Fishing equipment
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Fishing equipment
The only equipment required for fishing is a fishing pole. Unlike the other professions, you can boost your fishing skill considerably with equipment and lures.
Fishing lures
As you can see from the chart, the fishing lures give a much larger boost to fishing skill than any other gear. They are also low cost and readily available. They are an extremely cost effective way of boosting your fishing skill when you need to.
Fishing gloves
The [Enchant Gloves - Fishing] enchantment creates a permanent profession skill bonus on a glove apparel item, which is then worn to apply the fishing skill bonus. Casting the [Enchant Gloves - Fishing] enchantment on a very low level non-binding white or gray quality cloth glove enables the glove to be worn by any character. This will also prevent anyone from accidentally disenchanting the glove. (The materials for the enchantment cannot ever be recovered in any case.)
Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza gear
Any player can win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza and claim the [Arcanite Fishing Pole] as a reward, which grants +35 fishing.
- You can win the contest with as little as 225 skill (or less and some lures), but you cannot equip the Arcanite Fishing Pole until you have 300 base fishing skill.
- A low level character fishing in Stranglethorn Vale's coastal waters will require assistance.
- The competition for the [Arcanite Fishing Pole] is intense, and there are only 52 contest winners a year per server.
- Note, too, that there are two very good prizes for winning the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza and you only get to choose one each time you win. There's not much point to winning more than twice per character, but the first time you win, you might want the [other prize].
The other fishing items from Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza are not competitive prizes. They are awarded in exchange for turning in rare fish that can be caught during the full two hours of competition, even after a winner of the competition has has been declared, and there is no limit to the number that can be awarded (but the drop rate is very low). You can turn these rare fish in to the exchange NPC, Fishbot 5000, up to an hour after the competition ends (three hours after it started).
Fishing gear combinations
Since the release of 2.4, the addition of [Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager] in the Daily Fishing Quest rewards have increased the highest achievable skill to 537 (375 skill, +100 lure, +40 pole & line, +12 clothes, +10 lager). The Daily Fishing Quests require a level 70 character, but some of the rewards of the Daily Fishing Quests can be sold or transferred. The lager recipe binds on pickup, but the brewed lager can be traded.
A more realistic goal, acknowledging that it may be a while before you win the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza, is a fishing skill of 512 (375 skill, +100 lure, +20 pole, +5 line, +12 clothes) achievable by anyone with persistence, 517 for Horde; 522 with +10 lager (at level 70 or by luck or purchase), 527 for Horde.
A level 70 character can get to a fishing skill of 515 (375 skill, +100 lure, +20 pole, +3 line, +7 clothes, +10 lager) 520 for Horde without even doing the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza.
The most difficult fishing zone currently only requires a fishing skill of 500 for no catches getting away and requires a flying mount or druid flight form to reach. The next lower fishing zone requires only 490, which can be achieved with 375 skill, +100 lure, and a +20 pole (495).
Blizzard has changed the fishing skill requirements from time to time for various areas, so having gear for future changes and releases could be handy. You can bet it will be helpful for fishing on Northrend when Wrath of the Lich King is released.
External links
El's Extreme Anglin' Fishing Equipment. (source for Darkwood Fishing Pole information)