Fishing in Zul'Aman

Fishing in Zul'Aman - I haven't tested this out too much...just a little today. But there are some new recipes that use some fish that can be easily caught in Zul'Aman. The cool thing is that the drop rate in ZA is pretty high, but it doesn't require maxed fishing to do it.

A buddy of mine was leveling his fishing in Zangramarsh. He came to ZA and fished all the way up to 375. Why? Crescent-Tail Skullfish. Thottbot is showing the auction value for those fish at 2g 37s each! (I listed mine 10-stack for 3g...there was none out there!) It's for a new recipe that gives +Spell Crit, and that's the first time a food buff has done that, so it'll probably be in demand. While I was checking out the price at Thottbot I also noticed that the "held in off-hand" trophy fish like Enormous Barbed Gill Trout and Huge Spotted Feltail are also used in high-end food. It used to be they were worthless..now they're selling for over 2g each!

So what's my point for you? If you haven't leveled up fishing, do it in ZA once you're high enough to fish there! If you ARE maxed, give it a try anyway! Those fish are hard to come by and valuable to folks with the new recipes who like the new buff.

If you can't clear ZA yet, that's ok. Just whisper someone who has been in and is saved to the instance. (It takes 5 players to open the gates.) If someone who is saved to the instance (or cleared it), invites you and converts your party of two to a raid, you can get into the instance. This will allow you in without having to have 5 players banging the gong together to open the gates. Watch out for the patrol, and make your way straight ahead to the little section of water and fish in the deep spot in the corner. You'll be safe from the patrol once you're down by the water.

Oh...and Lightning Eels are now selling well. If you fished, you remember those...the only thing they were good for was the vendor. Now they're used for a rare recipe that gives you a buff that zaps your enemies occasionally. Good times.