http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:47:14 +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/page/25#post-7257 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:35:17 +0000 Marlburo 7257@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.xiloscient.net/files/22lobster.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.xiloscient.net/files/22lobster.jpg</a></p> <p>EDIT: as you can see by chat log.....im not pleased...yet right next to him.... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/25#post-7256 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:28:22 +0000 Marlburo 7256@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>you're never gonna beleive this story......so at this point i was at about 14k casts in when a buddy of mine needs to check my gear because we're gonna start to do arenas together. He hadnt done "The One That Didn't get Away" so he decides to throw out a few casts next to me while he waits on a raid. In less than 15min......22lbs Lobster drops for him....RIGHT NEXT TO ME.....screen shot coming from him, im more determined than ever......unless someone can confirm that you can not catch max pound fish after you completed achievement </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/25#post-7250 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:03:08 +0000 Marlburo 7250@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I have spent the last week trying to get the 22 lbs lobster or 103 Mightfish. It has not gone well. I'm fishing in the Bay of Storms on the island where Loramus Thalipedes (NPC) is. I'm starting to get SERIOUSLY frustrated, does anyone have any confirmation on these fish??!! Any insight would be greatly appreciated (and yes the bobber is always within the zone). I'm so heavily invested in this venture, I'm not sure I can stop now regardless but here are stats thus far:</p> <p>Darkclaw Lobster: 5853 (45.6%)<br /> Winter Squid: 2606 (20.3%)<br /> Stonescale Eel: 1402 (10.9%)<br /> Big-mouth Clam: 1205 (9.4%)<br /> Large Mightfish: 1144 (8.9%)<br /> Spotted Yellowtail: 407 (3.2%)<br /> Reinforced Locked Chest: 114 (.9%)<br /> Heavy Crate: 42 (.3%)<br /> 9 Pound Lobster: 14 (.1%)<br /> 7 Pound Lobster: 13 (.1%)<br /> 70 Pound Mightfish: 9 (.1%)<br /> 15 Pound Lobster: 8 (.1%)<br /> 19 Pound Lobster: 7 (.1%)<br /> 12 Pound Lobster: 6 (.1%)<br /> 21 Pound Lobster: 2 (.1%)</p> <p>TOTAL: 12832</p> <p>Judging by the amount of pound lobsters I've caught I can only assume I'm in the right place, and its just a matter of time before the 22lbs drops. However do you think being in Hetaera's Clutch or Scalebeard's Cave might result in more pound mightfish? I know time of day effects catch rate of some fish....would this effect the pound fish drop rate? Lastly I have caught other achievement fish after completing, this hasn't changed correct? </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/25#post-7132 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:22:55 +0000 Corrupted 7132@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>After reading comments here and at wowhead and thottbot i decided to aim for Howling Fyord schools.<br /> My results there are:<br /> 2647 total casts from the first cast going for the achievement (99% of those are in schools)<br /> 1401 fangtooth herrings<br /> 0 dark herrings<br /> That was in a period of around 10 days aiming for 100 fangtooth herrings at least per day.<br /> My average time spent per day fishing was 1-2 hours.<br /> I was starting to get really frustrated especially after reading posts that people had caught dark herring in a few casts.<br /> Also i got tired moving from school to school and thought to try mulgore and stonebull lake.<br /> My results there:<br /> 332 brilliant smallfish<br /> 216 long jaw mud snappers<br /> 5 10 pound mud snappers<br /> 4 minor mana potions<br /> 2 minor healing potions<br /> 2 12 pound mud snappers<br /> 1 warrior bracers<br /> 1 15 pound mud snappers</p> <p>total casts 563<br /> All those casts at 5 October</p> <p>So basically if you are getting tired with not getting the dark herring is not bad idea to try mulgore.<br /> I know i was lucky getting it that fast but still 2.5k+ casts in howling fyord make up for that :).<br /> Also Stonebull lake is good for people that can do other things same time they are fishing like watching movies etc. It maybe take a little longer than dark herring ( according to stats that is) but is a lot more easier just camping one place and fishing 1-2 hours than moving all the time from school to school. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7128 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:02:43 +0000 Nobsicus 7128@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>No luck from the GM... seems that it can't be verified... So back to fishing pools.... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7127 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:32:06 +0000 Nobsicus 7127@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>300 casts.. Just caught dark herring. </p> <p>"That's weird.. I didn't get the acheivement"</p> <p>I saw it in my loot.. I can only assume auto-loot killed it. I thought they'd fixed that. Maybe I just clicked to refish too quickly?!?</p> <p>Sent a ticket to GM and just crossing my fingers now. Fishingbuddy registered it, but the damn game didn't. </p> <p>Anyone else done the same and had any luck from GM?</p> <p>I feel so damn stupid right about now.... auto loot is off for the time being just incase lol.</p> <p>ARGGG! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7126 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:55:10 +0000 Nobsicus 7126@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p><cite>Crosis <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7099" title="View original post.">wrote</a>:</cite></p> <blockquote><p>2500 casts in Fangtooth Herring schools...<br /> 0 Dark Herring</p></blockquote> <p>I'm only on about 200 casts... not looking forward to another 2.3k lol.. hope wow is kind to me </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7125 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:29:18 +0000 jeraz 7125@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>i just wanted to tell you that its possible to catch the catfish in ironforge. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7099 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:25:05 +0000 Crosis 7099@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>2500 casts in Fangtooth Herring schools... </p> <p>0 Dark Herring </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7094 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:43:36 +0000 Gahouf 7094@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>1300 casts in Fangtooth Herring schools in Howling Fjord.<br /> Not one single Dark Herring. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7080 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:10:32 +0000 Pathis 7080@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hello all! Managed to snag an STV contest win on my level 48 Druid alt so I decided to gun for Salty with him. Obviously I went here first for tips and quickly came across this thread. Being to low level to go after Dark Herring efficiently and not high enough skill to start on Dalaran Coins, I figured I may as well hit up Stonebull Lake while skilling up and hope to land a 15 Pound Mud Snapper. </p> <p>Before I started I immediately picked up Fishing Buddy so that I could track my progress and pledged to post my results here either when I landed the fish or gave up (so as not to pollute the results with only success stories). Here it is:</p> <p>190 Total Casts:<br /> (119) Brilliant Smallfish<br /> (69) Longjaw Mud Snapper<br /> (1) Minor Mana Potion<br /> (1) 15 Pound Mud Snapper</p> <p>Seems from the other people who posted that I was extremely lucky. Here is hoping that you are too. For your information I was casting off on the little jetty of land on the inside of the lake to the northeast of the village. I had gotten in about 60 casts, left to take my dogs out for a minute, and on the first cast when I came back: THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY! Happy hunting all!</p> <p>Now time to skill up enough for coins... </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-7073 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:22:53 +0000 sylvalar 7073@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Hey guys, just got this one finally! I finally got mine in shadowglen, not howling fjord. Can't tell you how many herring i've sold off/cooked/etc, and i have enough pygmy oil to keep my entire guild turned into gnomes for years.</p> <p>Anyway, here are my stats from today's fishing in shadowglen:<br /> 39 Raw Brilliant Smallfish<br /> 31 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper<br /> 2 Minor Mana Potion<br /> 1 Minor Healing Potion<br /> 1 12 Pound Mud Snapper<br /> 1 15 Pound Mud Snapper</p> <p>Don't be afraid to try new places! </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6975 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:34:37 +0000 Funkalious 6975@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I have been fishing for one of these fish in all the recommended spots for months and months. I finally caught a Steelscale Crushfish at the Zoram Strand in Ashenvale. I sat right next to the Horde fishing trainer and caught it in about 125 casts. A hordie even gave me some grats when it happened. Apparently fishing trancends factional differences. Must be the smell. </p> <p>The next day was the sewer jewel daily and I got the Rat. </p> <p>Was hoping to carry that luck into a tourney win, but wife aggro prevented that idea. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6874 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:06:04 +0000 invert_your_hatred 6874@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>hi just thought i would let ya know that on the pvp server Kil'jaeden i have caught the 15 pound mudsnapper in the lake next to the horde town of Brill. I thought you might wanna know since you don;t have it listed as a possible place to catch it kk have a good day guys </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6870 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:38:24 +0000 oxman112 6870@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>I just got the 15 lb Mud Snapper on my 713th cast in Stonebull Lake..</p> <p>Currently spamming trade in Dal :D </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6776 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:16:46 +0000 oxman112 6776@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Day 1 at stonebull... 300 casts, 170 brilliant smallfish, 126 mudfish, 2 bloated smallfish, 2 10 pounders, a 12 pounder.. no 15 pounder yet </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6767 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:46:06 +0000 nonameform 6767@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>It's just your luck. I've got a Sea Turtle in 2k-2.5k catches. In that time I also got 6 Dark Herrings. Oh wait, maybe that's just my luck. Anyway, farming Herring pools for turtle seems like an optimal way for me to get both achievements. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6758 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:27:45 +0000 Bogsie 6758@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Old topic is old, but this seems to be the best place to dump some relevant statistics on this achievement, and in particular, the Dark Herring, which I've been gunning for.</p> <p>As of patch 3.1, I've been hopping Fangtooth Herring pools, with the secondary goal of getting a Sea Turtle in mind. Numbers were as follows:</p> <p>876 Fangtooth Herring<br /> 051 Water Crystals<br /> 060 Crates<br /> (001 Sea Turtle)<br /> ================<br /> 987 Total</p> <p>Sea Turtle was (iirc) caught as a secondary catch, much like Suckerfish, so it is not included in the total. In addition, I've been mindlessly grinding regular inland water and unnamed coastal water. Numbers are below, and are from both patch 3.0 and 3.1. I've noticed no difference in the relative amount of things caught between these patches. Roughly 3500 of these were caught before 3.1 arrived.</p> <p>3023 Bonescale<br /> 1093 Salmon<br /> 0987 Herring<br /> 0062 Crates<br /> 0054 Water Crystals<br /> (0001 Dark Herring)<br /> ==============<br /> 5219 Total</p> <p>I'm not sure if the Dark Herring was a secondary catch or not. Assuming that it was, it'd make for a grand total of 6206 catches. So despite the Dark Herring being the most recent addition to the hard to catch fish club, the odds are still sadistically low. Have fun ;-) </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6537 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:27:53 +0000 jacobsod 6537@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>Just a suggestion and maybe it has been just luck, but I have caught THREE of the one handed "fish maces" (Rockhide strongfish) the last two fishing tourneys, and that counts as one for the achievement. Maybe they boosted the droprate. Give it a try. </p> http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/one-that-didnt-get-away-achievement/page/24#post-6524 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:03:25 +0000 Bonamassa 6524@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ <p>7469 catches and still no rare... nor a turtle or crawler... sad me. </p>