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Comment by Tankme

These will either drop off of Murloc to the east of Lakeshire or you can fish them if you have the time and skill...Easy quest...

Comment by swotam

This quest rewards 150 Stormwind reputation as of patch 2.01

Comment by 11766

Recommend if your going to fish them having skill above 70+ Shiny Bauble Every other successful catch had one in it

Comment by 27946

Nice murloc camp at 40,44. Shouldn't take too long there.

Comment by 32579

Very nice Murloc Camp at 47,73. It's along the road you take to do alot of other quests, like Assesing the Threat (Redridge Mongrels/Poachers). Getting drops for the fish mainly off the Murloc Shorestrikers from here. Everything here has a chance to drop Murloc Fins, which is a quest called Murloc Poachers.

Comment by butty

roflmao it took my 3dayz to do this quest with my lvl 21 rogue its so hard when u got no healer and a sh*t mage tht frost spec btw im sub spec so tht didnt help either =D

Comment by butty

and theres a murloc camp at the bottom of a big cliff fall (survival) theres bout 20-30 there very fun to lvl or quest (if u got healer)

Comment by Kastaje

There is a murloc camp at close to two other quests.

The Lost Tools - In the lake.

Save 8x for Murloc Poachers
(You have to be lvl 20 to get this quest)

Comment by Ramenka

i have to agree with the others , the quickest way to do this quest is to get the drops from the murlocs, you should do "Murloc poachers" quest at the same time both will go very fast.

Comment by xylotism

The murlocs at the 48,73 camp are a bit lower level than the ones at the 40,44 camp. My 16 Rogue had some troubles with the one up top, but the lower one was no problem.

EDIT: Go for the shorestrikers instead of the tidecallers... the tidecallers can use frost bolt and heal.

Comment by Ecno

Very easy Im a lvl 21 human pally i had no problem with this probably took 15-20 minutes i also had the lvl 20 paladin weapon Verigans Fist

Comment by Ecno

Also found Raiders Shoulderpads

White
Mail
50/50 durability
122 armor

Dropped off a rare murloc mob near the huts over by lakeshire where the flesheaters are.
Mob named gurgritt

Comment by 162477

well what i want to know is what lvl fishing you need to fish in lakeshire if i could get a reply

Comment by 150673

Would a fire mage get these fish cooked if taking them from murlocs that had been roasted by fire spells?

Comment by Allakhazam

If you have a good fishing skill (at least 80), this is a nice excuse to sit down and do some hardcore fishin'. You will catch a lot of mudsnappers and catfish here as well as the sunfish for the quest, however, expect to be here for awhile. I got x10 more "you lost your catch" messages here than any previous alliance fishing spot.

Using nightcrawlers seemed to help enormously if you're not hurting for money.

Comment by Allakhazam

how do i get rid of the shiny glare the murlocs project

Comment by Allakhazam

I stood on the side of the bank and dove in to the shallows to pick them off one at a time.

Be aware that when you turn them in the same guy asks, for the next questm 8 murloc fins. Because I killed rather than fished I had fins so was able to complete both quests back to back for almost 3k exp.
FYI - lvl 20 Priest.

Comment by Allakhazam

Anyone know what the *minimum* fishing skill is to fish in this lake?

i'd go after the murlocs, but they keep eating me before i can get the fish off 'em.

Comment by Allakhazam

Whilst killing Murlocs for their fins, I noticed that the Murlocs swimming in the deeper part of the water south of their enclave, started to drop the quest fish. I didn't even realise you had to fish for these. took me less than half an hour to complete BOTH quests. cant remember the drop rate but something in the region of 1 in 4. done at lvl 23 Hunter and lvl 23 pet - cotton tail.

Comment by Allakhazam

This is a really good quest for fishers. Even if your skills are small when you start they get higher with the more you catch. Here's a tip. Buy lots of nightcrawlers: the fish eat them faster

Comment by Allakhazam

The murlocs are incredibly easy to kill with a rogue.

Comment by Allakhazam

If your fishing skill isnt up to the level needed to fish here, you can just hunt the murlocs for them on the other side of the bridge.
I found they dropped faster than it took me to catch them anyway.

Comment by Allakhazam

I tried to fish for it and got 4 in 15min and gave up. So I went to get a murloc quest and first 4 I killed dropped it. I was surprised. I am lvl 22 warrior, but I use daggers to pullmurlocs one by one to the shore and voila!

Comment by Allakhazam

how do i get rid of the shiny glare the murlocs project

Comment by Allakhazam

This quest giver also sells a fishing pole that adds +5 to your fishing skill. Must be at least level 10 to use.

Comment by Allakhazam

Just did this quest.. I'm level 16, with fishing 150, so I had no problems fishing the lake from the dock, and no fishies got away.. Had a couple of timeouts tho..
I caught 17 Raw longjaw mudsnappers and 29 raw Bristle whiskers while getting those darn 10 quest fishies..
So it's a quest doable either with bravada, for the fighters, or with patience..

Comment by Allakhazam

Like another guy said, if your fishing isn't high enough to fish in the lake, or if you're frustrated with a low success rate, try killing Murlocs on the south shore of the lake. They dropped 10 fish very quickly for me, plus they spawn quickly and you get decent XP per kill.

I would guess about one in 3 or 4 Murlocs drop a fish.

Comment by Allakhazam

I soloed this at 16 fighting murlocs because my fishing skill was too low, I only died once and that is because my internet kicked me off. Should be easy at the reccomended level if you can't fish.

Comment by Allakhazam

This is a hard quest, don't have the fishing skill and I always die and the murlocs dont want to drop the stupid fish :S

I'm a lvl 17 Paladin :S

Comment by Allakhazam

So, going into this quest, I was level 50 fishing with the Strong Fishing Rod and a bunch of nightcrawlers. I got up to level 50 fishing in stormwind, but upgraded a level (journeyman or whatever) before trying this.
At the end, I was level 95 fishing. Only 10 of these fish are sunfish, so there was a lot of the other "bad fish." In my case, at least 40, as some fish didn't even get me a skill increase. Be prepared for your patience to be tested. Around about level 85, the sunfish started coming thick and fast, so maybe 85 + 55 (fishing rod & nightcrawlers) is the best level for these fish? That would be my guess.
And I also pulled out a Bandit Jerkin of Intelligence, a Shadowgem and a 19 Pound Catfish. Any hints on what to do with the catfish, appreciated. I thought about using it to hit people with, but it turns out it's not very good for that. But this loot pays for my gryphon rides and new fishing rod.
I didn't want to kill murlocs, as I truly hate even the sight, let alone the sound, of them, so took to fishing instead. Plus, I have a feeling that WoW is the type of game to reward mad skills at stuff like fishing & cooking, so I'm happy to sow some seeds and reap them later on.

Edit - made some things clearer, and removed a few threatening references to the UN.
Edit - included the full name of the Jerkin.
Edited, Jan 5th 2007 12:17pm by remylebeaux

Edited, Jan 5th 2007 12:25pm by remylebeaux

Comment by Allakhazam

how do i get rid of the shiny glare the murlocs project

Comment by Allakhazam

Currently, fishing skill required is 55.

Tried it at 49, and 50, then 51 - on the off chance it was 51+. At 52 actual skill and my dwarven fishing pole from Darkshore (+3) ... I was able to fish with no problems or assistance from the shiny bauble. Cheap enough investment to test it out...

Comment by Allakhazam

is that fish oil you get for this quest one use only?

Comment by Allakhazam

I fished at the west pier in Lakeshire.
Fishing skill at start: 136
Fishing skill at finish: 150
No +Fishing skill items used.

The drop percentage was 23%, not counting failed castings such as "Fish got away" and timed out casts.
I estimate that failed castings happened 10-15% of the time.

Fish caught:
26 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
17 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
10 Spotted Sunfish

* In summary: It took about 50 castings to finish the quest for me.

Comment by Garlin

You don't need fishing to complete this quest, kill Murloc around and they drop th fish, best is combinate it with Murloc poacher quest from the same quest giver on lvl 20 or 21

Comment by Alexsz

A fishing skill of 135 seems to be the sweet spot, before that about 50% of the fish got away, after that only 10%.

I leveled fishing from 79 - 107 (using 2 Nightcrawlers).
It took 16 minutes and about 55 successful casts to get all 10 Spotted Sunfish.
I also got 23 Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper and 26 Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish.

Comment by TheRedBanner

The fish seem to drop from the murlocs at a horrible rate.

Comment by QuickBASIC

If you're looking at the comments on this recipe, plan, or quest you might be a collector or completionist.
This is a compiled list of all of the cross-faction recipes in the game.

Most (not all) Cooking recipes on the Alliance side are sold by Kendor Kabonka. The Horde do not have a corresponding NPC, so if you are an Alliance character wanting to create an alt on the opposite side to obtain the recipes for your main, unfortunately you'll have to have a level appropriate character to do the quests to obtain some of these recipes.

All of the recipes except one (Plans: Orcish War Leggings) can be traded cross-faction on the neutral AH.

Alliance Only Recipes

Recipe: Beer Basted Boar Ribs

Schematic: Blue Firework

Pattern: Black Whelp Cloak

Pattern: Bright Yellow Shirt

Item	Quest / Vendor

Blacksmithing

Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets	The Origins of Smithing
Plans: Ironforge Breastplate	Gearing Redridge

Cooking
Beer Basted Boar Ribs / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Blood Sausage	Thelsamar Blood Sausages / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Clam Chowder	Kriggon Talsone / Heldan Galesong
Recipe: Crocolisk Gumbo	Apprentice's Duties / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Crocolisk Steak	Crocolisk Hunting / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Gooey Spider Cake	Dusky Crab Cakes / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Goretusk Liver Pie	Goretusk Liver Pie / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Loch Frenzy Delight	Khara Deepwater
Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup	Selling Fish / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Redridge Goulash	Redridge Goulash / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Seasoned Wolf Kabob	Seasoned Wolf Kabobs / Kendor Kabonka
Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak	Costly Menace
Recipe: Westfall Stew	Westfall Stew / Kendor Kabonka

Engineering
Gearcutter Cogspinner / Darian Singh

Leatherworking
Clyde Ranthal
Pattern: Black Whelp Tunic	Amy Davenport
Pattern: Herbalist's Gloves	Harlown Darkweave
Pattern: Moonglow Vest	Moonglow Vest
Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt	Androd Fadran
Pattern: Red Whelp Gloves	Wenna Silkbeard

Tailoring
Danielle Zipstitch

Horde Only Recipes

Item	Quest / Vendor

Alchemy
Recipe: Discolored Healing Potion	Wild Hearts

Blacksmithing
Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots	Trampled Under Foot (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate	Barbaric Battlements (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves	Joys of Omosh (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm	Horns of Frenzy (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders	On Iron Pauldrons (Blacksmithing 140)
Plans: Orcish War Leggings*	The Old Ways

Cooking
Recipe: Crispy Bat Wing	Abigail Shiel
Recipe: Crispy Lizard Tail	Tari'qa
Recipe: Dig Rat Stew	Dig Rat Stew
Recipe: Heavy Crocolisk Stew	Ogg'marr
Recipe: Roasted Kodo Meat	Wunna Darkmane
Recipe: Scorpid Surprise	Grimtak / Lilly

Enchanting
Formula: Enchant Chest - Lesser Mana	Kithas

Engineering
Schematic: Red Firework	Sovik

Leatherworking
Pattern: Kodo Hide Bag	Kodo Hide Bag (Leatherworking 10)
Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness	Tunkk

* The plan for Orcish War Leggings does not exist in the game, but is instead directly taught by the questgiver.
(Technically this is the only recipe that cannot be learned by the opposite faction because all other recipes/plans can be traded in the neutral AH.)

Comment by SpareSimian

Don't worry about the low drop rate when fishing. The whole point of this quest is to provide motivation to level your fishing. The quest reward is just a bonus. Head to Stormwind and level your fishing to effective 55 (after lures and pole bonus) in the canal next to the trainer, as you need skill 55 to fish in Lake Everstill. (Use lures!) Then buy journeyman fishing to raise your cap to 150 and return to Lakeshire to fish from the dock. You'll probably reach 100-150 fishing doing this quest, which will allow you start fishing in higher areas and catch the good junk boxes from schools. (STV boxes drop some pretty good stuff.)

The low-level fish you catch while completing this quest are great for leveling apprentice cooking and sell well on the auction house for 10-20 times their vendor value.(##RESPBREAK##)272##DELIM##Uchur##DELIM##

Comment by linda535

You can't even toss your line in - it won't let me fish at all at lvl 5.

Comment by Stozzy

The drop rate seems bugged or broken.

Got 8 in 12 kills. Have steady killed murlocs for over two hours now, and haven't got another. I got almost 100 clams, and half as many fins, but the spotted fish stopped dropping.

Comment by linda535

HOURS to do this quest with such a miserable drop rate for both fishing and killing murlocs.

Comment by gildagger

God awful drop rate as of 3/14/22 68x bristle whisker catfish, 34x longjaw mudsnapper, 2 other before finally getting 10 spotted sunfish. Took 57 fish until I got my first 2. Not worth the time and effort.

Comment by Environy

started at 70 fishing (level 20 warlock)
+3 Blump fishing pole (so add 3 to the raw values below)
caught quest fish at 90, 97, 99, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 114, 118
the quest item was always a dual fish catch
most of my casts were ones where the fish got away, especially under 100 skill.

not a good XP value for the time
ended up with 24 BW Catfish and 19 Longjaw

Comment by metroboomkin

kill murlocs around Lake Everstill, or get your fishing up to 75 and purchase a +5 fishing pole and nightcrawler. If you start this quest at 75 fishing you will likely hit 100 fishing before you land your 10th spotted sunfish - swap your lure to an aquadynamic fish attractor. You can catch the spotted sunfish in open water. As others have mentioned, the catch rate is quite low. Keep in mind that if done this way, you will be simultaneously working the quest, leveling your fishing and gathering ingredients for cooking with raw bristle whisker catfish.

**results when the quest was turned in at level 19...
xp 1250
fishing leveled from 75 to 103
cooking leveled from 122 to 147

Comment by helver

Just got the quest for Selling Fish on Hardcore classic. I figured since I've always done this by killing Murlocs before, that I'd try it by fishing this time.

When I started the quest, I hadn't trained fishing at all. So learned Apprentice Fishing from Matthew Hooper who stands on the western-most dock in Lakeshire - right near the Selling Fish quest giver Dockmaster Baren. I bought a normal fishing pole AND a strong fishing pole from the Fishing vendor (Vernon Hale) who stands right behind the shack next to Dockmaster Baren.

Then, because I had 1 fishing skill and couldn't fish in Lake Everstill, I went to Stormwind and fished in the canals there until I got to 75 fishing skill. I flew back to Lakeshire, trained Journeyman Fishing, and started fishing at the end of the dock where Matthew Hooper stands.

Within 55 successful casts (maybe 70 or 75 total casts), I got the 10 necessary Spotted Sunfish. But I was curious as to whether you could fish up additional Spotted Sunfish because so many of the other cooking recipe-related quests allowed you to farm the quest items because they're used in the recipe. In this case, in the 118 successful casts I had after I had already caught the 10 Spotted Sunfish, I caught no additional Spotted Sunfish. So, I think it's safe to say that you can't fish up any additional Spotted Sunfish after you've collected the 10 needed for the quest turn-in. Also of note is that the Spotted Sunfish come IN ADDITION to your normal fish. So you'll catch a Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish or a Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper along with your Spotted Sunfish (at a 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 overall rate).

I can also report that when fishing in Lake Everstill, the fishing results are approximately 66% Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish and 33% Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper.

Why 118 casts?, you might ask. Well, it's because it took me 173 total successful casts to get from 75 fishing skill to 150 fishing skill.

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Selling Fish

Bring 10 Spotted Sunfish to Dockmaster Baren in Lakeshire.

	Spotted Sunfish (10)

Description

Lake Everstill is famous for its spotted sunfish. There's always demand for them...and I'm running low!

Bring me a batch of 10 and I'll barter well for them. If you can't fish yourself, then...maybe you can get them off the murlocs!

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You will receive:

	Murloc Fin Soup		Fishliver Oil
	Recipe: Murloc Fin Soup

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with Stormwind

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(127))

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