Fishing pool

Fishing pools, or Schools of Fish, are location objects found in different bodies of water in WoW that have a significance to the fishing profession. Typically, a higher portion of more desirable items can be fished within a fishing pool. Fishing pool is a more general term; School of Fish is a fishing pool that contains (primarily) fish. School of Fish can also mean a kind of critter object in WoW that is not directly fishable (but appears only in fishable waters), and so fishing pool is more specific as regards the fishing profession; School of Fish critter objects are not fishing pools.
==Fishing==
Fishing pools are shallow cylindrical regions within fishable water. They designate small regions within fishable water that give better kinds of catches than the surrounding water. Some fish can only be obtained from Fishing pools.
In order to fish a Fishing pool, your bobber must be within the circular area on the surface of the water that defines the boundaries of the fishing pool. Only the top surface has significance for fishing.
To do this, face the pool, pole in hand. Cast, then if you want to only fish the pool, recast each time you miss. An AddOn such as Fishing Buddy can make this easier to do.
If your bobber lands close to the boundary of the pool, it may be unclear if it is within the pool or not. You can often tell from what you catch, but if you are in a hurry you may not want to wait.
Some of the uncertainty is from the 3-D nature of the pool. Depending on the type of pool, it may be partly outlined by fish critters swimming within the pool boundaries. These will be under the surface of the pool and from your point of view will appear to be offset toward you on the surface. Also, some of the defining graphics fade in and out, simulating the effects of light on water.
Another visual challenge is that the barrels and crates in a Floating Wreckage pool can somewhat obscure your bobber. Also, they are slightly bobbing, and can make your bobber seem to be bobbing prematurely relative to themselves. (Enabling sound effects can avoid this problem, if you're not near other fishers; just listen for the splash.)
Fishing pools never yield junk, even at a skill level of 1, and they give skillups just as fast as the surrounding water.
Fishing pools are not permanent, but appear and remain until fished out (like mineral nodes are mined out) then respawn at a different location. The respawn rules vary, some types have a delay, some do not.
*Schools are important objects for selective farming of Alchemy or Cooking ingredients.
*Some schools must be fished as part of a quest.
*A teaches the Find Fish ability for Tracking fishing pools. It can be looted from fished containers or as a reward from the Fishing Dailys from Old Man Barlo.
==Types==
===Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor schools===
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Bloodsail Wreckage 	Mithril Bound Trunk 	Coastal 	Stranglethorn Vale
Firefin Snapper Pool 	Firefin Snapper 	Coastal 	Various
Floating Debris 	Tightly Sealed Trunk	Coastal & Inland 	Azshara DarkshoreDuskwoodNorthern BarrensRedridge Mountains Silverpine Forest Westfall
Floating Wreckage 	Mithril Bound Trunk 	Coastal 	Stranglethorn Vale
Greater Sagefish School	Raw Greater Sagefish	Inland 	Eastern PlaguelandsWestern Plaguelands
Mixed Ocean School 	Firefin Snapper 	Inland 	Stranglethorn Vale
Muddy Churning Waters 	Zulian Mudskunk 	N/A 	Zul'Gurub†
Oily Blackmouth School 	Oily Blackmouth 	Coastal 	Arathi HighlandsAshenvaleAzsharaBlasted LandsDarkshoreDesolaceHillsbrad FoothillsSwamp of SorrowsTanarisWetlands
Sagefish School 	Raw Sagefish 	Inland 	Ashenvale DuskwoodSilverpine ForestStranglethorn ValeWetlands
School of Deviate Fish 	Deviate Fish 	Inland 	Northern Barrens
Schooner Wreckage 	Watertight Trunk 	Coastal & Inland 	AshenvaleHillsbrad FoothillsStonetalon MountainsWetlands
Speckled Tastyfish Pool	Speckled Tastyfish 	Coastal 	Stranglethorn Vale†
Stonescale Eel Swarm 	Stonescale Eel 	Coastal 	Blasted LandsSwamp of SorrowsTanarisThousand Needles
Waterlogged Wreckage 	Iron Bound Trunk 	Coastal & Inland 	Desolace Dustwallow MarshFeralasWestern Plaguelands
†Muddy Churning Waters and Speckled Tastyfish Pools were removed in Patches 4.0.3 and 5.1.0 respectively.
===Outland schools===
Name 	Main Catch 	Zones Located
Bluefish School 	Icefin Bluefish 	Nagrand
Brackish Mixed School 	Golden DarterSpotted Feltail 	Terokkar Forest Zangarmarsh
Highland Mixed School 	Golden DarterFurious Crawdad 	Terokkar Forest
Mudfish School 	Figluster's Mudfish 	Nagrand
Pure Water 	Mote of Water 	Nagrand
Steam Pump Flotsam 	Heavy Supply CrateSteam Pump Debris	Zangarmarsh
Zangarian Sporefish School	Zangarian Sporefish 	Zangarmarsh
===Northrend schools===
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Borean Man O'War School 	Borean Man O' War 	Coastal 	Borean Tundra
Deep Sea Monsterbelly School	Deep Sea Monsterbelly	Off Coast 	The Frozen Sea Borean Tundra
Dragonfin Angelfish School 	Dragonfin Angelfish 	Inland 	Dragonblight
Fangtooth Herring School 	Fangtooth Herring 	Inland 	Howling Fjord
Glacial Salmon School 	Glacial Salmon 	Inland 	Grizzly Hills
Glassfin Minnow School 	Glassfin Minnow 	Inland 	Crystalsong Forest
Imperial Manta Ray School 	Imperial Manta Ray 	Coastal 	Borean TundraDragonblightGrizzly Hills
Moonglow Cuttlefish School 	Moonglow Cuttlefish 	Off Coast 	The Frozen Sea
Musselback Sculpin School 	Musselback Sculpin 	Inland 	Borean TundraDragonblight
Nettlefish School 	Nettlefish 	Inland 	Sholazar Basin
===Cataclysm schools===
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Albino Cavefish School 	Albino Cavefish 	Inland 	Deepholm
Algaefin Rockfish School 	Algaefin Rockfish 	Coastal 	Twilight Highlands
Blackbelly Mudfish School	Blackbelly Mudfish 	Inland 	Uldum
Fathom Eel Swarm 	Fathom Eel 	Coastal 	Uldum, Tol Barad
Highland Guppy School 	Highland Guppy 	Inland 	Twilight Highlands
Mountain Trout School 	Mountain Trout 	Inland 	Mount Hyjal
Pool of Fire 	Volatile Fire 	Lava 	Mount Hyjal, Twilight Highlands
Shipwreck Debris 	Sealed Crate (item)	Coastal & Inland 	Tol Barad Peninsula
===Pandaria schools===
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Emperor Salmon School 	Emperor Salmon 	Coastal & Inland 	Valley of the Four Winds, Krasarang Wilds
Giant Mantis Shrimp Swarm 	Giant Mantis Shrimp 	Coastal 	Various
Jade Lungfish School 	Jade Lungfish 	Inland 	The Jade Forest
Jewel Danio School 	Jewel Danio 	Inland 	Timeless Isle
Krasarang Paddlefish School	Krasarang Paddlefish	Coastal & Inland 	Krasarang Wilds, Valley of the Four Winds
Redbelly Mandarin School 	Redbelly Mandarin 	Inland 	Townlong Steppes
Reef Octopus Swarm 	Reef Octopus 	Coastal 	Various
Spinefish School 	Spinefish 	Inland 	Various
Tiger Gourami School 	Tiger Gourami 	Coastal & Inland 	Kun-Lai Summit
===Draenor schools===
The continent of is available to players with the Warlords of Draenor expansion.
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Blind Lake Sturgeon School	Blind Lake Sturgeon	Inland 	
Fire Ammonite School 	Fire Ammonite 	Inland 	Frostfire Ridge,
Jawless Skulker School 	Jawless Skulker 	Inland 	Gorgrond
Blackwater Whiptail School	Blackwater Whiptail	Inland 	Talador
Abyssal Gulper School 	Abyssal Gulper Eel 	Inland 	Spires of Arak
Fat Sleeper School 	Fat Sleeper 	Inland 	
Savage Piranha School 	Savage Piranha 	Coastal & Inland 	Ashran
Sea Scorpion School 	Sea Scorpion 	Coastal 	Various
Felmouth Frenzy School 	Felmouth Frenzy 	Inland 	Tanaan Jungle
===Broken Isles schools===
The Broken Isles is available to players with the Legion expansion.
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Black Barracuda School 	Black Barracuda 	Coastal 	Broken Isles
Cursed Queenfish School 	Cursed Queenfish 	Coastal & Inland 	Azsuna
Highmountain Salmon School	Highmountain Salmon	Coastal & Inland 	Highmountain
Mossgill Perch School 	Mossgill Perch 	Coastal & Inland 	Val'sharah
Runescale Koi School 	Runescale Koi 	Coastal & Inland 	Suramar
Fever of Stormrays 	Stormray 	Coastal & Inland 	Stormheim
=== Kul Tiran and Zandalarian schools ===
The Kul Tiras and Zandalar schools are available to players within the Battle for Azeroth expansion.
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Great Sea Catfish 	Great Sea Catfish 	Inland 	Kul Tiras and Zandalar
Tiragarde Perch 	Tiragarde Perch 	Inland 	Kul Tiras
Lane Snapper 	Lane Snapper 	Coastal 	Kul Tiras
Frenzied Fangtooth	Frenzied Fangtooth	Coastal 	Kul Tiras
Redtail Loach 	Redtail Loach 	Inland 	Zandalar
Slimy Mackerel 	Slimy Mackerel 	Coastal 	Zandalar
Sand Shifter 	Sand Shifter 	Coastal 	Zandalar
Several rare schools of fish related to the Underlight Angler, both in obtaining it and leveling it up:
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Ancient Highmountain Salmon	Ancient Highmountain Salmon	Inland & Coastal 	Highmountain, Broken Isles
Ancient Black Barracuda 	Ancient Black Barracuda 	Coastal 	Great Sea, Broken Isles
Ancient Mossgill 	Ancient Mossgill 	Inland & Coastal 	Val'sharah, Broken Isles
Tainted Runescale Koi 	Tainted Runescale Koi 	Inland & Coastal 	Suramar, Broken Isles
Ghostly Queenfish 	Ghostly Queenfish 	Inland & Coastal 	Azsuna, Broken Isles
Oodelfjisk 	Oodelfjisk 	Inland & Coastal 	Stormheim, Broken Isles
In addition, a handful of other fishing pools were added to newer zones later in the expansion:
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Viper Fish 	Viper Fish 	Inland 	Nazjatar
Mauve Stinger 	Mauve Stinger 	Inland 	Nazjatar
Ionized Minnow 	Ionized Minnow 	Inland & Coastal 	Mechagon
Aberrant Voidfin 	Aberrant Voidfin 	Inland 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Malformed Gnasher	Malformed Gnasher	Inland & Coastal 	Uldum
===Shadowlands Pools===
These schools are available to players within the Shadowlands expansion:
Name 	Main Catch 	Coastal or Inland	Zones Located
Lost Sole 	Lost Sole 	Inland 	All Shadowlands zones except for The Maw
Iridescent Amberjack	Iridescent Amberjack	Inland 	Ardenweald
Silvergill Pike 	Silvergill Pike 	Inland 	Bastion
Pocked Bonefish 	Pocked Bonefish 	Inland 	Maldraxxus
Spinefin Piranha 	Spinefin Piranha 	Inland 	Revendreth
Elysian Thade 	Elysian Thade 	Inland 	All Shadowlands zones except for The Maw
===Special Pools===
There are some pools that, while visible at the water surface, are not used as a fishing resource. These may be used as quest objectives or to summon a boss. These have a slightly different appearance than normal fishing schools. A normal Fishing school will look like a circular outlined darker patch of water. A quest objective pool will look like a speckled surface area.
*School of Red Snapper Used for Red Snapper - Very Tasty!
*School of Tasty Reef Fish Used for The Way to His Heart...
*Strange Pool in Serpentshrine Cavern within Coilfang Reservoir in Zangarmarsh must be fished to summon the boss, The Lurker Below.
*School of Northern Salmon, an objective of A Bear of an Appetite
*Pool of Blood, a created pool for the daily quest Blood Is Thicker
*For the Fish of the Day event, Large Pools of a specific Pandarian fishing pool can spawn along with smaller pools. The Large Pool, when fished in, has a chance of raising Krakkanon, a kraken that can drop Fishing-related items.
==Achievements==
The following achievements require fishing from Pools:
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Additionally some element of pool fishing is needed to complete these Achievements:
* - Requires fishing up Mr. Pinchy a rare spawn from Highland Mixed Pools.
==Patch changes==
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==References==
Category:Fish
Category:Critters