Skill Fishing

Fishing allows people to pull fresh fish (among other things) from bodies of water. It requires a fishing pole (for example, a Fishing Pole) and bait (for example, Fishing Bait or Fishing Grubs).

The smallest fish-able body of water in the game is the small puddle in the tunnels leading from the West Freeport newbie area to North Freeport. Any body of water larger than that can also be fished in. This includes bodies of water inside dungeons.

Classes

• All (Max: 200)

Fishing is level capped (5*level)+5, so if you are level 20, you can only build your fishing skill to 105.

Note: Gear that increases fishing skill can take you above the 200 cap. See Skill Mod: Fishing for a list of items that modify your fishing skill.

Fishing Rods

• Fishing Pole

  Fishing Pole

  

  Slot: PRIMARY
  WT: 1.0 Size: TINY
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
• Collapsible Fishing Pole

  Collapsible Fishing Pole

  

  QUEST ITEM
  Slot: PRIMARY
  Skill Mod: Fishing +5%
  WT: 0.3 Size: TINY
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
• Aglthin's Fishing Pole

  Aglthin's Fishing Pole

  

  LORE ITEM NO DROP
  Slot: PRIMARY
  Skill Mod: Fishing +2% (4 Max)
  WT: 1.0 Size: TINY
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
• Ancient Fishing Pole

  Ancient Fishing Pole

  

  MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NODROP
  Slot: PRIMARY
  Skill Mod: Fishing +3% (6 Max)
  HP: +75
  Effect: Enduring Breath (Worn)
  WT: 1.5 Size: TINY
  Class: ALL
  Race: ALL
  
• Uliorn's Fishing Pole

  Uliorn's Fishing Pole

  

  MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
  Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
  Skill Mod: Fishing +2% (4 Max)
  DEX: +3 STA: +2 INT: +3
  WT: 1.3 Size: MEDIUM
  Class: MAG
  Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM
  

Note:

Tuuak's Fishing Pole

Tuuak's Fishing Pole

LORE ITEM
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 30
DMG: 5
WT: 5.0 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

cannot actually be used for fishing, only fighting.

Recipes

For most fish-related recipes, see Baking.

To make Fish Eggs, combine either a Thunder Salmon or Green Gill Salmon and a Skinning Knife in a Tackle Box. It will produce 2 Fish Eggs and 2 Fish Scales.

Combine a gunthak mackerel and a skinning knife in a tackle box to make 5 fishing baits.

You can make various lures (Note for those wondering: fishing skill mods are NOT classic). The hooks for these can only be purchased in OOT on Zachariah Reigh island. These are all made in a tacklebox (purchasable from the same place as the hooks). Silk thread is made in a sewing kit (see Tailoring). Use the lures in place of bait.

Lure	Ingredients	Trivial
busy bee dry fly	bixie wing, silk thread, dry hook	<29
night swooper dry fly	bat fur, silk thread, dry hook	<29
purple trickster dry fly	pixie wing, silk thread, dry hook	<29
screeching dry fly	giant bat fur, silk thread, dry hook	<29
shimmering gossamer dry fly	faerie wing, silk thread, dry hook	<29
squeaking nibbler dry fly	rat fur, silk thread, dry hook	<29
yappin doggie dry fly	gnoll fur, silk thread, dry hook	<29
yellowjacket dry fly	wasp wing, silk thread, dry hook	<29
busy bee treble fly	bixie wing, silk thread, treble hook	<29
night swooper treble fly	bat fur, silk thread, treble hook	<29
purple trickster treble fly	pixie wing, silk thread, treble hook	<29
screeching treble fly	giant bat fur, silk thread, treble hook	<29
shimmering gossamer treble fly	faerie wing, silk thread, treble hook	<29
squeaking nibbler treble fly	rat fur, silk thread, treble hook	<29
yappin doggie treble fly	gnoll fur, silk thread, treble hook	<29
yellowjacket treble fly	wasp wing, silk thread, treble hook	<29
busy bee circular fly	bixie wing, silk thread, circular hook	>29
night swooper circular fly	bat fur, silk thread, circular hook	>29
purple trickster circular fly	pixie wing, silk thread, circular hook	>29
screeching circular fly	giant bat fur, silk thread, circular hook	>29
shimmering gossamer circular fly	faerie wing, silk thread, circular hook	>29
squeaking nibbler circular fly	rat fur, silk thread, circular hook	>29
yappin doggie circular fly	gnoll fur, silk thread, circular hook	>29
yellowjacket circular fly	wasp wing, silk thread, circular hook	>29

Zone-Specific Fishing

When fishing in various zones, you will find a wide variety of items being reeled in on your line. (Several zones still have fresh fish as their main fishing items, so bakers need not despair that they'll run out of normal fish for baking anytime soon.)

Also note that there are several fish that you have to kill to get. They are not fished - you have to jump in the water and give them a chance to bite you back if you want them. These include: Rivervale Trout (Rivervale), Pirahnas (N. Freeport Hall of Truth?), Cabilis Barracuda (Cabilis), and the infamous koalindl (N. Qeynos). Unsurprisingly, since the koalindl is a sacred fish, certain residents of Qeynos take offense if you kill it, so beware of faction hits, and guards that will try to kill you if you attack one of these little fish.

Zone	Reeled In
Ak'Anon	Clockwork Koi
Blackburrow	Hound Pike (can be baked into a fillet)
Butcherblock Mountains	Stonefish , Saltwater Seaweed
Cabilis	Fetid Bass , Gigantic Fetid Bass , Large Fetid Bass , Sewer Catfish
Chardok	Chokai Bass (from a pool at the base of the waterfall on the way to the royals area)
City of Mist	Ikfish , Fogwater Trout (can be baked into a fillet)
Cobalt Scar	Cobalt Cod (80+ skill to fish, used for Cod Oil), Dragon Bay Snapper (90+ skill to fish)
Crystal Caverns	Crystalline Cave Fish
Crushbone	Boar Carp (can be baked into a fillet)
Dagnor's Cauldron	Cauldron Trout (can be baked into a fillet)
Eastern Wastes	Rygorrian Toothfish
Erud's Crossing	Barren Flounder , Timorous Tuna
Feerrott	Thulian Mudskipper
Felwithe	Koada Cichlid
Firiona Vie	Fetid Bass , Large Fetid Bass , Gigantic Fetid Bass , Sewer Catfish
Highpass Hold	Highland Pike (can be baked into a fillet)
The Hole	Hatch Dace
Iceclad Ocean	Salty Whitefish , Iceclad Cutlassfish
Innothule Swamp	Thulian Mudskipper , Rujarkian Chub (can be baked into a fillet)
Karnor's Castle	Wulf Fish
Kael Drakkel	Frosty Cave Trout
Kedge Keep	Kedge Carp (apparently there are spots in the zone that you can fish from if you are levitating <boggle>)
Kerra Island	Kerra Catfish
Lake of Ill Omen	Bloodfin Trout (can be baked into a fillet)
Lake Rathetear	Rathe Muskie
Mines of Nurga	Cave Guppy , Sponge Mushroom
North Karana, South Karana, West Karana, East Karana	Thunder Salmon (can be baked into a fillet or converted into fish eggs and fish scales)
Ocean of Tears	Saltwater Seaweed (no drop, used for Sea Temper), Gunthak Mackerel (can be turned into bait)
The Overthere	Danak Grouper
Old Sebilis	Kunzar Koi
Siren's Grotto	Grotto Bluegill
Sleepers Tomb	Weary Wrass
Surefall Glade	Pine Cichlid
Swamp of No Hope	Krup Guppy , Despair Chub (can be baked into a fillet)
Timorous Deep	Timorous Tuna , Saltwater Seaweed (no drop, used for Sea Temper)
Tower of Frozen Shadow	Grotto Bluegill
Toxxulia Forest	Greengill Salmon (can be baked into a fillet or converted into fish eggs and fish scales)
Warsliks Woods	Evergreen Salmon
Western Wastes	Red Roughy

Skills