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Fishing Areas

The area (region) you're in is listed in the top right corner of your screen and will determine what fish are available to be caught. The first place you should fish is near the starting area for your race. If you try to start off in a more difficult fishing area, it will take much longer to catch fish and to begin building up your fishing skill level. You cannot determine the difficulty-level of the fishing area except through experience, the type of fish you catch, and how often you fail to catch a fish. If you fail a lot, then you're probably in the wrong area. You should try fishing in an easier area. Experiment with different fishing areas. You should figure it out. The level on the items you catch should also let you know how difficult the area is.

Fish and Fishing Items

Raw Edible Fish - Most fish that you catch can be used as food. Right-click on a fish to eat it.
Cooked Fish - Take raw fish to a cook and have them cooked. Cooked fish will heal a player more than raw fish.
Special Fish - Some special fish, such as a 22-pound catfish, can be held in your off-hand. Place them there to brag about your catch to other people. You may find other non-edible fish that are useful for Professions. Find out what they are for before selling them to a vendor.
Clams - Right-click on a clam to open it up. You will either find clam meat, which can be used in cooking recipes, or pearls! Iridescent pearls are very valuable and can be used in blacksmithing, tailoring, and engineering recipes.

Gems - Very rarely will you find gems, such as a lesser moonstone. This item can be used for other Professions.

Weapons and Armor - You may sometimes fish up weapons and armor. Usually these items (gray items) are only good for selling to the vendor for additional cash. You may, however, find some very rare and valuable equipment if you are lucky!
Humorous Items - You may fish up skulls and other items that just exist for flavor. You can sell them to the vendor or brag about your catch with your friends.
Locked Chests - You may fish up locked chests. There may be money and valuable items inside. You will need to have the chest opened by someone with the lockpicking ability. It's often good to combine with fishing so that you can open up your own chests.
Lost Trade Goods - You may find special boxes that contain items for engineering. Save the contents and sell them to an engineer.
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New Fishing Pole

You can find better fishing poles that give higher bonuses to your fishing skill. Try to buy some from other players.

Additional Information

There is a fishing contest.
You can sell cooked fish to other players. It's better than store-bought food.
You can find cooking recipes for fish from certain merchants.
Messages in a bottle now have a chance of having a recipe in them.
Some of the fishing zones are going to be pretty hard to fish in and will require bait and a good fishing pole.
Some fish can only be caught at certain times of the day!
Fishing requires a minimum character level, like the other professions do. You will need level 40 and 225 skill to unlock the Artisan fishing quest.
The minimum level for Artisan Fishing is 35.
Schools of fish have appeared around the world that can be fished from a few times before being fished out. These schools tend to contain valuable fish types such as Oily Blackmouth or Firefin Snapper. In some places, wreckage can be fished from for even better rewards.
The cooking trainers around the world sell the recipe for Sagefish and Greater Sagefish. These two fish types can be found in schools in inland areas and provide health and mana regeneration as well as additional mana regeneration for 15 minutes after eating.

Common Fishing Questions

What does fishing skill do?
Fishing skill determines your chance of being successful at catching a fish. It does not determine what type of fish you find; nor does it allow you to unlock special items besides allowing you to fish in more difficult areas. If you are able to catch fish most of the time or all of the time then your fishing skill is high enough.
Does it matter where I fish? Should I move around?
The region (zone) determines what fish and loot you will be able to find. Besides that difference, it doesn't matter where you fish. If you try fishing on the shore in a certain area and move up the beach within the same region, it will be the same. Moving does not affect your chances.

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