Hello!
I finally managed to win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza after a few weeks of trying. I gave it a few tries last year but never really tried my best.
My server is quite heavily populated by Horde and so I didn't have to worry about being ganked or anything like that.
I had a friend who helped me by interupting Alliance players, ganking them, fake-casting in pools close to mine, but best of all: BLOCK THE BOPPERS!
I started just outside Booty Bay on the western coast and my friend first scared away some alliance and blocked casts for the Horde players. As it went on my friend travelled alone over the the eastern side and kept blocking casts with his Travellers Tundra Mammoth, this is extremely effective and people started running away to different areas, which gave ME a lot of time to catch more Tastyfish.
The contest started out at 13:58 server time and I was finished at 14:13 and used Hearthstone back to Booty Bay. No one ever casted in my pools and I wouldn't have made it without my friend.
So a few tips for you to ALMOST guarantee victory:
* Have 1 or more friends with you to gank players of the opposing faction or just interupt casts, and most importantly, have them block the fishing boppers by standing with their mount in the fishing pools for other people. This is extremely effective!
Best wishes!
//Salty Koprofagen
