This page summarises how to catch World's Largest Mudfish. For a more detailed guide, see Daily Fishing Quests.
About World's Largest Mudfish
Quest fish.
Catching World's Largest Mudfish
Detailed mapping of hard to find areas is shown below.
Notes: Can only be caught from Lake Sunspring and Skysong Lake, not other "lakes" in Nagrand, regardless of what the quest instructions state. Note that the bobber has to land where the lake is called Sunspring or Skysong: Sometimes it looks like you are fishing from the correct lake, but you are actually fishing in "Nagrand" or "Garadar".
Quest: The One That Got Away from Old Man Barlo, near Silmyr Lake in Terokkar Forest. This is one of several possible daily fishing quests from Old Man Barlo. The fish can only be caught with this quest.
Detailed Guide: Daily Fishing Quests - Walkthrough and rewards for the daily fishing quests.
Commentary: The average number of casts required in open water to catch this fish is 10. Overall, expect to catch it on the 7th cast. What's the difference? The first figure is what Gnomish statisticians call the mean, the second is the median (middle value). In practice, it will take somewhere between 1 and infinity casts to catch the fish. Based on results from many anglers, the mid-point between 1 and infinity is 7 casts. The average of 10 simply means that some anglers took many more casts - over 50, in some cases. Or for the dwarves: It's random. Normally you will catch it quite quickly, but not always.
Related Achievement: Old Man Barlowned: Complete each of Old Man Barlo's 5 fishing daily quests. For a full walkthrough, read Daily Fishing Quests.
History: 2.4: World's Largest Mudfish first caught.
| Water/pool type | Minimum skill | Areas | Catch Rate | Commonly caught fish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To cast | To avoid get aways | % of Catch | Source | ||||
| Open Water - Inland | 395 | 490 | Quest only. | ||||
The catch rate is the approximate proportion of all catches in the area from the water/pool type that are the named fish.
Detailed Mapping
Other Tomes
Learn More
- Fishing Achievements - Introduction to fishing-related personal achievements.
- 2.4 Changes - Patch 2.4's changes to fishing.
- Daily Fishing Quests - Complete walkthrough.
Comments
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Topic: Be careful where you stand.
By Calabar, on 08 April 2008:
When doing the daily fishing quest “The One That Got Away” that sends us to Nagrand, I do my fishing in lake next to the horde town. After doing this quest several times I accidentally discovered something.
The shore I fish from is between the horde base and the mountain. As I’m alliance I usually stand closer to the mountain. This has worked well for me. But the last time I moved even closer to the mountain to avoid an annoying water element. Fifty two casts later I still didn’t have my quest fish. I knew something was up. I looked up at my mini map and found that it no longer listed the name of the lake. I moved to the left a few steps and the text changed and showed the lake’s name again. I started fishing and caught my quest fish in a reasonable number of casts.
So be sure to check your mini map to make certain you’re standing in the right spot. Even if you are fishing in the right lake you may not be fishing in the right lake. The folks at Blizzard have an odd sense of humor.
By Oberweiss, on 08 April 2008:
This tip was buried in the "Fishing Changes in 2.4" thread, too. Sorry you didn't see it before you went fishing!
By Petre, on 08 April 2008:
yeah, I've been posting in just about every fishing complaint thread on the official forums about this to try and get the word out. It's logical it would work this way from a programming perspective, but not from a real-world perspective.
By Longhunter, on 08 April 2008:
i have an easy awnser use a water walking potion and stand in the middle of the lake you can dismount by drinking and you can mount just jump at the last sec and fly away
