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El's Extreme Anglin' - WoW Fishing Guide » Recent Topics http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Discussion about fishing in World of Warcraft. en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:53:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/search.php chubtohd on "Schooner Wreckage" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/schooner-wreckage#post-1807 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:42:50 +0000 chubtohd 1807@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Can anyone confirm whether or not these are in game yet? I have made 2 separate runs through STM and Ashenvale and have yet to see one. Bakkhus on "Old Ironjaw in 4 Casts" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-ironjaw-in-4-casts#post-4490 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:05:34 +0000 Bakkhus 4490@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Yep, I did it in 4 casts. Two weeks of reading and prepping, locations mapped, times figured out when to play... costumes, disguises, and potions on hand... empty bags to go... Sunday night at 1:30ish am (technically monday) Took the front door in, used Orb of Deception on a Brewfest Ram to try to fool people. Guards were more of a pain. A DK and Rogue jumped me almost to the pool/cavern area. Ran back, watched around my body, coast was clear, ran over to the wall, healed, did a /sleep to test it out, threw out 4 casts and... <a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/21b9j0g.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i42.tinypic.com/21b9j0g.jpg</a> (excuse guild chat cursing and miscounting, I was freakin out) Not sure how solid the proof is, but time is shown, my orb of deception cooldown is just barely gone, only 3 fish in pack (you can see my dead skely in distance). To anyone saying I was lucky, its true, but I also finished my entire fishing achievement tree up that day and got "Salty". I already had the Old Crafty from a few days of fishing a couple weeks earlier, and about 4 days in Mulgore getting a fish for the other rare. The rest just came. Not to mention 2 years of fishing contest to win... luckily I was first on my server after I transferfed from Bloodhoof to Area 52 the week it opened during BC release week. Now just see me in my full getup sitting in my fishing chair in Dal somtimes. Good times and Good Luck. Spleen on "Soloing the Lurker" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/soloing-the-lurker#post-1378 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:56:19 +0000 Spleen 1378@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ First, i hope no one has posted this strategy yet. I checked around and didn't see anything like it. I was able to "solo" the Lurker Achievement on the beta servers. It's not all that hard, it just takes some planning. Here's what you need: Minimum: A way to walk on water A way to avoid falling damage (slow fall, pally bubble, blink, etc.) 300(?) fishing skill Method 1: 4-9 other players (not sure exactly) Method 2: 1 other player some way to kill yourself The first obstacle is getting past the waterfall entrance. In method 1, the waterfall entrance opens up the way it normally would, by having a minimum number of raid members, which is either a total of 5 or 10 (I forget which). In method 2, you only need one other player. Invite this person into a raid group, and they're part is done as long as they don't leave the group; they can go and continue to do whatever they want. Now go up to the waterfall and kill yourself. When you run back as a ghost, you will be able to run through the waterfall. Resurrect on the other side, and go in. One other method is to have another raid group open up the waterfall for you, but you still need at least one other person in order to form a raid group and enter. Once inside, however you did it, go to the ledge between the second elevator and before the first pull. Activate your water walking. Now jump off the ledge and fall to the water. Activate your method for avoiding fall damage. Now you can walk all the way to the Lurker's pool without any of those nasty fish getting in your way! Lastly, be sure to remove any gear that you want to avoid taking durability damage. The achievement only requires you to fish him up, but he will instantly aggro you once you do so and very likely kill you. <a href="http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/spleenseer/WoWScrnShot_091208_145320.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/spleenseer/WoWScrnShot_091208_145320.jpg</a> You're now one achievement closer to the Salty title! Kassi on "Safe fishing spot in Wintergrasp" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/safe-fishing-spot-in-wintergrasp#post-7303 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:31 +0000 Kassi 7303@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ I've heard rumors that there is a spot you can fish in Wintergrasp without being flagged? I'm a PvE server carebear who likes to make Fish Feasts for her raid team and it would be nice to be able to fish in peace :) Deathxtreme on "Mr. Pinchy's Wishes" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/mr-pinchys-wishes#post-894 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:33:06 +0000 Deathxtreme 894@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ I was unable to find a post that collaborated the results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes so I thought I'd start the forum post myself. (There is one post here about what people have gotten from Mr. Pinchy, but it's not useful for getting statistical information about Mr. Pinchy's wishes out of it. There is also a post on Thottbot, but that post is also difficult to read and get statistical information out of) While the possible results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes are well known and documented on this website as well as others, there seems be no information on the statistics (i.e. results) of the 3 wishes. Personally, I'm trying to get the elusive status symbol that is the Magical Crawdad Box (on my alt Bradd) and have yet to see what the chances of getting it is. In the spirit of the Daily Quest Fish Catch Rate, I was hoping people could post the results of Mr. Pinchy's wishes. Posts should be formatted in the following format (for clarity's sake): Mr. Pinchy #: Wish Result 1, Wish Result 2, Wish Result 3 If you've caught multiple Mr. Pinchy's, please post the results for each Mr. Pinchy's wishes separately. (If you forgot what all you've gotten, just start with whatever Mr. Pinchy number you're currently on) Wish results should be posted as the following: Benevolent = Benevolent Mr. Pinchy Furious = Furious Mr. Pinchy Gift = Mr. Pinchy's Gift (Containing Mana & Healing Potions) Pet = Magical Crawdad Box Blessing = Mr. Pinchy's Blessing On Deathxtreme, my results were: Mr. Pinchy 1: Gift, Benevolent, Pet I'll post the results of Bradd, my alt, later tonight after I make my third wish... bluewire on "conditional macro - apply the right lure" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/conditional-macro-apply-the-right-lure#post-7287 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:44:33 +0000 bluewire 7287@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ I'd like a macro that will: On CLICK - cast (or start fishing) On SHIFT-CLICK (or right-click, either way) - apply to my fishing pole (already equipped) a lure from Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat if equipped - apply to my fishing pole (already equipped) a Sharpened Fish Hook if no Weather Beaten Fishing Hat is equipped Note - I use ItemRack with a fishing gear set to equip a pole (and a fishing hat for my toons that have one). Thanks in advance for your help - i know I fail at writing macro's Kemzow on "What cool fishing ideas do you think Blizz should implent in a furture patch?" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/what-cool-fishing-ideas-do-you-think-blizz-should-implent-in-a-furture-patch#post-7133 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:10:42 +0000 Kemzow 7133@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Just wondering what people would like to see implented in a future patch that would improve fishing or make it more fun. Personally I would love to see Blizzard come up with a way to customize your fishing. Two good ideas I thought of was, either: being able to customize your cast action instead of everyone having the same cast action, or being able to actually customize your bobber. fredje222 on "Biggest concentration of pools for turtle mount?" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/biggest-concentration-of-pools-for-turtle-mount#post-5137 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:43:07 +0000 fredje222 5137@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ So the new turtle mount will be fishable from any pool in northrend, completly random... Like evry good fisher i'm gonna fish like hell till i get it :p but i was wondering where the biggest concentration of pools is for fishing it... So what do you think? Pubcrawler on "Kalu'ak Fishing Derby" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/kaluak-fishing-derby#post-7169 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:09:43 +0000 Pubcrawler 7169@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ El says: For a contest summary and guide, see <a href="http://www.elsanglin.com/kaluak_fishing_derby.html" title="Contests: Kalu'ak Fishing Derby - When and where the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby takes places, what you have to do to compete, and what rewards you can gain.">Kalu'ak Fishing Derby</a>. Original post: Posted on the MMO-Champion website "The Kalu'ak hold a fishing derby every few days in Northrend. Be the first to catch a Blacktip Shark and win respect with the Kalu'ak, and an amazing prize!" Wondering if anyone can confirm that this is on the PTR for testing. Pub onimyst on "Am I just incredibly lucky?" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/am-i-just-incredibly-lucky#post-7183 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:26:07 +0000 onimyst 7183@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ So I started fishing like last week - I was about 17 skill then so I leveled to 150-ish. So I decided to go to Orgrimmar as an Alliance to go for Old Crafty and got him within 50 casts :o. A couple days later I caught the one in Ironforge and caught him in about 100-150 casts... Just now on my very first Northrend daily I looted a Jeweled Fishing Pole. :O All this in about 5 days. Anyway I'm just gonna go catch a sea turtle mount on my first cast bai. (I'm fishing skill 250-ish now) Spackler on "3.3 and fishing, our Salty title just got MORE exclusive..." http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/33-and-fishing-our-salty-title-just-got-more-exclusive#post-7219 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:02 +0000 Spackler 7219@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Sorry to those thinking you were going to finish an already hard achievement, but it just got HARDER to get your title, NOT easier. Think about for a second: "Elder Clearwater sits in Dalaran for one hour awaiting the return of the quickest, most experienced fisher to bring him the first catch of the night." Dalaran - the most populated overvisited city in ALL of Azeroth. "Don't forget, in patch 3.3.0 you never catch trash from fishing pools, regardless of skill." EVERYONE will see this tourney announcement, and EVERYONE can win it, regardless of skill. The award for doing so, a BOA +5% exp Heirloom item. What is there to stop EVERYONE from trying to win this, regardless of a meta-achievement? The Northrend tournament just got FULL folks. How many alt-playing people have you come across in your time? These people will flood the tournament with no regard for how hard the title is to get, and with little or no consideration for the meta-achievement, just to win the ring for their alts. There will not be 104 Salty's a year now, for awhile it probably won't go much higher then 52. At least the STV tournament is out of the way, and limits the competition by fishing skill. GormanGhaste on "3.3--no trash in fishing pools?" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/33-no-trash-in-fishing-pools#post-7208 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:42 +0000 GormanGhaste 7208@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ I haven't seen anyone mention this on this site yet, so I'll link the source: <a href="http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=11155811788&sid=1&pageNo=1#0" rel="nofollow">http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=11155811788&sid=1&pageNo=1#0</a> "Don't forget, in patch 3.3.0 you never catch trash from fishing pools, regardless of skill. " What does this mean? And why would anyone need to skill up fishing, if pool fishing was always successful? Balazar on "Deep Sea Monsterbelly Schools" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/deep-sea-monsterbelly-schools#post-5777 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:11:51 +0000 Balazar 5777@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Just thought I'd mention, while out doing the fishing daily today, discovered a deep sea monsterbelly school in Dragonblight. It was located just off the southern tip of the remains of the Giant's Causeway that extend out into the Frozen Sea. thrasykles on "Moonglow Cuttlefish School" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/moonglow-cuttlefish-school#post-7285 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:22:06 +0000 thrasykles 7285@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ there are more of these, off the coast in western howling fjord. around 14/53 Seine on "Old Crafty!!" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/old-crafty#post-1344 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:50:55 +0000 Seine 1344@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ GOT OLD CRAFTY!!!! GIMME A COOKIE CAUSE NOW I GOTTA FARM Mr.Pinchy..... fredje222 on "Turtle, in how many catches did you (not) get it?" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/turtle-in-how-many-catches-did-you-get-it#post-5265 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:04:42 +0000 fredje222 5265@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Thought i just made this topic because the other topic isnt really about cathing it :p so post all stuff you fished here while looking for turtle and where you fished it :) Almost fished non-stop since patch released, 2500 catches done and still no bloody mount, this will be a tough one... Fished in the Frozen Sea just south of Boreans... Btw all my catches are fish caught (that includes pygmy suckerfish/crystallized water/reinforced crate) no junk catches (well a couple, because of missed pools)... Edit: 3000, still no mount Edit: 3500, still no mount Edit: 4000, still no mount Edit: 4500, still no mount Edit: 5000, still no mount Edit: 5500, still no mount Edit: 6000, still no mount Edit: 6500, still no mount -> changed the title :p Edit: 7000, still no mount Edit: 7500, still no mount Edit: 8000, still no mount Edit: 8500, still no mount Edit: 9000, still no mount -> changed my place from Frozen Sea too Grizzly Hills... lots more money to be made here Edit: 9500, still no mount Edit: 10,000, still no mount -> whopteefreakingdoo Longhunter on "I did it! I did it!" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/i-did-it-i-did-it#post-408 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:32:45 +0000 Longhunter 408@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ I caught Mr. Pinchy last night SWEET! For weeks trying I got him and right before this jerk cow whirlwinds me, then kills me :( But I got Mr. Pinchy! I have not used him yet. I will wait till this weekend I don't want to loss him if I die. Longhunter Stafford on "New Fishing Outfit." http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/new-fishing-outfit-1#post-7264 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:11:03 +0000 Stafford 7264@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Because I hate overalls (specially blue, I dug arround wowhead and found a new fishing outfit (And easier to get IMO, got mine at AH in less than one day. Anyway, here it is. Hope y'all like it. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=15304" title="Wowhead - Grizzly Jerkin." class="nocolor">Grizzly Jerkin</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=5107" title="Wowhead - Deckhand's Shirt." class="nocolor">Deckhand's Shirt</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24795" title="Wowhead - Expedition Pants." class="nocolor">Expedition Pants</a> <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=15300" title="Wowhead - Grizzly Gloves." class="nocolor">Grizzly Gloves</a> Just add your hat, boots and pole and you're in business! :) <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=24795:19969:15304:5107:33820:45858:15300">Here's a link to the whole set, if you want to see it on 3D.</a> Kovlish on "Skill Up Data 235-250" http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/topic/skill-up-data-235-250#post-7258 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:15:34 +0000 Kovlish 7258@http://www.elsanglin.com/forums/ Skill Up Rate Data Date: Thursday, 11/5/09 Zone: Bay of Storms Fishing: Open Water Loc: 63.31 - 61.81 Casting: NW MOD: 120 (Iron Pole 20 + Aquadynamic Lure 100) 235 * Lure Time * Total Casts * Junk * Time * Server Time 236 * * 6 * 4 * :01 * 15:12 237 * * 8 * 2 * :03 * 15:14 238 * * 6 * 2 * :01 * 15:24 239 * * 8 * 4 * :02 * 15:30 240 * 10 * 6 * 0 * :01 * 15:35 241 * 8 * 7 * 1 * :02 * 15:37 242 * 6 * 6 * 1 * :02 * 15:39 243 * 3 * 7 * 2 * :02 * 15:42 244 * 10 * 8 * 3 * :02 * 15:45 245 * 8 * 6 * 1 * :01 * 15:48 246 * 6 * 6 * 1 * :01 * 15:50 247 * 4 * 7 * 3 * :02 * 15:51 248 * 2 * 6 * 0 * :01 * 15:54 249 * 10 * 6 * 2 * :02 * 15:56 250 * 8 * 8 * 1 * :02 * 15:58 Total Casts: 101 Average Casts per Point: 6.73 Junk Rate: 26.73% No statistically significant variance in age of lure to junk rate. Server Time & Lure Time Left based on when fishing started for that point. Fishing was continuous per point but there were gaps between starting times for each point (data entry time, etc) Iannah on "One That Didn't Get Away - achievement" 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/ El says: 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>. Original post: 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. Fish Don't Leave Footprints - learn the ability to find fish Master Angler of Stranglethorn - win the Booty Bay fishing contest Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box - fish your way to Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box Old Crafty - fish up Old Crafty in Orgrimmar Old Ironjaw - fish up Old Ironjaw in Ironforge And finally: One That Didn't Get Away - fish up one of the rare fish 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?