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Comment by 6828

Wetlands has always been where I fish for these. Very good drop rate there. Also something for Alliance to do while they wait for the boats.

Comment by bazooka

The coast of Barrens by Ratchet also frequently has pools of these and, for Horde (esp Orcs and Trolls) is a profitable way to level up their fishing skill early on. Just hop the hill behind the starting area in Durotar.

Comment by Orik

If people don't know why this fish is popular is because it's for Alchemists. Sell them for a high price, 20s to 1g.

Comment by Hyde

It is a low recipe in the alchemy proffesion. Most people don't want to spend the time fishing just to level it up so they go and grab these.

Comment by Drakara

Also used to make Elixir of Water Breathing , critical for any quest that requires you to spend a lot of time underwater, if you don't have class or racial skills to help you.

Comment by 35666

The west coast of Silverpine, north of the Sepulcher, is a good place to fish for these. The mobs are low level, people aren't there much, and there's about 5 or 6 pools of blackmouths. There aren't any other types of pools, either, and as many as five fish in a single pool.

Comment by Ninja1

I think the best place to fish those, is Ratchet at the bridge. Every 10-15 i got atleast 4 Oily Blackmouth.

Comment by Thottbot

It says that A high Percentage drop is in Ratchet but it says ratchet is in Silverpine Which should i trust Ratchet or Silverpine

Comment by Thottbot

In the Wetlands with the title of mini-map reading "Baradin Bay" at the /loc of 7,74 I had a 24% catch rate. I'm a horde player and fished here. Very difficult to get the title of "Baradin Bay" and not "Wetlands". My wife's map was showing 6,74 at the same spot.

Comment by Thottbot

yes you can turn those fish into blackmouth oil. ;-)

Comment by Thottbot

Right next to the fisherman under the gryph master in Auberdine is a great place to catch Oily Blackmouths.
Got 10 of them in 15 minutes last nite using only a shining bauble and starting my fishing at skill lvl 10.

Comment by Thottbot

I do Alchemy...and for some potions I need Oily blackmouths! Only....I don't fish:/ Is there any other way to obtain these? Or should I become a fisherman. And I have to..what lvl fishing does it require to catch these

Comment by Thottbot

This post pertains to fishing in Ratchet... as for the others, I can't speak for.

Some other post mentioned that fishing skill has nothing to do with catching these things... and that it is simply "reaction time". This is a crock. Fishing skill has EVERYTHING to do with catching these and other fish/items. The reason I say this is because it will be the difference between getting a "You receive loot" message compared to the "got away" message. I'm currently at 211 and nothing gets "away" in Ratchet.

The items caught are totally random. Over various times and sittings; I've caught as many as 3 in a row of the Oily Blackmouths, then various fishes for 10 casts following that.

Location, location, location. This is as important as your skill. To receive the best chance at getting your fish/item, make sure you are in the right area. I've tended to go the locations stated here and then move up and down the waterlines testing to see if there are any places better than others. The drop rates, while varied, drop dramatically (to non-existant) if you venture down to The Merchant Coast (for example). I also tried this over in the Veiled Sea as another post suggested. Just make sure your location (above the minimap) states the Strand.

Lastly... thanks to the folks that share their knowledge on where to find the best spots. It's helped me alot with a skill that can be very time consuming. So for all the little fishers out there.. good luck!

Comment by Thottbot

I fished at Zoram'gar Outpost and from 100 pulls I got:

63 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
25 Oily Blackmouth
11 Firefin Snapper
1 Small Locked Chest

I started with around 140 in fishing and ended up with 170.

Comment by Thottbot

Which is near by the Sepulcher (Silverpine forest)

Has around a 21% drop rate according to Thottbot, and there's an undead recipe merchant by the shore if you're into cooking too.

Comment by Thottbot

In Menethil Harbor, out where the shipwrecks are (northwest of town).

All along the shore were several schools of Oily Blackmouth. As soon as I saw it, I jumped on shore, equipped my rod and fished away.

One way to see the school from above the water is there will be a circle on the top of the water ... sort of like a disturbance of something swimming beneath it. That's a good marker to look for. Try to get your bobber to land in or around the circle for best catching results!

I also found a school of Firefin Snapper near the shore between the Deepwater Tavern and the old Osprey shipwreck.

Comment by Thottbot

The strangest place I have located to fish for Oily Blackmouth is the water feature (a very small pond) in front of the ransacked / abandoned house on the hilltop in Auberdine. Rate is OK (8% to 12%), but I just like it for the humor factor - standing there near the tiny pond, fishing away. Great for low-levels who want to get some cash - auction them off, and watch your silver level grow!

Comment by Thottbot

An abundance of Oily Blackmouth schools sit on the southern coast of Hillsbrad Foothills. Between 10 and 15 schools sit all the way across the coast, as well as Firefin Snappers.

Comment by Thottbot

Ratchet

Comment by Thottbot

Menethil Harbor--- I get more Firefins and Blackmouths than the "regular" fish. I also get lots of little surprises like locked boxes (i'm a rogue so it's no prob. to me, scrolls and every now and then i'll fish out some wool cloth or beer.

Comment by Thottbot

There are no longer random catches of certain fish. Oily Blackmouths and Firefin Snappers are used for potions and a worth money. Fishing bots killed this market so Blizzard now make schools of these fish. Very rare to get one of these fish when not fishing in a school.
There are 2 kinds of schools. One is the nice round school. Easy to cast into and guaranteed to catch whatever is in there. The other is a half crescent shaped one. The half one only gets a catch about half the time (some other fish for the rest).
There are limited number of fish in a school just like there are limited number of ore or herbs at a spot. Once the limit is reached, the school disappears. (Not timed!)
The best way to fish is to stand in the water between your knees and waist and cast directly at the school. IF YOU DO NOT TOUCH THE BLUE, you will NOT get the fish. Close does not count. If your cast looks good, change your view to see if you really are in the school. If not, recast.
To catch these fish, you have to be in the blue. Cast,cast,cast.
The areas for a school are preplanned by Blizzard and will cycle through just like ore or herbs. Certain areas have more schools than others.
Good fishing!

Comment by Thottbot

I was bored and had just arrived via the bay (Yes, I swam there...for the flight path, of course) at Shadowprey Village in
Southern Desolace and found schools of both Firefins and Blackmouths. The Firefins might have been fished out of the Floating Wreckage though. Either way that's a good place to fish for them too.

Comment by Thottbot

Darkshore is a great place to fish for these .
Tons of schools all over .
I've just been walking up and down the coast from school to school .
Not dangerous either .
There's some murlocs along the shore, but very easy to avoid .

Comment by Thottbot

If you are Alliance just run along the western shore of Darkshore - You will constantly fine oily blackmouth pools. I'm not sure what level you have to be to catch them but just buy some shiny baubles and you'll be fine - i never had a problem trying to fish them and they're great for my alchemist and water potions.

Comment by Allakhazam

In Westfall I fished off the beach on a little island so no Mobs could bother me. Don't recall how long I fished for though

I caught 60 Albacore, 26 Oily blackmouth and about 50 Mackrel. Took my fishing from about 80 to 150. No Bait. Then I cooked the Albacore and rose my cooking from around 80 to I think 125 or so.
I was also using the fishing pole that gives +5, large pole I think it's called?

Comment by Allakhazam

Can be fished from the pier in Ratchet. Spent about 45 min fishing, starting at fishing lvl 1.

Yield:
33 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore (what I was fishing for.. needed cooking skillups)
19 Raw Slitherskin Mackerel
4 Oily Blackmouth

Used regular fishing pole + Shiny Bauble. Final skill when done was lvl 58.

Comment by Allakhazam

After reading some posts here (from Selbina, ponday and elannah) about how much Oily Blackmouth can be caught in menethil harbor, I tried it myself.
-> similar success with about 25% to 33% Blackmouth while fishing there.

But since a week or so i hardly catch any blackmouth there.

anybody similar results? did blizzard reduce the amount of Oily Blackmout there?

Edited, Fri Oct 21 06:38:48 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

Zoram has a great ratio of oily, close to 5o% drop

Comment by Allakhazam

I have caught many oilys at North Tide's Run This is north of The sepulcher and you have to climb thru the mountains. It just next to one of the shamans shrine. There a entire school of them. Also I started fishing here around 120-122

Comment by Allakhazam

Ok, I just figured out a way to get a really great catch ratio!

Get a fishing pole and go to someplace like Darkshore (shoreline north of Aub is best) or Windsheer Crag (the river, I think, but watch out for mob attacks). Those are the two best places I've noticed, so far, that are lower level areas for either faction.

Find the Oily Blackmouth Schools and cast your line into the circle or on the edge of the circle they make. ***Casting outside the circle doesn't work as well.***

In many cases you'll come across a school that seems to be in water that isn't 'fishable'. In most of those cases (but probably not all) all you have to do is wade out past the school into deeper water and cast inland toward the school. Since they're usually in shallow areas that shouldn't be too hard while still staying above swimming depth. I haven't tested this out in the river yet, but trying different angles of casting might work there too. Just move around until you can hit the target. ^_^

The schools do disappear after a random number of catches, but in some cases I caught as many as 7 fish in one school. You may get more than that ^_^

Oh! Just to make it faster, I put my fishing ability into a quick bar slot at the bottom in the secondary section so I could recast quickly if the bobber landed outside the circle. ^_^

I've caught about 30 in an hour!

Hope this helps someone ^_^

Edited, Nov 14th 2006 at 4:31pm PST by Sylraine

Edited, Nov 14th 2006 at 4:43pm PST by Sylraine

Comment by Allakhazam

Got 5 out of 12 tries, at auberdine...darkshore...but sold them to the vendor, didnt know they were important :)

Comment by Allakhazam

Menithil Harbor.. ~60 min.. lure= Bright Baubles
77x Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
12x Firefin Snapper
37x Oily Blackmouth
1x Message in a Bottle--Scroll of Agility
1x Waterlogged Crate --Heavy Blasting Powder

Edited, Oct 25th 2006 at 12:38pm PDT by PEKY

Comment by Allakhazam

anyone know where you can buy oily blackmouth?

Comment by Allakhazam

i cant cast it into the blue circle it says water too shallow

Comment by Allakhazam

What fishing lvl is needed to catch it ?

Comment by Allakhazam

Why do people buy oily blackmouth for so much?

Comment by Allakhazam

Are there any NPC's that sell these. If so where?

Comment by Allakhazam

Dude, fishing is only the shiz when you find schools and/or 'floating wreckages'. Don't go wasting 1 1/2 hours of your playing time just fishing in any old place.

I've seen a handful of oily blackmouth school along darkshore/auberdine along with a few floating wreckages (man, those things are SWEET. got 5 trunks from one once. =D I don't think it'll ever happen again though....T_T)

That one river running through ashenvale seems to have quite a bunch of schools too, although I don't remember what kind.

Comment by Allakhazam

Pull rates in Auberdine:
Oily Blackmouth 10%
Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore 40%
Darkshore Grouper 30%
Raw Slitherin Mackrel 20%

Comment by Allakhazam

Fished off the pier in Ratchet and caught roughtly 20 Oilys in about 1 and 1/2 hours. (120+ Fishing skill) Sold very will in AH.

Comment by Allakhazam

Fished at Zoram'gar Outpost and from 100 pulls I got:
63 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
25 Oily Blackmouth
11 Firefin Snapper
1 Small Locked Chest

Started with around 140 in fishing and ended up with 170.

Comment by Allakhazam

Zoram strand i just tested out, i stood beside the fisherman at the outpost.

50 pulls: raw rainbow fin albacore-60% fire fin snapper-10% oily blackmouth 30%
100 pulls: raw rainbow fin albacore-59% fire fin snapper-10% oily blackmouth-30% small lockbox (or something)-1%

Comment by Allakhazam

I went to Southshore last night around 8pm EST. I found that on the Eastern Strand there were lots of Firefin Snapper schools while on the Wesetern Strand there were lots of Oily Blackmouth schools. You guys should try it out, I hope it works as well for you as it did for me. Happy fishing.

Comment by Allakhazam

North Tide's Run - saw 5 schools of these fish all in a row next to each other.

mobs here are level 13.

good fishing!

Comment by Allakhazam

Are there any mobs or anything that drop this? I want to make blackmouth oil so I can pop a few water breathing potions, but I don't want to have to go out and fish a ton to get the required fish.

Comment by Allakhazam

I caught a load along the coast in the west of Ashenvale. Relatively safe area as the only mobs are level 19ish.

Edited, Wed Mar 30 06:06:38 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

I had fishing skill 30 when I pulled up my first Oily Blackmouth in Auberdine.

Pulled 60 fishes in about 45 minutes:
3 Oily Blackmouth
18 Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
25 Darkshore Grouper
14 Raw Slitherin Mackrel

Comment by Allakhazam

Menithil Harbor.. 30 min..

19x Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
14x Oily Blackmouth
3x Firefin Snapper

Comment by Allakhazam

This is very easy to catch in Booty Bay.
I've also caught it a fair amount in Menethil Harbor.

Comment by Allakhazam

Just went through this last night in Menethil Harbor, off the dock's edge facing away from the ship docking location. In 40 or so cast I picked up 10 Oily Blackmouths, 8 Firefins, and the rest Rainbow Fin Albacore. That's roughly 1 in 4 for Oily's, by far the best average of all the places I fish. I was so excited I mentioned my success rate in the general channel and had several folks join me, with similar success, though not as high. My fishing is 223 so don't know if that factors in or not.

I've had some minor success off the dock in Auberdine, but that' more like 1 in 8 to 1 in 10.

Comment by Allakhazam

Got 13 Firefin Snapper and 30 Oily Blackmouths in an hour...

Comment by Allakhazam

Not sure if something has changed, but I fished MH last night for less than an hour and got 13 Firefin and 20 Blackmouth. Started at Fishing 164.

This was WAY more plentiful than it had been three weeks ago for me. I'm fishing on the bluff just North of the dock, and then also around the corner.

It would be nice if the waters were just a little higher level, since, at 164-181, you only generate a point every five pulls here.

Comment by Allakhazam

I always go to darkshore, i run a lil north, or a lil south, or check around the dock first.. if you see a blue floating/flashing circle.. Start here.. fish in the middle of it, till it disapears when you fish them all up.. run up and down darkshore .. This is where i am all the time to get them, infact they're the reason my fishing got up fast!

As i get them easy .. soon i'll just auction them off.

I thought it was hard at first, but that's because i was just fishing anywhere.

If you stick to where it says, fish in the blue circle you'll get 'em by the bucket load!

Take into consideration your fishing skills too.. it'll be harder when lower.

Comment by Allakhazam

barrens.... 63 49 coordinates.... XD.... good luck ^^... but they are on the barrens' east coast.... for the horde XD

Edited, Feb 16th 2007 10:11am by poirew

Comment by Allakhazam

One hundred casts from the Menithil Harbor bridge to the mainland:
20% oily blackmouth
60% raw rainbow fin albacore
10% fire fin snapper
6% no bite

Comment by Allakhazam

I have gotten an Oily Blackmouth at Auberdine with 83 skill at the time.

Saw a site that listed the required skill at 70

It's used to make Blackmouth Oil, which is used in Free Action, and water breathing potions, so it's Very useful, and probably sells really well.

The Dwarf that's on the Beach in Auberdine has a quest for a +3 fishing pole for catching 6 fish for him, so that's a nice place to raise skill.

Like all NPCs even if he doesn't have the ? over his head, click and you should still be able to get the quest if you haven't run it.

Comment by Allakhazam

I pulled 20 of these in 100 casts at Westfall Lighthouse.

Comment by Allakhazam

I got 20 from Menethil Harbor in under an hour...
Also got 13 Firefin Snappers.

Comment by Allakhazam

Hello,

I am hoping at least one of you experience fishermen can tell me what is the safest, as in class level wise, zone to catch oily blackmouth as well as firefin snappers. My main character is a Warlock who already has Herbalsim and Alchemy as professions. Being an Alchemist requires being an herbalist, at least if you want to be able to make potions on the fly and get to the hard to find herbs. However, at the alchemy levels around 80 or so, and then later on, it is extremely difficult to level up without oily blackmouth and then later at 110 or so, firefin snapper.

Therefore, I have decided to make a secondary character that does fishing, and probably cooking. And perhaps a rogue or a druid, since they can either move fast or with stealth. I will most likely make a rogue so I can pick locks from any chest I fish up. But my goals are to first, get good enough to catch these fish, around 75 to 80 in fishing from what I am reading, and at the same time, be able to fish at as low a level of rogue or druid as I can.

So my question is this, are there any newbie zones, like zones with capital cities in them where I can catch these fish, or at least the oily blackmouth, and if not, what is the lowest class level zone I can fish these in, assuming I have the fishing level needed?

Also, I am a little confused from the posts. Is the only way to catch oily blackmouths out of a school or circle of them, or can they also be caught by random in certain areas. The only schools I have actually seen are in Westfall Longshore. I am new to the game, so if you answer my question, and give a body of water, please tell me the name of the zone the body of water is in, and/or the closest Capital City.

Thank You So Much for Your Help!

Zaldor of Nordrassil

And, I am the same Final Fantasy XI Online Character

Zaldor of Alexander

P.S. - If you are on the Darnassil server, and would be willing to make a trade for potions and oily blackmouth, please let me know. I am just not that good at making money, and I will never be able to afford the 2gp 20 oily blackmouth go for. The hardest potion I know how to make take 2 of them to make one potion, which means 2 gps for 10 skill levels in alchemy. Just not worth it. And before I made that one, it took 4 to make one potion, the water breathing one. Two gps is definitely to much for 5 skill ups and 5 water breathing potions, especially since I have a spell that has the same effect, but last much longer. Thank You.

Edited, Apr 23rd 2007 5:12pm by infchaosdrd

Edited, Apr 23rd 2007 5:14pm by infchaosdrd

Comment by Allakhazam

The catch was pretty good off the dock at Menethil Harbor, as mentioned, I found they do NOT like the night crawler bait, I tried it both ways. What is the firefish good for?

Comment by Allakhazam

Got 13 Firefin Snapper and 30 Oily Blackmouths in an hour...

Comment by Allakhazam

Oily Blackmouth 33
Firefin Snapper 11
Message in a Bottle 1
Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore 90
Small Locked Chest 4

1.5 hours fishing

225 fishing skill (no bait)

Comment by Allakhazam

So is there anywhere in particular in Auberdine or Menethil you should sit?

I just got my pole from the dorf there in Auberdine and ran to the end of the pier. I caught some nice fishes, but no blackmouth yet.

I want to make some potions. Maybe some hushpuppies too.

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Comment by Allakhazam

guys the safest place to get this is right beside ratchet. the place where there r pirates lvl 12-16 how easy is that. for us huters and warlocks at lvl 20 or up simply put ur pet on aggresive and let it do the work

Comment by LadyJessa

40% drop rate or so throwing a line in at menethil harbor with 205 fishing skill

Comment by AlialunLive

Can confirm that it drops in Menethil Harbor with pretty decent chance from normal nonschool water.

Sample of 10 minutes fishing with 100+ skill and Aquadynamic Fish Attractor applied:
20x Raw Rainbow Fin Albacore
10x Oily Blackmouth
6x Firefin Snapper

Overall absolutely great spot to fish, highly recommend.

Comment by AmirV5010

you can find schools of them in alongside beach of Darkshore, Loch Modan, The Barrens, Silverpine Forest and Westfall.

Comment by Undet29

I've been on the coast of Darkshore and I've found a lot of pools.
Required to make Free Action Potions

I will be ready for classic phase 2 !

LE: I've been in the morning at 4am server time. Beware of population on your server!
LE2: Also Ratchet to Northwatch hold coast is cool.

Comment by Krysteen

Depending on the time of the day, the pools can be heavily fished and if you don't have a mount it can be a huge waste of time.

I tested out the wharf at Menethil Harbour. In 20 casts on my level 20 toon with Level 150 fishing I caught the following:

Oily Blackmounth x 6
Firefine Snapper x 4
Raw Rainbow fin Albacore x 10

That means that the two useful alchemy fish made up 50% of the catch. On the whole I almost prefer just sitting there and fishing since the number of pools I may get is limited and the running time back and forth negates the benefit. Its only really better if you do it in the middle of the night.

Comment by ohatcheejack

I've been catching these pretty consistently on the Ratchet docks, even outside of their little designated whirlpool areas at around level 145 fishing.

A stack of them sells for around 2g on my server.

Comment by Metsu962

Minimum Fishing Skill: 1 or 150*
Avoid 'Fish Got Away': 75 or 225*

* Based on zone

Comment by Nyxe7

For Alliance, I have found that although Darkshore has more nodes, they respawn very slowly. On your first initial clear of the nodes there are plenty, but on your way back and after a few pass-overs the modes are few and far between, I've experienced often times I will get no nodes at all after my first clear of the Darkshore coast. I've found that Westfall is better for consistent farming, the nodes seem to spawn faster there, to where you will get multiple on your way back. This is after multiple hours of farming in each of the zones. Both zones are Non-PvP for Alli, NPC's are also low level and wont aggro compared to other zones.

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Oily Blackmouth

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Max Stack: 20

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This item can be fished in Stranglethorn Vale (160), Western Plaguelands (146), Moonglade (111), Dustwallow Marsh (104), Wetlands (92), Feralas (87), Darkshore (71), Azshara (57), Tanaris (53), Westfall (53), Hillsbrad Foothills (47), The Hinterlands (42), Desolace (33), The Barrens (33), Silverpine Forest (31), Felwood (16), Un'Goro Crater (16), Ashenvale (12), Arathi Highlands (11), Swamp of Sorrows (10), and Eastern Plaguelands .

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