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Comment by 4705

This one's not quite as good as a Big Iron Fishing Pole ( http://www.wowhead.com/?item=6367 ), but if it's actually available to players it'll make acquiring the fishing twink items for the 10-19 bracket a little bit easier.

Comment by 122527

Is it BoP or could I find one on the AH?

Comment by 48132

I just fished mine up in the lake near tarren mill. Was pretty surprised to find a fishing pole from.... well, fishing.... >.>

Comment by 62038

Just had this shiny little thing drop for me last night. Took my breath away.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/maaxszon/Darkwood_Fishing_Pole.jpg

Tho it seems its not rare anymore :(

Comment by 144260

Confirmed. I fished one of these up in Ashenvale on my 317th cast. Well worth it though.

Anyone want half a ton of Catfish? *LOL!*

Comment by 51993

I fished up one today just goofing around in wetlands, not even a node, just randomly popped up.

Comment by 20825

I was doing the sunspot fishing quest in Red Ridge on my level 18 Warlock and it just popped up out of the water.....lol

Nice +15 fishing buff

Comment by 86842

Dropped for my girlfriend in lil lake (one with boat in the middle) south of Tarren Mill at Hillsbrad Foothills.

Comment by 68065

This item just dropped for me in Duskwood along the northwestern corner. It was a nice upgrade from my strong fishing pole.

Comment by Cleigh

Just fished this up in Sun Rock Retreat, took about 10 casts or so.

Comment by 26575

I found this while fishing in Mystral lake in ashenvale. Took a lot of casts to get, so I wouldn't say that it's such a high drop rate.

Comment by Mancer

I fished until my bags were full 20x16x4 = 1280+ casts at the spot close to the 2 broken pillars in Ashenvale on the southfury river. I fished up 2 greens, which I destroyed, minus a few healing potions and the offhand catfishes. This pole is elusive. I will try again at a different location tonight.

Paying 100g for it on Firetree. Stourm / Galatian / Mancer / Bootleg. Hit me up.

Comment by 36073

I fished this up randomly in Redridge a couple of weeks ago. Wasn't trying to get it (in fact, didn't even know about it), but from the sounds of things it might be fairly rare.

Comment by 195253

Don't be taken in by the people saying it dropped on the 10th cast. This is an extremely rare drop. Farming it does not offer enough collateral benefit to be worthwhile. The best one can do is increase the likelyhood of a drop by fishing in the appropriate zones when necessary.

Please correct me if I am mistaken about the drop rates for this item.

Comment by Goldenpineapple

Returning to the game after a few months' break, I fished up two of these in a row. Thinking they were a very common new drop or something, I was surprised by how rare they supposedly are.

Wowhead lies, they have a different model, with a surprisingly dark, woodish texture. Uploading a shot...

Comment by Eladria

To put this into perspective, I've been fishing in Ashenvale at the south lake for about 2 1/2 hours now (Yes, I'm multitasking doing other things too ;)). I've caught nearly 300 fish (I honestly stopped counting at 280), and this thing still hasn't dropped, so yes, the drop rate is really low.

So low in fact, that I'm about to hit 225 as I type this. When I started I was around 143 ;)

Comment by Profits

They've nerfed the damage from 28-43 down to 2-4.

Comment by 285488

I fished one up in the long river in Hillsbrad Foothills, behind Tarren Mill.

Comment by Serja

I fished mine up tonight from the lake around the Ruins of Stardust in Ashenvale Forest. I had cast about 40-50 times and caught it on the last cast before my lure ran out and had a double take moment since I had caught it with my Strong Fishing Pole. Guess fishing while I waited for my friend was worthwhile!

Comment by 559731

Fished it up in Hillsbrad Foothills NE of Tarren Mill while working on my fishing skills.

And... I fished up another one just a few minutes later.

But... None after that.

Comment by 326999

came up in STV in the lake while fishing for raw greater sagefish.

Comment by Dmitrii

Caught in Redridge Mountains on the south bank of Everstill Lake after about ten casts.

Comment by 134998

Just fished up this pole from the inland pool south of Go'shek Farm in Arathi Highlands.

Comment by 232394

Just fished this up from the lake around Astanaar in Ashenvale.
I just just fished up a fishing pole. What.. but... I don't even...

Comment by arley86

Fished up one from Ashenvale

Comment by clarkeyboy

50 casts in Redridge at Lake Everstill. Really didn't expect to fish up a fishing rod!

Comment by 962971

For anyone who is doubting the rarity of this item, -349 Catfish, 213 Mudsnappers, 2 healing potions, 1 mana potion, 1 pair of boots, a cloak, a 19lb catfish, 20 sagefish, and 3 waterproof trunks... no pole. unless u get it out of sheer luck, u could certainly get a better pole an easier way. Farming it is for serious collectors only.

Update! Does anyone know if this is still even in game? SERIOUSLY! over the last three monthes, I have spent 60 hours, total, fishing in Arathi highlands. Ive caught nearly 14,000 items. Statistically, I should have at least 3 of them by now! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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.

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.

Itens on PTR of Warlords of Draenor expansion:

■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.

■Savage Fishing Pole Horde equivalent, but now it will sold in Frostfire Ridge on Garrison of Horde.

■[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.

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.

Comment by lunamoonraker

To give an overview of actual chance to drop, adding all recorded catches and actual poles caught, the current average drop rate would be around 1:6611. If you fish in say Redridge with a higher drop rate it is still around 1:3500 chance.

Consider that next time you pull one up 10th cast :) And if you aim to fish on up, be prepared for a long haul.

Comment by Marmen

Here is some data for the pole.

Ive caught approximately 850 fish in Ashenvale over a 2 day period and Iam still fishing for it.

There ya go.

Comment by Asmundr

This pole is still fishable in Patch 5.4.

Comment by deacon8

Ok, so I can confirm that this does still drop as of patch 6.0.2. I caught mine on 10/19/14 at Lake Everstill, in Redridge Mountains. Coordinates are 25.36, 44.96.

I have fished for this pole for a long time, but during this session:

-307 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
-191 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
-2 Raw Sagefish (from a pool)
-2 Stranglekelp (from a pool)
-1 17 Pound Catfish
-1 19 Pound Catfish
-1 Darkwood Fishing Pole
(I have many more attempts than this in total! So you may get yours sooner, but most likely it will take many more attempts than this sample.)

As I said, I have been fishing for this pole for a long time. The purpose of this post is to perhaps help players out who have been searching for it as well. Also, to confirm that this does still drop as of 6.0.2. I hope you find this information useful and good luck on your search!

Comment by Tantrevalles

Got it today (06 Nov 14). When I looked at the places where the pole has been fished up, I could count on two hands the number of times I did any open water casts in all those areas combined, which means this is as clean a handful of stats as I can throw at you. After reading the comments below, I put all my armor in the bank, got out the fishin' outfit, went to Lake Everstill and settled in for a long stretch. Three days later, I succeeded. Fellow fishermen, my haul:

2,005 x Raw Bristlewhisker Catfish
1,037 x Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
2 x Bloated Catfish
7 x 17 Pound Catfish
4 x 19 Pound Catfish
3 x 22 Pound Catfish
1 x 26 Pound Catfish (this was fish #2,248)
1 x 32 Pound Catfish (fish #1,951) and it netted me One That Didn't Get Away
2 x Healing Potion
7 x Mana Potion
1 x Fortified Gauntlets (of the Bear)
1 x Volcanic Rock Ring
1 x Schematic: EZ-Thro Dynamite
1 x Precision Bow

And of course, 1 x Darkwood Fishing Pole

Some random observations:

1. Starting somewhere in-between 10 pm and 11 pm, the instances of casts resulting in the bobber not moving, or moving and then displaying "No fish are hooked" rises significantly and stays that way until late morning.

2. When did Everstill Lake become such a popular hang-out for Night Elf druids?

3. About twice an hour, for a brief second or two, a purple backpack would appear on my character's back. As soon as Wowhead approves the screenshot I'll link it. I'd love it if someone could tell me if that had to do with the act of fishing, or with my outfit, or with Redridge Mountains somehow. Mostly I want to know if I can make that a permanent part of my fishing outfit.

What on earth am I going to do with 3,000+ fish? Anyone need catfish? Anyone at all?

Comment by scrazzy

Hillsbrad Foothills
(pond under Tarren Mill)
200+ catches no pole

Redridge Mountains
(pier in Lakeshire)
504 catches no pole

Arathi Highlands
(Pond under Goshek farm)
177 catches no pole

Ashenvale
(Astranaar)
169 catches and finally 1 pole

I went to Ashenvale because I remembered that someone wrote, there is bigger chance in more forested areas than in less. I don't believe much in that theory, it will be probably just RNG. But for me, decision to go for Ashenvale was good.

Comment by Flug

I finally caught this thing today in Arathi Highlands after 7306 casts

Bristle Whisker Catfish: 4665
Longjaw Mud Snapper: 2559
Mana Potion: 20
19 Pound Catfish: 18
Healing Potion: 11
17 Pound Catfish: 9
22 Pound Catfish: 6
Bloated Catfish: 5
26 Pound Catfish: 2
Random green items: 10
Darkwood Fishing Pole: 1

Comment by animal446155

I must be extremely blessed 1 sickly looking fish 1 raw longjaw mud snapper 9 raw bristle whisker catfish 1 pole

spot found in is darkshore at 61.15/20.73 tom tom cords.

also known as ruins of mathystra
as far i know i'm in legion patch still dropped

Comment by lonedove

I just fished one up in Duskwood, Loc: The Darkened Bank (87,13). This is very close to the bridge to Redridge Mountains. Had no idea this pole even existed, just a need to level my fishing & cooking up before moving on to STV. Also, best place that I ever fished for Bristle Whisker Catfish! 44 catfish, 15 mud snapper, a bloated catfish that had swallowed a moss agate, a mana potion & the Darkwood Fishing Pole. I'm a very happy fisher!

Comment by atributz

List of items to increase the skill of fishing

Fishing Poles
+3 Thruk's Fishing Rod
+3 ~~Blump Family Fishing Pole~~
+3 Staats' Fishing Pole
+5 (2)*Strong Fishing Pole
+7 Pandaren Fishing Pole
+8 (3)*Darkwood Fishing Pole
+10 (1)*Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole
+10 (1)*Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler FC-5000
+10 (1)*Big Iron Fishing Pole
+12 Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole
+13 Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole (underwater breathing)
+13 Dragon Fishing Pole
+13 Bone Fishing Pole
+13 Jeweled Fishing Pole
+13 Draenic Fishing Pole (+10 Lure) (Alliance)
+13 Savage Fishing Pole (+10 Lure) (Horde)
+14 Ephemeral Fishing Pole disappears after 1 day (real time)
+14 Arcanite Fishing Pole
+15 Underlight Angler

Fishing Lines
+1 Reinforced Fishing Line
+3 Spun Truesilver Fishing Line
+4 Rook's Lucky Fishin' Line
+5 High Test Eternium Fishing Line
+6 Ancient Fishing Line

Lures(standard duration 10 min)
+2 Glass Fishing Bobber
+3 Shiny Bauble
+5 Nightcrawlers
+5 Aquadynamic Fish Lens
+7 Flesh Eating Worm
+7 Bright Baubles
+9 Feathered Lure
+9 Aquadynamic Fish Attractor
+9 Sharpened Fish Hook
+9 Glow Worm duration 1 hour
+10 Heat-Treated Spinning Lure duration 15 min
+10 Worm Supreme
+10 Day-Old Darkmoon Doughnut disappears after 1 day

Hats
+5 (2)*Lucky Fishing Hat
+5 Hightfish Cap disappears after 7 day (real time)
+5 Tentacled Hat disappears after 7 day (real time)
+5 (2)*Darkmoon Fishing Cap Summon a pool of Shipwrecked Debris
+5 (2)*Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (+7 Lure)
+5 (2)*Nat's Hat (+10 Lure)
+8 (3)*Nat's Drinking Hat (+10 Lure)

Boots
+5 (2)*Anglin' Art's Sandals (Alliance)
+5 (2)*Anglin' Art's Stompers (Alliance)
+5 (2)*Anglin' Art's Treads (Alliance)
+5 (2)*Anglin' Art's Waders (Alliance)
+5 (2)*Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots
+10 (1)*Boots of the Bay

Misc
+2 Formula: Enchant Gloves - Fishing
+5 Formula: Enchant Gloves - Angler
+4 Trawler Totem duration: 2 min / 5 min cooldown
+5 Captain Rumsey's Lager duration: 3 min
+5 Sharpened Tuskarr Spear duration: 10 min
+5 "Fragrant" Pheromone Fish catches only in Draenor Zones / duration: 5 min / disappears after a minute / can not apply to yourself
+10 Underbelly Elixir work only in Dalaran (Broken Isles) / ~33% chance

Other useful items
Anglers Fishing Raft
Bipsi's Bobbing Berg (only for Mages class)
Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm

*For groups of items marked with a digit (1) (2) (3), the skill of fishing is not cumulative if used together with other items of the same group.

Comment by Nerdralus

I see there hasn't been a comment update for a couple years. I figured I should post so that people are aware. I fished this pole up FINALLY this past week. I used a tried and true area the lake at The Ruins of Stardust in Ashenvale 34, 65. Stood on the boulder and fished and fished. I've fished for this pole on and off for many years. Few hours here, few hours there its drop chance is so low I never actually think I'm going to fish it up. I was shocked when I heard a knocking sound into my bags and looked down to see it sitting in there lol. This completed my collection I now have every obtainable Horde fishing pole in the game, until Shadowlands releases anyways. I enjoy the look of this one. Its just a normal fishing rod, but has a reskinned unique coloring on it, with a darkened wood with bronze reel accents. Its actually quite pleasant.

I took it down to STV today for the fishing tourney (I'll try and submit a pic) (tourney which I won again today!) I grabbed an eternium fishing line (I have all the big prizes already) to throw on the pole to give it an additional +5 (I'm doing this for all my poles) and stayed down there to fish up Dezian Queenfish to get more line for my other poles as well (caught 2, its been a good fishing day)

Comment by 1750239

I am attempting to acquire the Darkwood Fishing Pole in 9.1.5 and thought the results may be useful to anyone else doing the same, so I'm posting here.

I'll edit/update here as I have additional results to post.

1st Attempt
Location: Hillsbrad Foothills, Darrow Hill Lake (South of Tarren Mill)
Time: 11+ hours
Catches: 2,000
Rare fish: 17 Pound Catfish (3), 19 Pound Catfish (4), 22 Pound Catfish (1), 26 Pound Catfish (1)
Fish: 1,296 Bristle Whisker Catfish, 690 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
Miscellaneous: 3 Healing Potion, 1 Mana Potion, 1 green BOE

Comment by Deffer69

Got one today while fishing for 32 pound catfish
I was fishing in Astranaar in Ashenvale right behind the fly master.
It took around 10k tries to get... really rare to say at least.
Good luck fishing yours !

Comment by 1750239

Caught today at 7:46am CST on Friday, April 8th at 56.32, 55.24 in the boat on the small lake south of Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad Foothills.

I never thought my comment would be here added to those who caught it, but it happened today at the very start of this session, on the 65th cast. I've spent many hours/days at this same spot fishing for it (love the scenery and easy to get to) and highly recommend it if you're going after the pole too.

Good luck Anglers!

Comment by pepeu

I had one on my bankie or Druid on Bloodhoof EU, but I lost it in the mail between them. I really really really want it back. But it's been many years now, so... no ticket will bring it back.

Comment by TheDagon96

One of the best fishing poles in the game imo, and one of the hardest to get ahold of. Rarely seen on the AH too, though I managed to spot one for sale on my realm. It is a pricey thing to buy.

Comment by Leahyson

If anyone is interested, I'll be posting one on the Drak'thul EU server AH. (20/07/2023)

PS: Got it after cca 700 casts

Comment by Ripol

found one when leveling my classic fishing for my highmountain tauren alt in ashenvale at 93. 75. took around 115 cast's

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Darkwood Fishing Pole

Item Level 12

Fishing Tool

Durability 40 / 40

Equip: +8 Fishing Skill.
Requires Level 7
Requires Fishing (50)

Sell Price: 8 89

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This item can be fished in Ashenvale (3), Arathi Highlands (2), Northern Stranglethorn (2), Hillsbrad Foothills , Redridge Mountains , and Wetlands .

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