At long last… my very own fishing hat!

After weeks of doing the daily fishing quest, I finally got the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat in my goodie bag. Woot!! Of all the various items that drop, this was the one I most wanted to have. Having been to the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza a handful of times, I have nothing to show for my efforts except the Eternium Fishing Line. It’s hard to feel like a Master Angler when you don’t have any beefy gear to help you look the part, so I was desperate to have this hat.

Evil Crocs, Dock Buddies and Naked Duels

Not too long ago I was commenting on the dwindling community atmosphere in WoW, but that sense of camaraderie appears to be alive and well among the fisherfolk. We know we’re the weirdos of the WoW world… we accept this. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I saw how fishing actually brings folks together. Yes, it seems strange that this solitary activity would create bonding moments, but where there’s a will and some booze, there’s sure to be a way!

More Fishing Goodies in 2.4

As far as I knew, the only new thing coming to fisherfolk everywhere was the daily fishing quest in Terokkar. Yesterday, Mamabear was telling me how she was looking forward to exploring the new zone and asked me if there were any new fish there. Now why didn’t I think of this?? I must be slacking on my reporting duties, thankfully Mamabear has my back

New Fishing Quest from 2.4 Test Server

I’m pretty tickled that Blizzard is putting a Fishing daily quest into the game.  Fishing is pretty much the red-headed stepchild of the crafting world, so any love we get is good love.  Clearly the folks who came up with the quests have some fondness for the profession, since they put some actual TLC into the quest design.

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Patch Day!

Everywhere you go! We’ve got new trainer recipes, new epic baubles with our Badges of Justice, new daily quests and new flying mounts. And the big gift for the whole family - a brand new dungeon for everyone to play in!

Karazhan Fishing Report (2.3 PTR)

The login servers are down at the moment, so I decided to make use of the time by trying the new fishing spot on the test server.  Supposedly the fish that are used in the new cooking recipes can be caught in Zul’Aman or outside Karazhan.  Since going into ZA isn’t an option for little ole me, I hopped a griff to Deadwind Pass.

The Fine Art of Fish Finding

I’m really excited about the new tracking changes in the upcoming patch. When I’m on the live server, I find myself desperately wishing I had it. This is actually a bit strange when you consider that I didn’t spend all that much time with it on the PTR, I really only played with it a couple of times. But every time I can’t find a reagent/trade goods/ammo vendor type in some random town, it’s painful how much I wish I could click that little button and save myself some frustration.

New Cooking Recipes & Food

I don’t know if anyone else has investigated the new 2.1.2 recipes that were added last week, but I finally got around to it a few days ago. These are some interesting items, but part of me is still trying to puzzle out the logic behind the additions. First we have Stewed Trout, which uses the same fish as the existing recipe for Blackened Trout. It seems strange to add a new recipe for a component that had an existing recipe, even if it did create a rather uninspiring food.

Underbog… Fishing?

Ok, I had no serious intention of trying this.  But I got invited to a quickie UB run to help out a guildie yesterday, so I thought “why not?”.  I mean, I was there and all.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to stick around after we cleared, I had errands to run.  But I camped inside the instance hoping I’d be able to pop in later and wander at my leisure.

Imp Fishing

I actually had no intention of fishing today, but I had 10 minutes to kill before I was leaving for an errand, so I figured why not fish while I wait?  I plopped a cheapie bauble on my fishing pole and wandered near Allerian Stronghold looking for Darter Pools.  I actually found two of them and got myself 4 Golden Darters.  Then I just picked a spot and fished with the remainder of my bauble timer.  I ended up getting a total of 31 fish in ten minutes, including a few more darters.  Pretty good for 10 minutes of work.  I wasn’t really expecting to be impressed with the new “imp” fishing, but I have to say that the change seems to have made a significant impact.  For those of you who waited to finish leveling up, time to get out those poles!