Fishing training

"Fishing training" redirects here. For the free players' guide, see Free-to-play Fishing training.

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

Equipment

Fishing uses two types of items, divided into consumables and equipment. Consumables are used up at the rate of one item for each fish caught and are stackable, while the equipment is non-stackable and reusable.

• Net fishing: Small fishing net, not consumable.
• Bait fishing: Fishing rod and some fishing bait.
• Fly fishing: Fly fishing rod and feathers for bait.
• Harpooning: Harpoon (or just bare hands if you have completed Barbarian Training miniquest), not consumable. A Barb-tail harpoon is a wieldable alternative to the harpoon and saves an additional inventory space. 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, not consumable.
• Barbarian fishing: Barbarian rod and usable baits: fishing baits, feathers, fish offcuts, roe, or caviar.
• Aerial Fishing: Cormorant and usable baits: king worms, fish chunks

You can also do Fishing Trawler minigame to get a set of Angler's outfit for an additional 2.5% more fishing experience gained per fish caught. But be warned that you may take many hours before getting the outfit.

Furthermore, for those players who are wanting to earn some money while fishing, you may want to acquire the Rada's blessing from the Kourend & Kebos diary. The easy, medium, hard, and elite diaries all give a 2%, 4%, 6%, and 8% chance (respectively) of catching two fish at once. However, the player will NOT receive any experience from the extra fish that is caught. Lastly, the blessing must be equipped while fishing for this to take effect.

Using the Fish barrel from Tempoross will allow you to store 28 raw fish, making time between trips to the bank longer.

Fastest experience

Equipment	Name	Used to Catch	File:Exp.png
	Small fishing net	File:Raw shrimp.png	535
	Big fishing net		351
	Fishing rod, Fishing bait		336, 7
	Fishing rod, Sandworms		336, 178
	Fly fishing rod, Feather		253, 5
	Lobster pot		197
	Lobster Pot, Dark Fishing Bait		197, 112
	Harpoon, Dragon Harpoon, Infernal Harpoon		451, N/A
	[1], Raw Karambwanji		8,946, 17

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 in Port Sarim and from the fishing store in Catherby. More advanced fishing methods may need to be found or crafted.

Equipment		Secondary Item		Fishing Spot	Associated Fish		Level	Other Requirements
	Small fishing net	None		Net / Bait Shrimps can also be caught alongside raw karambwanji in the appropriate net spots.		Raw shrimps	1	None
				Net		Raw karambwanji	5
				Net		Raw anchovies	15	None
				Net		Raw guppy	7	Below Ice Mountain
				Net		Raw cavefish	20	Below Ice Mountain
				Net		Raw tetra	33	Below Ice Mountain
				Net / Bait		Frog spawn	33
				Harpoon / Net		Raw monkfish	62	Swan Song
				Net		Minnow	82	Show Kylie Minnow the full angler's outfit.
	Big fishing net	None		Net / Harpoon		Raw mackerel	16		None
						Raw cod	23
						Raw bass	46
						Raw catfish	46	Below Ice Mountain
	Drift net	None		Drift net anchors	File:Fish shoal.png	Fish shoal	47	44 see drift net fishing.
	Fishing rod		Fishing bait	Net / Bait		Raw sardine	5	None
						Raw herring	10
				Lure / Bait		Raw pike	25
				Net / Bait or Bait|Spots found in the Mort Myre Swamp only offer the bait option.		Raw slimy eel	28
						Raw cave eel	38
			Sandworms	Bait		Raw anglerfish	82
			Fishing bait	Bait		Sacred eel	87	Partial completion of Regicide.
	Fly fishing rod		Feather	Lure / Bait		Raw trout	20		None
						Raw salmon	30
			Stripy feather	Lure / Bait		Raw rainbow fish	38