Hello and welcome to my fishing guide!
This guide aims to help players find suitable spots to train fishing with ease from the lowest to the highest level possible.
"Fishing is a skill which involves catching fish from selected spots around Gielinor. Higher Fishing levels enable different mechanisms of Fishing, the ability to catch a larger selection of fish and increases a player's catch rate. Caught fish may be cooked through the Cooking skill to create food which may be used later to regain hitpoints during combat. Alternatively, many players sell their excess stock of catches for gold." - OSRS wiki (https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Fishing)
Normal (x50)
Realism (x8)
Ironman (x50)
Hardcore Ironman (x50)
Ultimate Ironman (x20)
Group Ironman (x40)
Group Ironman Hard (x8)
Elite Hardcore Ironman (x8)
Credits to @Level 3 for the experience rates found on his woodcutting guide.
ITEMS NEEDED:
Start off by going to the tool store at the Edgeville shop to buy the fishing tools/items.
ANGLER'S OUTFIT:
The Angler's outfit set provides an 2.5% experience boost while fishing. You can acquire it by talking to Alry the Angler (skilling>Fishing: Lake Molch). The hat, top, waders, and boots cost 100 molch pearls each. Additionally, you can buy the wearable pearl rods to help you save space in your inventory.
Note: You can also do aerial fishing after you get 35 fishing and 43 hunter. A guide to it has been posted by @Sen in his hunter guide. Please do check him out!
LEVELS 1-40: SHRIMP & ANCHOVIES
Start off by grabbing your small fishing net and lobster pot. Catch some shrimps and anchovies until you reach level 40 or enough to get you to 40 cooking.
Shrimp base experience: 10
Anchovy base experience: 40
Teleport: Skilling>Fishing: Catherby
Item/s needed: Small fishing net
LEVELS 40-62: LOBSTER
Continue fishing at same spot and start catching lobsters until you reach level 62 or enough to get you to 62 cooking.
Lobster base experience: 90
Teleport: Skilling>Fishing: Catherby
Item/s needed: Lobster pot
LEVELS 62-76: MONKFISH
After getting 62 fishing, it's time to catch monkfish until you reach level 76 or enough to get you to 80 cooking.
Monkfish base experience: 120
Teleport: Cities>Piscatoris
Item/s needed: Small fishing net
LEVELS 76-82: SHARK
At level 76, you can now head to the fishing guild and start catching sharks until you reach level 82 or enough to get you to 84 cooking.
Shark base experience: 110
Teleport: Skilling>Fishing: Guild
Item/s needed: Harpoon
LEVELS 82-99: ANGLERFISH/MINNOWS
Now you're 82 fishing, it's time to catch and stock up a lot of anglerfish until you reach level 99. Anglerfish is one of the highest HP restoring food that is very beneficial in high level PVM or even PVP.
Anglerfish base experience: 120
Teleport: Skilling>Fishing: Anglerfish
Item/s needed: Fishing rod and sandworms
Alternatively, you can head to the fishing platform and catch minnows by boarding the row boat near Kylie Minnow at the Fishing guild platforms. You can trade in Kylie Minnow 40 minnows for a noted shark, which is one the best ways to stock up sharks in-game.
Minnow base experience: 26.1 per catch
Teleport: Skilling>Fishing: Guild
Item/s needed: Small fishing net
LEVELS 85-99: DARK CRAB
If you're brave enough, you can catch dark crabs at the wilderness resource arena. Make sure to bring 75,000 coins to enter.
Dark crab base experience: 130
Teleport: PVP Teleport> Resource Arena
Item/s needed: Lobster pot and dark fishing bait
Thank you for checking my guide. I hope it helped you train in any way. Please do comment below for any clarifications, suggestions, or recommendations.
