Main page/Guides/Skill guides/Fishing

Introduction

Fishing is a gathering skill which involves catching fish. Caught fish may be cooked through the Cooking skill to create food which may be used to regain health during combat.

Starting Off

To start off fishing you will need to buy the correct fishing equipment, specific to the type of fishing spot (each fishing spot allows you to get a different type of fish) you wish to use. All of the equipment that you may need can be bought from fishing shops. The table below shows which equipment you need to use to catch a certain fish - and also, some info about the fishes.

Fish	Name	Equipment required	Level required	Store price	Experience gained
	Raw Shrimps	Small fishing net	1	5gp	49xp
	Raw Sardine	Fishing rod + Bait	10	N/A	249xp
	Raw Herring	Fishing Rod + Bait	10	15gp	599xp
	Raw Anchovies	Small fishing net	15	15gp	155xp
	Raw Trout	Fly fishing rod + Feather	20	20gp	1512xp
	Raw Salmon	Fly fishing rod + Feather	20	50gp	1050xp
	Raw Mackerel	Big fishing Net	23	N/A	657xp
	Raw Cod	Big fishing Net	23	N/A	1104xp
	Raw Bass	Big fishing Net	23	120gp	6512xp
	Raw Pike	Fishing Rod + Bait	25	N/A	1518xp
	Raw Tuna	Harpoon	35	100gp	2881xp
	Raw Lobster	Cage	40	N/A	4418xp
	Raw Swordfish	Harpoon	50	N/A	7900xp
	Raw Shark	Harpoon	76	N/A	8010xp
	Raw Manta ray	Harpoon	85	N/A	15515xp
	Raw Rocktail	Cage	95	N/A	13852xp

Ironman And Hardcore Ironman

Fish	Name	Ironman XP	With Brawlers	Hardcore Ironman XP	With Brawlers
	Raw Shrimps	16xp	32xp	7xp	14xp
	Raw Sardine	83xp	166xp	35xp	70xp
	Raw Herring	199xp	398xp	85xp	170xp
	Raw Anchovies	51xp	102xp	22xp	44xp
	Raw Trout	504xp	1008xp	216xp	432xp
	Raw Salmon	350xp	700xp	150xp	300xp
	Raw Mackerel	219xp	438xp	93xp	186xp
	Raw Cod	368xp	736xp	157xp	314xp
	Raw Bass	2170xp	4340xp	930xp	1860xp
	Raw Pike	506xp	1012xp	216xp	432xp
	Raw Tuna	960xp	1920xp	411xp	822xp
	Raw Lobster	1472xp	2944xp	631xp	1262xp
	Raw Swordfish	2633xp	5266xp	1128xp	2256xp
	Raw Shark	2670xp	5340xp	1144xp	2288xp
	Raw Manta ray	5171xp	10342xp	2216xp	4432xp
	Raw Rocktail	4617xp	9234xp	1978xp	3956xp

Fishing Shops

There are two fishing stores in Grinderscape, one in Catherby and the other one in Karamja.

Fishing Areas

There are currently two areas to train up fishing: Catherby and Karamja.

• Catherby

To get to Catherby, talk to the Fishing Master at South Neitznot and ask him to teleport you to Catherby.

The image below shows the map and what you can fish in Catherby.

• Karamja

To get to Karamja, go to the Skill Training Teleports and teleport to Karamja.

The image below shows the map and what you can fish in Karamja.

1-99 Walkthrough

This is the suggested method for 1-99 Fishing:

Fish	Name	Levels	Amount needed
	Shrimps & Anchovies	1-20	44
	Trout & Salmon	20-35	12-14
	Tuna	35-40	6
	Lobster	40-50	15
	Swordfish	50-76	157
	Shark	76-85	240
	Manta ray	85-99	631

The Skillcape

When you reach level 99, you may buy your skillcape from any Wise Old Man in the game, there are a few Wise Old Man NPC's but the easiest one to find is at home, just east of the altar north of the bank. The skillcape will cost you 150.000 coins.

The fishing hood and the fishing cape give you +18 defence bonus (+9 bonus each).

Trivia

· Fishing Brawlers give 2x more experience when equipped, they can be obtained via voting and killing avatars in the wilderness.

· Everytime when you catch a fish you get 5.000 coins.