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Comment by 42230

Only comes every sunday from 2pm to 4pm

First to catch 40 of these Tastyfish will win the first price

a fishing rod or a trinket.

Comment by 1642

I believe all you need is 130 fishing to throw a line in Stranglethorne Waters. There is no minimum skill level, or even character level.

Comment by 30549

All of Stranglethorn Vale is at 130 Fishing. That is what is required to cast. At Skill Level 200 or so, you will be high enough to not have the "Your Fish Got Away" messages.

During the Tournament, a no catch is lost time and time your opponent has caught one. Time spent applying a lure is lost time also. To participate and have a higher chance of winning, I would recommend 235 or more Skill.

Comment by Mtxdew

Is there Speckled TastyFish Pools or does it become a Trash fish?

Comment by 66445

Um... am i the only one to notice that because you can only catch these in pools... the WoWHead map that pinpoints where the ALL the pools are? Uh... just to give a hint... Oh boy! i hope you dont use this map of all the pools to find a good place to fish! ; P

Comment by 52930

All you alliance scrubs on Burning Blade better back off, cause these fish are mine!

Comment by dusk

The tastyfish are in special pools, they can not be fished from outside the pools. Each pool has 5 drops, if your fish gets away you do not expend a drop. If you catch stranglekelp or a rockscale eel instead from the pool, you expend a drop.

Comment by 45703

Even after the contest is over (just watch the 4 hour duration on the fish) you can turn in these in batches of five to a NPC in Booty Bay. They yield 23s / batch giving them a "sell price" of 4s60c each.

Comment by Therax

Although the contest runs from 2:00-4:00pm, competition sharply drops after a winner is announced. If the goal for low-level toons is to get the Lucky Fishing Hat, cash from fishing or other prizes from rare fish, Consider starting around 2:30pm. It's a LOT easier.

All the competitors have gone home. No offended players will be dumping mobs onto your character. During the competition, a rogue with Vanish, or a Paladin with Divine Intervention can drop mobs on small fragile characters, at-will.

Why is there hostility vs. the level 19s?
To understand where this hostility comes from, watch the general channel, when the winner is announced. There are invariably several people who lament that they were within 1-2 fish. There is only one winner per week, claiming either the Hook of the Master Angler, or Arcanite Fishing Pole. Competition is intense.

It's acceptable to lose because someone else was better. However, people will feel cheated, when a little level 19 tag-along was underfoot, sneaking fish out from under them. Intensify this with the reigning opinion that level 19 battleground twinks are unethically exploiting the system. There's just as much satisfaction dropping a mob on a twink, as dropping one on a gold farmer.

Nice fishing spots for lowbies
When the contest is completed, the spawn points will largely be ignored by anyone else. The Troll island around (11, 29) has no hostile mobs. Its easily reachable from Westfall. The respawn rate is fairly quick.

Fly or swim down to Booty Bay. Set your hearthstone. Fly back to Westfall. Swim down the coast to the Troll island. Stay clear of the elite shark that roams around the deep water, surrounding the island.

Consider using Bright Baubles. They're low-cost, and will boost fishing skill by +75.

Fish Counter
Put the following simple macro on your toolbar. It'll display a counter, after the first one appears in your bag.
#showtooltip Speckled Tastyfish

Speedy turn-ins
Hotkey the following macro. Right-click on Jang <Fishmaster Apprentice>. Tap the macro button three times. Repeat until your fish are gone.
/script SelectGossipAvailableQuest(1)
/script CompleteQuest()
/script GetQuestReward()
* Turn-in code found in Wowwiki's Thorium Brotherhood rep turn-in.

Comment by Garenvinci

As of 2.3, you now get 1g (or 1g 12s @ lvl 70) for turning in 5 of these once the contest is over.

Comment by november

By the way: Schools of Tastyfish will unfortunately NOT appear on your minimap as yellow dots if you have the Find Fish skill like all other schools of fish. Thus you have to rely on spotting the fish in the water itself.

Comment by 149915

This item is part of the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Competition. Which takes place every Sunday between 14:00 and 16:00 Server time.

These are the items that can be won if you are the first person to hand in 40 Speckled Tastyfish to Riggle Bassbait in Bootybay.
Arcanite Fishing Pole and Hook of the Master Angler.

Once someone has won the fishing competition, you can still hand in your remaining Speckled Tastyfish to Jang in Bootybay. (repeatable quest)

Here is a link to all the rare fish that can be caught during the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Competition and their drop chance (with thanks to Zubzubs's post on the Lucky Fishing Hat), plus the rewards you get when catching one and handing them in at the Fishbot 5000 in Bootybay

0.25% Keefer's Angelfish --> Lucky Fishing Hat
0.23% Brownell's Blue Striped Racer --> Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots
0.18% Dezian Queenfish --> High Test Eternium Fishing Line

not sure about drop chance, 0% according to Thottbot. Rockhide Strongfish --> Dual wielding Fish Power!!

Comment by Nasuko

I just entered this contest for the 1st time ever, as in i've never tried to compete before. I had 225 fishing skill, and i won on that first go :P So just goes to show a little luck and preparation beforehand and anyone can win this. I choose to start on the coast directly south of grom'gol, and i had loads of pools spawn around me within a 50yrd radius i'd say. Within the first 10 minutes i had about 28 tastyfish. Also the Find Fish tool really helps for planning your next move if u can see a pool is just around the corner from u on the minimap.

Comment by Allakhazam

Is there a minimum skill level needed to catch these fish?

Comment by Allakhazam

ive been fishing for 30 mins and i havent caught any

Comment by Allakhazam

Can you save the fish from consecutive sundays and turn them in later on?

Comment by Allakhazam

If you are the first to catch 40 of these and turn them in before anybody else during the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza event you can get a Fishing Pole or Trinket which turns you into a fish.

Edited, Sun Sep 18 20:20:21 2005

Comment by Salru

Do you have to accept the quest before you can fish these up?

Comment by XxTimetoKillxX

Just won the tournament in phase 2 of TBC Classic. I stayed on the west coast starting at the bridge past the small bloodsail camp and went back and forth from there to the end of the coast where all the naga roam to catch all my tastyfish. The pools started spawning at 1:58, 2 minutes before Riggle Bassbait yelled that the tournament had begun. I had 40 fish by 2:11, hearthed, used a swiftness pot and turned in for the Arcanite Fishing Rod.

Currently however Riggle himself is bugged and will spawn a copy of himself on top of himself every 15 minutes or so, allowing multiple winners per contest.

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Speckled Tastyfish

Item Level 45
Binds when picked up
Duration: 4 hrs (real time)

Max Stack: 20

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This item can be fished in Stranglethorn Vale (170).

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