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 (GP)	Experience Gained
	Raw Shrimps	Small fishing net	1	5	49
	Raw Sardine	Fishing rod + Bait	10	N/A	249
	Raw Herring	Fishing Rod + Bait	10	15	599
	Raw Anchovies	Small fishing net	15	15	155
	Raw Trout	Fly fishing rod + Feather	20	20	1,512
	Raw Salmon	Fly fishing rod + Feather	20	50	1,050
	Raw Mackerel	Big fishing Net	23	N/A	657
	Raw Cod	Big fishing Net	23	N/A	1,104
	Raw Bass	Big fishing Net	23	120	6,512
	Raw Pike	Fishing Rod + Bait	25	N/A	1,518
	Raw Tuna	Harpoon	35	100	2,881
	Raw Lobster	Cage	40	N/A	4,418
	Raw Swordfish	Harpoon	50	N/A	7,900
	Raw Shark	Harpoon	76	N/A	8,010
	Raw Manta ray	Harpoon	85	N/A	15,515
	Raw Rocktail	Cage	95	N/A	13,852

Ironman And Hardcore Ironman

Fish	Name	Ironman XP	With Brawlers	Hardcore Ironman XP	With Brawlers
	Raw Shrimps	16	32	7	14
	Raw Sardine	83	166	35	70
	Raw Herring	199	398	85	170
	Raw Anchovies	51	102	22	44
	Raw Trout	504	1,008	216	432
	Raw Salmon	350	700	150	300
	Raw Mackerel	219	438	93	186
	Raw Cod	368	736	157	314
	Raw Bass	2,170	4,340	930	1,860
	Raw Pike	506	1,012	216	432
	Raw Tuna	960	1,920	411	822
	Raw Lobster	1,472	2,944	631	1,262
	Raw Swordfish	2,633	5,266	1,128	2,256
	Raw Shark	2,670	5,340	1,144	2,288
	Raw Manta ray	5,171	10,342	2,216	4,432
	Raw Rocktail	4,617	9,234	1,978	3,956

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

Notes

Using the Knowledge pool (Yellow pool) located in Donator zone 1 will double the xp gained for a set time.

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.