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What's the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza?

The Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza (or Booty Bay fishing competition or tournament) is a race to see who can catch 40 fish the quickest. But not just any fish. The contest takes place once a week. There can only be one winner ((per realm)) each week. In summary:

What To Do

This is how you complete the contest:

Those are just the basics. Keep on reading for more details on preparation and strategy.

But I Didn't Win!

Jang.

There can only be one winner each week. Sadly, most anglers will never win. Still, there is always next Sunday...

Once the winner is announced, batches of 5 Speckled Tastyfish can be sold to Jang (pictured right - stood next to Riggle Bassbait in Booty Bay). The price scales with your level, to 1g 90s at level 80.

School of Tastyfish sometimes contain "rare" fish that are only found during the contest. There is no competition for these fish - anyone can try and catch as many as they wish:

School of Tastyfish remain around the coast of Northern Stranglethorn and The Cape of Stranglethorn until 16:00, long after the winner has been announced. These rare fish are the main reason to continue fishing School of Tastyfish.

Speckled Tastyfish go bad after 4 hours, so must be exchanged on the day. Rare fish last forever. Note that Riggle Bassbait and his companions can only be found in Booty Bay during the contest, and for 1 hour before and after the event.

The next 3 sections cover the Stranglethorn tournament in more detail:

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  1. Robodin, November 2010:

    Hey all

    This will only really help the US players, but it's better than nothing I guess.

    It appears that Blizzard have forgot to add the zonewide shout, announcing the beginning and the winner of the Fishing Extravaganza, to Northern Stranglethorn Vale.

    I guess it's a bug on Blizzards end, so if you're doing the Fishing Extravaganza today, make sure you stick to the Cape of Stranglethorn.

  2. el, November 2010:

    School of Tastyfish can be fished in Northern Stranglethorn, so it's a viable place to start, since you should still be able to spot the schools when the contest starts. Obviously you won't hear the winner announcement, so can end up wasting a lot of time towards the end.

    I'll also add the other 2 known bugs here:

    • School of Tastyfish may spawn on top of a regular pool. Fishing these double pools gives a mix of Tastyfish and whatever is in the other pool type.
    • A few pool spawning locations on northern-most part of The Cape of Stranglethorn (just south of Grom Gol) are found on land.

  3. Narinae, December 2010:

    For what it's worth, I *just* won the STV contest by fishing in North Stranglevale, and only saw one other fisherperson the whole time, and that right at the end. So don't discount it just because of the bugs. They may be driving enough competition away to be worth it. I fished out all my pools regardless of catches, had seven catches other than tastyfish and still made it.

  1. Marlburo, December 2010:

    Here's a good one for you.....I'm doing pretty good hearth at 2:17 because I hadn't heard an announcement. Only saw 2 blue question marks! I was like aw man, I guess I didn't hear the shout and flew away. Four minutes later i hear the shout......the apprentice doesn't have a question mark over her head anymore before the tournament ends (did she ever? coulda SWORN the far right was master angler too). Even the pros make a mistake folks hahahaha!

  2. Eroiqua, February 2011:

    To echo Narinae, Northern Stranglethorn may be a better option with the bug. I just won the Extravaganza by fishing in Northern Stranglethorn. I probably started about 20-30 seconds late because I had been waiting for the yell, but I noticed the pools had changed rather quickly. I only saw two others where I was fishing (Westfall border to the water elemental island) and one of them wound up second place (he was about two seconds behind me as I ran to complete the event). I think most people *are* fighting over the pools in the Cape of Stranglethorn and that is hurting them.

  3. Barbro, February 2011:

    This has been fixed: The shout can be heard in northern STV as of patch 4.0.6.

    I just won the contest for the first time after fishing exclusively in the north (have attended irregularly perhaps 30 times; this was my first time in Cataclysm) .
    Not much competition (~7 L85 alliance characters in the zone, and I'm guessing equal amount horde), perhaps due to the shout bug.
    I was also lucky to not be disturbed (PvP server).

    Picked the pole (being a druid made that choice easy).

    PS I obviously don't know if the "winner shout" can be heard in STV N as well, but I'd assume they fixed both TS

    PPS Ok, this is too weird not to mention: The same Sunday I also caught Mr. Pinchy; got the Magical Crawdad on my 1st wish - and caught the Dark Herring for The One That Didn't Get Away in ~250 casts. All in one day! TS

  4. Snafu, February 2011:

    I was fishing on Yojamba Isle at 4:00 server time when the tastyfish schools return to normal and didn't hear the usual announcement, i.e. "They're gone, we'll be here for another hour for turn ins", etc. Congratulations, by the way.

  5. samboda, February 2011:

    Barbro wrote:

    This has been fixed: The shout can be heard in northern STV as of patch 4.0.6.
    I just won the contest for the first time after fishing exclusively in the north (have attended irregularly perhaps 30 times; this was my first time in Cataclysm) .
    Not much competition (~7 L85 alliance characters in the zone, and I'm guessing equal amount horde), perhaps due to the shout bug.
    I was also lucky to not be disturbed (PvP server).
    Picked the pole (being a druid made that choice easy).
    PS I obviously don't know if the "winner shout" can be heard in STV N as well, but I'd assume they fixed both TS
    PPS Ok, this is too weird not to mention: The same Sunday I also caught Mr. Pinchy; got the Magical Crawdad on my 1st wish - and caught the Dark Herring for The One That Didn't Get Away in ~250 casts. All in one day! TS

    I tried my luck this week in the Northern Stranglethorn i confirm that the starting shout is fixed, but the winner shout isn't ; since i fished 40 tastyfish and hearthed only to find out someone had already won :(
    I also lost the kalu'ak fishing contest because i forgot to use the mount/ghost wolf outside the inn, this as alliance. It was so close that i got the complete quest screen with the reward selected but couldn't click on complete button.

  6. samboda, February 2011:

    Won the contest this week, fishing only near Yojamba Isle mostly because i didn't find any competition; which makes my first contest win on a PVP server and as an Alliance.

  7. Hallcyon, February 2011:

    Today on Borean Tundra I attempted my first try at the STV fishing tournament, and as unlikely as this may sound I won it. My strategy was start at the north end of STV at the start and slowly work my way south, also set my hearthstone to the tavern there in BB prior to the start once i got 40 of those tastyfish hit the stone and BAM was right there to get my achievement and acranite fishin pole, to everyone else good luck and keep it slaty.

    -Old Man Hal

  8. Phrin, April 2011:

    starting shout is heard in northern stranglethorn. Finishing shout is not. still bugged.

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