Skill Fishing

Fishing allows people to pull fresh fish (among other things) from bodies of water. It requires a fishing rod (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.

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 (varying sizes), Gigantic Fetid Bass (no drop), 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 (used for Cod Oil), Dragon Bay Snapper
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)
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	Green Gill Salmon (can be baked into a fillet or converted into fish eggs and fish scales)
Warsliks Woods	Evergreen Salmon
Western Wastes	Red Roughies

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