Runescape Skill: Fishing

Fishing in Runescape is one of the skills that you can level up. It is nice to have as a food source and to use as a way to earn money. There is always somewhere to fish and something to catch. There is even a fishing mini game for members paid accounts.

There are many things that you can use to fish with, from nets to lures. When you have what you want to fish with in your inventory all you’ll have to do is find a pool of water as a fishing spot and click on the water. Right click to fish and you can gather fish that will go straight to your inventory. These raw fish can be cooked on a fire to eat later on, or just fish to raise up your skill whether you need the food or not. For fishing gear there is a shop in Port Sarim and a members gear one in Catherby.

There is a multitude of fishing gear, certain things are used to catch certain types of fish. Make sure you have the right gear for the fish that you want.

• Net – Nets are good to catch anchovies, shrimp, giant frogspawn, monkfish, and karambwanji.
• Crayfish Cage – These are good to catch Crayfish in the “Learning the Ropes” quest.
• Big Net – These can catch multiple fish at a time, usually cod, bass, or mackerel.
• Fishing Rod and Bait – Good for Rainbow fish, pike, herring, sardine, slimey eel, and cave eel.
• Lobster Cage – Yes, these are what you catch lobsters in.
• Harpoon – Used to get Tuna, Shark, and Swordfish.
• Fly Fishing Rod and Feathers – You will use these for Salmon and trout.
• Oily Fishing Rod and Bait – This catches the Lava Eel for the “Heroes Quest”.
• Karambwan Vessel – This catches Karambwan in the “Tai Bwo Wannai Trio” quest.

The higher your fishing skill the better the fish that you will be able to catch. Some of these fish are sellable for a good bit of money. Depending on your skill, these are the fish that you can fish.

• Shrimp – You need a fishing level of 1, you get 10 fishing experience.
• Crayfish – You need a fishing level of 1, you get 10 fishing experience.
• Karambwanji – You need a fishing level of 5, you get 10 fishing experience.
• Sardine – For this you need a level of 5 and you’ll get 20 fishing experience.
• Herring – For this you need a level of 10 and you’ll get 30 fishing experience.
• Anchovies – For this you need a level of 15 and you’ll get 40 fishing experience.
• Mackerel – You are going to need a fishing level of 16, and you’ll have the fishing experience of 20.
• Trout – You are going to need a fishing level of 20, and you’ll have the fishing experience of 50.
• Cod – You are going to need a fishing level of 23, and you’ll have the fishing experience of 45.
• Pike – You will have to have a level of 25 to fish this but you will get the fishing experience of 60.
• Slimey Eel – You will have to have a level of 28 to fish this but you will get the fishing experience of 65.
• Salmon – You will have to have a level of 30 to fish this but you will get the fishing experience of 70.
• Giant Frogspawn – You need a fishing skill of 33, you’ll receive a fishing experience of 75.
• Tuna – You need a fishing skill of 35, you’ll receive a fishing experience of 80.
• Cave Eel – You need a fishing skill of 38, you’ll receive a fishing experience of 80.
• Rainbow Fish – You need a fishing skill of 38, you’ll receive a fishing experience of 80.
• Lobster – The fishing skill needed is 40 and you will get 90 in experience.
• Bass – The fishing skill needed is 46 and you will get 100 in experience.
• Swordfish – The fishing skill needed is 50 and you will get 100 in experience.
• Lava Eel – The fishing skill needed is 53 and you will get 60 in experience.
• Monkfish – You must have a level of 62, you’ll get 120 experience per fish.
• Karambwan – You must have a level of 65, you’ll get 105 experience per fish.
• Shark – You must have a level of 76, you’ll get 110 experience per fish.
• Sea Turtle – You must have a level of 79, you’ll get 105 experience per fish.
• Manta Ray – You must have a level of 81, you’ll get 115 experience per fish.

As you can see there are tons of different fish that you can fish up, as well as many different types of ways to fish. Many of these are fun and you’ll see many around just skilling up instead of worrying about questing and missions. It is these type of skills that are fun and enjoyable to do during the time in game. Find what you like and have at it at your local watering hole in Runescape and I will meet you there.