Fishing guide

Welcome to my fishing guide. Note: This will be edited later for a lot more fish to be added to the guide.


Introduction to fishing:
Fishing is one of the first skills to be available in RuneScape, released on 11 June 2001. It is also one of the most common activities. Fishing lets players catch fish from fishing spots. Caught fish may be cooked using the Cooking Skill, and are often sold to other players because of their ability to heal Life Points. When a player has achieved level 99 in fishing he or she may purchase a Skillcape of Fishing from the Master Fisher inside the Fishing Guild for 99,000 coins.

Other Information About Fishing:
Minimum Level for Hi-scores: 50, As of July 23rd 2010.
Players with 99: 35,685, As of July 23rd 2010.
Players with 200m experience: 12 players, as of July 24th 2010.

The Start for both F2P and P2P:
In Lumbridge run to the Fishing Shop Labelled: on the mini-map.
Trade the shop keeper and buy a small fishing net:

A Fishing rod and 1000 bait:

A Fly Fishing Rod and 1000 feathers:

A Lobster Pot and a Harpoon:


Great now you have all your equipment run over to Draynor Village and bank it all except the small fishing net. With you small fishing net head a bit south along the water that is east of the bank. There you will see a fishing spot marked: on the mini map. Now click on the "Net" option for the spot and start fishing shrimps.

Level 1-5 - Shrimps

You will need to fish a total of 39 shrimps.

Levels 5-10 - Sardines

Now go back to bank and bank your small fishing net and take out your fishing rod and bait. Run back to the same spot but use the option "Bait" instead of "Net".
You need to fish a total of 39 sardines.

Level 10-20 - Herring/Sardines

You need to catch a total of 111 herring but you will also be catching sardines too. So I cannot put an exact amount of fish to be caught but you need a total of 3,316 experience.

Levels 20-30 - Trout

Trout can be caught with fly fishing so you need to take your fly fishing rod and feathers and head to either just a bit north of the bridge in Lumbridge, in with all the goblins, Barbarian Village by the bridge or if members in Shilo Village. All marked with on the minimap. You need to use the option "Fly" on the spot.
You need to catch 178 trout.

Now there is 4 different paths you can do from here.

Option 1: This option gives good experience and decent money from 144k lobsters you will need to catch witch is about; 144,414*251 = 36,247,914gp.

Level 30-40 - Salmon/Trout

Salmon is caught in the same spots as trout with fly fishing.
You need a total of 341 salmon but you will be catching both salmon and trout so the numbers will be different. You do need a total of 23,861 experience.

40-99 - Lobsters

Lobsters require a lobster pot and can be caught at Karajama north of the banana plantation and be turned into noted food at stiles who is south of the volcano. Or at the fishing guild. To catch them use the option "Cage".
You need to fish a total of 144,414 lobsters.

Option 2: Fastest xp and little moneyish. Buy a mininum of 260k feathers from the Grand Exchange.

Level 30-99 - Salmon/Trout

Salmon is caught in the same spots as trout with fly fishing.
You need a total of 186,016 salmon or 260,422 trout but you will be catching both salmon and trout so the numbers will be different. You do need a total of 13,021,068 experience.

Option 3: Decent experience but good money.

Level 30-50 - Salmon/Trout Buy at least 1,760.

Salmon is caught in the same spots as trout with fly fishing.
You need a total of 1,257 salmon or 1,760 trout but you will be catching both salmon and trout so the numbers will be different. You do need a total of 87,960 experience.

Level 50-99 - Swordfish/Tuna

Swordfish and tuna are caught in the same spots as lobsters but using the option "Harpoon".
You need a total of 129,331 swordfish or 161,664 tuna. The numbers will be different since you will be catching a mixture of both. But you do need a total of 12,993,098 experience and make about 64,277,507gp if you catch only swordfish. Therefore your money will probably be about 35-50m using swordfish and tunas.

Congratulations on the 99 fishing go get that fancy skillcape from the master fisher in the fishing guild.


Thanks for reading my guide.

Credits to RuneScape Wikia for images and first 2 paragraphs.​