El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide // Fish Finder // Darkmoon Island

This pages summarises the fish that can be caught in Darkmoon Island.

Darkmoon Island

• Open Water Skill: 75 to fish open water without junk (pools can be fished effectively with skill 1).
• Notes: Only available during Darkmoon Faire week, which starts on the first Sunday of the month. Travel via the darkmoon portal in Elwynn Forest (near Goldshire) or Mulgore (near Thunder Bluff). Mages in capital cities will optionally transport you to Elwynn Forest or Mulgore for 30s, but the portal to Darkmoon Island itself is free to use. You cannot swim to the island! Leave the island using portals on the Boardwalk. Anglers on the island at the end of the Faire week will be automatically teleported back to Elwynn Forest or Mulgore. Darkmoon Island is surrounded by the Great Sea, but its precise location is not marked on any world maps.
• Commentary: Most of the coastline of Darkmoon Island is contested, however the Boardwalk is a sanctuary, where the factions are not at war. Creatures around the coast are low level and not hostile, so the Island can be fished by low-level anglers. The contents of Sealed Crate (Darkmoon) (caught from Shipwreck Debris (Darkmoon)) are especially valuable.
• Quests: Spoilin' for Salty Sea Dogs from Stamp Thunderhorn (found at a stall in the eastern center of the Faire) - catch 5 Great Sea Herring from open water or pools around the island. Quest available to anglers with at least 75 fishing skill. Rewards +5 fishing skill, Darkmoon Game Token and 3 Darkmoon Prize Ticket.
• History: 4.3: First fish caught.

Comments about Darkmoon Island

Below are readers' comments about "Darkmoon Island":

darkmoon luck

1. HootzJnr, December 2011:

   there is this special vasj'ir style cove of the eastern side of darkmoon near this wreaked ship i read about it and went there there was 50 other people i tryed fishing there and in 10 casts i got 4 of the rare fish for one that didn't get away and 3 sea ponys is this some kind of special drop rate spot

2. el, January 2012:

   For reference, the cave is half way along the eastern coast. The entrance is in a V-shaped indentation in the sea wall (the undersea edge), close to the point at which fatigue starts, directly below a ship wreck.

   I don't know if this area has a higher chance of rare catches. I caught one Sea Pony there fairly quickly, but that may just be chance. May try some more casts later.

3. Airowird, January 2012:

   Either this is the first time I got lucky or that cave does have a higher rate,
   managed to get the Sea Pony in 33 catches.

   Total fish caught was:
   18 Rainbow Fin Albacore
   9 Oily Blackmouth
   9 Firefin Snapper
   2 Waterlogged Crate
   1 Sea Pony

   Statisticly not a very accuraote pool (heh - pool), but worth considering if you aren't having any luck on the boardwalk.

1. acadiana, January 2012:

   I'm afraid Blizz nerfed this location. (74,43 when standing in cave)
   Lvl 85, skill 525 (563 with buffs)
   ~150 casts
   102 rainbow fin albacore
   29 oily blackmouth
   8 firefin snapper
   and a few misc. (message in a bottles, waterlogged crates, small locked chest)

   no rares, no pony yet.

   I don't know if it matters that the location is technically in the great sea?

2. grantz, January 2012:

   Wierd.... I was fishing on the boardwalk for like 2 hours.

   I swam to this location and picked it up in 2 casts. Maybe dumb luck (which I doubt since it took me like 8 months to get my sea turtle and I'm far from lucky.)

   It's wierd but there may be something to this.

3. Valkien, January 2012:

   I think it took me less than 2 trips around the island just fishing from Shipwreck Pools, which now have me hooked as I love the random goodies contained inside. Depending on the other people fishing, it may take longer to catch from the pools, but ut certainly makes up for it in profitability. I made over 1000 gold just fishing for my pony.

4. Dashwood, January 2012:

   So, I set out, with 115 Fishing Skill with a why not attitude, and got the Sea Pony in 1 cast.
   Please don't hate me. To post what others posted,

   Level 78, 114 Skill.
   1 Cast.
   Came with a Oily Blackmouth.
   /played 6 days.

   Maybe this adds to the theory that low level'd characters get it faster? I don't know much other than I am ridiculously lucky.

5. Paela, January 2012:

   I have 12 days played and 525 fishing, was using the Jeweled rod. I was fishing off that square floating dock with the ramp up to it. I didn't keep track of what fish I caught, but it was much less than 100 casts before I caught it. I was probably there 15-30 minutes. I don't have any of the other rare fish achievements.

   I was fishing in those pools of wreckage previously, but didn't see the sea pony there out of maybe a dozen. But made a lot of money off the items in the crates. There's usually a lot of competition on the pools of wreckage, though.

6. Paela, January 2012:

   Just to clarify the Underwater Cave thing. My coordinate thing said 75,34 on the Great Sea. Like it's been said, it's about 1/3 to 1/2 way down the East coast of the island when looking from the North, look for the 'V' in the outline of the island. You'll see an underwater shipwreck if you're diving. You start getting fatigue as you swim down, but it ends when you enter the cave.

   I didn't have any special luck there, but I didn't stay for long. Lots of Rainbow Fin Albacore and Oily Blackmouth, same as everywhere else on the island. No one was there, but no one was along the east coast of the island either.

   Just to mention it. Pools of Wreckage do spawn along the eastern shore. I saw two on my way up from the docks. Hardly anyone goes there, but they're really spaced out compared to the ones around the docks.

   Darn. Drowned while making this post. Heh. Maybe I should have gotten to shore first. :D

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