Fishing pool
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Fishing pools, or Schools of Fish, are a location objects found in bodies of water in WoW that have a significance to the fishing profession. Typically, a higher portion of more desirable items can be fished within a Fishing pool. Fishing pool is a more general term; School of Fish is a Fishing pool that contains (primarily) fish. School of Fish can also mean a kind of critter object in WoW that is not directly fishable (but appears only in fishable waters), and so Fishing pool is more specific as regards the fishing profession; School of Fish critter objects are not Fishing pools. Fishing pools can be found in both Azeroth and Outland, so presumably will also be found in new areas in future releases.
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Fishing
Fishing pools are shallow cylindrical regions within fishable water. They designate small regions within fishable water that give better kinds of catches than the surrounding water. Some fish can only be obtained from Fishing pools.
In order to fish a Fishing pool, your bobber must be within the circular area on the surface of the water that defines the boundaries of the Fishing pool. Only the top surface has significance for fishing.
To do this, face the pool, pole in hand. Cast, then if you want to only fish the pool, recast each time you miss. An AddOn such as Fishing Buddy can make this easier to do.
If your bobber lands close to the boundary of the pool, it may be unclear if it is within the pool or not. You can often tell from what you catch, but if you are in a hurry you may not want to wait.
Some of the uncertainty is from the 3-D nature of the pool. Depending on the type of pool, it may be partly outlined by fish critters swimming within the pool boundaries. These will be under the surface of the pool and from your point of view will appear to be offset toward you on the surface. Also, some of the defining graphics fade in and out, simulating the effects of light on water.
Another visual challenge is that the barrels and crates in a Floating Wreckage pool can somewhat obscure your bobber. Also they are slightly bobbing, and can make your bobber seem to be bobbing prematurely relative to themselves.
The fishing skill level required to fish a Fishing pool is the same as the surrounding water. If the pool spawns on a boundary between fishing zones (there are some that do), the skill level required may be different within the fishing pool depending on where your bobber lands.
Fishing pools are not permanent, but appear and remain until fished out (like mineral nodes are mined out) then respawn at a different location. The respawn rules vary, some types have a delay, some do not.
- Schools are important objects for selective farming of Alchemy or Cooking ingredients.
- Some schools must be fished as part of a quest.
- A [Weather-Beaten Journal] teaches the Find Fish ability for Tracking fishing pools.
- It can only be looted from fished containers. Floating Wreckage pools yield a high portion of containers, and so are a good source for this item.
Types
Schools of Azerothian fish species
- School of [Oily Blackmouth], the ingredient for [Blackmouth Oil] (various zones, coastal)
- School of [Firefin Snapper], the ingredient for [Fire Oil] (various zones, coastal)
- Oil Spill is a school of [Firefin Snapper], the ingredient for [Fire Oil] (various zones, inland)
- Stonescale Eel Swarm is a school of [Stonescale Eel], the ingredient for [Stonescale Oil] (various zones, coastal)
- School of [Sagefish], the ingredient for [Smoked Sagefish] (various zones, inland)
- School of [Greater Sagefish], the ingredient for [Sagefish Delight] (Inland Alterac Mountains (Lordamere Lake) and inland Stranglethorn Vale)
- School of [Deviate Fish], the ingredient for [Savory Deviate Delight] and [Elixir of Giant Growth] (Barrens oasis and The Wailing Caverns)
- Muddy Churning Water is a school of [Zulian Mudskunk], which are use to summon Gahz'ranka (Zul'Gurub)
- School of [Tastyfish] (Coastal Stranglethorn Vale, but only during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza)
Schools of Outland fish species
- [Sporefish] School (Zangarmarsh)
- [Bluefish] School (Nagrand)
- [Mudfish] School (Nagrand)
- Brackish Mixed School (Terokkar Forest, source of [Golden Darter] and [Spotted Feltail])
- School of [Darter] (Terokkar Forest)
- Highland Mixed School (Terokkar Forest (lakes Blackwind, Ere'Noru, Jorune), source of [Golden Darter] and [Furious Crawdad])
Floating debris
- Floating Wreckage (Stranglethorn Vale and other)
- Steam Pump Flotsam (Zangarmarsh)
Elemental water pools
- Patch of Elemental Water (Azshara, contains [Essence of Water], [Elemental Water], and [Globe of Water]
- Pure Water (Nagrand ground level, six spawns in western Elemental Plateau, contains [Mote of Water])
Special
- School of Red Snapper (see
[6] Red Snapper - Very Tasty!)
- Strange Pool in Serpentshrine Cavern within Coilfang Reservoir in Zangarmarsh must be fished to summon the boss, The Lurker Below.
- 'School of Fish' which is a pool of Peacebloom exists in the game in a lake in the mountains north of the Human starting area Northshire Valley. You can see it as you fly over it on the flight between Stormwind and Ironforge. You cannot reach it by normal means, but it has been fished. It is probably a code test area or a bug, and fishing it might be considered to be an exploit, although the peacebloom is not of noteworthy value.
Notes
- There are no Schools of Fish in Hellfire Peninsula. [Felblood Snapper] can be caught from Pools of Aggonar. These are bodies of water, not Fishing pools in the sense of this article.
- There are no Schools of Fish in Isle of Quel'Danas (Patch 2.4).
Fishing pools have a graphical representation that is more than just the surface definition significant to fishing. You can see several individual crate and barrel objects floating in a Floating Wreckage pool. You can swim though a School of Fish and see individual fishes swimming around at different depths within the pool.
External links
El's Extreme Anglin' Pools and Wreckage
