This page shows each patch's changes to fish, zones, pools, and cooked fish dishes. Only changes recorded in the Fish Finder are shown here. This page shows changes in the latest expansion. Also see History (Wrath of the Lich King) and History (The Burning Crusade). There is no history of Classic version changes.
4.3 (November 2011)
Fish:
- Algaefin Rockfish - No longer caught from pools in Twilight Highlands.
- Deepsea Sagefish - Also caught from Deepsea Sagefish School in Twilight Highlands.
- Great Sea Herring - First caught.
- Sea Pony - First caught.
- Sealed Crate (Darkmoon) - First caught.
Zones: Darkmoon Island - First fish caught.
Pools:
- Algaefin Rockfish School - Replaced by Deepsea Sagefish School in Twilight Highlands. Presumed to have disappeared from Azeroth.
- Deepsea Sagefish School - First seen, replacing Algaefin Rockfish School in Twilight Highlands.
- Shipwreck Debris (Darkmoon) - First seen.
4.1 (April 2011)
Fish:
- Amorous Mud Snapper - First caught.
- Arctic Char - First caught.
- Azshara Snakehead - First caught.
- Azshara's Veil - Also found in Algaefin Rockfish School, Fathom Eel Swarm, and coastal open water in Tol Barad, Twilight Highlands and Uldum.
- Barbed Gill Trout - Disappeared from Zul'Aman.
- Blackbelly Mudfish - Now caught in Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub.
- Blind Cavefish - First caught.
- Blind Minnow - First caught.
- Bloodfin Catfish - Disappeared from Zul'Aman.
- Corpse-Fed Pike - First caught.
- Crescent-Tail Skullfish - Disappeared from Zul'Aman.
- Giant Catfish - First caught.
- Giant Flesh-Eating Tadpole - First caught.
- Kaldorei Herring - First caught.
- Lake Whitefish - First caught.
- Lightning Eel - Disappeared from Zul'Aman.
- Randy Smallfish - First caught.
- Severed Abomination Head - First caught.
- Sharptooth - Now caught in Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub.
- Squirming Slime Mold - First caught.
- Stonebull Crayfish - First caught.
- Striped Lurker - Now caught in Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub.
- Volatile Fire - Now caught in Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub.
- Young Ironjaw - First caught.
Zones:
- Azshara - Pre-Cataclysm fish finally migrate away from Azshara (except around the Ruins of Arkkoran) - thanks Hra.
- Blasted Lands - Lava catches can no longer be caught from water at the Sunveil Excursion.
- Darnassus - Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Alliance) now available from Astaia.
- Ironforge - Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Alliance) now available from Grimnur Stonebrand.
- Thunder Bluff - Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Horde) now available from Kah Mistrunner.
- Undercity - Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests (Horde) now available from Armand Cromwell.
- Zul'Aman - Catches become Cataclysm fish.
- Zul'Gurub - Dungeon reopens with Cataclysm fish.
4.0.6 (February 2011)
Fish: Stendel's Bane - First caught.
Cooking:
- Grilled Squid - Now trained from cooking trainers.
- Nightfin Soup - Now trained from cooking trainers.
- Poached Sunscale Salmon - Now trained from cooking trainers.
- Scalding Murglesnout - New recipe.
- Seafood Magnifique Feast - Ingredients halved: 2 of each fish required, down from 4.
- Spotted Yellowtail - Now trained from cooking trainers.
Cataclysm (December 2010)
Full guide: Cataclysm.
Fish:
- Albino Cavefish - First caught.
- Algaefin Rockfish - First caught.
- Azshara's Veil - First caught.
- Blackbelly Mudfish - First caught.
- Deepsea Sagefish - First caught.
- Empty Wallet - First caught.
- Fathom Eel - First caught.
- Highland Guppy - First caught.
- Lavascale Catfish - First caught.
- Melted Cleaver - First caught.
- Mountain Trout - First caught.
- Murglesnout - First caught.
- Potion Goo - First caught.
- Sea Turtle - Also caught in Cataclysm-level pools. Most pools officially confirmed in 4.0.6's change to the description of the Turtles all the Way Down achievement.
- Sealed Crate (Cataclysm) - First caught.
- Sharptooth - First caught.
- Small Animal Bone - First caught.
- Small Leather Collar - First caught.
- Striped Lurker - First caught.
- Tome of Polymorph: Turtle - First catch reported.
- Volatile Fire - First caught.
- Volatile Water - First caught.
Zones:
- Deepholm - First fish caught.
- Gilneas - First fish caught.
- The Lost Isles - First fish caught.
- Mount Hyjal - First fish caught.
- Tol Barad - First fish caught.
- Twilight Highlands - First fish caught.
- Uldum - First fish caught.
- Vashj'ir - First fish caught.
Pools:
- Albino Cavefish School - First seen.
- Algaefin Rockfish School - First seen.
- Blackbelly Mudfish School - First seen.
- Fathom Eel Swarm - First seen.
- Highland Guppy School - First seen.
- Mountain Trout School - First seen.
- Pool of Fire - First seen.
- Shipwreck Debris (Cataclysm) - First seen.
Cooking:
- Baked Rockfish - New recipe.
- Blackbelly Sushi - New recipe.
- Broiled Mountain Trout - New recipe.
- Delicious Sagefish Tail - New recipe.
- Fish Fry - New recipe.
- Lavascale Fillet - New recipe.
- Lavascale Minestrone - New recipe. Originally required 450 skill to learn, later hotfixed to 500.
- Lightly Fried Lurker - New recipe.
- Lurker Lunch - New recipe.
- Mushroom Sauce Mudfish - New recipe.
- Pickled Guppy - New recipe.
- Seafood Magnifique Feast - New recipe.
- Severed Sagefish Head - New recipe.
- Skewered Eel - New recipe.
4.0.3 (November 2010)
Full guide: 4.0.3.
Fish:
- Crystal Bass - First caught.
- Darkshore Grouper - Required for quest, A Taste for Grouper.
- Electropeller - Tentatively: Quest no longer be available. Wizbang Cranktoggle can be found in Lor'danel, but does not offer the Electropellers quest.
- Elemental Water - No longer caught by fishing - Patch of Elemental Water disappear.
- Empty Vial - Replaced by Crystal Vial.
- Enchanted Vial - Replaced by Crystal Vial.
- Essence of Water - No longer caught by fishing - Patch of Elemental Water disappear.
- Gaffer Jack - Tentatively: Quest no longer be available. Wizbang Cranktoggle can be found in Lor'danel, but does not offer the Gaffer Jacks quest.
- Giant Furious Pike - First caught.
- Gigantic Catfish - First caught.
- Globe of Water - No longer caught by fishing - Patch of Elemental Water disappear.
- Hardened Walleye - First caught.
- Imbued Vial - Replaced by Crystal Vial.
- Leaded Vial - Replaced by Crystal Vial.
- Peacebloom - No longer caught by fishing - the School of Fish disappears.
- Royal Monkfish - First caught.
- Sandy Carp - First caught.
- Spotted Sunfish - Tentatively: Quest no longer be available. Dockmaster Baren can still be found in Lakeshire, but does not offer the Selling Fish quest.
- Toxic Puddlefish - First caught.
- Violet Perch - First caught.
- Zulian Mudskunk - Can no longer be caught by fishing, following the conversion of Zul'Gurub as a dungeon, and the removal of the Nat Pagle/Gahz'ranka quests there.
Zones:
- Alterac Mountains - Becomes part of Hillsbrad Foothills.
- Arathi Highlands - Main areas of the zone join zone group 3 (see Gazetteer). The Forbidding Sea (east coast) remains in group 4. New inland pools.
- Azshara - Goblins invade Azshara - formerly one of Azeroth's favorite fishing spots - constructing Bilgewater Harbor in the middle of the Bay of Storms. Azshara's waters still contain areas that are unchanged since the Cataclysm, alongside areas that have been adjusted for the lower-level of the Cataclysm zone.
- Badlands - First fish caught.
- The Barrens - Zone split into Northern Barrens and Southern Barrens.
- Blasted Lands - First fish caught.
- Burning Steppes - All fishable areas now contain lava catches, even water in The Skull Warren. Thanks Moth.
- The Cape of Stranglethorn - Zone created from the southern part of Stranglethorn Vale. Jaguero Isle remains in a higher zone-group (see Gazetteer), but now with the same no-junk skill as the rest of the zone.
- Dalaran - All Alchemy vial catches replaced by Crystal Vial.
- Darkshore - Elven port of Auberdine reduced to ruins, while seawater flows inland to a huge inland Vortex. Most inland water is seawater, so contains coastal fish. New pools.
- Desolace - New inland water in the Cenarion Wildlands, the green heartland of Desolace. New inland pools.
- Dire Maul - First catch reported (but Dire Maul might have contained fish before the Cataclysm).
- Dun Morogh - Coastal waters contain inland fish.
- Durotar - South-west Durotar flooded. New Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests.
- Duskwood - New pools along river.
- Eastern Plaguelands - Becomes part of zone group 5 (see Gazetteer). Named coastal water contains coastal fish. New inland pools.
- Elwynn Forest - Coastal waters (north of Stormwind) contain inland fish. New Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests. Infamous 'School of Fish' disappears.
- Feralas - Main areas of zone become zone group 4 (see Gazetteer). Jademir Lake and Verdantis River remain unchanged (groups 6 and 5 respectively). Feralas gains an eastern coastline at New Thalanaar. New inland pools.
- Hillsbrad Foothills - Hillsbrad Foothills includes former Alterac Mountains zone.
- The Hinterlands - Becomes part of zone group 4 (see Gazetteer). Gains new pools.
- Loch Modan - Dwarven dam breeched, emptying most of the water from Loch Modan.
- Moonglade - New pools.
- Mulgore - New lake on the Red Cloud Mesa (the Tauren starting area).
- Northern Barrens - Zone created from the northern part of The Barrens. New pools in The Sludge Fen.
- Northern Stranglethorn - Zone created from the northern part of Stranglethorn Vale and Zul'Gurub. Becomes part of zone group 3 (see Gazetteer), except the South Seas, which are in group 5. Coastal Schooner Wreckage Pool replaces Waterlogged Wreckage.
- Orgrimmar - Both original lakes increased in size, with a new lake by the Tauren enclave (where Thrall's old throne room stood). New Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests. Bug: At low fishing skill, fish may "get away" in the Goblin Slums.
- Redridge Mountains - New inland pools. Coastal waters (far east) contain inland fish.
- Searing Gorge - First catch recorded.
- Southern Barrens - Zone created from the southern part of The Barrens. Becomes part of zone group 4 (see Gazetteer).
- Stonetalon Mountains - New water at the Ruins of Eldre'thar (south of Sun Rock Retreat). Lava flows out of the Charred Vale sea, giving the zone a coastline. Oill Spills disappear. More Sagefish Schools.
- Stormwind City - Several new lakes at the northern end of the canal system. New Azeroth Daily Fishing Quests. Harbor reverts to inland fish.
- Stranglethorn Vale - Zone split into The Cape of Stranglethorn and Northern Stranglethorn.
- Swamp of Sorrows - Becomes part of zone group 6 (see Gazetteer). Inland water becomes coastal (or is too shallow to fish). New coastal pools.
- Tanaris - Gadgetzan became a coastal port. Non-instanced Zul'Farrak contains inland fish.
- Thousand Needles - Completely flooded with sea water. Becomes part of zone group 5 (see Gazetteer). New coastal pools.
- Un'Goro Crater - Becomes part of zone group 6 (see Gazetteer). New pools.
- Western Plaguelands - Becomes part of zone group 4 (see Gazetteer). Gains new pools.
- Westfall - New pools along border with Duskwood.
- Wetlands - New inland pools.
- Zul'Gurub - Becomes part of Northern Stranglethorn. No longer a raid dungeon. Nat Pagle/Gahz'ranka quests removed.
Pools:
- Abundant Firefin Snapper School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Firefin Snapper School.
- Abundant Oily Blackmouth School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Oily Blackmouth School.
- Firefin Snapper School - Abundant, sparse and teeming prefixes removed.
- Lesser Oily Blackmouth School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Oily Blackmouth School.
- Lesser Sagefish School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Sagefish School.
- Muddy Churning Water - Disappeared, following the conversion of Zul'Gurub as a dungeon, and the removal of the Nat Pagle/Gahz'ranka quests there.
- Oily Blackmouth School - Abundant, lesser, sparse and teeming prefixes removed.
- Patch of Elemental Water - Disappeared.
- Sagefish School - Lesser prefixes removed.
- School of Fish - Named '(TESTING) School of Fish', before eventually being removed from Elwynn Forest by a hotfix.
- Sparse Firefin Snapper School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Firefin Snapper School.
- Sparse Oily Blackmouth School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Oily Blackmouth School.
- Teeming Firefin Snapper School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Firefin Snapper School.
- Teeming Oily Blackmouth School - Prefixes removed. Pools simply become Oily Blackmouth School.
4.0.1 (October 2010)
Cooking:
- Fisherman's Feast - Now trained by all cooking trainers.
- Hot Buttered Trout - Now trained by all cooking trainers.
- Stewed Trout - Now trained by all cooking trainers.
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