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Comment by Wark

Some of the better spots for these are the southern beach of the southern peninsula in Azshara, the northern beaches of Tanaris, and The Hinterlands, although Feralas and Jaguero Isle in STV are also good places for them. Many of the other areas listed on the map require 150 fishing to even cast; the ones I mentioned take closer to 200 to cast, and have correspondingly "better" fish.

Comment by Talimar

I prefer the feathermoon stronghold dock in feralas when fishing for these

Comment by 17690

This recipe is a must for fishermen leveling cooking, as Yellowtail is one of the more common 'trash' fish for 200-300'ish level fishing, while persuing Stonescale, Firefin or Oily.

Recipe is red at 225. (Cook one per skillup)
Recipe is yellow at 265. (Cook one per skillup to 275, 1-2 per skillup to 285)
Recipe is green at 285. (Cook 2 per skillup to 290, 5 per skillup to 295)

Takes 85-90 fish to go from 225-295.

Comment by Turaque

Jaguero Isle in STV is confirmed, and it was a really great spot to fish em when i was there.

Comment by Nautica

is the fishing job too boring? try farm some Steeljaw Snapper turtles at Steamwheedle Port and continue heading south along the coast. it should be worth it :)

Comment by Gtaz

need more fish!

Comment by LumiyaSpellsong

Also confirming Azshara as the best place to fish these. I sat on a little ledge at 50.69 61.66 with my trusty Lifelike Mechanical Toad named Tacklebox and fished loads of these along with some Raw Glossy Mightfish and Winter Squid (November 2008). If you're fresh from the Nat Pagle fishing quest at skill level 225 to increase your fishing skill to 300, be prepared and bring some lures with you because you'll get a lot of "Your fish got away!" messages here. No problem when I applied the +75 bauble lure.

The amount of Raw Spotted Yellowtail I got while leveling my fishing here was more than enough to level my cooking from 225 to 240 when I could learn the 240 recipes you can get from the Fisherman Gikkix at Steamwheedle Port, Tanaris that require Winter Squid (Grilled Squid) and the 225 recipe sold by Kelsey Yance in Booty Bay, STV for Raw Glossy Mightfish. (Cooked Glossy Mightfish) Between all of these fish you should be able to get to the correct level to make/use the sandworm meat quest in Silithus for Smoked Desert Dumplings.

I also fished up a lot of Big-mouth clams, which contain Zesty Clam Meat and the occasional Black Pearl. The Zesty Clam Meat is used in the Undermine Clam Chowder recipe which is able to be created at skill level 225 and is sold by Jabbey the General Goods vendor found also at Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris. Since you have plenty of other 225 level cooking recipes to skill up with (and will no doubt have more than enough Spotted Yellowtail), I prefer to sell my Zesty Clam Meat on the AH in stacks of 10 for those who need to do the Cooking Quest but are too lazy to farm for the meat themselves.

Also at this location I fished a small amount of Stonescale Eel, some Raw Rockscale Cod and Firefin Snappers.

This is a great little area to bridge the gap between 225 and 300 (Once you get the sandworm meat quest/recipe) for both cooking and fishing.

Edit: After about a half hour fishing here I walked away with 21 Raw Rockscale Cod, 15 Firefin Snappers, 57 Raw Spotted Yellowtail, 11 Winter Squid, 9 Raw Glossy Mightfish, 2 Stonescale Eel, 1 Small Lusterous Pearl, 3 Black Pearls, and 11 Zesty Clam Meat. I also leveled my fishing from 225 to 246. Definitely not bad.

Edit again: After posting this and fishing some more at this spot, I noticed my Stonescale Eel count going noticeably higher... it's just after 6pm Server Time. (Which makes sense since the Eel have a better fish rate in the evening or early morning.) Fished up 7 in the last 5 mins. Not from pools, either. i can maek moar profitz?

Comment by 305573

It is Now Fished in Booty Bay (BB)

Comment by nick5454

The best place is Azshara and not in pools. I was just below the mid part of the beach.

80% drop or so...40 fish in 30 mins including trunks(4 greens)

Comment by Zaakie

Just mentioning it, by sitting on the pier in Steamwheedle Port, Tanaris. I get about 2 of those per minute. Facing into the shore

EDIT: with a skill of 240+100 lure.

Comment by VicarChromaggus

Zone:Tanaris
Subzone:Steamwheedle Port
Total: 50 | Skill 348+5 (353) (4/~11)

Raw Spotted Yellowtail (20 : 40,0 %)
Raw Summer Bass (9 : 18,0 %)
Big-mouth Clam (6 : 12,0 %)
Raw Glossy Mightfish (5 : 10,0 %)
Firefin Snapper (5 : 10,0 %)
Raw Rockscale Cod (4 : 8,0 %)
Stonescale Eel (1 : 2,0 %)

Comment by Allakhazam

What is the best place to fish them?

Comment by Allakhazam

Cooking recipe for this fish is sold by Gikkix (follow the link for details) in Tanaris for 1g60s.

Edited, Feb 10th 2007 2:02pm by Oborozukuyo

Comment by Allakhazam

Also found the best (and mostly only) place for them was Hinterlands, though I didn't try many places. This is a coastal fish though, so you're not going to find it in the rivers/ponds. Also, I found that with a 210-220 fishing skill, I failed to catch my fish most always with no bauble, half the time with a nightcrawler, and always caught it with aquadynamic fish attracters. Hope this helps ^^

Comment by Allakhazam

Tanaris on the coast
Or Hinterlands has the best drop rates that I have found.

Comment by Allakhazam

Idk the best place to, but off the docks in theramore you find them, about a 18% ish chance of catching one, based on the 9 yellowtails out of 48 fish total I've got right now. When I have a bigger sample I'll let you know.

Comment by Allakhazam

The Naga north-west of Booty Bay drop these often. Questing there I picked up a few stacks. ;~)

Comment by Brunhill

I fished mine up at the dock in Steamwheedle (Classic wow) where i bought the recipes for Yellowtail and Nightfin soup. He also sells the recipes for stonescale salmon and grilled squid. Thirty minutes of fishing using bright baubles and a strong fishing pole (fishing level 225) netted: 30 yellowtails, 12 big mouth clams with zesty clam meat in them, 13 rockscale cod, 10 firefin snappers, 18 oily blackmouths, 10 stonescale eels, 8 winter squids. No missed fish. Yellowtails will stay orange to level cooking level 265, then nightfins will finish you off. I fished up the nightfins on the riverfront in Camp Mojache in Ferelas at level 35. I did purchase the giant eggs and zesty clam meat at the AH since it was not fesable to get them on my own at level 35. The cheese I purchased from the Innkeeper at windsong in Thousand Needles. I will get the zesty clam meat money back in the AH from the clams i fished up at the dock. I had 53 nightfins in my bags so ready to sell, sell, sell nightfin soup on the AH. Mount money!

Comment by Metsu962

Minimum Fishing Level: 205
Avoid 'Fish Got Away': 300

Comment by Metsu962

Minimum Fishing Level: 205
Avoid 'Fish Got Away': 300

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Raw Spotted Yellowtail

Item Level 45

Requires Level 35
Use: Restores 874.8 health over 27 sec. Must remain seated while eating.

Max Stack: 20

Sell Price: 4

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This item can be fished in Azshara (299), Stranglethorn Vale (127), Dustwallow Marsh (123), Feralas (97), Tanaris (86), The Hinterlands (59), Swamp of Sorrows (33), Desolace (20), and Arathi Highlands (10).

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