El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide // Fish Finder // Hellfire Peninsula

This pages summarises the fish that can be caught in Hellfire Peninsula.

Hellfire Peninsula

Detailed mapping of hard to find areas within the zone is shown below.

Notes: Fish can be caught in the Pools of Aggonar.

Skill: 375 to fish without junk.

• [*] % of Catch is the approximate proportion of all catches in this area/water, that are the named fish.

Detailed Mapping

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• WoWWiki (recommended for travel and background information)
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• Allakhazam

Learn More

• The Burning Crusade - Fishing changes in the first expansion.
• Outland Daily Fishing Quests - Walkthrough for all the level 70 daily fishing quests, with rewards.

Below are anglers' comments about Hellfire Peninsula.

Hellfire Peninsula

1. Heffro, March 2008:

   271 fishing is not high enough to fish in HFP. Perhaps the minimum level is 300 since 2.4?

2. el, March 2008:

   OneSoulLegion posted this in the catch rate thread:

   As an aside, since you have unconfirmed skill levels in Hellfire Peninsula according to the quest page: The character I did this quest with had an effective skill of 314-318 (292, plus Seth's pole and enchanted gloves, and I got four skillups during the quest at an average of 6-7 casts per skill point) I was getting "Your Fish Got Away" fairly often unless I was using a lure. As such, we can at least guess that the skill required for the Pools is at least 224 and at most 314. I have a lot more alts who are able to travel through Hellfire and at a variety of fishing skills, so I'll try to investigate this further.

   Update: Second character, 9 catches at effective skill of 364 (344+Seth's). No "got away" in ten catches, suggesting (but not proving, could have gotten lucky in the ten catches) required skill is probably between 224 and 269.

   At 375 skill I've never had a get-away, so logically the minimum skill is 280 or less (unless it changed late in 2.4 testing). If you're levelling up fishing skill, it would be great if you could check at 275 and 280 to see if you can cast. Assuming your raw skill is 271 at the moment, you can test slightly higher skills by using the +5 strong pole (from fishing vendors) and/or Captain Rumsey's Lager for +10 (ask around on the trade channel - plenty will be able to make it by now).

3. Heffro, April 2008:

   Actually, it was an alt at 146 fishing skill with a +25 rod and +50, +75, and +100 lures. When I have some time (possibly not till the weekend) I'll level his fishing to 170, get a +5 pole and make some lager, and dial in the exact number for HFP. Unless, of course, someone beats me to it.

1. Oberweiss, April 2008:

   I should experiment with this as well.

   I have a level 60 alt with 177 fishing skill. I've got plenty of fishing poles lying around (+0, +5, +25) and lures (+25, +50, +75, +100) to play with.

   Hellfire is the only zone that needs testing, right?

2. el, April 2008:

   No, there are a few others. I'm missing reliable information on Shadowmoon Valley, Forge Camp: Hate in Nagrand, Zul'Aman and Coilfang Reservoir. The first two are 280 or below, possibly the same as Hellfire. The last two are probably 330 and 305 respectively, but I've not been able to confirm those. So if you are feeling adventurous... :-)

   (The last two can be estimated at 375 by applying get-away rates to this graph - which was how I worked out Isle of Quel'Danas - but it takes a very long time to do.)

3. Oberweiss, April 2008:

   I'll see what I can do. :)

4. Oberweiss, April 2008:

   Okey doke. I got my little fisherwoman-in-training to the Pools of Aggonar in Hellfire Peninsula, and the minimum fishing level was 280 (presuming they only use numbers divisible by five).

   Got the "skill not high enough" message at 277 (screenshot: http://www.kabby.net/wow/HFP-277.jpg) and successfully cast at 282 (screenshot: http://www.kabby.net/wow/HFP-282.jpg). You may have to copy/paste for the links to work... my web host is acting wonky- sorry!

   I've got the other zones on my to do list, and I'll fill you in as I figure them out.

5. Oberweiss, April 2008:

   I haven't forgotten. :)

   Coilfang Reservoir requires a skill level of 305. Here is a screenshot of the "Skill Not High Enough" message at skill 303, and here's the successful cast at skill 305.

   Two down, three to go.

6. Oberweiss, May 2008:

   Alright, I've got 2 more to report.

   Shadowmoon Valley
   Minimum level to cast: 280
   Images: Failed cast (278), Successful cast (280)

   Forge Camp: Hate (Nagrand)
   Minimum level to cast: 280
   Images: Failed cast (278), Successful cast (280)

7. el, May 2008:

   Thank you Oberweiss. Excellent work, as ever. I'll update the site shortly...

8. Kayre, May 2008:

   I was fishing in Umbrafen Lake and the Lagoon in Zangarmarsh today, and i tried fishing at 279 without a lure in the Lagoon and it missed, two or three lures later i was fishing in Umbrafen Lake, and i accidently cast when they lure ran out, at skill 286, and i could fish (ofc missed everything). I thought you might like to now that, since the site (and my addon) says you need 305 to fish.

9. el, May 2008:

   I've just tried fishing in Umbrafen Lake at 375 skill, and had several get-aways. So if there has been a change, it hasn't been down to 280. It might have shifted to 285, but gut feeling was that the proportion of get-aways matched 305. Hard to conclude that without hours of testing. Are you absolutely sure that you had no skill bonuses from gear, poles, drinks; and that the lure had run out when you cast?

10. Oberweiss, May 2008:

    Just tried fishing at 295 in Umbrafen Lake and failed.

11. Kayre, May 2008:

    i am sorry, i just realized that i have the +25 fishing pole equiped ><

12. Oberweiss, May 2008:

    I was finally able to get myself saved to a cleared ZA.

    Zul'Aman
    Minimum level to cast: 330
    Images: Failed cast (325), Successful cast (330)

13. el, May 2008:

    Great! The list is complete.

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