What can I catch here?
Set your base skill and gear. The calculator adds up your effective Fishing skill and shows which waters will keep every catch. Each zone has a minimum skill; below it, most fish get away. Somewhere around 95 points above the minimum, nothing escapes.
150effective Fishing skill
1 / 25
Every catch lands
Starter zones: Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Mulgore, Teldrassil, Tirisfal Glades, Zephras Isle
1 / 75
Every catch lands
Capital cities, The Barrens, Darkshore, Westfall, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest
55 / 150
Every catch lands
Ashenvale, Redridge Mountains, Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains, Duskwood
130 / 225
About 25% of catches land
Dustwallow Marsh, Stranglethorn Vale, Desolace, Arathi Highlands, Swamp of Sorrows, Alterac Mountains, Thousand Needles
205 / 300
Need 205 to fish here
Feralas, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Felwood, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Moonglade
330 / 425
Need 330 to fish here
Winterspring, Eastern Plaguelands, Silithus, Azshara's Bay of Storms and the other hardest waters
“Skill food stacks with your lure. A Filet of Redgill and Bright Baubles will carry a 255 angler into Feralas without losing a single fish.”Grandmother Wavestrider, tauren angler of Stonebull Lake