Fishing Guide Hobby Lotro

The Angler's Guide to Fishing in LOTRO by aethelberht Sources: The Angler's Guide to Fishing in LOTRO We would like to thank aethelberht, Lothainaa, Notaforumguy007, Harp, Amonceleb, borgiered, Whyah and Meeko.

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*	--	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	--
156	Largemouth Bass	13c	Cook Recipe	Through Max
172	Rusty Axe	1c	No Known	--

* 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.