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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 | |||||
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Lobster pot | None | Harpoon / Cage |  |
Raw dark crab | 55
|
7800 | ::east | |
 |
Raw lobster | 40
|
22 | ::east | |||||
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Harpoon | None | Cage / Harpoon or Harpoon |
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Raw tuna | 35
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Raw swordfish | 50
| |||||||
| Net / Harpoon |  |
Raw shark | 76
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