This page summarises other quests related to fishing. Separate walkthroughs cover the Outland Daily and Artisan fishing quests. Quests are in level order.
Rather Be Fishin'
- Requires: Level 62.
- Starts/Ends: Seth, northern side of the Lower City, Shattrath City.
- Reward: Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole (+20 fishing skill, requires 200 fishing skill to use).
Requires 8 Pristine Shimmerscale Eels. These cannot be caught by fishing. Instead they must be recovered from the corpses of Shimmerscale Eels in Silmyr Lake.
Nat's Measuring Tape/Gahz'ranka
- Requires: Level 60. Effective fishing skill of 330+ (425 to stop get aways). Zul'Gurub requires a 20-man raid at level 60, or a small group at level 70.
- Starts: Battered Tackle Box, Pagle's Point, Zul'Gurub.
- Reward: Ability to buy Mudskunk Lures from Nat Pagle, and so summon Gahz'ranka. Gahz'ranka's corpse may contain a valuable Tome of Polymorph: Turtle.
Gahz'ranka is a boss found in Zul'Gurub. Summoning Gahz'ranka requires an angler in the group to complete the quest, Nat's Measuring Tape: Examine the Battered Tackle Box at Pagle's Point in Zul'Gurub. Take the Nat's Measuring Tape to Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh.
You will now be able to buy Mudskunk Lure from Nat Pagle. Use one lure per summoning. Each lure requires 5 Zulian Mudskunk, which are caught from pools in Zul'Gurub called "Muddy Churning Water". Use the loaded Mudskunk Lure at Pagle's Point in Zul'Gurub.
Strange Engine Part
- Requires: Level 55. Repeatable. Zangarmarsh requires at least 305 fishing skill, 450 to stop fish getting away in Marshlight Lake, Sporewind Lake, and Serpent Lake. Alliance only.
- Starts: Strange Engine Part, caught rarely from Steam Pump Flotsam pools in Zangarmarsh.
- Ends: K. Lee Smallfry in Telredor, Zangarmarsh.
- Reward: 2g 20s (or 9g 79s at level 70).
Simply deliver the part to K. Lee Smallfry. The item can be gained by Horde, by only Alliance can complete the quest.
Craftsman's Writs (Argent Dawn)
- Requires: Level 55. Repeatable.
- Starts: Specific Craftsman's Writ (see below).
- Ends: Packmaster Stonebruiser at Light's Hope Chapel, in the Eastern Plaguelands.
- Reward: Choice of Insignia of the Crusade or Insignia of the Dawn. These tokens may then be exchanged for the Argent Dawn's Superior and Epic Armaments.
Gain Argent Dawn Valor Token by delivering Scourgestones (Minions', Invaders' or Corruptors') to the Argent Dawn. Argent Dawn Valor Tokens can then be given to Dispatch Commander Metz (quest They Call Me "The Rooster") in return for a Craftsman's Writ. There are 24 different writs, only 3 of which require fish. Writs can be traded freely, so may be bought at the auction house. Writs for fish are: 30 Lightning Eel, 30 Plated Armorfish, or 40 Stonescale Eel.
If you have both a Lightning Eel and a Plated Armorfish writ, then you can fish 06:00-12:00 or 18:00-00:00. Both fish appear together in reasonable quantities at these times. If you fish at the optimum time and location, Lightning Eel or Plated Armorfish writs will take about an hour to complete. Stonescale Eel writs take about 90 minutes of fishing: Fish Finder: Lightning Eel », Fish Finder: Plated Armorfish », Fish Finder: Stonescale Eel »
Snapjaws, Mon!
- Requires: Level 44. Horde only.
- Starts/Ends: Katoom the Angler, on the pier in Revantusk Village, The Hinterlands.
- Reward: Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000 (+25 fishing skill, requires 100 fishing skill to use).
Kill 15 Saltwater Snapjaws, which can be found wandering along the coast of the Hinterlands.
Selling Fish
- Requires: Level 16. Alliance only.
- Starts/Ends: Dockmaster Baren in Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains.
- Reward: Murloc Fin Soup, Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup, 5 Fishliver Oil, and 10 silver.
Obtain 10 Spotted Sunfish. These can be caught from any open water in Redridge Mountains, or taken from the corpses of Murlocs in the zone. Fishing is safer, particularly at level 16.
The Family and the Fishing Pole
- Requires: Level 10. Alliance only.
- Starts/Ends: Gubber Blump, on the beach in Auberdine, Darkshore.
- Reward: Blump Family Fishing Pole (+3 fishing skill), plus a Shiny Bauble in the mail shortly after.
Catch 6 Darkshore Grouper from any open water in Darkshore. Darkshore Grouper may be caught without the quest and can be traded - so it is possible for another angler to catch these fish for you.
If you do not yet know how to fish, talk to Gubber again after taking the quest and he will teach you to fish for free (thanks Wyllow). He also sells a basic Fishing Pole. If you have only just learnt to fish, most of your fish will get away at Darkshore: Better to travel to Teldrassil or Azuremyst Isle, where the waters are easier, then return when your skill is closer to 75. 75 is the skill required at Darkshore to stop fish getting away.
Gaffer Jacks/Electropellers
- Requires: Level 10. Alliance only. An effective fishing skill of 75 is required to stop fish getting away in Darkshore.
- Starts/Ends: Wizbang Cranktoggle, top floor of the Auberdine's inn, Darkshore.
- Reward: 2s 50c for Gaffer Jacks. Electropellers gives 5 silver and 20 Aquadynamic Fish Lens (+50 lures).
Electropellers is available once Gaffer Jacks has been completed. The first quest requires 8 Gaffer Jack, which can be caught from any coastal open water in Darkshore. This quest can be completed at the same time as The Family and the Fishing Pole (above). The second quest requires 12 Electropeller, which can be caught from any inland open water. These "fish" can only be caught with the quests. Catch rates for both fish are relatively poor. Expect to spend about 15 minutes completing each quest.
Red Snapper - Very Tasty!
- Requires: Level 4. Alliance only.
- Starts/Ends: Diktynna, near Ammen Ford in Azuremyst Isle.
- Reward: Fishing Pole and Shiny Bauble.
Obtain 10 Red Snapper. Fishing is not used for this quest. Instead swim over the School of Red Snapper and use the Draenei Fishing Net provided. Alternatively, take Red Snappers from the corpses of nearby Angry Murlocs.
Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza Quests
- Requires: No known level requirement. Effective fishing skill of 130+ (225 to stop get aways).
- Ends: Riggle Bassbait and helpers, in Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale.
- Reward: Various, including Arcanite Fishing Pole, Hook of the Master Angler, Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots, High Test Eternium Fishing Line, and Lucky Fishing Hat.
The Ahn'Qiraj war effort (to open the gates to Ahn'Qiraj) also required stacks of 20 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore (as Rainbow Fin Albacore), Raw Spotted Yellowtail (as Spotted Yellowtail), or Raw Whitescale Salmon (as Baked Salmon). These quests have not been listed here because the war effort is a short term project that only happens once: The gates to Ahn'Qiraj are commonly already open.
