http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/tags/one-that-didnt-get-away Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:52:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement#post-1624 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:33 +0000 Iannah 1624@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><strong><em>El says:</em> For new readers, I recommend <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/away.html" title="Guide to the rarest fish you will ever catch...">the summary guide to the One That Didn't Get Away</a>.</strong> Original post:</p> <p>While most fishing achievements will not be possible to do before the 3.0 patch, or even the expansion itself, there are a few that you can do before that time.</p> <p>Fish Don't Leave Footprints - learn the ability to find fish<br /> Master Angler of Stranglethorn - win the Booty Bay fishing contest<br /> Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box - fish your way to Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box<br /> Old Crafty - fish up Old Crafty in Orgrimmar<br /> Old Ironjaw - fish up Old Ironjaw in Ironforge</p> <p>And finally:<br /> One That Didn't Get Away - fish up one of the rare fish</p> <p>Those first 5 are pretty straightforward. I'm not saying that they're all easy, but it's clear what you have to do. But I'm wondering about the last achievement, get one of the rare fish. Now, if you're like me, you don't want to buy one at the auction house, even if they're available. Which one of the rare fishes would you think is the easiest to get? Should we fish in a starter area for a chance of a big Mudsnapper or Catfish? Should we head to Azshara for a Lobster or Mightfish? Should we try to get the Rockhide Strongfish during the tournament? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/fishing-in-wotlk#post-6654 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:44:17 +0000 nonameform 6654@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Looking back at how fishing skill had serious impact on your chance to catch something, I question why Blizzard has included BoP one hour lures that grant you +100 skill (<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=46006" title="Wowhead - Glow Worm." class="nocolor">Glow Worm</a>). Sure they might be very useful for leveling your fishing, but when you're at 450 skill you might as well want to vendor them. At least I did so with some of my lures, but then I decided to save them, in case Blizzard makes them normal lures some time in the future and I will be able to sell them at AH/transfer them to my alts.</p> <p>In vanilla WoW days you had to have maximum fishing skill and had to use best fishing gear and lures available, so you could fish in Bay of Storms for money. In TBC you had to be well geared too to be able to catch fishes in Terokkar's lakes. Now in WotLK you need a maximum skill and a 75 lure to be able to catch all fishes you need for <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43015" title="Wowhead - Fish Feast." class="nocolor">Fish Feast</a>. Zones that require you to have more than 525 skill don't actually provide better fishes. How many of you actually made more than one <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43478" title="Wowhead - Gigantic Feast." class="nocolor">Gigantic Feast</a>?</p> <p>I only need to win STV Extravaganza now for my title (got as close as 39 fishes so far) and I'm wondering what I will do after that. Sure it might be fun for some people to win the contest twice for both the trinket and the pole, but I don't feel like doing it twice and making it harder for other people to get the title. Compared to the Undying title I have, Salty requires much more work and patience, as losing the contest several weeks in a row when you thought that you are about to win it, is really sad. Well, at least I can spend the rest of the contest time to fish for money and possible rare catches (got only one <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19971" title="Wowhead - High Test Eternium Fishing Line." class="nocolor">High Test Eternium Fishing Line</a> so far, so saving it for an <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19970" title="Wowhead - Arcanite Fishing Pole." class="nocolor">Arcanite Fishing Pole</a> I hope to win someday).</p> <p>Overall fishing in WotLK seems uninteresting. Yes, I can make money by selling Fish Feast, as I have about 1k+ <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43007" title="Wowhead - Northern Spices." class="nocolor">Northern Spices</a> on my main char, but I want some excitement from the profession. I got all possible achievements, except for the one mentioned above and I want more. Maybe some really hard stuff like catching all those fishes, that got away. That would keep me busy for some time or catching 100k fishes, which isn't hard, but sure takes more time to get, than 1k for the title. I still have to see fishing rings and some of the rarer TBC fishing drops, such as crocs (make it an achievement too, come on), but all in all every time I think about fishing in WotLK, I get excited and then in a second I tell myself "Wait, there is nothing interesting to do actually."</p> <p>I'm not an angler, just a fisherman, a sissy by someone's standards as I didn't bother to level my fishing skill to maximum until WotLK arrived, but after that it became a way to pass time in game without mindless killing or farming reputation or whatever. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/otdga-does-not-keep-on-counting-after-completing#post-6039 Tue, 05 May 2009 05:36:37 +0000 Mala 6039@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I started fishing for OTDGA long time ago in howling fjord. After 1500 catches (and no Dark Herring) I decided to fish for something that I can catch semi-afk. You know, flying around and looking for pools need more attention than fishing open water.<br /> After 3000 catches and many many many episodes of Stargate SG1 I finaly got my 15 pound mudsnaper.</p> <p>After many people here did report about very frequent dark herring catches I thought "Give it a try, as long as they don't fix it (you remember the old crafty thing...). If there will ever be a follow-up (catch 2 or catch all...) I'll have less work."</p> <p>After ~150catches I got a Dark Herring and OTDGA does NOT count it!</p> <p><a href="http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9763/otdga.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9763/otdga.jpg</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herringcaught#post-4421 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:32:33 +0000 hominids 4421@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The Dark Herring was caught in a fangtooth herring school in Winter's Breath Lake. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/got-the-one-that-didnt-get-away-on-first-fish-caught#post-5374 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:12:06 +0000 Deckard 5374@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I created a new toon last week, a Tauren, and around level 5 took him to that lake that's next to Bloodhoof Village. His very first cast netted the 15-pound Mud Snapper! When I saw the achievement pop up, I thought it was merely for "first fish caught" or some fluff like that. Ridiculous RNG!</p> <p>All the same, I'd rather trade that luck for getting the turtle on my level 80 priest, but ah well, I'm not complaining.</p> <p>Anybody else seen that happen? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/otdga-turtle-swordfish-out-dark-herring-in#post-2490 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:16:33 +0000 Gummo 2490@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>The latest version of the One That Didn't Get Away achievement has removed "Baby Coralshell Turtle" and "113 Pound Swordfish" (possible Northrend catches) and replaced it with a different unknown, "Dark Herring." Maybe it's a red herring? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4577 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:27:39 +0000 Ohlookatank 4577@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Anyone care to comment on this subject or provide some useful statistics? I've been reading lots about this particular fish from a number of different sites and its hard to decipher if there is a clear advantage to Fangtooth herring pools vs. casting in open water (in Howling Fjord).</p> <p>After about 2200 casts, both in pools and open water (mostly in open water) I'm beginning to wonder if it's pure luck that I see many posts claiming to catch a Dark Herring in a pool rather quickly, or if there is more too it and the chances of catching one is better in the pools than just casting in open water.</p> <p>Thanks for any info. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/a-tip-for-one-that-didnt-get-away#post-4502 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:48:02 +0000 Daranox 4502@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I'm not sure if this is just luck, but I decided to try and catch the Dark Herring for achievment. After trying about 1000+ catches for 15 pound mud snapper, I wasn't sure how this would go. Well whad'ya know, 17 fangtooth herrings later, I got the Dark Herring. Once again this could be just luck, but for anyone needing One That Didn't Get Away, I reccomend looking for Dark Herring. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/ones-that-didnt-get-away#post-4212 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:17:36 +0000 Azaguth 4212@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Has anyone caught more than one (different) fish that meet criteria for "One that didn't get away"?</p> <p>I was wondering if, after you've already earned the achievement, a second, different fish would color in in the window for the achievement?</p> <p>I'll find out eventually when I get that elusive dark herring, but I wanted to know (for personal accomplishment) if it would be possible to eventually get them all filled in. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/15-pound-mud-snapper-help#post-3861 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:50:42 +0000 scrowjob 3861@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>so i fished for about 4 hours in bay of storms yesterday and caught 2 pound lobsters, rest being the regular fishies. However, when i fish in say mulgore or elwynn forest i find weighted (not max weight) mud snappers every 10 minutes! Is the chance of getting the top weight mud snapper differ in these areas than getting a weighted fish in azshara, and is there the same chance that when i catch a weighted mud snapper that it will be max weight as when i catch a weighted lobster and it being max weight.. Cuz i can clog my bags with 10 and 12 pound mud snappers but no luck on the 15 : / </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/regarding-catching-rare-fish-types#post-2209 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:57:59 +0000 Bullstomp 2209@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Like everyone else I am working on the achievement "one that didn't get away" and as I looked up the location of each of the fish types and started fishing for them a question occured to me. Take for example the 68 LB Grouper or 103 LB might fish which is said to be caught in Azshara. Do I have to be in an area where I'm catching varied versions of a said fish in order to catch its rare xx pound version or could a 103 LB might fish be caught in an area where i am only catching yellowtails and winter squid? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/stv-win-and-rare-fish-in-the-same-tournament#post-2078 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:46:13 +0000 Doubled 2078@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Tried the STV Tournament today. Was still looking for that elusive 1st win. Didn't think I had much of a shot due to incresed participation by people trying to gain the achievement. About 10 minutes into the contest, I fished up a Rockhide Strongfish - One That Didn't Get Away achievement completed! Kept going, trying for the win. Felt I was doing pretty good. Then started getting close and no winner yet. Anticipation and a whole lot of anxiety going on. Got the 40th and no winner.... Hearthing never seemed like it took so long before. Turned it in - Win the STV Tourney achievement completed. This has to be the best fishing day I've had in a long time. Just wanted to share. Woot! </p>