Azeroth Pools
The table below shows Azeroth's pools and the locations they are found in.
| Pool | Main Catch | Locations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefin Snapper School |  | Firefin Snapper | Many coastal waters: Show zones » |
| Floating Wreckage Pool |  | Most zones. See below. | |
| Muddy Churning Water |  | Zulian Mudskunk | Zul'Gurub. See Unusual Pools » |
| Oil Spill | | Firefin Snapper | Stonetalon Mountains (Blackwolf River and Cragpool Lake) » |
| Oily Blackmouth School |  | Oily Blackmouth | Many coastal waters: Show zones » |
| Patch of Elemental Water |  | Azshara (Bay of Storms, Hetaera's Clutch, Scalebeard's Cave). Full details » | |
| School of Deviate Fish | | Deviate Fish | The Barrens (inland oasis only). Full details » |
| School of Greater Sagefish |  | Raw Greater Sagefish | Inland Alterac Mountains (Lordamere Lake) and Stranglethorn Vale. |
| School of Sagefish |  | Raw Sagefish | Some inland waters: Show zones » |
| School of Tastyfish | | Speckled Tastyfish | Coastal Stranglethorn Vale, during the Fishing Extravaganza. Full details » |
| Stonescale Eel Swarm |  | Stonescale Eel | Coastal Azshara, Feralas, Stranglethorn Vale (south of Grom'Gol), and Tanaris. Full details » |
Pools appear at a fixed set of possible "nodes" within each zone. Not all these points will have a pool at any one time, as discussed in the Spawning section. In most zones, each possible spawning location may contain any of the pool types that appear in the area. For example, a node on the coast of Hillsbrad Foothills may contain a Firefin Snapper School, Oily Blackmouth School, or Floating Wreckage Pool. Coastal and inland pools are completely separate. So inland pools in Hillsbrad Foothills will only ever contain School of Sagefish or Floating Wreckage Pools.
Floating Wreckage Pools may appear instead of any other pool in Azeroth, except for Muddy Churning Water, Patch of Elemental Water, School of Tastyfish and School of Red Snapper. The type of trunk caught depends on the area the pool is found in.
Pools called "School of Red Snapper" can be found in Ammen Ford, Azuremyst Isle. These pools cannot be fished conventionally: See the Unusual Pools section.
Outland Pools
Outland has a completely different set of pools. They are fished in the same way:
The The Burning Crusade topic contains further information about Outland's pools.
Learn More
- Fish Finder - Concise list of all pools, with zone and skill required to fish.
- Pool Contents - This topic describes the contents of pools and trunks found in Azeroth.
- Catching Furious Crawdad and Mr. Pinchy - How to fish Highland Mixed Schools for Furious Crawdad, and Mr. Pinchy, who may grant you a rare Magical Crawdad pet (The Burning Crusade only).
- Catching Stonescale Eels - This topic considers whether these fish are best caught from pools or open water.
- Catching Deviate Fish - How to catch Deviate Fish, including catches from Schools of Deviate Fish.
- A Guide to Special Fishing Spawns - Archive of Pleather's list of pool/debris types and locations.
- Also in the Pools and Wreckage chapter: Pool Fishing, Spawning, Unusual Pools, Strategies.
