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Phae’s e-Fish-ent Macro
Published on May 15, 2008 by Phaelia 
Featured, Lunar Guidance, Macros 
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#showtooltip
/equip [nomod,noworn:Fishing Pole] Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole
/cast [nomod:ctrl,worn:Fishing Pole] Fishing
/use [mod:ctrl,worn:Fishing Pole] Sharpened Fish Hook
/use [mod:ctrl,worn:Fishing Pole] 16
The above macro will:
- Equip [Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole] if it isn't already equipped
- Try to fish if you have your fishing pole equipped and you aren't pressing down CTRL
- Apply a [Sharpened Fish Hook] to your fishing pole if you have one equipped and hold down CTRL
I created this macro tonight and thought I would share. Does anyone else have a favorite fishing (or other tradeskill) macro? Edit: Gweedo does!
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I am excited that BRK is back, though!
/cry I love you, ty for everything.
ooh funky
I should try that out since I’m pondering lvling my fishing some more…. so close to 200! 
Nice one. But you didn’t described what’s “/use [mod:ctrl,worn:Fishing Pole] 16″ for …
Thank you!
I changed it a bit though
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/equip [nomod,noworn:Fishing Pole] Arcanite Fishing Pole
/equip [mod:shift, worn:Fishing Pole] Swarming Sting-Staff of the Tiger
/cast [nomod,worn:Fishing Pole] Fishing
/use [mod:ctrl] Sharpened Fish Hook
/use [mod:ctrl] 16
removed the “worn” parts on the bait, to get my weapon in there too
also had to change the nomod:ctrl to just nomod because I wanted shift for weapon.
andre, That’s for using the bait on the main hand weapon, aka. the Fishing Pole.
I wish you had posted this a week ago! I was going around and around trying to figure out a good way to do exactly that.
Then the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat and Spun Truesilver Fishing Line dropped from the fishing daily quest. With my new fishing options, I finally just decided to download a fishing add-on.
I’m sure that you have probably seen this before, but if not it may be interesting. While it’s not a macro for fishing, it is fishing fun.
http://www.wiiwii.tv/2007/04/04/fishing-in-world-of-warcraft-with-a-wiimote/
@Softi: Well good luck! I hope this helps you out a bit.
@Andre: Oh, sorry. The last two lines are to first activate your lures and then to apply them to your weapon (in this case, your fishing pole). Without the second line, you would end up with the lures on your mouse cursor and not on your pole!
@Flawless: Valenna changed his macro like that, too. I have my regular weapon mapped (for the purpose of an Innervate swap) and only use one modifier key, though. Nice change, though.
@Dinaer: Oh, sorry! I wish I’d posted it sooner, too, if it makes any difference. Grats on your Daily acquisitions! I still want that hat!
@Verile: I have seen that before! It’s pretty cool if a little awkward to move your cursor onto the bobber. Still, a great idea!
The Addon Fishing Buddy essentially does the same thing. It can be set up to equip your fishing gear (with Outfitter) as well as double-right clicking to fish. If you need a lure, it will automatically apply it to your fishing pole as well.
I haven’t been fishing with my druid for a while but last time I tried, it was possible to fish while in ToL form. The funny part is there’s no fishing rod, you just see the bobber, magically floating..
I have a similar macro, but right click equips my weapon for me when I’m done. Also you don’t need to fully spell out the pole or weapon, just enough to make it unique in your bags. Plus I use alt for use the hooks because I’m a keyboard user and ctrl-1 is for my pet commands.
#showtooltip
/equip [nomod,noworn:Fishing Pole]Seth’s
/cast [nomod:alt,worn:Fishing Pole]Fishing
/use [mod:alt,worn:Fishing Pole]Sharpened Fish Hook
/use [mod:alt,worn:Fishing Pole]16
/equip [button:2, worn:Fishing Pole] Jin’rohk
@Sciencegeek: I use the Fishing Buddy addon, too, and it’s awesome for double right click casting and switching to auto-loot when you have a Fishing Pole equipped, but I wanted to see how much I could wrap up into a single macro. Any addon you can replace with a simple macro should result in the tiniest performance increase.
@Ermengol: I’ve heard that it’s no longer possible to fish in Tree Form. =(
@Katho: Good to know about not having to spell the item out.