Fishing Guide 1-375 | Wow Cavern

Fishing

You need to go buy a fishing pole. After using your initial Fishing Pole, you will find better ones out there in the world. Check the Auction House for poles, there will be many there.

[Blump Family Fishing Pole] +3 - Alliance only quest. Talk to Gubber Blump in Auberdine (Darkshore).
[Strong Fishing Pole] +5
[Darkwood Fishing Pole] +15
[Big Iron Fishing Pole] +20
[Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000] +25 - Horde only quest. Talk to Katoom the Angler at Revantusk Village in the Hinterlands.
[Arcanite Fishing Pole] +35 - Reward for winning the Stranglethorn Fishing Contest.

Bait

First off find a merchant that will sell bait. You will then be able to use this bait to raise your fishing skill so that you will have an easier time catching fish. It wears off after awhile, so you will have to continue to reapply it. You will be able to buy better bait for higher bonuses when fishing. You will need Aquadynamic Fish Attractors for the highest level fishing areas. These can be created by Engineers.

[Shiny Bauble] +25 for 10 minutes
[Nightcrawlers] +50 for 10 minutes
[Bright Baubles] +75 for 10 minutes
[Aquadynamic Fish Attractor] +100 for 5 minutes

From level 1 to 75 you will get a skillpoint on almost every successful catch, this will decrease as your skill gets higher and from 300 to 375 you will need to do more than 10 successful catches for each skill point gained. The following equation gives a rough estimate:

(Current Fishing Skill - 75) / 25 = Rough number of successful catches for a skill-up.

I will list the fish you want to catch and after the recipe you want to buy to cook the fish. Leveling up Cooking with this way will be quite easy all the way up to 375.

Cooking Apprentice
Fishing Apprentice

1 - 75
110 x [Raw Slitherskin Mackerel] - [Slitherskin Mackerel]
or
110 x [Raw Brilliant Smallfish] - [Brilliant Smallfish]

Cooking Journeyman - Requires Cooking (50)
Fishing Journeyman- Requires Fishing (50)

75 - 110
50 x [Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper] - [Longjaw Mud Snapper]

110 - 175
120 x [Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish] - [Bristle Whisker Catfish]
When you reach 150 you will need to buy [Expert Cookbook] and [Expert Fishing - The Bass and You].

175 - 225
60 x [Raw Mithril Head Trout] - [Mithril Head Trout]
When you reach 225, you have to complete two quests in order to continue this fishing and cooking guide. The quest giver for the cooking quest is located here.
12 x [Giant Eggs]
10 x [Zesty Clam Meat] - found in [Big-mouth Clams]
20 x [Alterac Swiss]
The quest giver for the fishing quest is located in Dustwallow Marsh, his name is Nat Pagle. Find him, and accept the quest Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme.
Nat Pagle wants you to catch the following fish:
[Feralas Ahi]
[Misty Reed Mahi Mahi]
[Sar'theris Striker]
[Savage Coast Blue Sailfin]