# Fishing 1–300 (levels 5–60) > A Polestar professions guide for World of Warcraft: Forever, levels 5–60: 27 steps and 3 quests. Page: https://polestar.guide/guides/professions/fishing Polestar is a free, open-source (GPL-3.0) leveling guide addon for World of Warcraft: Forever. Every guide here ships inside the addon: in game, `/polestar guides` opens the guide menu, and the guide window shows the steps with a waypoint arrow. ## At a glance - Category: Professions; in game: Professions > Fishing 1–300 - Levels: 5–60 - For: Both factions - Zones: Elwynn Forest, Loch Modan, Darkshore, Durotar, The Barrens, Tirisfal Glades, Westfall, Silverpine Forest, Wetlands, Ashenvale, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ironforge, Orgrimmar, Dustwallow Marsh, Desolace, Feralas, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows - 27 steps, 3 quests - Last changed 2026-10-16, in Polestar 0.2.5 ## Steps The steps as the guide window shows them, in order. Goals marked with a race or class are only for that race or class. ### 1. Learn Fishing Any Fishing trainer of your faction teaches Apprentice Fishing (character level 5); the arrow picks the nearest. Buy a Fishing Pole from a trade goods or fishing vendor and equip it. - Reach level **5** - Train **Fishing** - Buy **Fishing Pole** ### 2. Fishing: Elwynn Forest (1–50) (Human only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **Crystal Lake** Elwynn Forest - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 3. Fishing: Loch Modan (1–50) (Dwarf, Gnome only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **The Loch** Loch Modan - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 4. Fishing: Darkshore (1–50) (Night Elf only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **Auberdine shore** Darkshore - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 5. Fishing: Durotar (1–50) (Orc, Troll only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **Durotar coast** Durotar - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 6. Fishing: The Barrens (1–50) (Tauren only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **Barrens oasis** The Barrens - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 7. Fishing: Tirisfal Glades (1–50) (Undead only) Fish here until skill 50. Click the bobber when it splashes; every catch can raise the skill. - Go to **Vile Fin shore** Tirisfal Glades - Raise **Fishing** to 50 ### 8. Journeyman Fishing Journeyman Fishing raises the cap to 150; it needs skill 50 and character level 10. The arrow picks the nearest Fishing trainer of your faction. - Reach level **10** - Train **Fishing** ### 9. Fishing: Westfall (50–125) (Human only) Fish the pools and open water here until skill 125. Pools (floating debris, schools of fish) also drop extra loot. - Go to **Westfall coast** Westfall - Raise **Fishing** to 125 ### 10. Fishing: Loch Modan (50–125) (Dwarf, Gnome only) Fish the pools and open water here until skill 125. Pools (floating debris, schools of fish) also drop extra loot. - Go to **The Loch** Loch Modan - Raise **Fishing** to 125 ### 11. Fishing: Darkshore (50–125) (Night Elf only) Fish the pools and open water here until skill 125. Pools (floating debris, schools of fish) also drop extra loot. - Go to **Darkshore coast** Darkshore - Raise **Fishing** to 125 ### 12. Fishing: The Barrens (50–125) (Orc, Troll, Tauren only) Fish the pools and open water here until skill 125. Pools (floating debris, schools of fish) also drop extra loot. - Go to **Barrens oasis** The Barrens - Raise **Fishing** to 125 ### 13. Fishing: Silverpine Forest (50–125) (Undead only) Fish the pools and open water here until skill 125. Pools (floating debris, schools of fish) also drop extra loot. - Go to **Lordamere Lake** Silverpine Forest - Raise **Fishing** to 125 ### 14. Expert Fishing Expert Fishing (cap 225) is a book, not a trainer rank: Old Man Heming sells Expert Fishing - The Bass and You in Booty Bay, at the south tip of Stranglethorn Vale, to both factions. Buy it and read it; it needs skill 125 and level 20. - Reach level **20** - Buy and read Expert Fishing - The Bass and You (Expert Fishing) ### 15. Fishing: Wetlands (125–225) (Human, Dwarf, Gnome only) Fish the pools here until skill 225. If fish keep getting away, fish easier water until your skill catches up. - Go to **Wetlands coast** Wetlands - Raise **Fishing** to 225 ### 16. Fishing: Ashenvale (125–225) (Night Elf only) Fish the pools here until skill 225. If fish keep getting away, fish easier water until your skill catches up. - Go to **Ashenvale waters** Ashenvale - Raise **Fishing** to 225 ### 17. Fishing: Ashenvale (125–225) (Orc, Troll, Tauren only) Fish the pools here until skill 225. If fish keep getting away, fish easier water until your skill catches up. - Go to **Ashenvale waters** Ashenvale - Raise **Fishing** to 225 ### 18. Fishing: Hillsbrad Foothills (125–225) (Undead only) Fish the pools here until skill 225. If fish keep getting away, fish easier water until your skill catches up. - Go to **Hillsbrad coast** Hillsbrad Foothills - Raise **Fishing** to 225 ### 19. Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme (Alliance only) Where: 48.1, 6.9 on the Ironforge map. Artisan Fishing (cap 300) comes from Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. The fishing trainer in Ironforge sends you to him; the quest needs skill 225 and level 35. - Raise **Fishing** to 225 - Reach level **35** - Accept **I Got Nothin' Left!** from Grimnur Stonebrand — Grimnur Stonebrand, Ironforge ### 20. Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme (Horde only) Artisan Fishing (cap 300) comes from Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. The fishing trainer in Orgrimmar sends you to him; the quest needs skill 225 and level 35. - Raise **Fishing** to 225 - Reach level **35** - Accept **You Too Good.** from Lumak — Lumak, Orgrimmar ### 21. Nat Pagle Nat Pagle fishes from the shore of a small island off the east coast, south of Theramore. - Turn in **I Got Nothin' Left!** at Nat Pagle (Alliance only) - Turn in **You Too Good.** at Nat Pagle (Horde only) - Accept **Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme** from Nat Pagle ### 22. Sar'theris Striker Fish in Sar'theris Strand, the north-west coast of Desolace (Slitherblade naga shore) until you catch a Sar'theris Striker; it only bites there. - Collect **Sar'theris Striker** from **Sar'theris Striker Fishing Location** for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme ### 23. Feralas Ahi Fish in the Verdantis River in Feralas until you catch a Feralas Ahi; it only bites there. - Collect **Feralas Ahi** from **Feralas Ahi Fishing Location** for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme ### 24. Savage Coast Blue Sailfin Fish in the Savage Coast, the north-west shore of Stranglethorn Vale until you catch a Savage Coast Blue Sailfin; it only bites there. - Collect **Savage Coast Blue Sailfin** from **Savage Coast Blue Sailfin Fishing Location** for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme ### 25. Misty Reed Mahi Mahi Fish in the Misty Reed Strand, the south-east shore of Swamp of Sorrows until you catch a Misty Reed Mahi Mahi; it only bites there. - Collect **Misty Reed Mahi Mahi** from **Misty Reed Mahi Mahi Fishing Location** for Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme ### 26. Nat Pagle - Turn in **Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme** at Nat Pagle — Artisan Fishing ### 27. Fishing: Stranglethorn Vale (225–300) Fish the pools along the coast here (eels, snappers, wreckage) until skill 300. Booty Bay sells bait and Nightcrawlers for a small fishing bonus. - Go to **Booty Bay coast** Stranglethorn Vale - Raise **Fishing** to 300 --- Index for language models: https://polestar.guide/llms.txt