Free-to-play Fishing training

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This article is about the free-to-play guide. For the members' guide, see Pay-to-play Fishing training.

Equipment

Fishing uses two types of items, divided into consumables and equipment. Consumables are used up at the rate of one item for each fish caught and are stackable, while the equipment is non-stackable and reusable.

• Net fishing: Small fishing net, no consumable
• Bait fishing: Fishing rod, fishing bait
• Fly fishing: Fly fishing rod, feathers
• Harpooning: Harpoon, no consumable
• Cage fishing: Lobster pot, no consumable

Fishing Table

Raw Image	Cooked Image	Name	Fishing Level	Exp	Cooking Level	Cooking Exp	Type	Heals	Notes
		Shrimps	1	10	1	30	Net	3	Can be caught at seas.
		Sardines	5	20	1	40	Bait	4	Can be caught at seas.
		Herring	10	30	5	50	Bait	5	Can be caught at seas.
		Anchovies	15	40	1	30	Net	1	Can be caught at seas.
		Trout	20	50	15	70	Fly	7	Can be caught at rivers.
		Pike	25	60	20	80	Bait	8	Can be caught at rivers.
		Salmon	30	70	25	90	Fly	9	Can be caught at rivers.
		Tuna	35	80	30	100	Harpoon	10	Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.
		Lobster	40	90	40	120	Pot	12	Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.
		Swordfish	50	100	45	140	Harpoon	14	Can be caught at Karamja/Corsair Cove.

Levels 1 - 20 – Shrimp / Anchovies

Net fish for shrimp. Good locations include:

• South of Draynor Village bank.
• South of the Al Kharid bank. (Beware of Scorpions, they wander around and will interrupt your fishing)
• South of the Lumbridge Graveyard near the Fishing Tutor.

At level 15, you will begin to catch anchovies too.

• Starting experience - 0
• Experience needed - 4,470
• Shrimps needed - 447 (4,470 experience)
• Anchovies needed (from 15 to 20) - 139 (2,085 experience)

Level 20-40/99 – Trout / Salmon

Fly fish trout at either Barbarian Village or Lumbridge. Once you have reached level 30, you will begin catching salmon and can expect to receive between 30,000 and 50,000 Fishing experience per hour. If you choose to drop your fish rather than bank them, you will gain slightly more experience per hour.

• Starting experience - 4,470
• Experience needed - 32,754
• Trout needed - 656 (32,800 experience)
• Salmon needed (from 30-40) - 341 (23,870 experience)

Even past level 40, "powerfishing" trout/salmon is the best method of training Fishing all the way until level 99.

Level 40-50 – Lobster

Fish lobsters at Musa Point. Optionally, if you've completed Dragon Slayer, you can use the Corsair Cove Resource Area to fish lobster. At level 50, it is better to catch swordfish/tuna instead as doing so will yield slightly better exp/hour. Lobsters provide better profit/hour than fly fishing, but at the cost of reduced exp/hour (20,000 to 30,000, as opposed to 30,000 to 50,000)

• Starting experience - 37,270
• Experience needed - 37,224
• Lobsters needed - 414 (37,224 experience)

Level 50-99 – Swordfish / Tuna

Harpoon Swordfish at Musa Point. Optionally, if you've completed Dragon Slayer, you can use the Corsair Cove Resource Area to harpoon fish. You will also catch tuna, which you should drop. This method will yield up to 30,000 experience per hour.

• Starting experience - 737,650
• Experience needed - 12,334,051
• Tunas needed - 154,176 (12,334,080 experience) or
• Swordfish needed - 123,341 (12,334,100 experience).