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.

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	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