RuneScape/Skills/Fishing

Fishing is considered to be one of the most important skills in Runescape as it is one of the easiest and quickest ways of gaining food for training combat, thieving or slayer. It is also one of the most common ways to make money typically through highly sought after fish such as Lobsters and Sharks.

Starting out, you can only use a small net to fish shrimp unless you've already gained fishing levels through quests. In the following order these types of fishing styles will be open to you as your fishing level rises: 1; Bait fishing 2; fly fishing 3; harpoon fishing 4; cage fishing.

Bait fishing is a decent way to level up fishing although it can only be done at rivers. It requires a fishing rod and some bait, typically players buy these at the fishing stores although bait is one of the more common drops by Zombies.

Fly Fishing is similar to bait fishing except it requires a fly fishing rod and feathers. It is highly popular with many players as a means to fast and easy leveling of the fishing skill due to being faster than bait fishing and the widespread ease of finding feathers.

Harpoon fishing sees you use a harpoon around a docks area. It is used first for catching tuna followed by swordfish. Both are good training foods but are quite difficult to sell plus you can't quite "choose" which fish you'll end up with. Harpoon fishing become highly efficient at level 76 where Sharks become accessable, these are one of the highest healing foods on the market and typically sell for anywhere from 900-1000gp.

Cage fishing is one of the most common methods of fishing starting at level 40 and never quite ending. Lobsters are the first and last fishes to be caught using a cage. Due to lobster's decent healing and the fact that is rather easy to fish, especially in members' worlds, there is a huge market for lobster fishers.