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Comment by Kithise

Found some of these in a "School of Darter" pool in the streams of Terokkar.

Comment by Leili

At the pond at 38,22 I attempted to fish at lv300 +20 (Big Iron Fishing Pole) +75 (Baubles) and couldn't catch. I returned at 320 base fishing and with the +95 I only missed about 20-30% of casts. Every consecutive point after I noticed a higher success rate. At 325 +95 I pretty rarely miss catches.
At this spot you catch mostly Barbed Gill Trout, but also catch many Spotted Feltail as well as the Golden Darter. I haven't caught anything else here yet. At this level at 01:00ish server time it took me 10 minutes to catch 5 Golden Darters.

Comment by 19534

after spending 2 hours flying around the streams of terokar forest I only found one school of darter up at any one time on about a 20-30 min respawn there are several felltail pool spawns but these are fairly useles. Basically you are better off just fishing in one spot for 30-40 min then take a lap around the forest to find any pools that respawned
aporx locs for 2 spawns are 60,34 and 60,38

Comment by littlidabbi

From about 6 Golder Darter schools i got 8 Golden Darters. Kept getting Motes of Water, Inscriped Scrollcases and those damn Enourmas Trout and Feltail all the time, might have just been bad luck but i got 5 Goldenscale Vendorfish aswell.

As previously posted tho, fishing from the pool and not schools will yield more Golden Darters

Comment by 41396

Does anyone know the best time to fish these? I know that for some fish, there are four 6-hour long periods which have an effect on how easy they are to catch (I think these are 3:00-9:00 and 9:00-3:00 am and pm, but they could be 6-12/12-6). At 8:30 pm server time, only 2 out of 50 fish caught were Golden Darters, so I'm hoping there's a better time to fish for them.

Comment by 26115

I believe it's actually faster to catch these fish from schools rather than plain water. I found a lot of schools of darters when flying over the rivers of Terokkar, which yeld between 2 and 6 darters each.

I fished them near the alliance stronghold for some time, when I was training my fishing skill, and while the drop rate is decent, you will mostly catch a lot of useless fish (about 60-70% in my experience).

Besides that, it's extremely boring and mind numbling to fish plain water in a static spot for hours, while I find it's pretty cool to look for schools of fish along the river and set up a good angling to catch the fish the fastest you can.

There are several things you can learn to improve your fishing when fishing schools of fish, and so it's always a real "game", unlike fishing in a static spot where you have absolutly nothing to do, just cast, loot, cast, loot, cast, loot and finally fall asleep.

In order to fish the schools of fish effectively, you have to learn their locations, be carefull to the wildlife around you and learn to cast the most effectively. You have to watch the river carefully when flying over it to fly the fastest you can without missing the schools. Also always fish every school of fish you meet, be it feltail or darters as they share their spawn locations. If you fish only the schools of darters, you will quickly end up with mostly schools of feltail...

I'm not sure the time of the day matter for these, I fished them this morning between 10 am and 11 am and got several stacks of darters and feltails.

Also feltails aren't the most useless thing around, as the +30 stamina food is a bit more tricky to get.

Happy fishing !

Comment by 33258

Fished 99 fish between 9 and 10am; 49 trouts, 24 feltails, 26 darters.

Comment by 85265

There is a small pond right outside the east wall of Shatt, next to the doorway in. I'm a lvl 48 priest and this is a good place to catch Golden Darter and Feltail while at a level to low to even leave the city. Good gold made here, lol. Caught 25 Golden Darter in little over an hour.

Even caught the Goldenscale Vendorfish here once, lol.

Comment by lovelywaz

started with 351 base skills with +20 Pole and +75 Lure, near the Alliance FP in town, cords near 58.5,60.5. Here's a little summary what I caught.

Server time : 14:58 to 15:30
Fishing Time: Over 30mins
Golden Darter : 25
Barbed Gill Trout : 57
Spotted Feltail : 17
Inscribed Scrollcase : 1

Ended up at base skills lvl 359

Comment by TarixtheAngler

I think Blizzard has an obsession with the number 490. Once you get 490 fishing you will never see the message "Your fish got away!".
I have maxed my fishing at 527 =)
-375 Fishing Skill
-Aquadynamic Fish Attractor (+100)
-Lucky Fishing Hat (+5)
-Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots (+5)
-Arcanite Fishing Pole (+35)= +40
-Fishing Enchant on Gloves (+2)

Comment by Anarki

Seems to me that every day between 1500-1600 the odds for chatching one of these increases. I fish them right outside Stonebreak Hold everyday and it never fails for me.

This isn't tested thouroughly.

Comment by Aqhat

Sitting on the dock at Lake Jorune (Terokkar; 45,40) is where I've been the most successful with these so far with about a 50% catch rate. At 400 fishing skill I was unable to cast into this water but at 500 I didn't seem to lose any fish.

P.S. You must have a flying mount to get to this location.

Comment by Kiliana

I experienced a much higher drop rate in the three lakes where Furious Crawdads caan be fished. Something close to ~50% as opposed to ~26% in the rivers and other water in Terrokar.

Comment by 117914

Is it just me or does the screenshot for this item crack anybody else up?

Comment by 120510

The screenshot is hilarious. One night I fished up 18 Golden Darter in about 30 minutes. Went back the next day and only got 4 in about the same time.

Comment by 110916

""2.4 CHANGES""

Golden Darter can now be fished in Zangamarsh AND Terokkar Forest in the "Brackfish Mixed School"

There are also schools called "School of Darter" around Terokkar Forest.

-Pinkk of Archimonde

Comment by 141886

Although not the highest drop rate, Lake Jorune is probably the best place to fish for these if you have a flying mount.

If you want to fly up and down the rivers, looking for them, then that's all very well and good but I only fish these to cook & sell so I want to do so easily.

The water around Skettis supposedly has a higher drop rate but there are lots of nasty things there that want to hurt me. So I go to Lake Jorune & just have a nice relaxing fish.

375 skill, +25 rod, +3 line, +10 Captain Rumsey's Lager & +100 fishing hooks. Can easily get 20+ in 20 mins (duration of 2 lures). 20 Golden Fish sticks go for 30-40g (depending on which day of the week you put them on the AH). Yes, you can probably earn more in the same time doing other things, but you will be hard pressed to earn it as easily. Put some tunes on, grab a coffee and relax and earn some gold.

Also there are 3 spawn points for Highland Mixed School of fish up there. These drop Golden Darters, Furious Crawdad, Inscribed Scrollcase & Curious Crates (maybe other stuff too, I'm going on personal experience).

Comment by 141130

found a nice peaceful'ish spot on Silmyr Lake bank...(interrupted twice by Basilisks)

with a skill of 500 (375 skill, +25 rod and +100 lure)

fished for 40 minutes, open casts, and caught:

Golden Darter x 36
Barbed Gill Trout x 54
Spotted Feltail x 27
Enormous Barbed Gill Trout x 1
Mote of water x 1
Crate x 1, containing: Netherweave x 1

:)

Comment by 26793

I love the picture :P

Comment by 80089

A very worthwhile catch.
Although these guys aren't as common as other fish in Outland, they are way more profitable. On my realm, a stack of Golden Fish Sticks sell for ~30 gold, which is pretty easy money.

To anyone continuosly doing cooking dailies, always go for Barrel of Fish once you've got all the cooking recipes - if you get a bunch of these you've earned yourself an additional quest in gold.

Comment by Sagentine

I found it a lot easier to fish these in Zangarmarsh from the Brackfish Mixed Pools, but maybe that's just me. I have seen more pools in Zangarmarsh than Terokkar, and you do not need as much skill to fish these in Zangarmarsh. Just my opinion.

Comment by 182073

love the screenshot :)

Comment by shieldbreakr

Between 14:55 and 15:15 in Silmyr lake, I fished up 20 of these in about 40 casts. Very fast drop rate for me with only 305 fishing.

Comment by emmaleth

For the achievement Outland Angler, I found one school of darter at 69 43 (Terokkar Forest).

Comment by 511830

lol'd at the screenshot... lol, screenshot'd

Comment by 482611

For those who don't have the ability to 'find fish' this Map could come in handy for the "School of Darter"
It's needed for the achie Outland Angler

Comment by thurft

Cata 4.0.3 at 220 finishing + 75buff i catch them v often

Comment by Allakhazam

I did some fishing just outside of Allerian Stronghold. I caught 180 fish and 30 of them were golden darters

Comment by Allakhazam

fishing for 1 hour at Silmyr Lake,
skilling fishing from 300 to 325 with a +25 rod and +100 lure
results:

56 golden darters
142 barbed gill trout
56 spotted feltail
2 enormous barbed gill trout

256 total

21.875% golden darters
55.468% barbed gill trout
21.875% spotted feltail
0,781% enormous barbed gill trout

Do note i was getting a fair few "your fish got away" messages.

The puddles in terrokar only seem to yield 1-3 golden darters each, and are spread far and wide.
The "mixed highland schools" at Skettis and the lakes up at the horde and alliance outposts also yield Golden Darters tho, as well as Spicy Crawdad.

My advice if your farming these for personal use; dont go for the puddles, just park yourself at an inland lake or stream and fish.

My advice if you farm these for gold: get the mixed highland schools, the spicy crawdad is equally valuable and there are many puddles. 500 fishing skill needed to prevent getaways tho.

Edited, Jan 18th 2008 12:16pm by sju

Edited, Jan 18th 2008 12:19pm by sju

Comment by Allakhazam

I fish for golden darter on my sever as they sell stupidly quick and i found that if i flew around on my normal flying mount i could cath 100 of then in about 1hour

Comment by Allakhazam

I have caught several of these. Does anyone know if they are for cooking, crafting oils, anything?

Comment by Allakhazam

these are for cooking
Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks

Comment by Allakhazam

The drop rate of this fish is exactly the same in any body of water in Terokkar Forest; it is consistantly about 15%. Expect to fish for about 45 minutes to get a full stack. Make sure your fishing is at about 450 for these results.

Edited, Jul 29th 2007 12:34pm by phatmaster

Comment by Allakhazam

Don't waste your time looking for a school. I've been search for about 20 minutes to find 1 school and I would have been able to catch more out of the side of Allerian stronghold rather than looking for a school that gave me literally 3 darters with a skill of 431.

Comment by Allakhazam

You can get this Horde side from trade goods guy at Stonebreaker Hold he has 2 cooking recipes I believe.

Comment by Allakhazam

Do you know where this recipe can be bought, or is it a quest item and if so where?

Comment by Allakhazam

Horde side can get this recipe at Stonebreaker Hold in Terokkar forest.
Rungor <Trade Goods>

Edited, Jan 28th 2007 11:39pm by ChiosDW

Comment by Allakhazam

Silmyr Lake in northern Terrokar Forrest is a good place to fish those (coords: 37,8)

you should have at least 420 fishing skill with lure and pole

still geting some "your fish got away" but it´s okay

you can make the food: Golden Fish Sticks (well fed increases healing done by 44 and spirit by 20)

Comment by Allakhazam

I fished Silmyr Lake in northern Terrokar Forrest at night with 422 fishing skill and only caught Barbed Gill Trout. I didn't see any schools so maybe you can only catch them in the daytime, I don't know.

Comment by Allakhazam

I caught a bunch of these in Zangarmarsh, in the "Brackish Mixed School". I had fishing skill of about 370 with lure & pole, and was able to fish, although I got about 20% of "fish got away".

Comment by Thottbot

At the water just by the bridge at Stonebreaker Hold, I caught 20 darters in 35 minutes. It was between 10:10-10:45am.

Comment by Thottbot

yeah, catch golden darter beside stonebreaker hold, u will be able to catch a lot around 50 percent-60 percent chances

Comment by Thottbot

Heres my Fishing Buddy info from 10:40-11:00am

Barbed Gill Trout (37 :64.9%)
Golden Darter (10 :17.5%)
Spotted Feltail (10 :17.5%)

caught about 15 Gill trout before i started catching feltails and darters so hang in there

Comment by Thottbot

If you're looking to fish by the bridge north of Allerian Stronghold, you'll need a pretty high skill.

My base skill is 245.

I'm using Big Iron Fishing Pole (+20).

With Bright Baubles (+75) it said my skill wasn't high enough (which totals 340).

With Aquadynamic Fish Attractor (+100) I was able to fish and had a 50% success rate on catching any fish at all (total skill 365).

So unless you enjoy torture, you'll want your skill after all bonuses to probably be 375+. I'll post again when my skill is higher to report success rates, otherwise please post your experiences.

Comment by Thottbot

I happened to be awake & available to play wow this morning from 4am-5am & I caught 15 Golden Darter in 1 hr. at Allerian Stronghold in Terrokar Forest.. Started with base skill of 300, which ended up @ 307.. Had a friend with Engineering skill make me the Fish Attractor lures (+100 fishing 10 mins.) .. -=>By the way you only need Engineering skill of 125 to make these lures, mats are usually available cheap on the AH<=- I would assume these fish are available in their given location(s) between 12a & 12p server time daily.

P.S. - My fishing rod as of right now sucks, yes (only +5), but I intend to win the Arcanite Fishing Rod tomorrow (Server - Eredar) .. I'll update with that afterwards. :)

Comment by Thottbot

It did seem that fishing these during the day yields more drops than fishing at night. That said, there isn't much difference, and if you are determined I wouldn't let time of day stop you. (I caught 32 in about an hour and a half after midnight)

Comment by Thottbot

Has anyone seen any pools of these in Terrokar? Anyone have the coords for a few of them? Thx

Comment by Thottbot

I got one every 2 minutes @ Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar

58.54

Comment by Thottbot

Was fishing in the late afternoon and was catching them outside Stnebreaker Hold.

Comment by Thottbot

Great Drop Rate or them Is Under the big spinning wheel in Allerian Stronghold. I got 10 in about 5 minutes.

Comment by Thottbot

To start off, my fishing is at max skill (375)
I use Nat Pagle's pole (+25), and typically use the baubles (+75), so for the following results you can assume my fishing skill is 475.

I did a trial of 10 minutes each in three different locations:
1. The body of water outside Shat.
Golden Darter: 6
Spotted Feltail: 6
Remaining catches: Barbed Gill Trout

2. Body of water beside Stonebreaker Hold.
Golden Darter: 7
Spotted Feltail: 2
Remaining catches: Barbed Gill Trout, Inscibed Scrollcase

3. Body of water in Skettis.*
Golden Darter: 9
Spotted Feltail: 6
Remaining catches: Barbed Gill Trout (quite a few less of these than the other two locations)

*Note: I had a few more "your fish got away" messages here, whereas at the other two locations almost every catch was successful.

My conclusion: the quality of fish are better up in Skettis, but not worth the time unless you have a very high fishing skill, as more will get away than will be successful.

Hope this helps everyone out there searching for some fish sticks :)

Good luck!

(These trials were done between 6 - 6:30 pm server time)

Comment by Thottbot

Just fished for 27 minutes at the waterwheel by Allerian Stronghold and got the following.

362+125 skill, up to 370.

55 Barbed Gill Trout
20 Golden Darter
8 Spotted Feltail

Comment by Thottbot

I had fishing skill 322 + 20 from rod and + 75 from bright baubles. Fished on a little pool just outside Shattrath city (39,22 in Terokkar Forest). Change to get Golden Darters was about 28-30%. I think it's worth of upgrading your fishing skill there than get longjaw mudsnappers on noob areas:) Best part is that SC Peacekeepers are just beside you so no matter of gankers there:D

Comment by Thottbot

I am very confused by fishing lately. Will these fish drop only from pools, meaning a lot of hassle, flying around, competition and what not (= not worth it for me) or will they also yield from 'normal' fishing? I know that if the latter is the case it would drop significantly less than from pools, but I'd rather stand at one spot fishing for a few hours rather than flying around all day finding pools.

Comment by Thottbot

Yes... you can fish them from any of the waters in Terrokor Forest. My experience is a drop rate of 20-40% depending on the time of day.

Comment by Thottbot

Tried fishing under the bridge as I normally fish the lake and get quite a few missed fish. 30 minutes under the bridge resulted in no fish getting away (348 skill to start+20 pole+100 lure) and I got

21 Golden Darter
27 Spotted feltail
43 Barbed Gill trout
1 curious crate
3 inscribed scroll cases

so just about a 20% drop rate on the darters.

Comment by Thottbot

Found a decent spot - catching them at about 50% rate @ 55.4,31.6. There's a tributary that creates a small pond on the southeast corner of Tuurem. It may just be cuz I'm losing some fish, but yea, about 50% currently.

Screenshot #4 shows the spot.

Comment by Gymlea

Here are the results from Aug 2021. Using Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole, with an Aquadynamic Fish Attractor, all within the ten minutes the Attractor was active, and in the pond next to the bridge out of Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest.

18 Barbed Gill Trout
6 Spotted Feltail
7 Golden Darter
3 Levels of Fishing 320-322
2 Nothing Hooked
1 Got Away

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Golden Darter

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This item can be fished in Terokkar Forest (191), Zangarmarsh (95), and Shadowmoon Valley .

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