99 Fishing - Advice?

[squidsquash]

SO I have decided that fishing is my favourite skill, also my favourite cape, so I have decided to take the plunge and achieve my first 99. My current level is 75, so I know it will take me awhile but I am wondering what the fastest (not the best) method is.

 

I am thinking of just doing barb heavy rod fishing and using a knife on the fish I catch so I can get cook exp/ more bait. Is this the best way? Is there a faster way?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Dax]

To make it faster, don't cut. It'd would be a lot easier in the long run just to get Fishing now, then do Cooking later on. Cutting's way too boring, anyway, just adds to the boredom that is Fishing. ;o

[squidsquash]

To make it faster, don't cut. It'd would be a lot easier in the long run just to get Fishing now, then do Cooking later on. Cutting's way too boring, anyway, just adds to the boredom that is Fishing. ;o

OK so I should just buy a heck of a lot of feathers and drop the fish? I don't plan on 99ing cook anyways so this isnt a bid deal :P

 

Any idea/guesstimations how many feathers I will need?

[Naraku893]

To make it faster, don't cut. It'd would be a lot easier in the long run just to get Fishing now, then do Cooking later on. Cutting's way too boring, anyway, just adds to the boredom that is Fishing. ;o

OK so I should just buy a heck of a lot of feathers and drop the fish? I don't plan on 99ing cook anyways so this isnt a bid deal :P

 

Any idea/guesstimations how many feathers I will need?

 

 

Alot.

 

But feathers do not cost much. Also you can use mousekeys to drop much faster

 

refer to this guide if you have not used mousekeys before: http://forum.tip.it/topic/214703-wakkas-mousekeys-guide-learn-to-drop-twice-as-fast/

 

or you can find it by going to the archive of wisdom

[amitoz]

I did Shilo for my 18m+ fish xp (Second account).

[squidsquash]

I did Shilo for my 18m+ fish xp (Second account).

Is that slower than barb heavy rod fishing? Speed is all I really care about TBH.

[Naraku893]

I did Shilo for my 18m+ fish xp (Second account).

Is that slower than barb heavy rod fishing? Speed is all I really care about TBH.

 

im pretty sure using the barbarian rod at that barb place is the best now.

[squidsquash]

I'm starting to consider Shilo right now. Is the money gained worth the slower exp? Does anyone know the rates heavy rod fishing and Shilo? I heard barb heavy rod is 50k~ an hour...

[Gandorf61]

As soon as you can fish cavefish, switch to them, and then when you reach level 90 switch to rocktail. They're good xp and are easy to multitask with.

 

For earlier I think Barbarian fishing is the fastest but I never fished their so I can't really offer any advice about that. I just went for monkfish for most of my levels due to being more profit and needing less attention.

[egyptqueen1]

Depends on if you want money or not.

 

Sharks = slowest

Rocktail = eh (bout the same as lobs speed wise in my opinion)

Shilo (Trout and Salmon) = fastest

 

Personally i did sharks to 93 then got sick of fishing and 93-99 was at Shilo lol.

 

But it's all personal preference. if you want speed go with shilo.

[Aten]

If you only care about speed, barbarian fishing is far and away the fastest. Don't bother cutting the fish, just use mousekeys to drop (as mentioned above). This works out to about 60k/hr. To give you an idea of how many feathers it'll take, I believe I used 150k between 85 and 99 (may have been 87).

[Quyneax]

Barbarian fishing is the fastest, be sure to use urns all the way. Shilo is exactly the same but slower, no agility and no strength xp, so I wouldn't bother.

[squidsquash]

OK thanks for the help guys, one last quick question;

 

Would it be worth it to hunt down penguins every week or just stick to fishing?

[Nifflin]

Yes, but I wouldn't use them on fishing.

[Th e Doctor]

Peng points should be used on expensive skills like herblore/prayer, or dungeoneering until you hit lvl 50. Don't use them on fishing.

 

Also as barb fishing you can low alch the fish instead of dropping them without interrupting fishing, similar to superheating con gold in LRC. Much more relaxed than the drop method although it is slightly more expensive / gives minor mage exp.

[highlanders]

Break it down into smaller goals, first go for 80, then 85, and if you can do it then aim for 99. If you try going for 99 immediately you'll probably crash and burn.

 

When you can fish them, rocktails are nice, 95-98 got me about 10m. I don't understand why people would bother doing something as tedious as barb fishing just for a tiny bit more xp.