El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide // Fish Finder // Empty Clam

This page summarises how to catch Empty Clam.

About Empty Clam

• Value: Vendor: 30c
• Other Tomes: Battle.net, WoWDB, Wowhead, Wowpedia

Catching Empty Clam

• Notes: One of the Common "junk" items that may be caught from open water, if your fishing skill is low. Where this junk item is caught, about 20% of all junk catches will be this item. There are 8 common junk items (Driftwood, Empty Clam, Sickly Fish, Tangled Fishing Line, Tattered Cloth, Torn Sail, Weeds and Withered Kelp) and 5 uncommon junk items (Empty Rum Bottle, Old Boot, Rock, Tree Branch and Water Snail). This junk is unique to open water in Hrothgar's Landing.
• Guide: (Not) Catching Junk - Explains why you might catch junk items, and how to avoid them.
• History: 3.2: First caught.

Learn More

• (Not) Catching Junk - Explains why you might catch junk items, and how to avoid them.
• The Role of Skill (Revised) - Considers the role skill plays in fishing, including how skill changes the proportion of junk items caught.

Comments about Empty Clam

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"Junk" Fish

1. Marlburo, August 2011:

   I think I read the "junk" fish section right...but just want to confirm as I'm having trouble catching empty clam and withering kelp (supposed to be common junk). Is it the same probability to catch junk in any zone? Obviously the lower your fishing level versus the higher level needed to fish without junk would be ideal. Just didn't know if every zone has the opportunity to catch all junk items. Thanks in advance.

2. el, August 2011:

   In patch 3.1, every zone had the same set of junk catches. Later, zones started being added with different junk catches. My suggestion for anything you are struggling to catch is Hrothgar's Landing, north of Icecrown, which was the first zone to contain non-standard junk catches. However, with all the changes in Cataclysm, the junk you seek may appear elsewhere: This is hard to check, and not terribly important to most anglers...

3. Marlburo, August 2011:

   you're the best el, thanks for confirming some of my suspicions and giving advice to where to go from here!

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