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Comment by 91604

• The basic starting Fishing Pole
• No Fishing Skill requirement
• No Level requirement to equip
• Only Usable for Fishing when trained in Apprentice Fishing

Comment by Dragynbeats

I pulled of 5k dps on my rogue with this weapon

Comment by Treld

clearly a hunter weapon

Comment by BossInvader

Great little pole for starting out fishing with. However I usually only use this till level 10 fishing and buy the Strong Fishing pole for the added fishing skill. They are in limited quantity and sometimes you cannot find it. Just come back to the fishing supplier and it will be there eventually. I'm going to guess that after someone buys it another one doesn't appear for about 30 minutes to an hour so if you see it just buy!

If anything they sell on the auction house for a few gold which is great from a 9 silver purchase.

Edit: Typos, bad links and miss information fixed

Comment by Asgalon

Some fishing poles in game since patch 1.11.1 with some helpful tips:

■ Fishing Pole can buy from any trader and is a reward from Red Snapper - Very Tasty! (Alliance only), generally its used for increase fishing skill on beginning.

■ Strong Fishing Pole can buy from specific vendors in world, them can sell only one item.

■ Staats' Fishing Pole reward from A Taste for Grouper in Darkshore (Alliance only).

■ Darkwood Fishing Pole fishing low drop in some low level areas.

■ Big Iron Fishing Pole low drop from Shellfish Trap.

■ Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000 reward from Snapjaws, Lad! (Alliance side) and Snapjaws, Mon! (Horde side).

■ Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole reward from Rather Be Fishin' (Shattrath City).

■ Pandaren Fishing Pole you can get it if you are honored with The Anglers, require the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

■ Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole reward from Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme, Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme for people already completed this quest before the quest trainer for Artisan Fishing was removed in 3.1.0

■ Arcanite Fishing Pole reward from world event of Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza for to first player who catch Speckled Tastyfishx40 and give Riggle Bassbait, completing Grand Prize, its is the best pole in game with high fishing skill.

■ Jeweled Fishing Pole low drop from Bag of Shiny Things (Fishing Quest Daily in Stormwind and Orgrimmar), even a lvl 10 can obtain this item, and Bag of Fishing Treasures (Fishing Quest Daily in Dalaran) you must be lvl 70 and got the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Also if you catch the Blacktip Shark but you are not the first person who completed it, you gain the bag in Better Luck Next Time.

■ Bone Fishing Pole low drop from Bag of Shiny Things, same work with Jeweled Fishing Pole.

■ Dragon Fishing Pole you can get it if you are revered with The Anglers, require the Mists of Pandaria expansion.

■ Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole can buy from Sairuk (Dragonblight) or Tanaika (Howling Fjord), you must be Exalted with The Kalu'ak, its the best pole with cool model and unique breathing underwater in game, you must have the expansion Wrath of the Lich King if you want this item.

■Draenic Fishing Pole its a item sold by Nat Pagle from Garrison of Alliance in Shadowmoon Valley, you must unlock him in order to purchase it, counting with the lure it will increase 40 fishing skill, require the Warlords of Draenor expansion.

■Savage Fishing Pole Horde equivalent, but now it will sold in Frostfire Ridge on Garrison of Horde, require the Warlords of Draenor expansion.

■[Ephemeral Fishing Pole has the high fishing skill on the game, however its temporarily in "online time" doenst depend of "character time played", fished from the waters of draenor, even a level low can adquire this item, require the Warlords of Draenor expansion.

Some itens removed or in database of game but you cant ever got:
■ Crafty's Pole this item appear in database of Lich King expansion, probably in patch 3.2 or 3.3, cannot be obtained in live realms.

■ Blump Family Fishing Pole is no longer available in game because the Gubber Blump disappear on events of cataclysm, so Staats' Fishing Pole and the Johnathan Staats replaced them.

Edit (16/09/2014): Added fishing pole itens from the new expansion Warlords of Draenor;
Edit (16/09/2014): Some words are now correctly with english language.
Edit (21/09/2015): Removed PTR mentions.

Comment by nisx

R.I.P. Fishing pole

Comment by Lordplatypus

Best DPS item in the game.

Perfectly geared for all kinds of hunters.

Comment by Jarakin

Since the arrival of patch 5.0.4, there's been a change to fishing. You no longer need to equip a fishing pole to use the Fishing skill.

Comment by Cujo427

Just fished one up in tanaan jungle.... Had to come to check. :| Sad day.

Comment by DaggersEdge

For all of your roleplay needs, I compiled a list of occupational tools for everyday heroes. Look at a weapon's "Item Versions" or "Same model as" tab for ones easier to obtain or a different color or weapon type. Higher levels can obtain Appearances for lower-level alts. If you want a quest Appearance from the opposite faction but do not have a character, use a Class Trial. Let me know if I missed a weapon! Good for bartenders, cooks, fishermen, farmers, lumberjacks, miners, blacksmiths, engineers, alchemists, and angry protesters.

ENGINEER / MECHANIC

Kobold Candle — Alliance quest reward

Spring Gadget — Horde quest reward

Supposed Mace — Neutral quest reward

Skullstone Bludgeon — Auction House, Engineering craft

Oxidized Wrench — Fishing

Coreway Engineer's Screwdriver — Auction House, fishing

Arclight Spanner (Engineering profession) — Auction House, Engineering craft

Magnetic Discombobulator — Auction House, Engineering craft

Scrapmaster's Blowtorch — Currency purchase after quest chain and Honored Rustbolt Resistance reputation

Coreway Engineer's Forceps — Auction House, fishing

BLACKSMITH / JEWELCRAFTER / MINER / CLIMBER / LUMBERJACK / CARNIE

Maruukai Smith's Tongs — Currency purchase after required Maruuk Centaur reputation

Militia Hammer — Alliance quest reward

The Hammer — Horde quest reward

Blacksmith Hammer (Blacksmithing profession) — Vendors

Repurposed Anvil — Rare mob drop

Medicine Stick — Neutral quest reward

Gnomish Liquid Transfer Apparatus — Trading Post currency purchase

Coreway Sledgehammer — Auction House, fishing

Excavator's Punch — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Excavator's Chisel — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Archivist's Stone Chisel — Currency purchase

Jeweler's Careful Crusher — Auction House, fishing

Ancient Forged Curio — Delve reward drop, weekly quest drop

Pail of Preserved Obscurity — City of Threads dungeon boss drop

Shatterstone Pick — Neutral quest reward

Brann's Trusty Pick — Neutral quest reward

Marcus' Pickaxe — Alliance quest reward

Archivist's Mining Pick — Currency purchase

Expedition Excavator — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Coreway Pickaxe — Auction House, fishing

Dark Zone Headtaker — Darkflame Cleft dungeon boss drop

Algari Competitor's Pickaxe — Auction House, Blacksmithing craft

Torchlit Pickaxe — Delve reward drop

Kobold Mastermind's "Pivel" — Treasure

Archivist's Rockpuller — Currency purchase

Archivist's Sturdy Hook — Currency purchase

Inquisitor's Torch — Auction House, Inscription craft

Coiled Archivist's Rope — Currency purchase

Lumberjack Axe — Auction House, world drop

Wood Chopper — Auction House, world drop

Tomahawk — Vendors

Craftsman Timber Mallet — Trading Post currency purchase

Hammer — Vendors

Darkmoon Hammer — Vendor

Wine-Soaked Hammer — Trading Post currency purchase

Club — Vendors

Cudgel — Vendors

LAMPLIGHTER / WATCHMAN / SCOUT / TOWN CRIER

Grayson's Torch — Alliance quest reward

Archivist's Spelunking Torch — Currency purchase

Algari Competitor's Staff — Auction House, Inscription craft

Lamplighter's Torch — Neutral quest reward, currency purchase

Lamplighter's Unlit Torch — Neutral quest reward, currency purchase

Watchman's Flare — Trading Post currency purchase

Forsaken Cresset — Trading Post currency purchase

Algari Competitor's Scepter — Auction House, Blacksmithing craft

Concerned Captain's Cudgel — Neutral quest reward

Everflame Night Torch — Currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Archivist's Improvised Cudgel — Currency purchase

Archivist's Extravagant Lantern — Currency purchase

Eerie Stable Lantern — Normal mode Shadowfang Keep dungeon boss drop, Mechagon rare mob drop

Deep Core Lantern — Neutral quest reward

Lamentable Vagrant's Lantern — Rare mob drop

Algari Competitor's Lamp — Auction House, Inscription craft

Deep-Dweller's Orb — Auction House, world drop

Earthen Traveler's Scepter — Neutral quest reward

Vagabond's Torch — Inscription craft

Ironcrest Lantern — Auction House, world drop

Deepwarden Torch — Auction House, world drop

Gol Osigr Torch — Auction House, world drop

Crow's Nest Spotlight — Alliance quest reward

Abyssal Beacon — Alliance quest reward

Titanic Hourglass — Currency purchase

Evernote Vesper — Rare mob drop

Ritual Bell — Auction House, world drop

Night Elven Horn — Treasure after quest chain

Night Elven Signal — Treasure after quest chain

Kaldorei Sentinel's Spyglass — Treasure after quest chain

Researcher's Magnifier — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Archivist's Magnifying Mace — Currency purchase

Keen-eye 'Noculars — Currency purchase

Academy Student's Journal — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Vault Guardian's Missive — Neutral quest reward

Core Explorer's Compendium — Auction House, Inscription craft

Drakewatcher's Scriptures — Auction House, world drop

Deeptide Scroll — Auction House, world drop

Scroll of Violent Tides — Spawned mob drop

FARMER / GARDENER / FLORIST

Robble's Staff of Herding — Auction House, world drop

Farmer's Broom — Auction House, Alliance vendor

Trusty Sweeper — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Farmer's Hoe — Auction House, Alliance vendor

Garden Hoe — Garrison vendor

Dragon Garden Hoe — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Hillhelm Farmhand's Hoe — Achievement

Dragon Garden Fork — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Field Tested Spear — Alliance quest reward

Rusted Pitchfork — Auction House, Death Knight starting area mobs

Hallowfall Harvester's Pitchfork — Currency purchase

Garden Pitchfork — Garrison vendor

Garden Scythe — Garrison vendor

Garden Sickle — Garrison vendor

Garden Shovel — Garrison vendor

Farmer's Shovel — Auction House, Alliance vendor

Coreway Shovel — Auction House, fishing

Decorative Niffen Sword — Currency purchase after required Loamm Niffen reputation

Expeditionary Spear — World drop

Earthshatter Lance — Rare mob drop

Kaheti Confiscated Spade — Neutral quest reward

Disturbance Detection Device — Neutral quest reward

Archivist's Pathfinder — Currency purchase

Archivist's Super Scooper — Currency purchase

Survivalist's Shovel — Currency purchase after required Dream Wardens reputation

Hillhelm Farmhand's Watering Can — Achievement

Dragon Garden Shovel — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Dragon Garden Hand Shovel — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Caretaker's Trowel — Currency purchase after required Dream Wardens reputation

Excavator's Trowel — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Dragonscale Expedition reputation

Dragon Garden Rake — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

ELIZA's Rake Attachment — Neutral quest reward

Leaky Bucket — Trading Post currency purchase

Life Pools Watering Can — Neutral quest reward

Cultivator's Watering Can — Currency purchase after required Dream Wardens reputation

Darkmoon Flower — Darkmoon Faire currency purchase

Stratholme Lily — Vendor

Simple Wildflowers — Vendors

Beautiful Wildflowers — Vendors

Bouquet of White Roses — Vendors

Bouquet of Black Roses — Vendors

Black Rose — Vendors

Red Rose — Vendors

Bouquet of Scarlet Begonias — Alliance quest reward

Spring Flowers — Noblegarden currency purchase

Bouquet of Orange Marigolds — Day of the Dead vendor

Dreamseeker Dandelion — Auction House, world drop

Blossom of the Earthen Ring — Alliance quest reward

Evergreen Branch — Auction House, world drop

Suntouched Flowers — Alliance/Horde quest reward

Sanguine Bouquet — Trading Post currency purchase

Fetid Bouquet — Trading Post currency purchase

BUTCHER / BAKER / CHEF / COOK / FISHERMAN

Cleaver — Vendors

Meat Cleaver — Auction House, world drop

Meat Cleaver — Garrison vendor

Servant Splitter — Waycrest Manor dungeon boss drop

Gently-Used Cleaver — Trading Post currency purchase

Cookie's Tenderizer — Normal mode Deadmines dungeon boss drop

The Glazer — Auction House, Stormsong Valley drop

Hivebreaker's Dipper — Cinderbrew Meadery dungeon boss drop

Extra Large Leek — Auction House, fishing

Garlic Knots — Neutral quest reward

Egg Basket — Noblegarden quest reward

Unidentified Cooking Utensil — Alliance quest reward

Spider Splatter Mace — Neutral quest reward

Big Kinook's Spare Ladle — Achievement

Dragon Dinner Fork — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Dragon Dinner Knife — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Tuskarr Clobbering Board — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Iskaara Tuskarr reputation

Last Month's Mutton — Auction House

Last Year's Mutton — Auction House

Petrified Camel Haunch — Auction House, world drop

Basilisk Bone — Auction House, world drop

Beauty's Favorite Bone — Normal mode Blackrock Caverns dungeon boss drop

Large Bear Bone — Auction House, Winterspring drop

Razor Sharp Fillet Knife — Auction House, fishing

Fishing Pole — Vendors

Stinkrot Smasher — Auction House, Island Expeditions

Steelscale Crushfish — Auction House, fishing

19 Pound Catfish — Auction House, fishing

70 Pound Mightfish — Auction House, fishing

Huge Spotted Feltail — Auction House, fishing

BARTENDER

Broken Wine Bottle — Fishing

Barman Skewer — Rare mob drop

Broken Silversnap Bottle — Neutral quest reward

Mok'Morokk's Grog Bottle — Horde quest reward

Red Wine Glass — Vendors

Wine Glass — Vendors

Simple Silver Dragon Goblet — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Simple Gold Dragon Goblet — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Jeweled Silver Dragon Goblet — Currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Jeweled Gold Dragon Goblet — Currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Ornate Drinking Stein — Auction House, world drop

Disciple's Stein — Auction House, world drop

Seer's Fine Stein — Auction House, world drop

Kreeg's Mug — Normal mode Dire Maul dungeon boss drop

Overflowing Purple Brewfest Stein — Brewfest quest

Bottomless Brewfest Stein — Brewfest vendor

Terrific Tankard O' Terror — Auction House, Brewfest dungeon drop

Tremendous Tankard O' Terror — Auction House, Brewfest dungeon drop

Ook-Breaker Mace — Rare mob drop, world drop

Ced's Crusher — Auction House, world drop

Porter's Tooth-Marked Mace — Auction House, world drop

Gao's Keg Tapper — Stormstout Brewery dungeon boss drop

ALCHEMIST

Vial of Chloroform — Alliance quest reward

Tears of Heaven — Vendor

Swirling Draconian Concoction — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Weighted Potion Cylinder — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Reinforced Lavender Bottle — Quest reward/currency purchase after required Valdrakken Accord reputation

Bubbling Concoction — Auction House, world drop

Decanter of Distilled Shadows — Auction House, world drop

Anima-Infused Muck — Neutral quest reward

Crypt Keeper's Vessel — Currency purchase after achievement

Bucket of Morbid Treats — Hallow's End currency purchase

Solena's Watchful Collection — Waycrest Manor dungeon boss drop

Cursed Monkey Palm — Battle of Dazar'alor raid boss drop

Spare Hand — Auction House, Rogue pickpocketing

MERCHANT

Furbolg Medicine Pouch — Purchase after Honored Timbermaw Hold reputation

Khadgar's Knapsack — Vendor

Lost Bag of Whammies — Zul'Gurub dungeon boss drop

Violet Kaldorei Pouch — Treasure after quest chain

Blue Kaldorei Pouch — Treasure after quest chain

Heavily Stitched Wallet — Trading Post currency purchase

REVELER

Red Sparkler — Auction House, Fireworks Spectacular vendors

White Sparkler — Auction House, Fireworks Spectacular vendors

Blue Sparkler — Auction House, Fireworks Spectacular vendors

Comment by 1472845

I was fairly shocked to fish up a Fishing Pole from the river dividing Spires of Arak from Shadowmoon Valley right on the tail end of completing all the objectives for getting a level 3 garrison fishing shack. I came here to find that, yep, it's a thing!

Comment by Scoobydeux

This item is more useful than you might think.

You can now fish without a fishing pole, but if you are just starting fishing, you will fish up junk until your fishing skill is sufficient to fish up fish; varies by location and this does not apply to fishing pools. If you want fish, not junk, say, for leveling cooking, a pole allows you to equip a lure, and lures grant a large bonus to fishing skill. (but take note, at least initially, junk has a higher vend value than fish)

If you are routinely hurting for bag space, this item is cheap enough to toss and easily replace.

There are a few quests that require you to hurt but not kill a mob, then generally apply some item to it. If you are having trouble not killing the mobs, try it with this pole equipped as your weapon.

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Fishing Pole

Item Level 1

Fishing Tool

Durability 16 / 16

Requires Fishing (1)

Sell Price: 1

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This item can be purchased in Darkshore (34), Howling Fjord (27), Darkshore (25), Dalaran (6), Lunarfall (13), Vale of Eternal Blossoms , Dragonblight (12), Highmountain , Shrine of Two Moons (11), Borean Tundra (7), Teldrassil (7), Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope , Frostwall (6), Ruins of Gilneas (6), Thunder Totem (6), Undercity (6), Ironforge (5), Sanctum of Domination , Silvermoon City (5), Stormshield (5), Vault of the Incarnates , Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible , Durotar (4), Elysian Hold (4), Shattrath City (4), The Exodar (4), The Lost Isles (4), Arathi Highlands (3), Azsuna (3), City of Threads , Darkmoon Island (3), Dragon Isles (3), Nerub-ar Palace , Oribos (3), Redridge Mountains (3), Sepulcher of the First Ones , The North Sea (3), Wetlands (3), Battle of Dazar'alor , Bloodmyst Isle (2), Boralus (2), Dalaran (2), Darkshore (2), Darnassus (2), Dazar'alor (2), Dornogal (2), Dread Wastes (2), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Frostfire Ridge , Hallowfall (2), Helheim (2), Krasarang Wilds (2), Krokuun (2), Loch Modan (2), Maldraxxus (2), Moonglade (2), Northern Barrens (2), Shadowmoon Valley (2), Silverpine Forest (2), Stormheim (2), Stormwind City (2), Suramar (2), The Nighthold , The Veiled Sea (2), The Waking Shores (2), The Wandering Isle (2), Throne of the Tides , Tol Dagor , Uldir , Val'sharah (2), Warspear (2), Alterac Valley , Alterac Valley , Amirdrassil , Arathi Basin , Arathi Basin , Ardenweald , Ardenweald , Ashenvale , Atal'Dazar , Azj-Kahet , Azshara , Azuremyst Isle , Bastion , Blade's Edge Mountains , Blasted Lands , Broken Shore , Castle Nathria , Darkshore , De Other Side , Desolace , Drustvar , Dun Morogh , Dustwallow Marsh , Elwynn Forest , Emerald Dream , Eversong Woods , Felwood , Feralas , Freehold , Ghostlands , Gilneas , Gilneas City , Gorgrond , Grim Batol , Halls of Atonement , Heart of Fear , Icecrown , Isle of Dorn , Karazhan , Korthia , Mechagon , Mists of Tirna Scithe , Mulgore , Nagrand , Nazjatar , Nazmir , New Tinkertown , Northern Stranglethorn , Ny'alotha, the Waking City , Ohn'ahran Plains , Orgrimmar , Plaguefall , Revendreth , Shadowmoon Valley , Shrine of the Storm , Silithus , Spires of Arak , Spires of Ascension , Stonetalon Mountains , Stormsong Valley , Swamp of Sorrows , Talador , Tanaan Jungle , Tanaris , Tarren Mill vs Southshore , Tazavesh, the Veiled Market , Thaldraszus , The Azure Span , The Cape of Stranglethorn , The Deadmines , The Eternal Palace , The Forbidden Reach , The Hinterlands , The Jade Forest , The MOTHERLODE!! , The Necrotic Wake , The Ringing Deeps , The Underbog , The Underrot , The Vortex Pinnacle , Theater of Pain , Throne of Thunder , Thunder Bluff , Tiragarde Sound , Tirisfal Glades , Tirisfal Glades , Tomb of Sargeras , Uldum , Uldum , Valdrakken , Vale of Eternal Blossoms , Valley of the Four Winds , Vol'dun , Waycrest Manor , Westfall , Winterspring , Zangarmarsh , Zaralek Cavern , Zereth Mortis , Zul'Drak , and Zuldazar .

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