http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1 Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4587 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:12:45 +0000 Gizmoh 4587@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I guess I should contribute my own first hand experiences from a few minutes before.<br /> Beware! Reading this can be frustrating for someone who has been hunting the elusive Dark Herring for days.</p> <p>I had been fishing the pools in the lake at Fort Wildervar for about an hour with no success. So I decided to do some stuff with an alt. Logging back in for another round of fishing I caught the Dark Herring on the first cast. Resisting the urge to dance and hearth back to Dalaran I decided not to waste almost 10 minutes left on my bait timer and continued fishing.<br /> With the result of catching another two Dark Herrings at the second and fifth pool around the lake.<br /> Now I'm somewhere between puzzled and freaked out.</p> <p>I don't believe that multiplied probabilities are responible for such a "lucky" streak. Maybe the game mechanics insert the rare spawns into the pools at a specific time? And the composition of each pool is predetermined at its spawn?</p> <p>Anyway ... since nobody will believe me, I will send some screenshots to el for close examination :-)<br /> Edit: And for everyone else - at least for the next 7 days : <a href="http://rcpt.yousendit.com/661097963/a8d72d9f03a6472ca6b3d497a5ffaf6e" rel="nofollow">http://rcpt.yousendit.com/661097963/a8d72d9f03a6472ca6b3d497a5ffaf6e</a> </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4583 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:35:58 +0000 Ohlookatank 4583@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Azaguth <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4582" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>There is speculation that the Dark Herring is a rare spawn of the Fangtooth Herring...so, while possible to catch the Dark Herring in open water, it may be more common in pools since the chance of catching a regular Fangtooth Herring is so much greater.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes, that was essentially the conclusion I came to too, but there is no concrete proof to prove this as far as I know. I've asked a GM about it and of course they aren't allowed to reveal that kind of information so at this point it's all really speculation. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4582 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:22:50 +0000 Azaguth 4582@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>There is speculation that the Dark Herring is a rare spawn of the Fangtooth Herring...so, while possible to catch the Dark Herring in open water, it may be more common in pools since the chance of catching a regular Fangtooth Herring is so much greater. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4581 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:51:10 +0000 Ohlookatank 4581@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>That's bizarre, I just must be one of those people with bad luck. I've spent many hours fishing just the pools and haven't had any luck yet. Thanks! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/dark-herring-pools-vs-open-water-1#post-4578 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:38:47 +0000 zimm 4578@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Well i caught the dark herring after 20 minutes of fishing the other day, all in pools, and last night a friend caught it in a pool after getting just 6 stacks of fangtooth herring, but we could have just been lucky. </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>