Miscellaneous: Something smells fishy in Erud's Crossing

[Passenger]

I was working through some merchant items, so I just made a new sheet:
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1258607884

As far as I can tell, there were 3 main eras of fish expansion: Apr2000, Sept2000, and Mar2001 (+PoM). Zone-specific fish were first released with Kunark. Sept2000 saw the addition of the tackle box, lure and fish egg recipes, and a few fish (salmon/mackerel) used in those fish egg recipes. Then in Mar2001, we see unique fish being added to a number of Old World and Velious zones.

From Allakhazam's early fishing page:
May2000 - https://web.archive.org/web/20000511...ls/Fishing.htm

As far as I can tell, you can catch one of four things: a generic fish (worth about 2 silver pieces), a fish scale (worth about 4 copper pieces), a rusty dagger (worth about 1 ½ silver pieces) or a tattered shoe (worth about 1 silver piece).

Jun2000 - https://web.archive.org/web/20000613...ls/Fishing.htm

As far as I can tell, you can catch one of four things: a generic fish (worth about 2 silver pieces and edible), a fish scale (worth about 4 copper pieces), a rusty dagger (worth about 1 ½ silver pieces) or a tattered shoe (worth about 1 silver piece). In Kunark, you can also catch specialized items, that seem to be zone specific.
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Kunark Fishing Catches:

Cabilis - Fetid Bass (sized from tiny fetid bass to humongous fetid bass)
City of Mist - Ikfish
Firiona Vie - Fetid Bass (sized from tiny fetid bass to humongous fetid bass), sewer catfish
Karnor's Castle - Wulf Fish
Lake of Ill Omen - Illweed reed, Wet Clay
Overthere - Danak Grouper
Ocean of Tears - Saltwater Seaweed.
Swamp of no Hope - Krup Guppy
Timorous Deep - Timorous Tuna
Warslik's Woods - Evergreen Salmon

Oct2000 - https://web.archive.org/web/20001008...ls/Fishing.htm

As far as I can tell, you can catch one of four things: a generic fish (worth about 2 silver pieces and edible), a fish scale (worth about 4 copper pieces), a rusty dagger (worth about 1 ½ silver pieces) or a tattered shoe (worth about 1 silver piece). In Kunark, and now in some other zones, you can also catch specialized items, that seem to be zone specific.
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Zone-specific Fishing Catches: (you need a skill over 100 to catch some of these)

Cabilis - Fetid Bass (sized from tiny fetid bass to humongous fetid bass)
City of Mist - Ikfish
Firiona Vie - Fetid Bass (sized from tiny fetid bass to humongous fetid bass), sewer catfish
The Karanas - Thunder Salmon
Karnor's Castle - Wulf Fish
Lake of Ill Omen - Illweed reed, Wet Clay
Nurga - Cave Guppy
Overthere - Danak Grouper
Ocean of Tears - Saltwater Seaweed; Gunthak Mackarel
Swamp of no Hope - Krup Guppy
Toxxulia Forest - Greengill Salmon
Timorous Deep - Timorous Tuna
Warslik's Woods - Evergreen Salmon

Comments on Illweed Reed and Wet Clay
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030118...e=35&id=167395

Submited by: Moort Wurmtooth On: 7/13/2000 6:36:59 AM
I have never fished an illweed reed from the lake. I am a master fisherman and spent most of my time raising my skill here fishing. NADA! If anyone on POVAR has any of these i am looking for 4 of em.

Submited by: matt tate On: 8/3/2000 8:01:17 AM
I have fished out illweed. Been a while though. May have accidently got broken

- https://web.archive.org/web/20030803...html?quest=200

Illweed can't be fished anymore it seems
Posted @ Fri, Jul 14th 9:46 AM 2000
By: Mannra Mystikclaw

I have used over 200 bait as of Jul 13 and no Illweed reeds or wet clay are able to be fished anymore for some reason

RE: Illweed can't be fished anymore it seems
Posted @ Fri, Sep 22nd 11:58 PM 2000
By: Anonymous

as of sept 23 i have gotten my fishing skill to master and still no illweed

Illweed Reed
Posted @ Wed, Apr 25th 8:34 AM 2001
By: Lolanda

Yesterday I foraged one with my ranger. Put down the poles, and get to foraging.

Meorum
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Reeds and Clay
Posted @ Wed, May 9th 1:56 AM 2001
By: Anonymous

Wet Clay Forages in Overthere.
I regularly Forage IllWeed Reeds in Lake of Ill Omen.

Sept2000

- https://groups.google.com/g/alt.game...m/xWtW5Pcprx4J

Watchman
Sep 21, 2000, 7:00:00 AM

The patch message said there's more to catch when fishing, has anyone caught
anything new?

John M Clancy
Sep 21, 2000, 7:00:00 AM

I caught Thunder Salmon in South Karana. It has a different graphic than
the fresh fish and sells for twice as much.

James@work
Sep 21, 2000, 7:00:00 AM

I was catching Gunthak Makerel and Saltwater Seaweed in the Ocean of Tears.

John C-W
Sep 21, 2000, 7:00:00 AM

I caught some seaweed in OOT a couple of weeks ago so that one's not new.

A reference to Greengil Salmon a few days after the patch (not captured):
- https://web.archive.org/web/20001018...creenshots.asp

Fishing for Greengill Salmon - Magpye - 9/24/2000 8:55:25 AM