Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

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Carlito1
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Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Carlito1 » Mon May 12, 2025 6:34 pm

When fishing in open water such as in Stormwind or anywhere else, I achieve fishing skill up points at the rate expected for my level of fishing.

If instead I fish in pools or schools of fish, I receive no skill+ at all.

To test this I achieved 225 fishing by fishing in open water. I did the Nat Pagle quest to achieve 225/300 fishing.

I have since gone to Stranglethorn and fished over 50 Oily Blackmouth, 15 Stonescale Eel, and countless Iron Bound Trunk and Mithril Bound Trunk, from the pools around the coast. I am still 225/300 fishing. Not a single skill-up in probably 100+ successful catches.

I asked in guild and world chat about this, and nobody seems to have encountered it. But then again, nobody really fishes.

This is 100% a bug with fishing, I'm very surprised it hasn't been raised before now.

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Re: Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Snipesta » Thu May 15, 2025 2:31 pm

Carlito1 wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 6:34 pm When fishing in open water such as in Stormwind or anywhere else, I achieve fishing skill up points at the rate expected for my level of fishing.

If instead I fish in pools or schools of fish, I receive no skill+ at all.

To test this I achieved 225 fishing by fishing in open water. I did the Nat Pagle quest to achieve 225/300 fishing.

I have since gone to Stranglethorn and fished over 50 Oily Blackmouth, 15 Stonescale Eel, and countless Iron Bound Trunk and Mithril Bound Trunk, from the pools around the coast. I am still 225/300 fishing. Not a single skill-up in probably 100+ successful catches.

I asked in guild and world chat about this, and nobody seems to have encountered it. But then again, nobody really fishes.

This is 100% a bug with fishing, I'm very surprised it hasn't been raised before now.
Eye Twitch for sure this would irritate me too much I spent all that time doing that.

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Re: Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Snipesta » Thu May 15, 2025 2:32 pm

Did you make Bug Report?

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Re: Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Ironhorse » Tue May 20, 2025 12:34 pm

I am leveling fishing right now on a level 33 character. My fishing skill is 145. I have noticed that my skill + are fewer and far between than I am used to. Fishing in a pond near Southshore, I had 21 casts currently with no skill up.

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Re: Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Nerfis47 » Sat Jun 07, 2025 12:55 pm

I have the same thing, my skill is 171 and it moved by 1 for 50 successful catches in booty bay...
Where can I write about this error?

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Re: Fishing bug, no skill+ in schools or wreckage

Post by Iceteablack » Sat Jul 05, 2025 7:14 pm

I don't always have experience with fishing.
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