World of Warcraft Fishing Pools
In WoW patch 1.9, Blizz added special fishing pools, or as I sometimes call them, swirls, that contain specific items. They vary some, depending on the zone. There is a very good thread on the WoW forums that details some of the things available and the locations, thanks to Pleather on the Stormreaver server for collecting the information. These pools include the new Sagefish and Greater Sagefish, as well as Firefin Snapper, Oily Blackmouth, Deviate Fish, and floating debris piles where you can get (unlocked) trunks that contain crafting materials and equipment.
Also, in one zone, Azshara, there are swirls called ‘Patch of Elemental Water’, where you can fish up elemental water items: Globe of Water, Elemental Water, and Essence of Water. Located mostly in the Bay of Storms there, these are arguably the highest level, and most profitable, fishing spots in the game - I’ve made thousands of gold by farming these pools. I’ve spent some time collecting data on the locations of these pools, and this page is dedicated to detailing this information.
First, in order to fish in the Bay of Storms, you need a ridiculous level of fishing skill. A total of 420 is needed to guarantee landing what you catch, though you can make the attempt to fish with as low as 350 (I believe), though you will rarely land a fish with that skill level. Use lures and equipment to raise your skill if needed. The best fishing items can be gotten at the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza contest, so you may want to try that…with the items there, you can get your skill to 350, there is a +2 enchant for gloves, and lures give up to 100 bonus as well. In my observation, if you can get your skill to 420 with some combination of the above, you won’t miss many fish at all. I regularly fish at 415, and only miss a very few.
In World of Warcraft - the pools that contain the elemental items (called a ‘Patch of Elemental Water’) are spread through the zone in the coastal area known as the Bay of Storms. The area is patrolled by mid-50 level elite giants (as well as a few other mobs), but they’re mostly easily avoided if you aren’t too low a level. These pools are in set locations around the bay, and it appears that only one (at most) pool is active at a time. There are possibly 7 locations we’ve discovered, and the locations are shown on the map I’ve made (full size map)
WoW Gold Fishing Locations
Location 1 is slightly outside the ‘Bay of Storms’ itself, and requires a lower fishing level
Location 2 is at Hetaera’s Clutch
Location 3 is at Scalebeard’s cave
Locations 4-6 will probably be renumbered when/if the ‘unverified’ spot isverified (by me anyway)
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