Fishing rod

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Fishing rod
Released							11 June 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							Useful for catching sardine or herring.
Values
Value							5 coins
High alch							3 coins
Low alch							2 coins
Weight							1.36 kg
Respawn time							100 ticks (60 seconds)
Grand Exchange
Exchange							30 coins (info)
Buy limit							40
Daily volume							748
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Advanced data
Item ID							307
Twisted League							Yes

The fishing rod is an item used to catch fish through the Fishing skill. It can be bought from various fishing shops. To use a fishing rod, one will need fishing bait (except sandworms for anglerfish) to catch fish. It can be bought from fishing stores for 5 coins. There is also a fishing rod spawn in a house on south-eastern side of Entrana.

The equippable version of the fishing rod, the pearl fishing rod, can be bought with molch pearls from Alry the Angler.

The following fish are caught with a fishing rod:

Fish		Level	Members?
	Raw sardine	5	No
	Raw herring	10	No
	Raw pike	25	No
	Raw slimy eel	28	Yes
	Raw cave eel	38	Yes
	Raw anglerfish	82	Yes
	Sacred eel	87	Yes

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Oily fishing rod		None	None	1 × Fishing rod 1 × Blamish oil

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Scavenger beast		1	3 × 1/18
Simple lockbox	N/A	1	3 × 1/50

Spawns

Location	Members	Spawns	Map
Entrana - building next to fishing platform		1	Maplink
Isle of Souls		1	Maplink
Meiyerditch Laboratories		1	Maplink

Shop locations

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members?
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Catherby	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Port Tyras	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Brimhaven	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Port Sarim	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Port Phasmatys	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Corsair Cove	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Prifddinas	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Mos Le'Harmless	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Ship Yard	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Port Khazard	20	1m	12	0
Trader Stan's Trading Post	Musa Point	20	1m	12	0
Island Fishmonger	Miscellania	5	1m	6	3
Etceteria Fish	Etceteria	5	1m	6	3
Fremennik Fish Monger	Rellekka	5	1m	6	3
Warrens Fish Monger	The Warrens	5	1m	6	3
Grandpa Jack	Hemenster	∞	N/A	5	N/A
Lovecraft's Tackle	Witchaven	5	1m	5	2
Fernahei's Fishing Hut. (Karamja gloves)	Shilo Village	5	1m	5	4
Gerrant's Fishy Business.	Port Sarim	5	1m	5	3
Fernahei's Fishing Hut.	Shilo Village	5	1m	5	3
Tynan's Fishing Supplies	Port Piscarilius	5	1m	5	4
Ishmael's Fish He Sells	Ruins of Unkah	5	1m	5	3
Harry's Fishing Shop.	Catherby	5	1m	5	3

Changes

Date	Changes
7 July 2021 (update)	The fishing rod's position on female players has been adjusted so that they appear to be held properly when fishing.