Fishing Guide Hobby Lotro

The Angler's Guide to Fishing in LOTRO by aethelberht
Sources:
The Angler's Guide to Fishing in LOTRO
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Fishing Guide

This guide will attempt to show what can be caught when (and where, if location does matter as the Dev Diary says); what poles, bait, and other equipment is available and how it helps; what new titles and recipes come with it; and any other information of value (or not) to the budding anglers of LOTRO. Additional input and data always welcomed!

To begin fishing, simply go to your local Hobby Master. They will teach you how to fish, give you a basic fishing pole, and give you a short quest to find the local Fishing Supplier.

You'll find the fishing icon in the Hobbies tab of your Character screen. Drag that to a free slot. Then when you're ready to fish, click the icon and you'll cast your line. In anywhere between 1 and 30 seconds, you'll see the tip of the rod dive down, meaning you've got a nibble. Immediately click the icon again to reel in your catch. You have less than a second to make that second click, so you have to watch closely.

Fishing Trophies


Items

Fish Trophies

Barter

Giant goldfish Trophy

Colourful Charr Trophy

50 salmon Trophy

Barbarous Barbel Trophy

Superb Smelt Trophy

Bright Bitterling Trophy

Brawny Bullhead Trophy

Cunning Catfish Trophy

Delightful Dace Trophy

Gleaming Grayling Trophy

Magnificent Minnow Trophy

Ruthless Rudd Trophy

2-Pound Salmon Trophy

4-Pound Salmon Trophy

6-Pound Salmon Trophy

10-Pound Salmon Trophy

15-Pound Salmon Trophy

20-Pound Salmon Trophy

40-Pound Salmon Trophy

50-Pound Salmon Trophy

Sturgeon Group Trophy

Trout Group Trophy

Darter Group Trophy

Fishing by level

Level
Catchable
Value
Uses
Level Through

1
Weeds

1c

No Known

N/A

1
Goldfish

1c

No Known

5

5
Rusty Dagger

1c

No Known

N/A

6
Minnow

1c

No Known

20

10
Bitterling

1c

No Known

30

10
Ball of Gunk

2c

No Known

N/A

10+
Salmon*

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All Are Trophies

varies*

17
Charr

1c

No Known

40

21
Dace

1c

Cook Recipe

51

27
Barbel

1c

No Known

60

31
Smelt

1c

No Known

71

35
Catfish

1c

Cook Recipe

80

50
Rudd

1c

No Known

90

50
Rusty Hammer

1c

No Known

N/A

55
Bullhead

1c

No Known

100

58+
Darter*

25c

No Known

varies*

60+
Trout*

25c

No Known

varies*

62+
Sturgeon*

25c

No Known

varies*

65
Old Boot

2c

No Known

N/A

66
Grayling

13c

No Known

111

77
Houting

13c

No Known

120

86
Perch

13c

Cook Recipe

132

90
Rusty Mace

1c

No Known

N/A

99
3-Spined Stickleback

13c

No Known

140

106
9-Spined Stickleback

13c

No Known

150

110
Drift-wood

1s 70c

No Known

N/A

117
Golden Mullet

13c

Cook Recipe

160

125
Rusty Sword

1c

No Known

N/A

125
Flounder

13c

Cook Recipe

170

133
Carp

13c

No Known

180

148
Pike

13c

No Known

190

149
Dirty Skull

1s 70c

No Known

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156
Largemouth Bass

13c

Cook Recipe

Through Max

172
Rusty Axe

1c

No Known

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* These fish offer many variants that differ by location and fishing level.

Table of Rare Fish By Region/Zone Level

RARE FISH
LOW ZONES
Ered Luin,
Shire,
Bree
MID ZONES
Lonelands, ND
MID-HIGH ZONES
Evendim, Trollshaws
HIGH ZONES
Forochel, Angmar, MM
END ZONES
Mirkwood
Salmon 2-lb (FL10)
15-lb (FL50)
4-lb (FL11)
20-lb (FL70)
40-lb (FL170)
6-lb (FL30)
30-lb (FL80)
2-lb (FL190)
4-lb (FL190)
10-lb (FL40)
15-lb (FL190)
30-lb (FL190)
40-lb (FL100)
50-lb (FL151)
2-lb (FL180)
4-lb(FL180)
6-lb(FL180)
15-lb(FL180)
30-lb(FL180)
40-lb(FL180)
Darter Redfin
(FL60)
Blackfin
(FL85)
Longfin
(FL80)
Orangefin (FL70)
Firebelly (FL 90)
Greenfin (FL190)
Bloodfin (FL190)
Longfin (FL190)
  Bandfin
(FL65)
Greenfin
(FL60)
Bloodfin
(FL87)
Redfin (FL190)
Blackfin (FL190)
Bandfin (FL190)
Splendid (FL190)
    Splendid
(FL100)
   
Trout Brown
(FL60)
Bull
(FL80)
Cutthroat
(FL75)
Redband
(FL70)
  Speckled
(FL85)
Red Spotted
(FL80)
Rainbow
(FL90)
Golden
(FL90)
  Lake
(FL95)
Rainbow
(FL52)
Redband
(FL56)
   
Sturgeon Dwarf
(FL60)
Shortnose
(FL69)
Green
(FL75)
Fringebarbel
(FL70)
Starry (FL180)
White (FL180)
Shovelnose (FL180)
  Shovelnose
(FL80)
Pallid
(FL80)
Lake
(FL88)
Starry
(FL90)
Green (FL180)
Dwarf (FL180)
Pallid (FL180)
      White
(FL100)
  Fringebarbel (FL180)
Lake (FL180)

TROPHY FISH FOR DECORATIONS: Many fish have a rare "trophy" counterpart with a nifty name ("Giant Goldfish," "Magnificent Minnow," etc.) that can be caught, starting a few levels above the regular fish. If you catch one (you'll know it - the text is purple), a fishing taxidermist (there's one in Bree-Town near the vault) will mount it free as a wall decoration for your home. The decorations are tradable, so a potential moneymaker if rare enough. Check out the taxidermist to see what trophies are available.

Most fish can be caught virtually everywhere in the LOTRO world. However, a few fish species offer several variants, related both to fishing levels and zone level. In order to catch them, you must be the appropriate fishing level and fishing in an appropriate zone of the world. Since these fish are quite rare, numbers are still iffy as of 5/1. So far these fish all appear to be worth 25c each. And none yet appears to have any use. Note: Zone levels are approximate. As more info comes in it'll hopefully be much easier to define where you can catch what.

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