Fishing

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Fishing
Released		11 June 2001 (Update)
Also called		Fish
Members		No
Type		Gathering
Statistics
Players with 99		135,568 as of 1 March 2024 - update
Players with 200M XP		292 as of 17 March 2024 - update

Fishing is a skill which involves catching fish from selected spots around Gielinor. Higher Fishing levels enable different mechanisms of Fishing, the ability to catch a larger selection of fish and increases a player's catch rate. Caught fish may be cooked through the Cooking skill to create food which may be used later to regain hitpoints during combat. Alternatively, many players sell their excess stock of catches for gold.

Fish

When caught, most fish will be raw and cannot be eaten until they are cooked. The name and colour indicates this. For example, when shrimps are first caught they are named "raw shrimps", but once cooked the name changes to "shrimps".

Guides

This guide outlines the best methods for training the Fishing skill.

Fishing methods

Fishing uses two types of items.

• Net fishing: Small fishing net.
• Bait fishing: Fishing rod and some fishing bait.
• Fly fishing: Fly fishing rod and feathers for bait.
• Harpooning: Harpoon, The Dragon harpoon's special attack boosts fishing by 3 levels, and it can be used in conjunction with the Lightbearer to spam the special.
• Cage fishing: Lobster pot.

Equipment

Players need the right kind of equipment to catch the fish they want. Basic Fishing equipment can be purchased in fishing shops. Players can buy fishing equipment from the fishing store at ::Fishing.

Equipment		Secondary Item		Fishing Spot	Associated Fish		Level	Exp	Location
	Small fishing net	None		Net		Raw shrimps	1	70	Wilderness
				Net		Raw anchovies	15	200	Wilderness
				Harpoon / Net		Raw monkfish	62	1200	Wilderness
	Fishing rod		Fishing bait	Net / Bait		Raw sardine	5	140	Bandit Camp
						Raw herring	10	210	Wilderness
			Dark fishing bait	Bait		Raw anglerfish	82	7200	Resource area
	Fly fishing rod		Feather	Bait / Lure		Raw trout	5	350	None
						Raw salmon	10	490	Wilderness
	Lobster pot	None		Harpoon / Cage		Raw dark crab	55	7800	::east
						Raw lobster	40	540	::east
	Harpoon	None		Cage / Harpoon or Harpoon		Raw tuna	35	560	::east
						Raw swordfish	50	600	::east
				Net / Harpoon		Raw shark	76	880	::east

Fishing shops

Gear

Equipment		Level	Members
	Dragon harpoon	61	1
	Crystal harpoon	71	1
	Infernal harpoon	75	1

Item XP Bonus Angler hat 0% Angler top 0% Angler waders 0% Angler boots 0% Sub-total 0% Set bonus 0% Full set 10%

Item XP Bonus Spirit angler headband 0% Spirit angler top 0% Spirit angler waders 0% Spirit angler boots 0% Sub-total 0% Set bonus 0% Full set 10%