It is very possible for the Horde to catch this fish (as well as the Alliance to catch it's Horde counterpart - Old Crafty http://thottbot.com/i34486)
The only catch (no pun intended) is getting into Ironforge (or Orgrimar) Best time is off hours late at night or early morning...find a corner (I've posted a screenie of best location I've found)...and hope no one sees you :P
Caught mine after 2 hours of fishing / getting ganked / rezzing / fishing (rinse and repeat)
ok posting here so ppl dont have to scroll all the way to the bottom ok only place u can fish in ironforge i've determind is the forlorn cavern cant fish in lava tried and died tells me no fish there to catch same wit the small pool in the mystic ward this is velisa of gilneas horde side if u find another place plz addon to help others out over 4000casts and still no ironjaw wish me luck
it took 218 casts but i finally got it woohoo
but it sucks because they need to make fishing poles 1h so you can hold your prized fish in the offhand
oh well still cool!
anything under 200 casts is nice IMO... it took me a total of 12 hours nonstop fishing (over the course of a few days), I went back there and got him on my 3ed try!
Took about 200 casts to get him the first time, then I accidentally pushed new cast and he was gone :S now after 870 fishies no luck ;(
i did the same thing really annoying
When power-fishing, to avoid this problem, set your INTERFACE > CONTROLS > AUTO-LOOT on!!!
Silly hobbits!
I had mine on auto loot...it was the bind on pickup window that got me :P
I had 20 minutes to kill before going to work. So, I thought I'd do a little to get my fishing up a bit (240 then) and caught Old Ironjaw after about 15 casts. I've been looking for him for about six months since my noob brother caught him and gloted on me.
The only downside was that I was so excited that I had to change my pants before going to work....
I must have the worst luck in the world. I've been fishing The Forlorn Cavern for days, over 2700 casts between getting killed and running back (I'm a Tauren). I've caught everything on the list at least twice. I keep telling myself just a few more casts, then I can go do something productive......
I've discovered you can actually fish while sleeping, so I lay down against the back wall and fish away, until I'm noticed. Is it possible this guy can only be caught in certain area's of the pool?
Here's my catch so far:
Longjaw Mud Snapper (1687: 61.1%)
Bristle Whisker Catfish (567: 20.5%)
Brilliant Smallfish (478: 17.3%)
17 Pound Catfish (13: 0.5%)
Lesser Healing Potion (6: 0.2%)
Lesser Mana Potion (5: 0.2%)
19 Pound Catfish (3: 0.1%)
22 Pound Catfish (2: 0.1%)
Bloated Mud Snapper (2: 0.1%)
Pattern: Green Woolen Bag (1: 0.0%)
Gleaming Claymore of the Wolf (1: 0.0%)
Edit: Finally got him after over 3100 casts......
I actually caught this in the pond outside of where mages port you in. I had gone there specifically to catch Old Ironjaw, and caught it within 25 or so casts.
Now for the hard part... Getting into orgimmar to catch that rare fish... *sigh
There are no fish in the mage pool any longer.
Go in a tux set and be really, really patient.
Troll Hunter: been in Ironforge for 3 days with a total fishing log of 32 hours and over 3500 casts.
edit:4000
edit:4500
FINALLY CAUGHT @: 4964 casts. that's a thottbot record.
I hate you blizzard.
70 BE pally in IF fishing and this dick of a druid kept killing her despite our best efforts to persuade him to stop it. Now the horde will kill us in Orgrimmar for it :(
Just some stats for comparison. I'm Alliance (Night Elf), with a fishing skill of 395 (with my fishing pole). After several hours of fishing the forlorn caverns I decided to switch to the mystic ward.
Not sure if I was lucky or if the change in location was the cause, but I would recommend going to the Mystic Ward first.
OLD IRONJAW
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Location: The Forlorn Cavern
674 - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
223 - Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
192 - Raw Brilliant Smallfish
6 - Lesser Healing potion
3 - Lesser Mana Potion
2 - 17 Pound Catfish
1 - 19 Pound Catfish
0 - Old Ironjaw
TOTAL: 1,101
Location: The Mystic Ward
62 - Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper
18 - Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish
16 - Raw Brilliant Smallfish
1 - Old Ironjaw
TOTAL: 97
GRAND TOTAL Catches: 1,198
Time Frame ( Date: October 22, 2008 )
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12:42am - 7:00am - Started [ 6hr 18m / 378m ]
7:00am - 7:23am - Mystic Ward [ 23m ]
7:23am - 7:28am - Disconnected [ 5m ]
7:28am - 7:48am - Mystic Ward [ 20m ]
TOTAL: 7hr 1m / 421m
~Nyyght, The Boomkin. :3
How could you fish in the Mystic Ward? I tried and it says "there are no fish in here".
im 355 + 20 + 100
I got this, as a Horde, by hiding behing a pillar and fishing in the lava. Took 2-3 hours and gave me the Old Ironjaw achievement. Now for the easy bit, fishing for the equivalent in Orgrimmar : )
This is 100% the way to go for horde. TY SO MUCH FOR MAKING IRONJAW EASY!!! Bring some camo elixers to hide from hunters, and get into lava. I perfered to get behind the lava wheel, sandwich between wall by jumping into saftey from lava, then they cant see your big red name either. little tougher to fish, but no1 can see u. FORLORN CAVERN IS DEATH, AND U WILL BE MERCILESSLY CAMPED/SLAUGHTERED BY ALLY
It took me around 700 casts to get this on a PvE server (I'm a Bloodelf priest).
Kept corpse running untill i made it to Forlorn Caverns and got to the far back of the cave.
I found that most allies respond well to friendly/non threatening emotes, especially fellow alliance fishers that can occasionally convince others to leave you alone:
/greet
/wave
And if that doesnt work:
/cower
/beg
Fishing in Forlorn Caverns will most likely get you killed from time to time, so this is done best late at night or early morning.
If they start focusing too much on you just log out and try later.
Good luck
I'm human, and whenever I see hordies fishing in IF, at the back of the Forlorn Cavern, I try to /smile and /greet them (I /hug too if it's a female tauren - they're so cute!). I never once laid a finger on them.
I take pride in not taking advantage of their lack of armor and weapon (they have a fishing pole equipped). Yes, this is a computer game, and we can behave like grown ups in it.
Just let them fish.
/hugs you back. you are one of the awesomes, thanks very much for that.
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THANK YOU ... lol i hate when we cant do things in the other factions area. ppl like u make it easier
I'm the same, I feel sorry for the Hordies since it's a right pain to get Old Ironjaw, compared to how easy it is for Allys to get the Orgrimmar fish. I always leave them in peace to fish in IF. Shame other's aren't so considerate..
Always turn on auto-loot when fishing. It saved you an extra click per fish and of course, saves time.
Its not auto loot the screws it up (I have auto loot); its not pressing "ok" to bind it to you that screws you up. I had the same freaking issue yesterday. After 1130 fishes, I finally got him; but I did not press "ok" to bind item to me. Instead, I was so used to casting that I pressed it without thinking. DOH! Now I have 2234 fishes and I still have not seen him since the first catch. This is crazyyyyyy!!!!!
All my casts have been in IF. The weirdest catch I ever got from there was an item called "Bloated Toad". It was a toad that acted like a clam. You need to click on toad to get the gem it ate. I looked everywhere online to see if there was info on it, but I couldnt find any. Since IF are low level fish, the gem I got was a tigerseye. After more than 2000 casts, I never saw that item again. I just started leveling my fishing skill. I went from 0 to 375 in 2 days (Yesterday and today).
It was a "bloated mudsnapper".
Got me a tigerseye as well
600 casts, 3 greens, Ironjaw where are you?
Crocolisk exploit DOES NOT WORK on Old Ironjaw. I tried it myself this morning.
Yes, the crocolisk will drop every cast, even in Ironforge, but Old Ironjaw's drop rate does not shoot up like Old Crafty's does.
Anyways, 2000 casts deep and I'm pretty sick of this...
Even Mr. Pinchy dropped easier than this guy does. :(
I'm in the back of the Forlorn Cavern pool. I'm not getting hassled by the Alliance, thank god.
I've been in IF for two days now, trying to fish this guy up. I've spent equal amounts of time in the Forlorn Cavern, the Mystic Ward pool, and the lava. I'm guessing the drop rate for Old Ironjaw is the same regardless of where you fish as long as you cast off somewhere in Ironforge. I'm gonna spend the rest of my time fishing in the Mystic Ward.
So far I'm at: 1977 total catches
EDIT: now I'm at: 2500 total catches
...and no Ironjaw.
EDIT: I finally caught him after 2541 fish!!!!!
Caught him today (Tuesday) right after the server restart after only a dozen casts. Caught in the Mystic Ward pool.
Been trying to get him as Horde in IF too.
The trick to do this unseen is to jump into the lava at the Great Forge, die, and run back.
When you get the message saying you can res, walk backwards between the wall and the lavawheel.
When you can't go any further, jump backwards and you will land just above the lava.
Res and use camo potion to hide from the minimap.
You can now fish between the wall and the lavawheel.
It's a great spot where i could fish undetected for 4 days.
Note: When you get the achievement saying you have caught xxx fish, nearby Alliance will see that too and they will kill you....
Greetings,
Mortal of Shadowsong, EU
Been trying to get this fish while leveling my last 150 skill points. So far, over 1500 casts and nothing. If you're going for the achievement, be prepared to spend countless hours of fishing unless you're in a really lucky day. Don't get fooled by all the positive comments you can read above here.
Fact is that most people going for this fish either gave up or went crazy doing so.
Day1:
the one above speaks the truth the legend of the fish tells it that over 100000 wow players has been located on a mental hospital after trying to get the achivement done
blizzard deny offcourse everything and wont push the drop rate meanwhile more of us are loosing our minds and become helpless achivement junkie zombies but never the less i want it........ AND I WANT IT BAD!!!!! GOGO
day 27: still no fish over 1500 throws i begin to lose my mind now and pray to heathen gods for old ironjaw every fish i get in my net looks like him and i have found myself looking in the foloren cavern in the waters for a place it could hide and try to fish there... even tho i know it wont matter
day 399: my fishing skills have now raised to the maximum i am now caaled addicted among friends and people from ironforge and stormawind throw coppers to me because i have not eaten nor drinked for quite awhile now all in my mind is old ironjaw
day 1098: must have ze achivement
day 11!11: Gar BRAINZZZZZZ
"End Of Log"
I'm Horde. I went to Forlorn Cavern in Ironforge and spent 4 hours fishing alongside allies - it was hillarious but great. After 436 fish, I finally caught ironjaw. The allies cheered for me when I hit 1000 fish and when I caught ironjaw.
Sure .. they killed me .. but I kept running back and respawning then casting .. everytime a new person showed up they'd kill me for a few times then get bored of it and decide it was much more fun to fish.
It was actually a pretty great night :)
My wife had been fishing in IF for about an hour, when I showed up to level my fishing.
Didn't really expect to get Old Ironjaw, but after just 10 casts, there he was.
My wife hates me now....
(But I consider it revenge from when she stole Lil' Timmy's White Kitten from me :D)
Add another retard who just got in the habbit of casting and auto-looting, that he didn't accept the bind when Ironjaw finally came up after hours and hours of fishing. I'm so mad at myself right now :(
Here I was, starting to fish the good old Ironjaw for the very first time, I had heard the stories of the old, broken fishermen who had been hunting the legendary uncatchable fish for years and years.
I had stocked food for weeks, months you could say, I was ready, I was determined, I was gonna catch the old Ironjaw, even if it would take the rest of my life, it was my dream, my destiny.
I sailed onto the forlorn cavern, made a sweet sweet campfire, pitched my tent up and started to fish with my loyal fishrod, Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish, 2 more Raw Brilliant Smallfishes, and...
On the fifth cast, less than 4mins on the fishing, I feel the strength of something huge coming from the water, I start the battle, I knew I had something big on my lure, not the Old Ironjaw I thought, its been 4 mins since I started, and I was prepared for weeks of fishing.
After the fight I knew the fish I had on my lure was losing his strength, and when I finally got the monster out from the fish and on the ground, I was stunned.
Enuff said.
- Interceptor of Laughing Skull
i caught Old Ironjaw today at 15.55 servertime, in The forlorn Cavern standing at position 45.13
Hope this might eventually help some people.
I caught about 400 fish today in mystic ward pool, and switched to Forlorn Cavern. I caught him there after about 50 fish.
GL all!
grtz,
Robiinne
I was determined to catch Old Ironjaw.
I have 2 brothers and 2 cousins all with 70's and 80's gloating over how slow i am at leveling.
I was the first to get the deviate fish recipe without buying it now im going to be the first to get Old Ironjaw and Old Crafty!
I already had 225 fishing skill. I think ill be ok
Fishing log:
77 fish in no catch...
150 fish still no catch
(Caught a 17pound catfish and plenty of bristlewhisker catfish)
over 3000 casts lost count at exactly how much. slowly losing my brain cells...
I caught Old Ironjaw last week in the Forlorn Cavern with my gnome mage, level 18. I don't remember what time I caught it but I didn't have the problem many have posted about...There was no window asking to bind Old Ironjaw to me. I'm on Khadgar realm, fishing at (46, 15) in the Forlorn Cavern as I said. Took 120 casts but I got him.
I just caught Old Ironjaw with one of my other toons today. Fellidor on Khadgar realm. Caught him at 8:24pm (server time), caught him on 68th cast in Forlorn Cavern (46, 15). Again no window asking me to bind him to me. This toon is lvl 53 NE Hunter, fishing skill 223/300 +5 fishing (from Strong Fishing pole) and +100 fishing (from Sharpened Fish Hook).
Cannot Fish in the lava in Ironforge anymore, tried both sides using the wheel glitch. GAH! dunno if this is a 3.1 fix but either way cannot be done.
Aperently the Forlorn Cavern is now the only place you can fish in IF. Must have been after all the recent patches.
This is just to unfair. Caught the guy within 5 minutes of trying. :) jeej!
blizz should take away the "off-hand" part for fish so insanely bored folk like myself can get the pirate costume goin while armed with crafty in my left, ironjaw in the right or who knows, throw a massive tuna in one hand just to mix things up a bit...happy huntin
i got him yesterday, i decided to start lvling fishing, and i thought it was a good idea to try to get old ironjaw at the same time, i caught him with 78 fishing skill :D, now im going for the sea turtle, its quite a challenge, but i will get it!
Ironforge:
1st day: 256 casts
2nd day: 24 casts (caught)8/26/09
Server: Shu'Halo
Player: Zazoie
Very exciting to pull Old Ironjaw out of the water!
Caught him after 5 casts in the Forlorn Cavern
Here's the skinny:
You can NOT fish in the lava any more.
You can NOT fish in the Mystic Ward.
You can ONLY fish up Old Ironjaw from the Forlorn Cavern.
Be ready to fish for a while. It does NOT matter where in the pool you fish. What does matter is how much time you are willing to put into catching this thing.
I did like some others said and did a /lay toward the back wall. You CAN fish while laying down. They can still see a name above the water, but without a body to attract attn. to myself the allies did seem to attack less.
I got him after 504 casts over 2 different nights. Which is a lot less than other people have had to go through. You may be the lucky 1 cast or you may end up with Blizzard hating you and casting 2500 times.
Good luck.
1000 casts over 2 days and guildie showed up and caught it on 6th cast. Looks like I'll be fishing there a while longer...not so safe...I'm on my horde toon lol.
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