I wasn't meaning you had to have all that stuff just to fish there, just that it makes it so you never get the 'Your fish got away' message..

And on that note, I got my Magical Crawdad pet on the 3rd wish on my 1st Mr. Pinchy, then the first wish on the 2nd one got me the one that attacked me..  Had everyone in the Scryer bank in Shattrath in stitches.