Fishing achievements guide. Contributions appreciated!

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Hey fellow anglers!

As there is currently not much information available on the fishing achievements I thought I would begin a guide for each rare fish! Please can you add any fish you have caught and what pool it was found in, for each achievement. I will get the ball rolling!

Pyandonean Ray - Roost Angler - Ocean pool. NOTE: This is currently bugged and not triggering the achievement, will update when obtainable!

Muskie - Auridon Angler - River Pool.

zierk · April 2014

Thanks for starting this guide, I will make some contributions once the NA megaserver is back up!

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Mola - Auridon Angler - Ocean Pool

Mentalmelon · April 2014

Blackspotted Pike - Auridon Angler - River Pool

purgatorywolf_ESO · June 2014

Auridon River
- Shimmerspike
- Blackspotted Pike
- Muskie
- Bristlemouths
Auridon Lake
- Sturgeon
- Mudfish
- Barbel
Grahtwood River
- Tiger Perch
- Hog Sucker

Incorrect Fish

Ilinalta Trout; which is listed as a fish from the Rift, was caught at the same time I caught a Sturgeon in Auridon. It also marked it off my Rift Angler list.
Zebra Oto; which is listed as a fish from the Rift, was caught at the same time I caught a Mudfish in Auridon. It also marked it off my Rift Angler list. And again with a Barbel, and then a Sturgeon.
Ice Koi; which is listed as a fish from the Rift, was caught at the same time I caught a Mudfish in Auridon. It also marked it off my Rift Angler list. And again with a Barbel.

jace9085 · June 2014

Reaper's March - River
-Sweetfish
-Flying Fish

GaldorP · June 2014

Good idea

Here's the info I collected for Cyrodiil (the achievement works)

CYRODIIL

Rivers:

Glassfish (Green)
Pirate Perch (Green)
Nibenay Trout (Blue)

Lakes:

Rainbow Fish (Green)
Yellow Perch (Green)
Runmare Bream (Blue)

Saltwater:

Jewel Fish (Green)
Emperor Angelfish (Green)
Topal Fanche (Blue)

Foul Water:

Quillfish (Green)
Pufferfish (Green)
Sewer Eel (Blue)

Avidus · June 2014

Bleakrock fish is from the ocean, and is also bugged, achievement does not trigger.

purgatorywolf_ESO · June 2014

I've added a bunch of info for fishing achievements on EsoHead.com

purgatorywolf_ESO · June 2014

There is now an Updated list of these on Esohead for their respective achievements.

GaldorP · June 2014

I've caught all fish in Craglorn now and can confirm the achievement works

(data was collected by me)

CRAGLORN

Rivers:

Croaker (Green)
Dragon Goby (Green)
Mermouth (Green)
Bitterling (Green)
Nedic Eel (Blue)
Yokudan Cod (Blue)

Lakes:

Forlorn Catfish (Green)
Nirn Flounder (Green)
Ghost Knifefish (Green)
Spiny Orcfish (Green)
Glasshead Barreleye (Blue)
Crag Salmon (Blue)

Anlaemar · June 2014

Great guide, definantly bookmarked so I can come back to it. Fishing isn't really usefull right now, but when it becomes usefull or I want to do some achievement hunting, I'll be back.

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

Any Idea where I will catch Histcarp from Shadowfen? I try river, foul, the only lake spot do not respawn anymore and there is no ocean spot.

GaldorP · July 2014

I haven't started fishing in Shadowfen myself yet, but an experienced angler told me he had the same problem with only one lake fishing hole in Shadowfen that didn't respawn

Also, the Rift is bugged for fishing. All fishing holes in the Rift are of the lake water type and you can't catch any rare fish there though 4 rare fish of the Rift can be caught in Auridon's lake fishing holes: Ilinalta Trout (Blue), Zebra Oto (Green), Jarl Salmon (Green), and Ice Koi (Green).

On a brighter note, I've caught all the fish in Reaper's March (the achievement can be obtained) and here's the data I've gathered:

REAPER'S MARCH

Rivers:

Sweetfish (Green)
Flying fish (Green)
Sheepshead (Green)
Strid Shad (Blue)

Lakes:

Brown Trout (Green)
Ladyfish (Green)
Forest Bream (Blue)
Preposterous Mackerel (Blue)

Foul Water:

Red Gurnard (Green)
Brotula (Green)
Reaper's Eel (Green)
Slimeslither (Blue)

Btw, there is a thread on the Tamriel Foundry forums that is an excellent source of information for all Daggerfall zones as well as Auridon and Grahtwood:

http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/a-fishing-guide-wip/

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

There is finally more than one lake spot in Shadowfen. When you fish everything in one spot, another one will spawn somewhere, you have to scout the entire region to find the new spot. After you find the new spot, the previous spot do not refill and you have to explore everywhere again (3 hours on average). Actually I found 7 spot, more than 20 hours of exploration...

GaldorP · July 2014

Thanks for the info

And here's the water type info for Greenshade (the achievement works)

GREENSHADE

Rivers:

Walleye (Green)
Lyretail (Green)
Xylo Piranha (Blue)

Lakes:

Archerfish (Green)
Murray Cod (Green)
Jungle Bass (Blue)

Saltwater:

Triggerfish (Green)
Manefish (Green)
Zebra Pompano (Blue)

Foul Water:

Wolf-Eel (Green)
Cusk Eel (Green)
Viperfish (Blue)

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

I just finish a document giving all fish location with some image for fishind hole.
slideshare.net/NikolTesla/fishing-compendium-36911855

Brandoid · July 2014

I've only caught Betty and Salmon from a craglorn river. How do you catch the rare fish?

GaldorP · July 2014

ptheoretpreub18_ESO wrote: »

I just finish a document giving all fish location with some image for fishind hole.
slideshare.net/NikolTesla/fishing-compendium-36911855

Thanks so much. That is an amazing guide!

Solara · July 2014

im sad we can't loot the special fish

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

Brandoid wrote: »

I've only caught Betty and Salmon from a craglorn river. How do you catch the rare fish?

Be sure to have the appropriate bait (insect part), then you need to do many try. I catch some rare fish after 200 try, in average you should have one rare fish for every hole (15 try).

HARDGAME · July 2014

All information about AD fish is totally correct!
But i personally, faced a weird thing...
It is common known that "Slimeslither" is a blue fish from Foul Water in Reaper's March. And i made more than 1000 tries to catch it, got all foul water green rares 20+times, loads of sacks and white fish, but still no blue. Ofc i fish only in foul water spots (found 5 foul waters in R/M), with the right bates.
Could it be a bug, or probably smth else, because this is the last fish i need to get the Dominion Angler. Anyone had the same issue, with the last fish to complete meta achievement, or probably this is just a bad luck?

Blooddancer · July 2014

Nooooo, something you are driving my OCD!!!

How much time are we talking about to get these achievements? Hours? Days?

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

HARDGAME wrote: »

All information about AD fish is totally correct!
But i personally, faced a weird thing...
It is common known that "Slimeslither" is a blue fish from Foul Water in Reaper's March. And i made more than 1000 tries to catch it, got all foul water green rares 20+times, loads of sacks and white fish, but still no blue. Ofc i fish only in foul water spots (found 5 foul waters in R/M), with the right bates.
Could it be a bug, or probably smth else, because this is the last fish i need to get the Dominion Angler. Anyone had the same issue, with the last fish to complete meta achievement, or probably this is just a bad luck?

I catch Slimeslither twice today, I explain how I do it.
First here is my fishing hole map : http://imgur.com/vI3IWsS
I fish all foul water until they are all empty, I search for more and found no more hole, I continue scouting the hole I know. Exactly one hour later one hole was full again, catch Slimeslither in it.
I continue, fish everything in them (only two of them). Exactly 30 min after the last fish caught one hole full again and catch Slimeslither again in it.

ptheoretpreub18_ESO · July 2014

I just catch my last fish (Hitscarp from Shadowfen). To do it I had to discover 15 lske hole, one at a time, after every new hole have to visit the previous hole and discover a new one.
http://i.imgur.com/HCmfhko.jpg
I have a map of all fishing hole for Shadowfen if anyone need it.

purgatorywolf_ESO · July 2014

Last month I put up the info we collected here onto ESOhead. Been trying to make sure i put stuff on there to help other players if they get stuck, especially if i get stuck and then figure it out. Feel free to post there too.

Zed · August 2014

ptheoretpreub18_ESO wrote: »

I have a map of all fishing hole for Shadowfen if anyone need it.

I am struggling with lake holes so I'd love if you could post that map.

GaldorP · August 2014

Ok, I have to ask now. It seems impossible for me to catch the last blue fish I need for the Pact Angler achievement. For me that's the Ice Remora from foul water pools (has been confirmed by other players) in Eastmarch.

After using around 700 crawlers and catching 20 Snipe Eels and 19 Modoc Suckers I still haven't caught a single Ice Remora. Now, even if the droprate for the Remora is only 1% (and it's probably higher based on the countless other blue fish I've caught in other water types in Eastmarch and other zones) the statistical probability of this happening is extremely low. So that makes me wonder...

Has anyone else had this problem? It's really driving me crazy ><

Edit: I've finally caught the Ice Remora, after more than 8 hours

cuz_mike200 · August 2014

I have been trying to finish all the fishing achievements for the Dominion to unlock the dye, but I have only caught one fish in Auridon and I am not a very good fisherman. Can anyone give me some tips on fishing and how to find the fish holes?

Qyrk · August 2014

m.stollb16_ESO wrote: »

Edit: I've finally caught the Ice Remora, after more than 8 hours

Grats! Quite similar for me, but I think I had a really really bad luck. I had ~1400 cast/guts before I got my last fish, Preposterous Mackerel from Reaper's March for Dominion Angler.

$fractalknight$ · July 2015

Stonefalls. The yellow water where you have to find the guar that got loose and put the harness on them. I caught a Stinkfish in one of those shallow ponds.

Deshaan. Heading south right before you get to the wall where you can enter Stormhold, there is water on the right of you. In the water is a small island. I caught a rare one there but forgot the name. It looks like a lake that has a river flowing into it so I am not sure what kind of water it is considered.