Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza

The Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza is a grand event set along the coasts of Stranglethorn Vale. Early in the day, friendly neighborhood goblins will visit Ironforge and Orgrimmar to inform aspiring anglers of the grand tournament and give instructions. At the appropriate time, the shout will ring out across Stranglethorn to bait your hooks and cast your lines!

Will you be the master fisherman that gathers the necessary amount of tastyfish to win the grand prize? Can you reel in the right fish to receive some of famous Nat Pagle's fabulous fishing equipment? Will the [Lucky Fishing Hat] make its triumphant return onto the heads of anglers everywhere? You'll soon find out!

When It Happens

Currently, this event is held every Sunday from 2pm-4pm (server time).

What You Do

A school of Tastyfish

A speckled Tastyfish

1. Get all your best fishing gear together (including lures if you want).
2. Get to a coastal area in Stranglethorn Vale. Anywhere EXCEPT Booty Bay.
3. When the event starts, travel up and down the coast, looking for churning circles of fish (your tooltip will say "School of Tastyfish" if it's the right place).
4. Cast away! Be sure your bobber lands INSIDE the school, or you won't catch Tastyfish (which is what you want to do, by the way).
5. Once a certain number of Tastyfish have been caught from a school (3 or 4), the school will scatter and you'll need to find another.
6. Try to catch 40 [Speckled Tastyfish] before anyone else does, and get to Booty Bay to turn them in.

Notes

• If there's an announcement when someone wins the contest, it's very difficult to notice when your eyes are locked on your bobber. But if you're at it for more than 25 minutes (Normal Realm) or 35 minutes (PvP Realm), someone else has probably already won.
• It is recommended you have a level of 35+ to keep from aggroing the nearby animals.
• Even if you lose, you can sell your Tastyfish to an NPC, Jang, in Booty Bay for certain amount of money for every 5 you catch. How much money you get depends on the level you are. (This was changed in 2.3, they used to only reward you 23 silver per 5 Tastyfish, after 2.3.3 at level 70 the reward is 1g12s per 5 Tastyfish)
• Tastyfish only last for 4 hours, so don't bother trying to save them.
• There are rare fish you can also catch in the Tastyfish schools, which you can turn in for special rewards.
• Schools of Tastyfish will appear on your minimap if you have fish-tracking ability (Added in patch 2.4).
• The rare fish you can catch are considered by the game to be Uncommon items and will pop up a box telling you that the fish is Bind On Pickup, which can interfere with some addons that try to auto-loot fish but aren't expecting the warning.
• If you are fishing the end of the contest after a winner has already been declared (For the money or the rare fish items), you can safely fish all the way until 4pm. The NPCs for the turn-ins (Jang and the Fishbot 5000) will stay around for an hour after the tastyfish schools depart.

Rewards

Win the Contest

For being the first person to turn in 40 Tastyfish at Riggle Bassbait

• [Arcanite Fishing Pole] - +35 Fishing Skill

OR

• [Hook of the Master Angler] - Turns you into a fish!

Catch Rare Fish

Rare fish can only be caught in Tastyfish schools.

• Catch a [Keefer's Angelfish]: [Lucky Fishing Hat] - +5 Fishing Skill
• Catch a [Brownell's Blue Striped Racer]: [Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots] - +5 Fishing Skill
• Catch a [Dezian Queenfish]: [High Test Eternium Fishing Line] - +5 Fishing Skill Enchant to Pole
• Catch a [Rockhide Strongfish]:Very humorous level 40 one handed mace!

Additional info

• Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza on the Official site.
• Added in patch 1.7.