Guide to 99 Fishing in Runescape

Guide to 99 FishingVersion 1.03By: DogsbabyCreated February 19th, 2007Last Update: July 30, 2009---------------------------

A Guide to show you how to fish, where to fish and (Most importantly),what to fish.

=====================I. Table of Contents=====================

I. Table of ContentsII. Introduction-----------------------------III. The Guide BeginsIV. CostsV. Getting the levelsVI. Fish needed for 99 FishingVII. Money Per HourVIII. Fishing Exp Per HourIX. Cooking your fishX. Fishing Tools 101XI. Random EventsXII. Fish PricesXIII. Fish InformationXIV. Fishing GuildXV. Fishing TrawlerXVI. Fishing Skill cape-----------------------------XVII. VersionsXVIII. Contact InformationXIX. Final WordsXX. FAQXXI. Copywrite

=================II. Introduction=================

Fishing is a great skill to train, for a number of reasons. A lot of money and

exp can be gained from fishing. Not just fishing exp, but cooking exp if youchoose to cook your fish. Most people walk away from 99 Fishing a few milliongp richer - not to mention, being able to fish and cook sharks can save a lotof money when you Quest, PK, or train combat. Fishing can be an extremlyvalueable tool for any combat player, so it is worth training it and cookingup to 99.

This guide will explain how to get your Fishing up, whether it be to 40 or 99,and will also answer a lot of your common questions you may have. To thosewho haven't used the skill a lot, this guide will be a great help to you.

========================III. The Guide "Begins"========================

To start off, I will go through what you need and how much it will cost (ifanything). You are going to need a bit of cash, if you want to get 99fishing faster. But you can do it on f2p or members for nothing. I will alsogo into how much cash you can make from this, you can make a LOT of cash ifyou just fish for the right fish.

===========IV. Costs===========

Feathers for 76-80+ fishing: about 35,000 feathers if you only want a littleover 76. 50,000 should be good for 80-85.

Now, buying them at about 4gp each at the Grand Exchange, it is 275,000GP toabout 350,000GP. Fishing 1,000 lobsters will pretty much get the money forfeathers to 76 fishing.

Bait: Only around 100, shouldn't be more then 500gp.

You will also need a few different tools, such as a fly fishing rod, bigfishing net and any other tool for the fish you choose to catch.

That's what you'll be buying. Maybe a rod or lobster pot, but those are only1gp each, so it won't cost anything really.

=======================V. Getting the levels=======================

Now its time to get 99 Fishing! Starting from 1 it will be a long road, butyou can do it!

F2P:

1-20: Here it's pretty easy. You will have to fish for shrimp, and you'll getshrimp very slowly. Only fishing shrimp, it will take 448 shrimp, which isabout an hour, give or take. But you can fish for herring at level 10. So youcould fish 448 shrimp, or fish about 116 shrimp, then buy 112 bait and gofish for herring.

After herring, CONGRATZ! You can now fish for trout!

20-40: OK, now you've been fishing for about an hour? Now you'll fish for trout,and soon salmon. Start off by going to the Grand Exchange and buying 1k feathersat roughly 4gp each. Now that you have the feathers, its time to go for 40Fishing. Go to the fly fishing spot in Edgville or stay in Lumbrige. After fishingfor 656 trout you will have 40 fishing! Stay here to get 60+ even up to 99fishing... or go to Karamja...

40-99: Get 60gp and go to the island of Karamja. Here you can fight lesser demonsor fish for tuna, lobsters, and sword fish! To get to 60 fishing it will take alittle over 3,000 tuna. It's a long way to the bank, so get ready to run. Or sellto the general store. You won't get much for them, but its better then nothing.

20-99: Well, you could also do the fly fishing way in F2P. It will be slow, butpossible. Buy a number of feathers, as much as you can afford or just 5k and thensell the trout/salmon after fishing. Then head to either Lumbridge or BarbarianVillage. It will take 260,000 to 186,000 feathers from level 20. Take it level ata time and it will go. When you hit 62 you might consider going P2P for Monkfish,or even go P2P for faster fly fishing at Shilo Village. Or you could stay F2P andstill get 99 Fishing - but be warned, you WILL need P2P for the Fishing Skillcape!But you still can get 99 Fishing F2P, so don't worry.

P2P:

1-20: Pretty much the same as f2p. Most members will have 30-40+ fishing by thispoint, but it really doesn't matter. Just fish for 448 shrimp, it will take aroundan hour. Or switch to herring at level 10 after fishing for 116 shrimp. Get 112bait and fish for 112 herring. Gratz! You can now fish for trout and man, it's goingto be a long road, but you can get 99 fishing from trout!

20-76: OK. Get about 35,000 feathers and head to Shilo Village. Levels will fly byin the beginning, but just keep fishing. I used over 100k feathers from 75-99 Fishing.It will take about 26,000 trout/salmon to 76, and those 35,000 feathers should takeyou to about 78, maybe 79 fishing. At that point you can fish for sharks! I do not advisefishing them yet though... I'll explain.

76-99: Keep on fishing for trout and salmon or try lobsters or monkfish. You could eventry Sharks. There are lots of things to fish now, even give the trawler a try and getsome sea turtles. Be warned about Sharks however. Unless you are 80 or higher in Fishing,it is not worth your time. Maybe it is if you like sitting at a fishing spot catchingnothing, but I find it worthwhile to get 99 Fishing first, off salmon and trout, then totry and get 99 Fishing off sharks alone.

62-99: This is a new way to get 99 fishing. Just do "One Small Favor" and then "Swan Song",to gain access to the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. Here you will be able to use a net tocatch a kind of fish called "Monkfish". These things are ugly and I wouldn't personallyeat them in real life (If they exist that is), but they are excellent for Fishing, for bothexp and money. First, they are about the speed of lobsters. Not bad. They also have higherexp then lobsters (120 exp for Monkfish, versus 90 exp for Lobsters). And the final bonus?They sell more then lobsters! Same speed, more exp, more money. Excellent.

------------------------------------------- To get to 99 cheap fishing braid you will need... -------------------------------------------

- From level 1:

1,303,444 Shrimp

- From level 20:

260,600 Trout

- From level 40:

259,945 TroutSalmon162,466 Tuna144,414 Lobsters

- From Level 62:

254,013 Trout181,438 Salmon158,758 Tuna141,119 Lobsters105,839 Monkfish

- From Level 76:

233,960 Trout167,115 Salmon146,225 Tuna129,978 Lobsters97,484 Monkfish106,346 Sharks

- From Level 90:

153,762 Trout109,830 Salmon

96,102 Tuna85,424 Lobsters64,068 Monkfish69,892 Sharks

As you can see, you could make millions of gp! Good luck on 99 fishing fellow fishers, I am99 Fishing. I would highly suggest fishing trout and salmon to 80-90 fishing, and thenswitching to monkfish. This is the best way to get 99 Fishing, time wise. Sharks will alwayswin the moneywise part, but monkfish and fly fishing are the best approach to 99 Fishing.

=======================VI. My Money Per Hour=======================

Want to know how much money you can you can make per hour? Here's what I make per hour:

NOTE: TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT THAT I HAVE 99 FISHING! I ALSO HAVEN'T DONE THIS INAWHILE, SO I HAVEN'TTAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ANY NEW METHODS OR BOOSTS THAT COULD HELP. (I'll redo this someday :P)

1. Sharks: I get 50k-100k per hour, that's 50-100 sharks per hour.2. Monkfish: I can make around 50k an hour, while maintaining decent exp.3. Lobsters: I have made 50k an hour; I could probably make 100k now at 99 Fishing.4. Fly Fishing: The least money per hour out there, however, I think it is still the best exp.I have met plenty of people fishing there, and I still see some high level fisherman like myself.No doubt it'll remain one of the best ways.5. Sword fish/tuna/other: Not sure. Email/PM me if you know

That's the major fish that make money! I suggest not cooking fish, as prices fall when you do so,but then again, free cooking exp is always nice. Meh, your choice, not mine.

========================VII. Fishing Tools 101========================

Name: Small fishing netUse: To check shrimp and anchoviesCost: 1gp

Name: Fly fishing rodUse: To fish for trout and salmon (feathers).Cost: 1gp for the rod, 4-10 each for the feathers.

Name: Fishing rodUse: To fish for herring, sardines, and pike. Uses bait for all 3.Cost: 1gp, about 3gp per bait.

Name: HarpoonUse: To fish for tuna, sword fish, and shark.Cost: 1gp, no bait.

Name: Lobster potUse: Fishing for lobstersCost: 1gp, no bait

Members only:

Name: Big fishing netUse: to fish for your own pet fish!Cost: 1gp

Name: Oil RodUse: To fish for Lava eels, used in hero's questCost: 1gp for normal rod, put oil potion on it

====================VIII. Random events====================

*Some of these have been removed by Jagex. But I'll leave them up for the newbies who don'thave to deal with these pests.*

Big fish: A big fish (more like a HUGE fish) comes. You will try to fish it, but I have notfished it so far. It sort of 'eats' your fishing tool but will spit it out a few feet away.Note you will try to run after the fish even through its gone. Just run over and pick yourfishing tool up!

Whirl pool: Your fishing spot will turn into a whirl pool and you can lose your fishing tool!Just find another spot to fish, in about 10-20 seconds the whirl pool should disappear.

River troll: A river troll will come out of the water shouting "leave my fishies alone!" Itwill be level 50-159, depending on your combat level. Just run or put up a fight with him.After you run away, he'll disappear back to his home in the sea, or if you beat him he'lldrop feathers or bait. Useful if your fly fishing and you kill one - free feathers!

=================IX. Fish prices=================

Want to know the prices of fish so you can plan out how much you'll make? You've come to theright place! I've put the current price of fish. Note: I will try to keep it updated but Ican't promise anything. These are outlines of the prices. Most of the prices are outdated,http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.phpbut I will try to fix them. I also included a "sold often", to indicate if that fish if often

bought or sold.

Also note, with the addition of the Grand Exchange, you can easily find the prices of fish there,or even on the Runescape Homepage, by clicking "Game Guide" and then Grand Exchange. Try thatand compared prices.

* Means members only

Name: ShrimpPrice: 3gp- 9gp eachSold often: No

Name: Karambwanji*Price: 10-20gp eachSold often: No

Name: SardinePrice: 5gp eachSold often: No

Name: AnchoviesPrice: 10-20gp eachSold often: No

Name: HerringPrice: 8gp eachSold often: No

Name: Mackel*Price: 30gp eachSold often: No

Name: TroutPrice: 30-50gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Cod*Price: 25gp eachSold often: No

Name: Pike

Price: 40-60gp eachSold often: No

Name: SalmonPrice: 45-70gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Slimy Eel*Price: N/ASold often: Untradeable, so No.

Name: TunaPrice: 50-100gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Cave Eel*Price: 50gp eachSold often: No

Name: LobsterPrice: 200-250gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Bass*Price: 180-250gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Sword FishPrice: 250-300gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Monk Fish*Price: 290-320gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Shark*Price: 1000gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Sea turtle*Price: 1k gp eachSold often: Yes

Name: Manta Ray*

Price: 1k-2k gp eachSold often: Yes

=======================X. Fish Information HQ=======================

Here I will include all the information I know on these fishies!* Means member only

Name: ShrimpTool needed: Small netLevel to fish: 1Level to cook: 1HP healed:

Name: KarambwanjiTool needed: Small netLevel to fish: 5Level to cook: 1HP healed: 3

Name: SardineTool needed: Rod and baitLevel to fish: 5Level to cook: 1HP healed: 4

Name: AnchoviesTool needed: small netLevel to fish: 15Level to cook: 1HP healed: 1

Name: HerringTool needed: Rod and baitLevel to fish: 10Level to cook: 5HP healed: 5

Name: Mackel*Tool needed: Small netLevel to fish: 16Level to cook: 10HP healed: 6

Name: TroutTool needed: Fly fishing rod and feathersLevel to fish: 20Level to cook: 15HP healed: 7

Name: Cod*Tool needed: Small netLevel to fish: 23Level to cook: 18HP healed: 7

Name: PikeTool needed: Rod and baitLevel to fish: 25Level to cook: 20HP healed: 8

Name: SalmonTool needed: Fly fishing rod and feathersLevel to fish: 30Level to cook: 25HP healed: 9

Name: Slimy eel*Tool needed: Oil rod and baitLevel to fish: 28Level to cook: 28HP healed: 6-10

Name: TunaTool needed: HarpoonLevel to fish: 35Level to cook: 30HP healed: 10

Name: Cave eel*Tool needed: Oil rod and baitLevel to fish: 38Level to cook: 38HP healed: 10-12

Name: LobsterTool needed: Lobster potLevel to fish: 40

Level to cook: 40HP healed: 12

Name: Bass*Tool needed:Level to fish:Level to cook: 43HP healed: 13

Name: Sword fishTool needed: harpoonLevel to fish: 50Level to cook: 45HP healed: 14

Name: Lava eelTool needed: Oily rod and baitLevel to fish: 53Level to cook: 53HP healed: 14

Name: Monk fishTool needed: Small netLevel to fish: 62Level to cook: 62HP healed: 16

Name: SharkTool needed: HarpoonLevel to fish: 76Level to cook: 80HP healed: 20

Name: Sea TurtleTool needed: Trawler mini game.Level to fish: 79Level to cook: 82HP healed: 22

Name: Manta RayTool needed: Trawler mini gameLevel to fish: 82Level to cook: 91HP healed: 22

==================XI. Fishing guild==================

The fisher guild is a huge dock with almost every fish in the game! Complete with itsown bank, fishing shop, range, and a few fishing tools on the ground, and its bankand fishing docks are very close together! This is by far the best place to fish anyfish, even sharks! Found in Hemster, just west on the road from Camelot, its near 2good teleport spots, the Ardougne teleport and the Camelot teleport. This means it iseasy to get to and from the guild. At the shop you'll find some bait, and a bunch offishes! The bank is one of the few banks I know of that you can light fires in! Chopsome trees from the near by forests and you can cook your fish really fast! Very usefulif you've just fished 1k lobsters and need to cook them fast! You can not get into theguild until level 68, or 65 with a fishing pot or one of the fish pies. The other piewill raise your level by 5 levels, allowing you to enter at 65. I suggest sticking withCatherby before level 68, but hey, its your choose.

======================XII. Fishing Trawler======================

Found in Port Khazard, northwest of Yanille and south of Ardougne, the Trawler is a fungame to play with friends or random strangers! Bring along some cash, a few friends,some ropes and get ready to rock 'n fish! You will need ropes, swamp paste, bailingbuckets and some good friends or plain old strangers. Be sure to check out the themedworld for this, by looking until you find one titled "Fishing Trawler". It will makethings easier if you don't have friends who fish.

Note: Swamp paste is made by using swamp tar (Found in the Lumbridge swamp) with flourand then cooking it on a range. You can also find it on the Grand Exchange.

Talk with the Cap'in, and he will let you on boat. Tell your friends to follow you on;remember, you have 1 minute to get on. Get ready - it's not an easy Mini-Game by anystandards. First, once you get on the boat, MAKE SURE NOT TO SINK! How do you do that?Well, you will have to repair the boats floor, along with bail water and fix the netsupstairs. Have a few people just fix the floor and bail water when there's nothing tofix. Another person should run up and fix the nets, fix the floor and bail like hell!It will take 10 minutes or so, but you can do it! Be warned, if you fail you die! No,you just end up in the water with no where to go. Jump in a barrel and float to shore -you'll end up around Port Sarim.

Did you win? Gratz! Now go check the net behind the boat. If you can't see it, peopleare probably swarming it, so just follow them. Depending on your fishing level, you mayend up with just lobsters or a few sharks, or you may end up with Sea Turtles and MantaRays! Both are worth a nice amount, I can generally pull off 100k a trip. If you didn'tget anything good, go back and train your fishing level up.

=========================XIII. Fishing Skill cape=========================

So you want to know what the skill cape is like, huh? Well, I'll explain. It is a blue

cape, with yellow trim (If you own any other skill capes), with a hood.

The emote: You appear on a pond, fish a goldfish like thing and then throw it over yourhead. This emote is funny if someone is behind you, as you appear to be throwing fishat them.

==============XIV. Versions==============

1.0: First ever version! Start on December 7th 2006 and finished February 19, 2007. Lotsof updates planning now, plan to add more detail to every part and update how I'm doingwith fishing, also updating prices.1.01: First update, finally! Fixed some grammar mistakes and such, also update with otherhelpful hints on getting 99 fishing. This was all finished November 20th, 2007.1.02: Second update, nearly a year after the first and approaching two years since thecreation of this guide. All I can say, wow. I fixed plenty of mistakes that I can't believeI missed before.1.03: Third update, wow. 2 1/2 years since I wrote this guide. Made more fixes, added a fewparts. I'm amazed I can still think of stuff to add and how many errors I'm always finding.

========================XV. Contact Information========================

If you would like to contact me, please contact me on Neoseeker (Via Neo PM) or via Runescape PM.

Neoseeker: DogsbabyRunescape name: Dogsbaby23

==========XVI. FAQ==========

Q: Will I see more guides from you?A: YES! I plan to write more about Runescape, and possibly other games I like. Expect thisguide to have updates every few months also.

Q: Why do you fish? Why 99 fishing and not 99 woodcutting or something?A: I have started to like fishing. I am 97 Woodcutting though, so I may write a guide onthat skill next. Keep watching for one. :D

Q: What is the best method to contact you?A: The only way to contact me is via NeoPM or Runescape PM. That is it. I will not list myIMs or Email. I don't feel like getting a Trojan or anything.

Q: Why do you call your self "the fi$h3r 4 lyfe"?A: I fished for ever at one time. I basically made up that. Revolutionary Humminbird ® 360Imaging? offers a detailed, 360 degree view around your boat. Visualize it as being a thin sonar wallextending 150 feet either to side of the vessel. This wall rotates to make a 300-foot circle making itpossible to see areas virtually impossible to reach with other kinds of sonar. And, since the sonarwall moves, you don't ought to, so that you can see where fish are, before they watch you.Forgreater on-water flexibility, 360 Imaging permits you to pick from five beam speed settings. Lowerbeam speeds lead to higher image quality but lower refresh rates. Conversely, higher beam speedslead to lower image quality but higher refresh rates. With five options, you can get the best settingfor your boat speed, water conditions, and need for detail.name. :D I no longer fish though...I just can't stand to train the skill anymore. I like to skill though, so I contiue to raiseother skills up, hopefully one day having a bunch of 99s.

Q: Do you own any other skill capes?A: Yes! I own the Hunter Skill cape as well as the Fishing Skill cape, along with a soon to beWoodcutting skill cape.

Q: Do you still play Runescape?A: Yes! I still do, even after all these years... At last count, it was about 4 now.

===================XVII. Final words===================

Good luck everyone with fishing! I wish you luck with getting 99 fishing, I know it was toughfor me to get 99 fishing, so stick to it!

Thanks to:

- JaGeX for making Runescape- Neoseeker, because you keep me entertained and have my guides on your site.- My parents for getting me membership and all that other stuff.

=========================XVIII. Copywrite St00fz=========================

This FAQ is copyright 2006-2009 Dogsbaby. Fire can easily spread swiftly

on a new boat, even in water.

Alarms and detectors can easily

help maintain your crew safe.No one may post this FAQ on their website without expresspermission of the author, nor may you sell it for profit.

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