Shimmering shoal

Shimmering shoal
Released	19 November 2025 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Varies
Options	Rod-fish
Examine	A mixed shoal of shimmering fish.
Advanced data
Object ID	59740
Link	MOID

Shimmering shoals are a type of mixed shoal requiring level 69 Fishing to fish from, which have a 10% chance to spawn in place of a giant krill shoal or haddock shoal whilst deep sea trawling. Like the aforementioned shoals, shimmering shoals only swim at a shallow depth, and as such can be caught with a rope trawling net.

Shimmering shoals will appear once a shoal begins moving again, and will last for two stops before reverting back to the original shoal. Their movements and stop timer are also identical to the original shoal.

Shimmering shoals have better chances for a successful catch, and will also yield raw halibut and yellowfin in addition to raw giant krill and haddock.

Fishing info

Catch chance

A roll for a successful catch is performed every 4 ticks (2.4s), indicated by the small amount of Sailing experience granted whenever this occurs. This can be increased to every 2 ticks (1.2s) by clicking the trawling net every tick. For crewmates, a roll is performed every 5 ticks (3s), giving a flat 4% chance of a successful catch.

If rod fishing, a roll is performed every 5 ticks (3s) - the same as regular fishing.

The following success rates are provided by Jagex.

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Fish distribution

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Upon a successful roll for a catch from a shimmering shoal, the game will roll a 1/1,000 chance for the rare fish table, then perform another roll to determine the type of fish the player will receive.

Below lists the effective drop rates upon a successful catch.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Raw giant krill	1–7	45/100	156–1,092	102–714
Raw haddock	1–7	40/100	233–1,631	102–714
Raw yellowfin	1–7	10/100	1,094–7,658	102–714
Raw halibut	1–7	5/100	2,778–19,446	102–714
Giant blue krill	1	45/100,000	Not sold	3,000
Golden haddock	1	40/100,000	Not sold	3,000
Orangefin	1	10/100,000	Not sold	3,000
Huge halibut	1	5/100,000	Not sold	3,300

Other items

Upon a successful roll for a catch from a shimmering shoal, the game will also roll for the angler's paint for a better chance than normal shoals.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Angler's paint	1	1/16,200^{[d 1]}	30,738,960	1

^ Only when using trawling nets.

[1] Only when using trawling nets.

[d 1]