El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide // Fish Finder // History (The Burning Crusade)

This page shows each patch's changes to fish, zones, pools, and cooked fish dishes, for The Burning Crusade. For other expansions see History. Only changes recorded in the Fish Finder are shown here.

2.4.2 (May 2008)

Fish:

• Bloated Giant Sunfish - Contents altered, to include Mostly Digested Fish, Seaweed, Mote of Water, Lightning Eel, and Luminous Bluetail.
• Lightning Eel - Disappeared from Isle of Quel'Danas, but sometimes found within Bloated Giant Sunfish.
• Luminous Bluetail - Entirely eaten by Bloated Giant Sunfish (no longer caught in open water). No longer share cooldown timer with potions.
• Mote of Water - Disappeared from Isle of Quel'Danas, but sometimes found within Bloated Giant Sunfish.
• Seaweed - Disappeared from Isle of Quel'Danas, but sometimes found within Bloated Giant Sunfish.

Zones: Isle of Quel'Danas - Catch rates change: More Giant Sunfish, while Lightning Eel, Mote of Water, Seaweed and Luminous Bluetail disappear from open water.

2.4 (March 2008)

Full guide: 2.4.

Fish:

• Baby Crocolisk - Baby Crocolisk first caught.
• Barbed Gill Trout - Disappeared from Shadowmoon Valley.
• Blackfin Darter - Blackfin Darter first caught.
• Bloated Barbed Gill Trout - Bloated Barbed Gill Trout first caught.
• Bloated Giant Sunfish - Bloated Giant Sunfish first caught.
• Darkwood Fishing Pole - First caught.
• Giant Sunfish - Giant Sunfish first caught.
• Golden Darter - Found in new Brackish Mixed School.
• Jaggal Clam - Jaggal Clam first caught while fishing.
• Lightning Eel - First caught in Isle of Quel'Danas.
• Luminous Bluetail - Luminous Bluetail first caught.
• Monstrous Felblood Snapper - Monstrous Felblood Snapper first caught.
• Spotted Feltail - Brackish Mixed School replaced Feltail Schools.
• World's Largest Mudfish - World's Largest Mudfish first caught.

Zones:

• Isle of Quel'Danas - Isle of Quel'Danas opened.
• Shadowmoon Valley - Barbed Gill Trout disappeared from Shadowmoon Valley (undocumented).
• Terokkar Forest - Silmyr Lake's skill requirement increased to match elevated lakes (undocumented). Brackish Mixed School replace Feltail Schools.
• Zangarmarsh - Brackish Mixed School replace Feltail Schools.

Pools: Brackish Mixed School - Brackish Mixed School replace Feltail Schools.

Cooking: Broiled Bloodfin - Cooked buff changed (from +20 Stamina and Spirit).

2.3 (November 2007)

Full guide: 2.3.

Fish:

• Bloodfin Catfish - Bloodfin Catfish first caught.
• Broken Engine Part - First caught.
• Crescent-Tail Skullfish - Crescent-Tail Skullfish first caught.
• Curious Crate - Weather-Beaten Journal first found in contents.
• Heavy Supply Crate - Weather-Beaten Journal first found in contents.
• Iron Bound Trunk - Weather-Beaten Journal first found in contents.
• Lightning Eel - First caught in Zul'Aman.
• Mithril Bound Trunk - Weather-Beaten Journal first found in contents.
• Old Crafty - Old Crafty first caught.
• Old Ironjaw - Old Ironjaw first caught.
• Plated Armorfish - Disappeared from Deadwind Pass.
• Raw Brilliant Smallfish - Caught in Ironforge.
• Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish - First caught in Ironforge.
• Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper - First caught in Ironforge.
• Raw Nightfin Snapper - Disappeared from Deadwind Pass.
• Raw Redgill - Disappeared from Deadwind Pass.
• Raw Sunscale Salmon - Disappeared from Deadwind Pass.
• Raw Whitescale Salmon - Disappeared from Deadwind Pass.
• Strange Engine Part - Strange Engine Part first caught.
• Watertight Trunk - Weather-Beaten Journal first found in contents.

Zones:

• Deadwind Pass - The fish in Deadwind Pass changed. Previously the fish caught in Deadwind Pass were the same as areas such as Winterspring.
• Ironforge - First fish caught in Ironforge.
• Nagrand - Skill requirements changed.
• Orgrimmar - Old Crafty first caught.
• Terokkar Forest - Skill requirement to fish in Blackwind, Ere'Noru, and Jorune reduced from 525 to 500 (undocumented).
• Zul'Aman - Zul'Aman opened.

Cooking:

• Broiled Bloodfin - New recipe.
• Skullfish Soup - New recipe.
• Stormchops - New recipe.

2.1.2 (June 2007)

Fish:

• Barbed Gill Trout - Now also used in Stewed Trout.
• Enormous Barbed Gill Trout - Now also used in Hot Buttered Trout.
• Huge Spotted Feltail - Now also used in Fisherman's Feast added.

Cooking:

• Fisherman's Feast - New recipe.
• Hot Buttered Trout - New recipe.
• Stewed Trout - New recipe.

2.1 (May 2007)

Fish:

• Felblood Snapper - Felblood Snapper changed from white (useful) to grey (useless), with the description: "A twisted fish that lives in fel pools and lava. Do Not Eat!"
• Lightning Eel - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.
• Plated Armorfish - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.
• Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish - Disappeared from Arathi Basin.
• Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper - Disappeared from Arathi Basin.
• Raw Nightfin Snapper - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.
• Raw Redgill - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.
• Raw Sunscale Salmon - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.
• Raw Whitescale Salmon - Disappeared from Alterac Valley.

Zones:

• Alterac Valley - Fishing ceases in battlegrounds.
• Arathi Basin - Fishing ceases in battlegrounds.

The Burning Crusade (December 2006)

Full guide: The Burning Crusade.

Cooking:

• Blackened Sporefish - New recipe.
• Blackened Trout - New recipe.
• Clam Bar - New recipe.
• Feltail Delight - New recipe.
• Golden Fish Sticks - New recipe.
• Grilled Mudfish - New recipe.
• Poached Bluefish - New recipe.
• Spicy Crawdad - New recipe.