnt bother putting another one on
    Faction: alliance
    Successful Casts: 119 Fangtooth Herring, 5 crates
    77 Pygmy suckerfish caught

    I was fishing in Winter's Breath Lake (the lake north of skorn in howling fjord)
    I am only level 19 and there are no dangerous mobs there
    That meant i could only run around the outside of the lake and not fly which reduces my speed between pools a bit
    After someone won i kept fishing for the whole hour except for a 5 minute break, i didnt catch the shark at all

  3. Eloz, December 2009:

    * Win (yes/no)
    Yes, I won on Dreanor EU.
    http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/Eloz/WoWScrnShot_121209_141747.jpg (my ring :D)
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures)
    250+75 lure+ 5 fishing rod
    * Faction (Horde/Alliance)
    Allaince
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    13 Imperial manta ray (usally got both Pygmy sucker fish and Imperial manta ray at same time but not always)
    1 Cryztalized water
    (fished in 4 schools)

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    10 Pygmy sucker fish
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone)
    pool of Imperial manta ray, howling fjords north west coastline
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater)
    ~5mins
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)
    Fished on 80 with 150% flying mount

    EDIT: Wanna say thank you for your fishing guide, really helpful

  1. Yashe, December 2009:

    Hello! Just done with the contest here (Argent Dawn EU). Character name is Layven since the name change.

    Win? I wish, no.
    Effective Fishing Skill: 610 (450+160 from gear / lure)
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 55
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 30
    Where Shark Caught: Caught it in the frozen Sea (seawater), Moonglow Cuttlefish school, at the 55th catch.
    Turn-in Time: the winner turned in sometime between 14:07 and 14:08
    Anything Unusual: nothing in particular. Winner was a level 80 death knight.

    Glad to help, keep up the good work!3

    Edited to make it clear i actually caught one.

  2. Grothar, December 2009:

    Grothar here from EU-Silvermoon, just won the contest and my Salty-title ^^!

    * Win: Yes
    * Effective Fishing Skill: 560 (450+75(lure)+30(pole)+5(hat))
    * Faction: Alliance
    * Successful Casts: 19
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 10
    * Where Shark Caught: Pool in Howling Fjord around 51,30
    * Turn-in Time: 14:07
    * Anything Unusual: I fished quite some time in Howling for the Dark Herring so I knew that it was a good place and i just got lucky i guess :D, also read up on this site before the event for all the details :D!

    Thx a bunch for this awesome site btw! It def. helped me towards deciding my fishingspot etc. :D!

  3. Quexapotl, December 2009:

    Appaz EU Ravencrest

    Win? No
    Effective Fishing Skill: lvled from 319 to 325 during this event, no fishing buffs at all.
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 34
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 45
    Where Shark Caught: Dragonblight, south of Indule Village manta ray school.
    Turn-in Time: about 5 minutes for the winner, mine dropped about 15.45
    Anything Unusual: The winner was a hunter (450 skill), who i had a little chat with. He got reminded that the event started in dalaran, so he grabbed his kaluak pole and flew straight south to dragonblights coast, he wasnt that buffed at all. He continued into borean where he got the shark, he looted 7 Pygmy suckerfish before that.

  4. Mikuso, December 2009:

    • Win: No - Didn't catch a shark, fishing for 55 minutes in the Frozen Sea
    • Effective Fishing Skill: 595
    • Faction: Horde
    • Successful Casts: 179 (13xCrystallized Water, 69xMoonglow Cuttlefish, 89xDeep Sea Monsterbelly, 8xReinforced Crate)
    • Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 108 (60% (less than average))
    • Where Shark Caught: Didn't catch one. But fishing around 84,61 Borean Tundra in Pools only.
    • Turn-in Time: I heard that the winner handed in about 14:05
    • Anything Unusual: Fishing in an area where I can't hear the tournament yell. Only fishing in pools. Using 310% mount between pools. Stack of water walking potions used.

    Yashe, can you say if you actually found a shark in those waters?

  5. Leonie, December 2009:

    * Win - No

    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) Base skill 450 + Weather-beaten Fishing Hat (5+ 75) and Arcanite Fishing Pole with High Test Eternium Line (40 + 5) = 585

    * Faction - Alliance

    * Successful Casts - I don't use add-ons and didn't make note.

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught - Ditto the above.

    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) - Didn't catch one before the time expired. Was fishing in Howling Fjord.

    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) - A winner was announced in the 6th minute on Wildhammer EU

    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) - My strategy was to circle Lake Cauldros in Howling Fjord using water-walking potions, but I soon discovered several people who had the same idea. Was forced to travel the tributaries and travel time mounted up quickly despite having (Druid) instant-cast epic flight. Would not recommend the area owing to it being too near a flight point and relatively less hazardous for sub-80s.

  6. Yozora, December 2009:

    Win: Yes

    Effective Fishing Skill: 450 + 30(pole) + 100(lure) = 580 skill

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 17 Imperial Manta Rays + 1 Crystallized Water + 1 Blacktip Shark = 19 Casts

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8

    Where Shark Caught: Imperial Manta Ray School, Howling Fjord

    Turn-in Time: Don't have the exact time but I think it was around 14.05-14.06

    Anything Unusual: Thing is I had forgotten the whole contest was today, guilde gave us heads up 15 mins before it started so I immidiately flew to Howling Fjord, figured Id go as far away as I could to not compete for schools with other people.

    As soon as I landed in Howling Fjord I flew to the south of the map (I knew schools werent as frequent there and I had to fly quite a bit between them) but I got no competition whatsoever on my server Al'akir who is one of the busiest servers always full, always que in evenings a.s.o.

    When I landed I equipped my fishing pole, attached a +100 1hour lure (didnt bother with any fishing hat or boots) and used a water walking potion. Then as a paladin I used my crusader aura and my 310% flying mount. Also equipped my Kirin Tor ring for teleport, I read about lowering your graphics setting for the teleport to dalaran cause of decreased loading time etc but I didnt bother with that. I only use 2GB ram so usually I get really really lagged out in dalaran on our server since its always busy but as soon as I caught the fish I used teleport on ring and got quite a long loading screen but surprisingly little lag and loading time once I started moving to dala, had to wait maybe 15 secs for npc to load to turn in quest to.

    Had no idea at the time what rewards were so I took 2 secs to check both and quickly chose the boots since I never level alts. Really happy to be the first one on my server to win this, specially considering it's a very busy server with loads of people and I always failed on winning the STV contest :D

  7. Fantasma, December 2009:

    ?Win: No
    ?Effective Fishing Skill: 588
    ?Faction: Alliance
    ?Successful Casts: 19 Glacial Salmon, Blue Sky Logging Grounds
    ?Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 14
    ?Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone): N/A
    ?Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): 2:08
    ?Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy): N/A

  8. fexge, December 2009:

    * Win (yes/no) No
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) 450+45
    * Faction (Horde/Alliance) Horde, winner was alliance.
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 10
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 9
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) I was in Grizzly, don't know for winner.
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) Took the winner 8 minutes
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) Nope, given how fast it ended, I guess my strat going forward will be "be lucky."

  9. Shadowics, December 2009:

    Win: No

    Effective Fishing Skill: 450+75(Lure)+30(Pole)+5(Hat)+3(Line) = 563

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 20 (16 Glacial Salmon, 3 Crystallized Water, 1 Blacktip Shark)

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8

    Where Shark Caught: Blue Sky Logging Grounds

    Turn-in Time: Less than 5 minutes after contest start, I had just hearthed back to Dal with mine when the winner turned his in.

  10. Schema, December 2009:

    Win: No
    Effective Fishing Skill: 593
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 18
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 11
    Where Shark Caught: Imperial Manta Ray pool / Howling Fjord
    Turn-in Time: 14:07

    I started off Sorlof's Strand (39,70), and just headed south from there. No competition.

    I caught the Blacktip Shark and was halfway through my Hearthstone when the winner was announced! Argh! :-)

  11. Gummo, December 2009:

    Win: no
    Effective Fishing Skill: 575 (450 + 100 lure + 25 Nat's pole)
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 17
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 10
    Where Shark Caught: unknown
    Turn-in Time: 2:08
    Anything Unusual: Using fidget's advice, I also fished Winter's Breath Lake (I'm level 57), no hostile mobs. I fished out 5 pools, and a Horde warrior fished 3 others, though by then the pools were drying up with only 1 respawn (I think). I rode over to Fort Wildervar (also a pretty safe route for lowbies) and started fishing a pool when the contest was won. Overall, Winter's Breath Lake is a good starting point for lowbies/twinks trying to win.

    I'll see if I can catch a post-win shark.

    UPDATE: After about 60 casts and 35 or so suckerfish, still no shark, and the world server went down. However, when I was the only one fishing Winter's Breath Lake, the pools respawned fast enough to keep me fishing.

    I also note that using the lowest graphics settings on my computer have the pools fading in and out, so it can take a second to tell if a cast is within a pool, or when a pool has dried up. Hopefully, I'll be able to determine what graphic setting will allow always visible pools with fast Dalaran load times.

    UPDATE 2: At the close of the contest, I had 96 successful casts, with 58 suckerfish, and no shark.

  12. shadowdragon986, December 2009:

    * Win: YES! :D

    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures): 585. I had the Kalu'ak Pole, a Glow Worm, and my Lucky Fishing Hat.

    * Faction (Horde/Alliance): For the Horde!

    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch): Eighteen casts.

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch): Twelve

    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone): I was in Grizzly Hills, fishing in the Salmon Pools. I was in the inland lakes in the western portion of the zone, near the Horde flight path.

    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): This I can't say clearly, but probably ten to twelve minutes.

    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)

    There was a person right behind me who was on his way to turn it in when I did so, by about ten seconds on his clock. This would indicate that ten to twelve minutes is probably going to be a popular time to have the best chance of catching this.

    I also turned down my graphics to poor and turned up my spell effects to load Dalaran faster.

    However, I screenshotted the hell out of it. First on my server to win this contest! Emerald Dream.

  13. Samago, December 2009:

    ?Win: no
    ?Effective Fishing Skill: 585
    ?Faction: Alliance
    ?Successful Casts: 24
    ?Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 15
    ?Where Shark Caught: unknown
    ?Turn-in Time: 14:07
    ?Anything Unusual: Shark was caught and turned in within 7 mins.

    "Winning this derby takes no more skill than that of winning the lottery."

  14. Antonine, December 2009:

    Win: Negative
    Effective Fishing Skill: 585
    Faction: Horde
    Successful Casts: 20
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 12
    Where Shark Caught: Never caught one.
    Turn-in Time: 2:06 (6 minutes in)
    Anything Unusual: The contest only lasted 6 minutes, and I had uninterrupted fishing until then. Being a Deathknight, I used my off spec to give me every advantage (set up spec specific bars, increased the size of the important buttons) Had 300%/120% mount speed from talents, with Unholy Aura for run speed and path of frost for water walking. Had a Kirin Tor ring ready and a heartstone set to another fishing area. Used a glowworm 1 minute before to avoid wasting time reapplying lures.
    I was actually really surprised that I never caught a shark. I did my first cast just before the contest started, probably had more than anyone when it ended, and continued to fish until the final announcement was made. I was more or less going non-stop, I might have been able to squeeze out one or two extra pools at most (but it had long since been over)
    From start to finish, I netted...
    16 Glacial Salmon
    116 Fangtooth Herring
    10 Crystallized Water
    9 Reinforced Crates
    92 Pygmy Suckerfish

    I had fun all around, and I'm glad that I now have a shot (however small) at Salty, as I have Church during the contest on Sundays. This Contest pretty much involves showing up, throwing your dice and hoping for the best and heading home. In the future I'll just find a path that will keep me going for the 5-10 minutes that it lasts and leave once it's over.

  15. Snafu, December 2009:

    ?Win: Yes, and I wish I'd been wearing a diaper at the time.
    ?Effective Fishing Skill: 568 (450 fishing, Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole, +3 Spun Truesilver line, Weather Beaten Fishing Hat w/+75 lure, and Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots +5)
    ?Faction: Alliance, Alexstrasza Realm "For the Alliance!"
    ?Successful Casts: 23
    ?Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8
    ?Where Shark Caught: Skorn, Howling Fjord (Just south of Winter's Breath Lake)
    ?Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): I believe it was 2:07 server time.
    ?Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy): The only thing special that I did was to reboot my system before the tournament started. I wanted to do anything that might help me fight the lag In Dalaran, and felt that a clean boot wouldn't hurt. I do use an epic flying mount, and Elixir of Water Walking.

    For anyone who cares, here's the breakdown of my catch:

    At WInter's Breath Lake:
    Fangtooth Herring: 9
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 6
    Reinforced Crate: 1

    I started in WBL, but had some competition. There were only a couple of other fisherman, but they'd tied up the few pools that were there and I don't like crowding the other guys so I moved into the rivers south of the lake which is where I caught the shark.

    At Skorn:
    Fangtooth Herring: 3
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 2
    Reinforced Crate: 1
    Blacktip Shark: 1

    This win was special for me; with this one I got "Salty" which has been my primary WoW goal since day one (besides hitting 80), and have completed every fishing achievement. I'd sure like to see the people who were fortunate enough to win it today credited with a "Server First". Even though luck plays such a factor, it's still pretty neat to have won the first one. BTW...I selected the "Boots of the Bay". And along with everyone else, a big shout out to El...this website has been the greatest source of help to me. Thank you!

  16. Tandric, December 2009:

    * Win NO
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) 485
    * Faction Horde
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch) I say about 40
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 17
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) no clue
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) 6 MINUTES
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) The event was over in SIX minutes!!!

  17. Dim, December 2009:

    Win: No

    Effective Fishing Skill: 583

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 119

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 94

    Where Shark Caught: No shark for me :/ I fished in the Frozen Sea, Howling Fjord coast, Lake Indu'le.

    Turn-in Time: Around ten minutes.

    Anything Unusual: Nothing special, but compared to the Strangletorn Fishing Contest, this one seems to be purely luck-based.

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