i got these alot all day and night i was 317 fishing with +20 fishing poll eternium line,fishing hat and glove chant then the +100 bobber and i could fish them at the 3 elevated lakes in terrokar forest. by allerian stronghold and the horde city near by then s/e of the allerian stronghold lake is the third.

See this site for more info on fishing furious crawdad. Basically they can only be fished from the pools.

http://www.capsu.org/wow/catching_furious_crawdad.html

I recently hit 70 and got my flying mount. Went to the 3 lakes noted but have only seen the highland pools in the lake at Skettis. I have literally spent hours at the other 2 lakes and never have seen a pool spawn. The amount of mobs you have to fight at Skettis lake is insane and making it even harder for me personally as an Ice Mage is the fact that all the water elementals are immune to frost spells.Base fishing skill: 385,buffed with rod/lure and +fishing gloves:485

I have confirmed that Lake Ere'Noru, which lies just above Allerian Stronghold, can be reached without flying mount or druid flight form. I made my way through Veil Shalas till I got to the entry point at coordinates 57,65. I mounted up with my epic mount and ran up the hill as far as possible then while still running up I repeatedly pressed the jump button. Though it seemed as though I wasn't moving, little by little I had made my way up and over that little hill and into the lake. Hope this helps out.

Snapdragon
67th season Hunter
Haomarush (PVP) server

I also entered Ere'noru (south of Alliance Fortress) via the Arakkoa village. However I couldn't make it on my Epic kodo, so I dismounted when I reached the limit and kept running and jumping until I finally found my way up.

It works without flying mount!

Yes, there is a path to Lake Ere'Noru via Veil Shalas starting at 57,65. Don't try to go directly up the hill there (you can see a path on the minimap and *almost* get to it, but not quite). Instead, go down the little drop to the north and follow that path to the next right. That ramp will drop you into the southern end of the lake.

FYI, if you are the northern end of the lake and you are horde, the gryphon riders will aggro on you.

Also, the lake really does need lures. I have max fishing and the +25 fishing pole (for a total of 400) and it still told me my skill wasn't high enough to fish there until I added lures.

what time are those crawdads out specically?
I hear daytime...but whats the exact time to fish?

The crawdads can be caught at any time of the night or day, but only from Highland Mixed Schools.

Spent 20 minutes fishing on Lake Ere'Noru.  Skill 375, +20 fishing pole, +100 fishing lure, +2 gloves, for a total of 497.  Had the following results:

Barbed Gill Trout: 18
Golden Darter: 9
Spotted Feltail: 5
Got away: 16
Crawdads: 0

Is anyone catching the crawdads, and if so how high was your skill level?

I caught these with 336 Fishing skill with +5 Lucky Fishing Hat, +75 Lure, and +25 Nat Pangle's Extreme Angler FC-5000

336+75+5+25=441

I definitly let a lot of fish get away though. But they CAN be caught at this level

And I caught them around 8:30-9:00AM Server Time, So they can be caught in the morning/day.

I caught mine at the elevated lakes above Stonebreaker Hold and whatchamacallit Stronghold (the alliance place south of Stonebreaker). I only found 1 school at each zone. So when they ran out I went back to fishing Golden Darters.

The next day I tried Blackwind Lake. The mobs were not so bad. They take at least 10 minutes to spawn, and if you are careful, you only need to kill 1. As a shaman, I was a little spoiled with waterwalk, but its not impossible to fish there without it. The previous posts make it sound out to be quite a pain to fish there. but there are tons of schools, and if one looks crowded with mobs, just go find a different one. I would not suggest the school next to a log in the southern shore of the lake. An elite Mountain Colossus paths though there, and he can swim

Caugtht 24 of these today, all from Highland mixed schools. I mostly caught these with some GOlden darters + the odd crate. Took me 1 hour all in all.

375 fishing +25 (Extreme angler) + 100 Aquadynamic.

I used up 8 Fish attractors.

Pretty easy catch imo.

you can also learn 3 more recipes from the barmaid in lower city to lvl cooking:

Stewed Trout
Hot Buttered Toast
Fisherman's Feast

The lake elevated above The alliance zone and skettis has tons of these spawns... they look like a welt on the surface of the water and if you have a good video card u can see the circling fish beyond the surface.. i catch about 35-40 of these a day early in the morning when everyone is in bed and all the spawns are fresh, right after server maintenance is also a good time to catch these spawns. Currently 375 fishing +20 pole +100 lure and +2 to gloves.  These sell a little better uncooked but cooked give a 30 stamina buff, great for raids and is also one of the easiest ways to cap cooking at 375.  good luck!

Confirmed - possible to get on skettis without flying mount.

Instructions: Walljump up to the lake just next to Allerian Stronghold. It's reasonably hard but can be done. From there, go to the furthest corner south of the lake. Drown yourself. Rez up above :)

caught a stack of these today.

very low level of "Your Fish got Away" msgs.

348 base fish skill
Aqua-dynamic fish attractor
Seth's graphite rod.
regular string. no chants for +fish.

so super duper fish skills are not a must.

paying attention to your surrounding is. the elites aren't friendly.

These are very easy to catch,

I caught 59 of them in one hour.

I have 500 fishing skill with +25 pole and +100 lure.

I have epic flying mount.

I have "find fish" ability so i can see all the highland mixed schools on my mini map.

On top of that, I also just caught mr. pinchy, I guess i'm lucky cause i've probably only fished about 40 highland mixed schools total so far.

Selling the furious crawdad RAW on the AH for 40g a stack.

If your cooking is max'd and your fishing is max'd, I recommend selling your fish raw, People like to buy them to level their cooking.

just to add in my 2 cents. i needed to fish them to get my cooking skill from 250-275 so i read up on where to find them. i went to skettis (black wing lake or something) you can only reach by flying mount but since there are dailies there i am going to try a diffrent body of water to avoid being ganked. i can onyl get them from the mix highland schools, iam sure there is the very rare chance to get one from jsut fishing in any elevated body of water but i wouldnt bet on it. i had 375 fishing skill, +20 to pole, and a +75 lure..wasnt about to waste a +100 if i didnt have to. and in the 7mins left on my lure when i started in the school i came up with 7 crawdads, and the time does take into account moving to diffrent schools, and fighting the water mobs that attacked me. hope this helps

So right! do the "Highland Mixed School" I got 2/3 sucessful fish pulls.  I had been doing them just across the shore on same area w skettis and had been there for 20mins and got 0.  So more worth it to do the schools.

I just fished out 20 of these with fishing 348 and a +100 attractor. Only missed a couple of them. A couple of times i used the +10 fishing beer but not the whole time.

In these cases, I love being a Shaman with Water Walking, mobs may be in the water, but it can often help with fishing around mobs.

found these a pretty easy fish in terrokar at 68 81.just flew around skimming lake till fish finder showed schools of highland mix caught a stack with 2 thermodynamics and 375 fishing took less than 15 mins to catch 20 only had to kill 3 or 4 lvl 70's or better

I was only level 302 fishing with the strong fishing pole, +5 fishing and an Aquadynamic fish attractor for +100 fishing, = only 407 fishing skill.  I was just leveling and went to Lake Ere'noru in the forest. fishing in a school of highland mixed, and i caught about 7 in 30 minutes.
From what i read this is rare, but though i would share.  I did have a LOT of no catches and decided to level it somewhere else.  I did need my flyer to get there.  GL

You need a skill of 405 at least to fish around Skettis and over Allerian Stronghold. I have a base skill of 375+20[Fish Pole]+100[Lure]. I catched over 10 in less than 10 minutes. I catched them all in the "Highland Mixed School". Easy catch. Haven't lost a single fish.

Went in all the places listed above and not one dropped.

Yeah went to every lake and spent over an hour got 0 drops.

I don't find it particularly true you have to be lvl 365 in Fishing to get the Crawdads. 

As long as you can fly (or get someone to summon you) Lake Jorune spawns Highland Mixed Schools of fish constantly.  Utilize a decent fishing pool (such as Seth's) and some bait (at least Bright Baubles +) you can catch them.

As well, while fishing in the Highland Mixed Schools, I also got motes of water, a few Held-in Off-Hand fish.  I got a lot of Barbed Gill, second most was the Furious Crawdad, last with Golden Darter and Felltail. 

If you are bored, just fly to the top and relax.  I'm Ally so I don't know if the green guys are actually pro-ally and anti-horde or not. 

Happy Fishing! 

Plain and simple, you have to fish the "Highland Mixed Schools to get these with and success. I spent alot of time fishing the 3 between Skettis and Allerian Stronghold and didn't catch one. The minute I fished the schools they dropped almost every time.