Well after being very lucky getting Magical Crawdad on my first pinchy (571 Furious crawdads I counted) and Old Crafty in under 50 casts.
I thought how about getting Ironjaw.
I finally got fishing buddy, and now on my 1050 cast.
No luck yet =P
How long did it take others?
1500 casts and he is mine ^^
I am horde and it took me 534 Catches(Fish/Items) to wrangle up Old Ironjaw.
333 - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
107 - Raw Bristle Water Catfish
89 - Raw Brilliant Smallfish
2 - 17 Pound Catfish
1 - Bloated Mud Snapper
1 - Spellbinder Cloak
1 - Lesser Mana Potion
500+ cast before I finally got him, now to sneak into org and get Crafty
Well Im NOT lucky .
Well above 1500+ casts now , have 3 green items , 4x17 Pound Catfish , 2x19Pound Catfish
And more than 4x healing pots and manapots but STILL no Ironjaw
Sneaked into Ironforge, died a couple of times getting to Forlorn cavern but no kills inside the cave , some nice allys have waved and fished with me and much of the fishing have been while they have raced their Brewfest ram's through the cave :-)
I will not surrender , the elusive one will be mine!!
I have never been to Ironforge, since I'm horde, and I was wondering if someone could perhaps give me a few pointers on good locations to try to catch Mr Ironjaw in.
Any tips/pointers appreciated!
Foffa wrote:
I have never been to Ironforge, since I'm horde, and I was wondering if someone could perhaps give me a few pointers on good locations to try to catch Mr Ironjaw in.
Any tips/pointers appreciated!
First of all , nice hints here read the "Tips for Horde by Kabby" : http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34484
You need to get to Ironforge , I read some hints taking the tram to ironforge was the best thing = NOT - I was killed a lot , don't go that way.
I stormed through the main gate , jumped down to the lava and died 3 times while going to Forlorn cavern (thats the place with 3 dots on the map from wowhead).
Make a macro that makes you "/sleep" that way you can look dead to some guys even while fishing.
Good luck.
I got Old Ironjaw after ctaching 163 fish and other various junk. Other valuable items were:
85 - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
44 - Raw Bristle Water Catfish
33- Raw Brilliant Smallfish
1 - 17 Pound Catfish
1 - Lesser Mana Potion
I am a gnome so no fighting to get these, Old Crafty is next. I'll report on the number of ganks.
Foffa wrote:
I have never been to Ironforge, since I'm horde, and I was wondering if someone could perhaps give me a few pointers on good locations to try to catch Mr Ironjaw in.
Any tips/pointers appreciated!
As a rogue, it's rather easy to sneak into Ironforge so can't really give you any other advice than bring greater invisibility potions :)
Realize, however, that as soon as you enter IF, you'll be flagged for PvP. Even if you're playing on a PvE server, meaning that guards will attack you and Allies can attack you if they so wish.
Regarding places to fish the only two I know of are:
The pool in the Mystic Ward
The Forlorn Caverns.
You probably don't want to fish the Mystic Ward as that is a highly trafficed area, where as the most people that come through The Forlorn Caverns are people doing their Ram Racing. Now in the Forlorn Caverns, the water is not very deep until a fair bit out, so what I did was to hug the right wall, go out until just before I started swimming and do /sleep resulting in you being underwater without actually getting the breath bar. It'll look something like this when you fish:
http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iffishexamplebs9.jpg
Of course your name will be glaring red and sticking out like a sore thumb, but most don't see it, don't care or believe you're a corpse.
What to do when you *do* get spotted then? I took the Ghandi approach. Seeing as I was very lucky getting Old Crafty in Orgrimmar, I figured that I'd prolly spend a lot of time in IF fishing for the ally equivalent. Therefore I'd rather not bring down the whole wrath of IF by killing peeps to the left and right. I was there for approx 1000 throws and got ganked a total of 8 times, where 3 of them was by pesky, badly geared combat rogue at the very end at 2 am in the morning. The rest of the allies just killled me once and moved on. Fair game. I didn't fight back as I didn't want it to turn into a fun thing to do for them.
There was however a lvl 13 dwarf hunter who kept attacking me, and I killed his pet numerous times. And the lvl 16 lock who pretty much pooed her pants when she smacked me with her mace and realized she PvP enabled :) Fun stuff.
Anyway, hope this comment helps you Foffa and good anglin' to ya :)
Three days ago I happened upon this website, and it really got me pumped on fishing. I went 1-375 in 2 days, in search of rare goodies and whatnot. Me being horde, I figured the first thing I would do once I got the 375 grind out of the way was go to Ironforge and land Old Ironjaw.
I sneaked in and made a dash for the Forlorn Cavern. With a full pot of coffee I was ready for hours of fishing fun. Much to my surprise...it only took me FOUR casts to capture my prize. One Raw Brilliant Smallfish. Two Raw Longjaw Mudsnapper. The next thing I yank out of the water is Old Ironjaw!
I'm still "sleeping" in the water of Ironforge in shock. I can't think of a better way to start my fishing career. This site is a healthy nugget of information and the forums are great. Thanks to everyone for their contributions, I hope to be a regular here =)
Finally I got him!!
Around 1700 casts , 5 green items , 4x17 Pound Catfish , 2x19Pound Catfish , several healing and manapots before the elusive one showed up!
Happy dance!
Next stop , Old crafty! - stupid me have already got the guy once but i trashed him before I knew the value and found this site.
I've just parked myself in the Cavern ready for a battle of wits against Old Ironjaw.
Being Horde I'm tucked away at the back of the cave wearing just a Lucky Fishing had and a pair of boots ;)
If like me, you've never been into Ironforge - here's what to do.
1] Strip off (no sense if paying repair bills if you can't stealth)
2] Head to Hammerfall and go via Wetlands to the Gates of Ironforge
3] Mount up and head into the city (try not to run over the guards cause they might daze you - then you'll be toast)
4] Once inside the main gate - follow the path to the left and then head Clockwise round the city.
5] Try not to get stuck in the middle of the pond in Mystic Ward like I did - go round it
6] When you're in the Forlorn Cavern the pool will be on your Right - hug the wall to the back.
7] Catch Ironjaw!
When you're being chased by the guards, just keep heading towards the Cavern, even if you're knocked off your mount. If you die, just rez as far away from your body as you can so you gain those few extra feet towards your goal.
Hope that helps.
Well, I just shy of 2500 casts now - Still no sign of Ironjaw.
I'm at that point where I've come too far to quit - but it's really frustrating.
Bejeweled has saved some sanity and having a group of about 8 Ally fishing with me was fun.
I JUST WANT THE DAMN FISH!!!!!!
Just another tip for those hordies out there looking to get to Ironforge. Easiest way would be just to teleport to Gnomeregan from Booty Bay. Once outside, just head north-east towards the center and you should hit the Gates of Ironforge ^^
Just started chasing this guy, so went to IF and to my big surprise it took a little over 2hrs before i got ganked the first time.
Here's what i've got thus far:
288 Longjaw Mud Snapper
92 Bristle Whisker Catfish
67 Brilliant Smallfish
2 17 Pound Catfish
2 Lesser Healing
2 Lesser Mana
1 Bloated Mud Snapper
*** EDIT ***
Over 1000 catches now, and still no sight of Old Ironjaw.
Although i got
1 22 pound catfish
1 Bloated Mud Snapper
1 Pioneer Boots
so far...
OH YEEEEEEAH!
Old Ironjaw dropped for me this afternoon. Just putting in a quick half hours fish during my lunch break.
I don't have the final count - but I'm guessing just over 2500.
Now for Mr Pinchy.......
Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper : 1546
Raw Brilliant Smallfish : 435
Raw bristle Whisker Catfish : 551
17 Pound Catfish : 8
19 Pound Catfish : 3
22 Pound Catfish : 2
The 1 Ring : 1
Lesser Mana potion : 6
Lesser Healing Potion : 4
Green item : 1
Old Ironjaw : 1
Total : 2555
i bet im close to 500 or 600 catches so far....Is there a way to reset Fishing buddy stats?
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