WoW Fishing Guide 1-600

This WoW Fishing Guide covers training your Fishing levels from 1 to 600, how to fish and where to fish while leveling Fishing in World of Warcraft. Fishing is a secondary profession, which means learning to fish won’t limit what other professions you train your character in. It complements the Cooking profession very well, as most fish can be cooked. Fishing is also a good source of food, and can provide a modest gold income. Our guides for training Fishing and Cooking together from 1 to 450 are here: Alliance Fishing and Cooking Guide or Horde Fishing and Cooking Guide.

Updated for WoW patch 5.2

There isn’t very much to training Fishing quickly. All that is required to increase your Fishing level, is to learn the required skills from a Fishing trainer and to catch lots of fish. With Fishing level 1 you can fish anywhere and regardless of where you fish, you’ll catch something. And even when that something is junk it will help towards improving your Fishing level. However, as your fishing level increases, you will need to catch increasing numbers of fish to gain each new level.

Each fishing area has a minimum no junk skill level, i.e. the minimum fishing level you need to be to ensure you don’t catch any junk. The lowest no-junk level is 25, so it is advisable to purchase a Shiny Bauble and attach it to your fishing rod for the first 25 levels of Fishing. If your Fishing level is too low for the no-junk minimum of a particular area you wish to fish in, you can enhance it with various fishing rods, lures and clothing – available as purchases, drops or quest rewards. This guide lists the areas with appropriate no junk ratings to visit while you level your Fishing skill.

Fishing Trainers

Rank	Faction	Trainer	Location
Apprentice Journeyman	Horde	KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe	Around Lost Isles
Apprentice Journeyman	Horde	KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe	Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
Apprentice Journeyman Expert Artisan Master Grand Master Illustrious Grand Master	Alliance	Androl Oakhand	Rut’theran Village, Teldrassil
		Arnold Leland	The Canals, Stormwind
		Astaia	Trademen’s Terrace, Darnassus
		Byron Welwick	Valgarde, Howling Fjord
		Brannock	Feathermoon Stronghold, Feralas
		Diktynna	Ammen Ford, Azuremyst Isle
		Erett	The Crystal Hall, The Exodar
		Grimnur Stonebrand	The Forlorn Cave, Ironforge
		Harold Riggs	Menethil Harbor, Wetlands
		Lee Brown	Crystal Lake, Elwynn Forest
		Matthew Hooper	Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains
		Old Man Robert	Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
		Paxton Ganter	Iceflow Lake, Dun Morogh
		Warg Deepwater	The Loch, Loch Modan
		Whilsey Bottomtooth	Stormglen Village, Gilneas
	Horde	Angelina Soren	Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord
		Armand Cromwell	The Magic Quarter, Undercity
		Clyde Kellen	Brightwater Lake, Trisfal Glades
		Drathen	The Walk of Elders, Silvermoon
		Fishy Ser’ji	Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra
		Kah Mistrunner	High Rise, Thunder Bluff
		Katoom the Angler	Revantusk Village, The Hinterlands
		Kil’Hiwana	Zoram’gar Outpost, Ashenvale
		Lau’Tiki	Darkspear Strand, Durotar
		Lui’Mala	Shadowprey Village, Desolace
		Lumak	The Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar
		Old Umbehto	The Valley of Spirits, Orgrimmar
		Uthan Stillwater	Stonebull lake, Mulgore
		Zurjaya	Zabra’jin, Zangamarsh
	Neutral	Juno Dufrain	Cenarion Refuge, Zangamarsh
		Marcia Chase	The Eventide, Dalaran
		Myizz Luckycatch	Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale

Fishing Equipment

Type	Name	Bonus	Fishing Skill Required	Source
Lures	Shiny Bauble	+25	1	Alliance quest reward for Red Snapper – Very Tasty! Various Vendors
	Nightcrawlers	+50	50	Various Vendors Dropped by various mobs
	Aquadynamic Fish Lens	+50	50	Alliance quest reward for Electropellers
	Bright Baubles	+75	100	Various Vendors
	Flesh Eating Worm	+75	100	Dropped by Rotted Ones in Duskwood
	Aquadynamic Fish Attractor	+100	100	Limited availability from Various Vendors Created by Engineering (150 skill level)
	Glow Worm	+100	100	Bag of Fishing Treasures reward for Northrend Daily Fishing quests
	Sharpened Fish Hook	+100	100	Bag of Fishing Treasures reward for Outland Daily Fishing quests
Poles	Fishing Pole	N/A	1	Alliance quest reward for Red Snapper – Very Tasty! Various Vendors
	Blump Family Fishing Pole	+3	1	Alliance quest reward for The Family and the Fishing Pole
	Strong Fishing Pole	+5	10	Various Vendors
	Darkwood Fishing Pole	+15	50	Fishing
	Big Iron Fishing Pole	+20	100	Rarely found in Shellfish Traps of the coast of Desolace
	Nat Pagle’s Extreme Angler FC-5000	+20	100	Horde quest reward for Snapjaws, Mon!
	Seth’s Graphite Fishing Pole	+20	200	Quest reward for Rather Be Fishin’
	Nat’s Lucky Fishing Pole	+25	225	Quest reward for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme
	Bone Fishing Pole	+30	300	Rarely contained in Bag of Fishing Treasures reward for Northrend Daily Fishing quests
	Jeweled Fishing Pole	+30	300	Rarely contained in Bag of Fishing Treasures reward for Northrend Daily Fishing quests
	Mastercraft Kalu’ak Fishing Pole	+30	300	Requires The Kalu’ak – Exalted Vendor: Sairuk in Moa’ki Harbor, Dragonblight Vendor: Tanaika in Kamagua, Howling Fjord
	Arcanite Fishing Rod	+40	300	Reward of the quest Master Angler

How to Catch a Fish

Stand next to the water, looking at it with your feet on dry land
Equip your fishing pole in your main hand
Open your spell book and find the General page
Look for the fishing icon and drag it onto the action bar
Cast your fishing rod by clicking on the fishing icon on your action bar
Your bobber should appear in the water
Wait for the bobber to splash, then right-click the bobber to reel your catch in

Leveling Fishing 1-75

Level 5 Character required
Purchase a basic Fishing Pole from a Fishing supplier or Trade supplier
Learn Apprentice Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
1-75	25	Azuremyst Isle Dun Morogh Durotar Elwynn Forest Eversong Woods Gilneas The Lost Isles Mulgore Teldrassil Tirisfal Glades

Leveling Fishing 76-150

Level 10 Character required
Learn Journeyman Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
76-150	75	Azshara Bloodmyst Isle Darkshore Darnassus Ghostlands Ironforge Loch Modan Northern Barrens Orgrimmar Silverpine Forest Stormwind City Thunder Bluff Undercity Westfall

Leveling Fishing 151-225

Learn Expert Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
151-225	150	Arathi Highlands Ashenvale Duskwood Hillsbrad Foothills Northern Stranglethorn Redridge Mountains Stonetalon Mountains Wetlands

Leveling Fishing 226-300

Learn Artisan Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
226-300	225	The Cape of Stranglethorn Desolace Dustwallow Marsh Feralas The Forbidding Sea The Great Sea The Hinterlands Southern Barrens Western Plaguelands

Leveling Fishing 301-375

Learn Master Fishing from a Fishing trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
301-375	300	Badlands Eastern Plaguelands Felwood Moonglade Tanaris Thousand Needles

Leveling Fishing 376-450

Learn Grand Master Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
376-400	375	Hellfire Peninsula Shadowmoon Valley Un’Goro Crater
401-425	400	Zangamarsh
426-450	425	Blasted Lands Deadwind Pass Searing Gorge Silithus Swamp of Sorrows Winterspring

Leveling Fishing 451-525

Learn Illustrious Grand Master Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
451-475	450	Isle of Quel’Danas Terokkar Forest
476-500	475	Borean Tundra Dragonblight Grizzly Hills Howling Fjord Nagrand Netherstorm Zul’Drak
501-525	500	Crystalsong Forest

Leveling Fishing 526-600

Learn Zen Master Fishing from a Fishing Trainer

Levels	No Junk Skill	Location
526-550	525	Dalaran Sholazar Basin Wintergrasp
551-575	550	Deepholm Icecrown The Storm Peaks
576-600	575	Mount Hyjal The Frozen Sea Vashj’ir
600	650	The Jade Forest Twilight Highlands Uldum
	675	Tol Barad
	700	Dread Wastes Krasarang Wilds Kun-Lai Summit Townlong Steppes Valley of the Four Winds
	825	Vale of Eternal Blossoms

I hoped you found this WoW Fishing Leveling Guide useful and that it has helped you on your way to level 600. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.