WotLK Classic Fishing Profession and Leveling 1-450 Guide

Fishing is one of the three secondary professions available to all players in WotLK Classic. Because of this, it can be learned by all players without conflicting with other professions. This can be useful early on to provide yourself with free food while leveling.

Fishing goes great when paired together with Cooking as you can use most of the fish you catch while fishing to level your cooking at the same time, leveling 2 professions for free at once.

You can learn Fishing from any Fishing trainer, which are found in capital cities. When you arrive at a major city, you can ask any city guard for directions and pick the Fishing trainer option under the professions section. This will mark its location on your map, allowing you to easily find them and get the Fishing skill.

To train past 300 skill level, you need to speak with a Master Fishing trainer in either Outland or Northrend. This will allow you to train up to level 375 Fishing.

To learn Fishing past 375 skill level you must travel to Northrend and talk with a Grand Master Fishing trainer found below. This will allow you to max your Fishing skill out at 450.

• Old Man Robert in Borean Tundra;
• Byron Welwick in Howling Fjord.

• Fishy Ser'ji in Borean Tundra;
• Angelina Soren in Howling Fjord.

• Marcia Chase in Dalaran City.

Fishing is a fairly easy, but time-consuming, profession to level. You should try to level it alongside Cooking, as a large portion of what you fish up can be used to keep your cooking skill at a similar level to your fishing skill. These two professions go hand-in-hand together.

In Wrath of the Lich King, you can level the Fishing skill in any water where you can cast your line. This allows you to easily sit at the Fishing trainer in a capital city and level from 1-300 in one spot.

At level 300, you will have to head to Outland and talk with Juno Dufrain to learn Master Fishing. You can also learn this from one of the Northrend trainers shown above. When you can get your total fishing skill to around 400, you can head to Northrend and finish leveling there, or stay in Outland until you max out at 375.

At level 375, you will have to head to Northrend and talk with one of the Grand Master Fishing trainers shown above. This will allow you to max out your Fishing skill at 450, the highest possible level in Wrath of the Lich King.

In addition to your raw Fishing Skill, you can further increase your skill by using specific items, enchantments, gear, and consumables. This allows you to fish in higher level areas earlier and increases the chance that you will land a fish instead of junk.

A fishing pole is one of the easiest ways to gain an increase to your Fishing skill. Arcanite Fishing Pole remains the best-in-slot fishing pole in the game, but requires you to win the Stranglethorn Vale fishing tournament to obtain it, making it rare. Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole is a close alternative option that can be obtained much more easily as The Kalu'ak is an easy faction to gain reputation for.

• Arcanite Fishing Pole — + 40 Fishing — Reward for winning the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza
• Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole — + 30 Fishing — Obtainable when Exalted with The Kalu'ak
• Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole — + 20 Fishing — Obtained from Rather Be Fishin'

Fishing Lures are one the easiest and best ways to temporarily gain a large increase to your Fishing skill. Make sure to bring plenty of these with you before you head out on a fishing trip or you may run out before you finish.

• Shiny Bauble — + 25 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Nightcrawlers — + 50 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Bright Baubles — + 75 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Trade and Fishing Supplies vendors.
• Aquadynamic Fish Attractor — + 100 Fishing for 10 minutes — Sold by most Fishing Supplies vendors in limited quantities.
• Sharpened Fish Hook — + 100 Fishing for 10 minutes — High chance to drop from Bag of Fishing Treasures.
• Glow Worm — + 100 Fishing for 1 hour — High chance to drop from Bag of Fishing Treasures.

WotLK brings 5 new fishing daily quests. Each day Marcia Chase will offer you one of the five quests, rewarding you with a Bag of Fishing Treasures upon completion.

The five quests are:

• Dangerously Delicious
• Jewel Of The Sewers
• Blood Is Thicker
• Disarmed!
• The Ghostfish

You can still complete the TBC fishing dailies for their specific rewards. Every day you will be able to grab one of five different quests from Old Man Barlo, who can be found at the lake just north of Shattrath City in Terokkar Forest.

The five quests are:

• Felblood Fillet
• Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
• Bait Bandits
• The One That Got Away
• Crocolisks in the City

With WotLK, fishing gains some cool items and toys to show off your fishing prowess. These may take you a while to fish up as they can be rare.

• Sea Turtle — Moves slowly on land but swims faster in water than other mounts.
• Giant Sewer Rat — Big rat.
• Titanium Seal of Dalaran — Reward from fishing all of the coins out of the Dalaran fountain.

In Phase 2 of WotLK, Bag of Fishing Treasures gains a very small chance to drop an epic gem. A list of all possible epic gems can be found below.

• Rigid Stormjewel
• Brilliant Stormjewel
• Bold Stormjewel
• Runed Stormjewel
• Delicate Stormjewel
• Solid Stormjewel
• Sparkling Stormjewel

Achievement	Description
Journeyman Fisherman	Become a Journeyman Fisherman.
Expert Fisherman	Become an Expert Fisherman.
Artisan Fisherman	Become an Artisan Fisherman.
Master Fisherman	Become a Master Fisherman.
Grand Master Fisherman	Become a Grand Master Fisherman.
25 Fish	Fish up 25 items.
50 Fish	Fish up 50 items.
100 Fish	Fish up 100 items.
250 Fish	Fish up 250 items.
500 Fish	Fish up 500 items.
1000 Fish	Fish up 1,000 items.
Fish Don't Leave Footprints	Learn the ability to find fish.
The Old Gnome and the Sea	Successfully fish from a school.
The Scavenger	Successfully fish in each of the junk nodes listed below.
One That Didn't Get Away	Catch one of the rare fish in the list.
Master Angler of Azeroth	Win the Booty Bay fishing contest or The Kalu'ak Fishing Derby.
Accomplished Angler	Complete the fishing achievements listed below.

Achievement	Description
Old Ironjaw	Fish up Old Ironjaw in Ironforge.
Old Crafty	Fish up Old Crafty in Orgrimmar.
The Fishing Diplomat	Fish something up in Orgrimmar and Stormwind.
Deadliest Catch	Fish up Gahz'ranka in Zul'Gurub using the Mudskunk Lure.

Achievement	Description
Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box	Fish your way to Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box.
Old Man Barlowned	Complete each of Old Man Barlo's 5 fishing daily quests listed.
The Lurker Above	Fish up The Lurker Below in Serpentshrine Cavern.
Outland Angler	Catch a fish in each of the specific nodes listed.

Achievement	Description
A Penny For Your Thoughts	Fish up the copper coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
Silver in the City	Fish up the silver coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
There's Gold In That There Fountain	Fish up the gold coins listed below from the Dalaran fountain.
The Coin Master	Complete the coin fishing achievements listed below.
I Smell A Giant Rat	Fish up the Giant Sewer Rat from The Underbelly in Dalaran.
Turtles All the Way Down	Fish up a Sea Turtle mount from any fishing pool in Northrend.
Northrend Angler	Catch a fish in each of the specific nodes listed below.

Fishing is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.