Fishing

Have you always wanted to take up fishing and get out into the great outdoors where you can enjoy nature while casting your line in the sparkling water? Well, now is a great time to start! Fishing is a hobby that can be pursued at your leisure and requires nothing more than a little patience and a fishing pole.

Description

One of the only ways a hobbit can spend an afternoon snoozing in the sun and still get dinner.

The Basics

Players can train in the art of fishing and tackle from Hobby Masters:

NPC	Region	Location	Coords
Henry Oakeshott	Bree-land	Scholar's Stair Archives (Bree)	^{[30.5S, 51.7W]}
Refkell	Ered Luin	Hall of Kings (Thorin's Hall)	^{[13.8S, 103.2W]}
Hobby Master	Swanfleet	Lhan Garan	^{[54.9S, 27.7W]}
Brago Puddifoot	The Shire	Bywater Pool	^{[31.2S, 70.0W]}
Estmar Bolger	The Shire	The Bird and Baby Inn (Michel Delving)	^{[33.4S, 75.4W]}
Misty Bolger	The Yondershire	Gamwich	^{[23.7S, 82.4W]}
Hobby Master	North Downs	Trestlebridge Gate (West)	^{[17.7S, 54.5W]}
Hobby Master	Wildwood	Linnet's Camp	^{[22.0S, 57.7W]}
Hobby Master	Evendim	Trader's Wharf	^{[21.4S, 61.5W]}
Haldúr	Trollshaws	The Hall of Fire (The Last Homely House)	^{[29.8S, 3.4W]}
Arnfin	Moria	The Twenty-first Hall	^{[5.7S, 105.2W]}
Hobby Master	Dunland	Galtrev	^{[79.9S, 16.9W]}
Hobby Master	Dunland	Lhan Rhos	^{[87.2S, 23.2W]}
Hobby Master	Dunland	Durgors	^{[88.1S, 25.8W]}
Hobby Master	East Rohan	Snowbourn, Sutcrofts	^{[61.1S, 61.3W]}
Hobby Master	Wildermore	Forlaw	^{[38.9S, 61.1W]}
Hobby Master	West Rohan	Aldburg, Eastfold	^{[69.4S, 64.5W]}
Dúdrad	West Rohan	Edoras, Kingstead	^{[62.7S, 74.7W]}
Hobby Master	Western Gondor	Dol Amroth, Havens of Belfalas	^{[75.1S, 70.3W]}
Hobby Master	King's Gondor	Harlond, Lossarnach	^{[72.8S, 18.9W]}

How to Fish

Open the Character Journal and click on the Hobby tab along the top. Here you will find information about fishing, and the Fishing icon which you should assign to a quickslot.

Locate any body of water; a lake, river, stream, or pond should suffice. Once you have picked out your fishing spot, equip your fishing pole and face the water. Press the Fishing quickslot button once (or activate the associated hotkey) to cast your line. Once the line has been cast, wait until you see signs of struggling - splashing in the water, the bobber dipping under the water, or your fishing pole flexing are the signs. When these signs occur, reel in your line by pressing the Fishing button again. If you reacted in time, you will have caught something. If not, try again. There is no limit to the number of times you can cast and retrieve the line, but experience accrual will cease after ten points have been earned in a 24 hour period.

Equipment

Your first fishing-rod is a gift from the hobby-master. Better fishing-rods can be crafted by an Expert Woodworker, but the basic rod will do splendidly for a beginner.

Fishing Poles	Bonus	Recipes
Basic Fishing Rod	-	-
Yew Fishing Rod Well-crafted Yew Fishing Rod	+1 Fishing Skill +3 Fishing Skill	Recipe
Lebethron Fishing Rod Well-crafted Lebethron Fishing Rod	+4 Fishing Skill +5 Fishing Skill	Recipe
Rohirric Fishing Rod	+8 Fishing Skill	Barterer: Eastemnet Miscellany Quartermaster

Fishing Quests

Hytbold - Aiding the Sutcrofts

[87] Edoras: The Last Cast
[87] Edoras: The Old River King!

Rewards

Fishing Titles

Your proficiency level can only be increased by 10 points per day. A yellow progress bar on the Hobby tab of the Character log indicates you've reached your limit for that day. You can continue to fish, but you will not receive any more experience for the rest of that day.

Proficiency
Level	Points
Apprentice Angler	10
Journeyman Angler	50
Expert Angler	100
Master Angler	150
Lord/Lady of Streams	200

Catch of the Day
Title	Requirement
Darter-master	Catch all 9 Darter varieties.
Sturgeon-master	Catch all 9 Sturgeon varieties.
The Complete Angler	Catch a 50lb Salmon!
Trout-master	Catch all 9 Trout varieties.

Fishing Deeds

The Salmon King - Catch a 50lb Salmon!
Darter-master - Catch all 9 Darter varieties.
Sturgeon-master - Catch all 9 Sturgeon varieties.
Trout-master - Catch all 9 Trout varieties.

Catch of the Day

Certain fish are caught depending on your level of experience in your Hobby. Once you reach the next proficiency, fish from the level before will no longer yield points for you.

There are several types of fish you are able to catch.

General Fish and Junk
Crafting Fish
Rare Fish (such as Trout, Darter, Sturgeon, and Salmon)
Trophy Fish or Mountable Wall Fish - barter with the taxidermist for a mounted fish

See detailed list of fish.

Rare Fish Locations

TROUT: All nine trout species can be caught in The North Downs, Trollshaws, Evendim and The Lone-lands with fishing skill 50+. All water in those areas have exactly the same drop rate
DARTER: All nine darter species can be caught in Angmar, Misty Mountains and Forochel with fishing skill 100+. All water in those areas have exactly the same drop rate.
STURGEON: All nine sturgeon species can be caught in Enedwaith, Eregion, Mirkwood, Moria, and East Rohan with fishing skill 150+. All water in those areas have exactly the same drop rate.
SALMON: All salmon, including the 50-lb salmon have been reported being caught from the island in Evendim. 50-lb salmon has been reported being caught from Mirkwood, Enedwaith, and Dunland.

Gallery

Tenric watches for fish
Tenric catches something
Tenric reels in his catch
Lilliwynn has a fish in her hand ready to be put in basket

Notes

Introduced with Book 13: Doom of the Last-king, fishing is the first hobby being introduced in The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. For more information about fishing, see this Developer Diary

External References

A wonderful, visual site about fishing that helped us fill in some blanks: The Compleat Angler's Visual Guide To Fishing In Middle-Earth