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[Contests] Kalu'ak Fishing Derby Results

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  1. el <Nat Pagle's Love Child>, 3 months ago:

    If you have caught a Blacktip Shark during the (live) Kalu'ak Fishing Derby, please post details here. Only post results - start a new topic for discussions. Only post on behalf of someone else if you really know and trust them - I'd prefer anglers to post their own results. It doesn't matter if you won or not, although if you won, congratulations - you can add the win to your profile's Aquarium. Post your:

    • Win (yes/no)
    • Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures)
    • Faction (Horde/Alliance)
    • Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    • Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    • Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone)
    • Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater)
    • Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)

    Thanks!

  2. fidget <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Hello I have just finished fishing in the Kaluak Fishing Derby for the first time :-)
    Win? - no :(
    Effective fishing skill was 575 to start (450 + hat, enchant, rod, 100 lure, rum)
    Someone won before the lure ran out so i didnt bother putting another one on
    Faction: alliance
    Successful Casts: 119 Fangtooth Herring, 5 crates
    77 Pygmy suckerfish caught

    I was fishing in Winter's Breath Lake (the lake north of skorn in howling fjord)
    I am only level 19 and there are no dangerous mobs there
    That meant i could only run around the outside of the lake and not fly which reduces my speed between pools a bit
    After someone won i kept fishing for the whole hour except for a 5 minute break, i didnt catch the shark at all

  3. Eloz <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    * Win (yes/no)
    Yes, I won on Dreanor EU.
    http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/Eloz/WoWScrnShot_121209_141747.jpg (my ring :D)
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures)
    250+75 lure+ 5 fishing rod
    * Faction (Horde/Alliance)
    Allaince
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    13 Imperial manta ray (usally got both Pygmy sucker fish and Imperial manta ray at same time but not always)
    1 Cryztalized water
    (fished in 4 schools)

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch)
    10 Pygmy sucker fish
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone)
    pool of Imperial manta ray, howling fjords north west coastline
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater)
    ~5mins
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)
    Fished on 80 with 150% flying mount

    EDIT: Wanna say thank you for your fishing guide, really helpful

  4. Yashe <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Hello! Just done with the contest here (Argent Dawn EU). Character name is Layven since the name change.

    Win? I wish, no.
    Effective Fishing Skill: 610 (450+160 from gear / lure)
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 55
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 30
    Where Shark Caught: Caught it in the frozen Sea (seawater), Moonglow Cuttlefish school, at the 55th catch.
    Turn-in Time: the winner turned in sometime between 14:07 and 14:08
    Anything Unusual: nothing in particular. Winner was a level 80 death knight.

    Glad to help, keep up the good work!3

    Edited to make it clear i actually caught one.

  5. Grothar <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    Grothar here from EU-Silvermoon, just won the contest and my Salty-title ^^!

    * Win: Yes
    * Effective Fishing Skill: 560 (450+75(lure)+30(pole)+5(hat))
    * Faction: Alliance
    * Successful Casts: 19
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 10
    * Where Shark Caught: Pool in Howling Fjord around 51,30
    * Turn-in Time: 14:07
    * Anything Unusual: I fished quite some time in Howling for the Dark Herring so I knew that it was a good place and i just got lucky i guess :D, also read up on this site before the event for all the details :D!

    Thx a bunch for this awesome site btw! It def. helped me towards deciding my fishingspot etc. :D!

  6. Quexapotl <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Appaz EU Ravencrest

    Win? No
    Effective Fishing Skill: lvled from 319 to 325 during this event, no fishing buffs at all.
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 34
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 45
    Where Shark Caught: Dragonblight, south of Indule Village manta ray school.
    Turn-in Time: about 5 minutes for the winner, mine dropped about 15.45
    Anything Unusual: The winner was a hunter (450 skill), who i had a little chat with. He got reminded that the event started in dalaran, so he grabbed his kaluak pole and flew straight south to dragonblights coast, he wasnt that buffed at all. He continued into borean where he got the shark, he looted 7 Pygmy suckerfish before that.

  7. Mikuso <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    • Win: No - Didn't catch a shark, fishing for 55 minutes in the Frozen Sea
    • Effective Fishing Skill: 595
    • Faction: Horde
    • Successful Casts: 179 (13xCrystallized Water, 69xMoonglow Cuttlefish, 89xDeep Sea Monsterbelly, 8xReinforced Crate)
    • Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 108 (60% (less than average))
    • Where Shark Caught: Didn't catch one. But fishing around 84,61 Borean Tundra in Pools only.
    • Turn-in Time: I heard that the winner handed in about 14:05
    • Anything Unusual: Fishing in an area where I can't hear the tournament yell. Only fishing in pools. Using 310% mount between pools. Stack of water walking potions used.

    Yashe, can you say if you actually found a shark in those waters?

  8. Leonie <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    * Win - No

    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) Base skill 450 + Weather-beaten Fishing Hat (5+ 75) and Arcanite Fishing Pole with High Test Eternium Line (40 + 5) = 585

    * Faction - Alliance

    * Successful Casts - I don't use add-ons and didn't make note.

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught - Ditto the above.

    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) - Didn't catch one before the time expired. Was fishing in Howling Fjord.

    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) - A winner was announced in the 6th minute on Wildhammer EU

    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) - My strategy was to circle Lake Cauldros in Howling Fjord using water-walking potions, but I soon discovered several people who had the same idea. Was forced to travel the tributaries and travel time mounted up quickly despite having (Druid) instant-cast epic flight. Would not recommend the area owing to it being too near a flight point and relatively less hazardous for sub-80s.

  9. Yozora <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    Win: Yes

    Effective Fishing Skill: 450 + 30(pole) + 100(lure) = 580 skill

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 17 Imperial Manta Rays + 1 Crystallized Water + 1 Blacktip Shark = 19 Casts

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8

    Where Shark Caught: Imperial Manta Ray School, Howling Fjord

    Turn-in Time: Don't have the exact time but I think it was around 14.05-14.06

    Anything Unusual: Thing is I had forgotten the whole contest was today, guilde gave us heads up 15 mins before it started so I immidiately flew to Howling Fjord, figured Id go as far away as I could to not compete for schools with other people.

    As soon as I landed in Howling Fjord I flew to the south of the map (I knew schools werent as frequent there and I had to fly quite a bit between them) but I got no competition whatsoever on my server Al'akir who is one of the busiest servers always full, always que in evenings a.s.o.

    When I landed I equipped my fishing pole, attached a +100 1hour lure (didnt bother with any fishing hat or boots) and used a water walking potion. Then as a paladin I used my crusader aura and my 310% flying mount. Also equipped my Kirin Tor ring for teleport, I read about lowering your graphics setting for the teleport to dalaran cause of decreased loading time etc but I didnt bother with that. I only use 2GB ram so usually I get really really lagged out in dalaran on our server since its always busy but as soon as I caught the fish I used teleport on ring and got quite a long loading screen but surprisingly little lag and loading time once I started moving to dala, had to wait maybe 15 secs for npc to load to turn in quest to.

    Had no idea at the time what rewards were so I took 2 secs to check both and quickly chose the boots since I never level alts. Really happy to be the first one on my server to win this, specially considering it's a very busy server with loads of people and I always failed on winning the STV contest :D

  10. Fantasma <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    ■Win: No
    ■Effective Fishing Skill: 588
    ■Faction: Alliance
    ■Successful Casts: 19 Glacial Salmon, Blue Sky Logging Grounds
    ■Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 14
    ■Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone): N/A
    ■Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): 2:08
    ■Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy): N/A

  11. fexge <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    * Win (yes/no) No
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) 450+45
    * Faction (Horde/Alliance) Horde, winner was alliance.
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 10
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 9
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) I was in Grizzly, don't know for winner.
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) Took the winner 8 minutes
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) Nope, given how fast it ended, I guess my strat going forward will be "be lucky."

  12. Shadowics <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Win: No

    Effective Fishing Skill: 450+75(Lure)+30(Pole)+5(Hat)+3(Line) = 563

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 20 (16 Glacial Salmon, 3 Crystallized Water, 1 Blacktip Shark)

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8

    Where Shark Caught: Blue Sky Logging Grounds

    Turn-in Time: Less than 5 minutes after contest start, I had just hearthed back to Dal with mine when the winner turned his in.

  13. Schema <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Win: No
    Effective Fishing Skill: 593
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 18
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 11
    Where Shark Caught: Imperial Manta Ray pool / Howling Fjord
    Turn-in Time: 14:07

    I started off Sorlof's Strand (39,70), and just headed south from there. No competition.

    I caught the Blacktip Shark and was halfway through my Hearthstone when the winner was announced! Argh! :-)

  14. Gummo <The Pacifist>, 3 months ago:

    Win: no
    Effective Fishing Skill: 575 (450 + 100 lure + 25 Nat's pole)
    Faction: Alliance
    Successful Casts: 17
    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 10
    Where Shark Caught: unknown
    Turn-in Time: 2:08
    Anything Unusual: Using fidget's advice, I also fished Winter's Breath Lake (I'm level 57), no hostile mobs. I fished out 5 pools, and a Horde warrior fished 3 others, though by then the pools were drying up with only 1 respawn (I think). I rode over to Fort Wildervar (also a pretty safe route for lowbies) and started fishing a pool when the contest was won. Overall, Winter's Breath Lake is a good starting point for lowbies/twinks trying to win.

    I'll see if I can catch a post-win shark.

    UPDATE: After about 60 casts and 35 or so suckerfish, still no shark, and the world server went down. However, when I was the only one fishing Winter's Breath Lake, the pools respawned fast enough to keep me fishing.

    I also note that using the lowest graphics settings on my computer have the pools fading in and out, so it can take a second to tell if a cast is within a pool, or when a pool has dried up. Hopefully, I'll be able to determine what graphic setting will allow always visible pools with fast Dalaran load times.

    UPDATE 2: At the close of the contest, I had 96 successful casts, with 58 suckerfish, and no shark.

  15. Krystella <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    * Win: YES! :D

    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures): 585. I had the Kalu'ak Pole, a Glow Worm, and my Lucky Fishing Hat.

    * Faction (Horde/Alliance): For the Horde!

    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch): Eighteen casts.

    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch): Twelve

    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone): I was in Grizzly Hills, fishing in the Salmon Pools. I was in the inland lakes in the western portion of the zone, near the Horde flight path.

    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): This I can't say clearly, but probably ten to twelve minutes.

    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy)

    There was a person right behind me who was on his way to turn it in when I did so, by about ten seconds on his clock. This would indicate that ten to twelve minutes is probably going to be a popular time to have the best chance of catching this.

    I also turned down my graphics to poor and turned up my spell effects to load Dalaran faster.

    However, I screenshotted the hell out of it. First on my server to win this contest! Emerald Dream.

  16. Samago <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    ■Win: no
    ■Effective Fishing Skill: 585
    ■Faction: Alliance
    ■Successful Casts: 24
    ■Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 15
    ■Where Shark Caught: unknown
    ■Turn-in Time: 14:07
    ■Anything Unusual: Shark was caught and turned in within 7 mins.

    "Winning this derby takes no more skill than that of winning the lottery."

  17. Antonine <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    Win: Negative
    Effective Fishing Skill: 585
    Faction: Horde
    Successful Casts: 20
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 12
    Where Shark Caught: Never caught one.
    Turn-in Time: 2:06 (6 minutes in)
    Anything Unusual: The contest only lasted 6 minutes, and I had uninterrupted fishing until then. Being a Deathknight, I used my off spec to give me every advantage (set up spec specific bars, increased the size of the important buttons) Had 300%/120% mount speed from talents, with Unholy Aura for run speed and path of frost for water walking. Had a Kirin Tor ring ready and a heartstone set to another fishing area. Used a glowworm 1 minute before to avoid wasting time reapplying lures.
    I was actually really surprised that I never caught a shark. I did my first cast just before the contest started, probably had more than anyone when it ended, and continued to fish until the final announcement was made. I was more or less going non-stop, I might have been able to squeeze out one or two extra pools at most (but it had long since been over)
    From start to finish, I netted...
    16 Glacial Salmon
    116 Fangtooth Herring
    10 Crystallized Water
    9 Reinforced Crates
    92 Pygmy Suckerfish

    I had fun all around, and I'm glad that I now have a shot (however small) at Salty, as I have Church during the contest on Sundays. This Contest pretty much involves showing up, throwing your dice and hoping for the best and heading home. In the future I'll just find a path that will keep me going for the 5-10 minutes that it lasts and leave once it's over.

  18. Snafu <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    ■Win: Yes, and I wish I'd been wearing a diaper at the time.
    ■Effective Fishing Skill: 568 (450 fishing, Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole, +3 Spun Truesilver line, Weather Beaten Fishing Hat w/+75 lure, and Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots +5)
    ■Faction: Alliance, Alexstrasza Realm "For the Alliance!"
    ■Successful Casts: 23
    ■Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 8
    ■Where Shark Caught: Skorn, Howling Fjord (Just south of Winter's Breath Lake)
    ■Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater): I believe it was 2:07 server time.
    ■Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy): The only thing special that I did was to reboot my system before the tournament started. I wanted to do anything that might help me fight the lag In Dalaran, and felt that a clean boot wouldn't hurt. I do use an epic flying mount, and Elixir of Water Walking.

    For anyone who cares, here's the breakdown of my catch:

    At WInter's Breath Lake:
    Fangtooth Herring: 9
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 6
    Reinforced Crate: 1

    I started in WBL, but had some competition. There were only a couple of other fisherman, but they'd tied up the few pools that were there and I don't like crowding the other guys so I moved into the rivers south of the lake which is where I caught the shark.

    At Skorn:
    Fangtooth Herring: 3
    Pygmy Suckerfish: 2
    Reinforced Crate: 1
    Blacktip Shark: 1

    This win was special for me; with this one I got "Salty" which has been my primary WoW goal since day one (besides hitting 80), and have completed every fishing achievement. I'd sure like to see the people who were fortunate enough to win it today credited with a "Server First". Even though luck plays such a factor, it's still pretty neat to have won the first one. BTW...I selected the "Boots of the Bay". And along with everyone else, a big shout out to El...this website has been the greatest source of help to me. Thank you!

  19. Tandric <Angler>, 3 months ago:

    * Win NO
    * Effective Fishing Skill (include bonuses from gear/lures) 485
    * Faction Horde
    * Successful Casts (count up the non-Suckerfish from the start of the contest until the shark catch) I say about 40
    * Pygmy Suckerfish Caught (from the start of the contest until the shark catch) 17
    * Where Shark Caught (pool/water type and zone) no clue
    * Turn-in Time (to Elder Clearwater) 6 MINUTES
    * Anything Unusual (for example, low level win or interesting strategy) The event was over in SIX minutes!!!

  20. Dim <Salty>, 3 months ago:

    Win: No

    Effective Fishing Skill: 583

    Faction: Horde

    Successful Casts: 119

    Pygmy Suckerfish Caught: 94

    Where Shark Caught: No shark for me :/ I fished in the Frozen Sea, Howling Fjord coast, Lake Indu'le.

    Turn-in Time: Around ten minutes.

    Anything Unusual: Nothing special, but compared to the Strangletorn Fishing Contest, this one seems to be purely luck-based.

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