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Fishing hasn't really gotten the spotlight with all the patch 3.1 changes. While I wouldn't call fishing "exciting", the changes have gotten me back to fishing and enjoying it! There are some great rewards and nick-nacks that may draw you back.

My fishing is at 340. I recently picked up the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole and learned to make Captain Rumsey's Lager, so my effective fishing skill is just high enough to fish in Northrend. It used to be that fishing zones had a minimum fishing skill requirement as well as a skill level that was required to actually be guaranteed to catch fish. Because of this, instead of fishing in areas with useful fish appropriate to your skill level, it was more efficient to fish in areas where you were sure to catch fish if your sole (pun intended?) purpose to to level fishing, as catching any fish will give you a flat chance to skillup. The system remains the same, except there is no longer a minimum skill level to catch fish in zones, but if your skill is too low relative to the "expected" skill level of the zone, you will probably catch grey items, but you still have that same flat chance to skillup. Thus, you can level your fishing in Northrend with the same rate of skillups compared to fishing in Ironforge or Orgrimmar!

To accompany this, there is a set of 5 fishing dailies available in Dalaran from Marcia Chase. The daily is random, and they are all pretty unique. Completing all five scores you 10 achievement points. Blood is Thicker has you kill animals and jump in water to create bloody pools in the water, which you then fish from to catch pirannhas. Dangerously Delicious has you fishing in Wintergrasp (which I take advantage of for some world PvP on my PvE server). The Ghostfish has you catch a fish that when eaten to finish the quest causes you to hallucinate. Jewel of the Sewers has you fish in The Underbelly, and Monsterbelly Appetite has you search for glaciers to stand on to fish in The Frozen Sea.

Each of these quests rewards you with a Bag of Fishing Treasures, 250 Kirin Tor reputation, and a handful of gold. The Bag of Fishing Treasures contains lots of valuable vendor trash, some of these random items selling for 100g. There is a new volume of Steamy Romance Novels (as rogues well know). Other common items include Deviate Fish, Elixir of Water Walking, Glow Worm (+100 lure), Northsea Pearl, Pygmy Oil, Runic Mana Potion, and Siren's Tear.

Among nick-nacks, there is the Sealed Vial of Poison that starts a quest to turn it in to the Dalaran black market for some gold. The Unusual Compass will turn your character to a random direction (spin the bottle [err, compass] anyone?). A Strand Crawler pet is available from the bag. There is a Tiny Titanium Lockbox that can contain many of the same items as the bag and some additional gems. You can get a Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (which you can also get from the Shattrath daily) and High Test Eternium Fishing Line, which you previously could only get from the Stranglethron Fishing Extravaganza. You can also get the recipe for Captain Rumsey's Lager. For those without the Kalu'ak pole, you might want this bag for a chance at a Bone Fishing Pole or Jeweled Fishing Pole.

There is also a new set of BoE epic gems called Stormjewels available randomly from the bag. You can only socket one. There are +20 gems for agility, intellect, spirit, strength, and hit rating, as well as +23 to spell power and +30 stamina. I believe these are all best in socket except for jewelcrafter exclusive gems.



There are rumors that there is a "5 ring" out there to be caught as well. Its not in any databases, so I think its just a good joke.

Oh, and did you hear about the new mount that swims at mounted speed through water? The turtle? You can only get that from fishing in schools of fish in Northrend. Its time to go fishing!