El's Extreme Anglin' - World of Warcraft Fishing Guide // Equipment // Fishing Gear

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  This page describes items of equipment (except poles) that will improve your effective fishing skill. On this page:

  • Introduction
  • Feet
  • Hands
  • Head
  • Line
  • Consumables
  • Learn More

Introduction

Certain gear gives bonuses to fishing skill. Equipping these items increases your fishing skill while the gear remains equipped. Bonuses from fishing gear, poles and lures all stack. For example, a bonus from a pole will stack with a bonus from a hat. Of course, you can only equip one pole and wear one hat at a time. The table below summarises all items that give an "equipable" bonus to fishing skill.

In addition, there is one consumable that gives a bonus to fishing skill: Captain Rumsey's Lager. This gives a temporary (3 minute) bonus to the angler. Other fishing "consumables" are lures, which are applied to the pole, not the angler.

((A +5 fishing skill enchant to gloves has been rumoured to exist. This seems logical because +2 and +5 enchants are available for other gathering professions. However, this item has never been seen.))

Feet

Only one pair of boots give a bonus to fishing skill. Like the hats, they are cloth, so can be worn by any angler.

Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots

• Skill bonus: +5
• Stamina bonus: +12
• Minimum fishing skill required: 1
• Source: Reward from the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (Brownell's Blue Striped Racer)

Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots are a reward for turning in a rare Brownell's Blue Striped Racer during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. The fish may be caught from Schools of Tastyfish during the contest on Sunday. It should be delivered to Fishbot 5000, which can be found in the centre of Booty Bay during the contest (and for 1 hour before and after).

The boots give a +12 bonus to your Stamina, which makes them popular for those that venture into the battlegrounds at low level ((level 19 "twinks")). Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots can be enchanted with high-level enchants (such as Boar's Speed, which gives a further +9 Stamina). These boots are bound to their owner, so cannot be traded.

Hands

No gloves are available with a fishing skill bonus. However any normal pair of gloves may be enchanted by an enchanter who has learnt Enchant Gloves - Fishing:

Enchant Gloves - Fishing

• Skill bonus: +2
• Source: Formula (see below)

The angler does not need to be an enchanter themselves: Any enchanter with at least 145 enchanting skill can learn the recipe, then enchant the angler's gloves. The enchant uses materials - Soul Dust (created by disenchanting items) and 3 Blackmouth Oil (created by Alchemists from Oily Blackmouth). Both materials are easy to make, so should be available at the auction house.

The formula is rarely found on the corpses of Murlocs along the coast of the Hillsbrad Foothills. Odd that I've never seen any Murlocs with fishing poles, but they are a strange race. The formula is often sold via the auction house.

Head

Both fishing hats are cloth, so can be worn by any class. Each has a wide brim, which keeps your head cool in the sun, and dry in the rain. Both hats give the same +5 bonus to fishing.

Lucky Fishing Hat

• Skill bonus: +5
• Stamina bonus: +15
• Minimum fishing skill required: 1
• Source: Reward from the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (Keefer's Angelfish)

Like Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots, the Lucky Fishing Hat is a reward for turning in a rare Keefer's Angelfish during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. The fish may be caught from Schools of Tastyfish during the contest on Sunday. It should be delivered to Fishbot 5000, which can be found in the centre of Booty Bay during the contest (and for 1 hour before and after).

The hat gives a +15 bonus to your Stamina, which makes it popular for those that venture into the battlegrounds at low level ((level 19 "twinks")). The hat is bound to its owner, so you will not find this for sale at the Auction House.

Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat

• Skill bonus: +5
• Stamina bonus: +40
• Spirit bonus: +40
• Use: Reusable +75 lure
• Source: Reward from Daily Fishing Quests

The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat is rarely contained in Bags of Fishing Treasure, the reward for completing the Daily Fishing Quests. ((It is only available with Patch 2.4.)) Expect to complete Daily Fishing Quests regularly over several months before finding this hat. The hat binds when picked up, so cannot be traded.

The hat gives a +5 equipped bonus to fishing skill, just like the Lucky Fishing Hat. The Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat can also be used to lure your fishing pole, just like a normal lure, but with one important advantage: The hat's lure is reusable every 10 minutes. And since the lure lasts 10 minutes, you will probably never need to buy another Bright Bauble (+75 lure) again.

Line

Line is applied directly to a pole, granting that pole an additional fishing skill bonus. The line bonus stacks with any original bonus the pole has. For example, if High Test Eternium Fishing Line (+5 line) were applied to Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole (+20 pole), the pole would give a +25 fishing skill bonus when used. Only one line may be applied at a time. Once applied, the line cannot be reused.

Both lines are bound to their owners, so cannot be traded directly. The line cannot be applied via the trade window, so you cannot use the line on a pole that is bound to someone else. However, you can apply the line to a non-bound pole, then trade that pole to another person. The second person will receive the pole with the bonus. This does now work when selling via the Auction House - enchants currently show with the item (thanks Kahless and Gummo). The "best" non-bound pole is the Big Iron Fishing Pole.

High Test Eternium Fishing Line

• Skill bonus: +5
• Minimum fishing skill required: 150
• Source: Reward from the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (Dezian Queenfish)

High Test Eternium Fishing Line is a reward for turning in a rare Dezian Queenfish during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. The fish may be caught from Schools of Tastyfish during the contest on Sunday. It should be delivered to Fishbot 5000, which can be found in the centre of Booty Bay during the contest (and for 1 hour before and after).

Spun Truesilver Fishing Line

• Skill bonus: +3
• Minimum fishing skill required: 300
• Source: Reward from Daily Fishing Quests

Spun Truesilver Fishing Line is rarely contained in Bags of Fishing Treasure, the reward for completing the Daily Fishing Quests. ((It is only available with Patch 2.4.)) Although (tentatively) Spun Truesilver Fishing Line is a more common reward than the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat, you should still expect to complete Daily Fishing Quests regularly over at least a month before finding this line.

Consumables

The most common consumable used by anglers is a lure (described in the next section). Lures are applied to poles, not to the angler themselves. There is one beverage that will give the angler a bonus to fishing skill when they drink it: Captain Rumsey's Lager. Consumables stack with all other fishing skill bonuses (pole, gear and lure).

Captain Rumsey's Lager

• Skill bonus: +10 for 3 minutes
• Source: Cooking recipe, a reward from Daily Fishing Quests

Captain Rumsey's Lager is brewed by a cook who has learnt Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager. The recipe is rarely contained in Bags of Fishing Treasure, the reward for completing the Daily Fishing Quests. ((It is only available with Patch 2.4.)) The recipe requires a cooking skill of 100 or more to learn.

The lager requires a Skin of Dwarven Stout and a Flagon of Mead to brew 5 drinks. The lager's raw materials are all purchased from vendors, at a cost of about 16s each: Each drink lasts only 3 minutes, but it is reasonably cheap and easy to brew. Captain Rumsey's Lager can be sold via the auction house.

Learn More

• Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza - Rules and strategy for the famous Booty Bay fishing contest.
• Daily Fishing Quests - Detailed walkthrough.
• Guide to the Lucky Fishing Hat and such - Guide for aspiring "twinks" who want to gain the Lucky Fishing Hat and boots at level 19.
• Also in the Equipment chapter: Poles, Lures, Other Equipment, Addons, and Automation.