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Commentaire de Sona

Pecher pres d'un glacier de Kaskala (Toundra Boréene) ,dans un banc de seche lueur-de-lune !
Pechez en 5 coups (comp 410 + Canne Kaluak's + appats 100)

Commentaire de 1032093

pêchée au nord du fjord hurlant, lac de l'hiver, ce jour, royaume les clairvoyants. Je cherchais un hareng sombre pour le hf Ça mord ^^
compétence 600
canne à pêche ornée de joyaux
chapeau de pêche déformé

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Commentaire de 335567

"Turtles all the way down" is a tongue-in-cheek response to the Native American myth (along with a few other cultures... Hindu, and possibly Chinese, but I'm not quite certain on that one. The Greeks put Atlas in the turtle's place.) that the Earth rests on the back of a giant turtle. When the child asks, "But, if the Earth rests on the turtle's back, what does the turtle rest on?" the snotty response is, "It's turtles all the way down, kid!" The response intends to demonstrate that it may be absurd to believe that that the earth is supported by a large reptile rather than, say, gravity.

What's the Wise Old Elder's response? That, my dear WoWHeads, is a question for the ages ;)

Commentaire de DarthStrom

Yes, the world on a turtle is an already existing tale as well as the conundrum of what the turtle is standing on. However, the exact phrase "turtles all the way down" first appeared in Hawking's book - so the reference is likely pulled from there.

Commentaire de 137187

I would think it is just like the Ice Mammoth achievement, or any mount achievement. Meaning one criteria is the item you get, and the other is the spell you learn to summon it.

so it is the item that you fish up that is missing from Wowhead, as you can see the other criteria being a spell or skill.

Commentaire de Schadenfreude

Great A'tuin!

Commentaire de 232756

does this mount only drop from fishing nods, or is it from any body of water?

Commentaire de 349750

L2READ PATCH NOTES SILLY!

"Only Drops From Northrend Fishing Pools"

Im On My 3947 Fish From Pools All Across Northrend. No Luck Yet!

But I Refuse To Stop.

Commentaire de 77796

It's too bad his comment purged, so i'm going to put the link he had back up. His link points to this Wikipedia article that fully discusses all the possible origins of the phrase, as well as its uses in culture, including Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Pratchett's Discworld books, various other books, and most importantly this very achievement!

Commentaire de 334399

Hi all..

Ok, i got this today.. I was a bit confused as to where to fish.. I started fishing open water lakes / pool but NOT the sea in Northrend. What a waste of time.. i spent about 4 hours sunday with nothing.. However i looked a bit deeper for info in here and on wowwiki.. all i could find was this little nugget of info.
"Fishing pools, or Schools of Fish, are location objects found in different bodies of water in WoW that have a significance to the fishing profession." (from wiki)

So i started again...

I logged in today and headed off to Borean Tundra.. There is a nice lake there called "Lake Kum'uya"... It isnt that big of a lake but the Musselback school spawn very quick. I started at the 1st school and worked my way around the pool clockwise. When u get back to your statring position, new school will have spawned.. so ideal for this achievement.
My co-ords where 52.9 44.3

My fishing is maxed out so im not sure on the lv you need to be to fish the school..
Good luck all and keep fishing!

Salty Masquerade.

Commentaire de 363104

I dont know what the drop rate is for this but ive been fishing for a week now, caught roughly 5k Glacial Salmon and still no mount.

Never the less, my advice would be go for Grizzly hills cause there are plenty schools there, plus on my server, salmon sells very well!

Commentaire de 333746

Finally got it today. Tried fishing every school on the coast from Grizzly to Borean twice (give you about 600+ fishes) and then i tried the Glacial Salmon Schools in Grizzly Hills and got it on the 4:th pool. I found mine in 39.5-34.5 in Blue Sky Logging Grounds.

Commentaire de 250832

The plural of fish is fish. Not fishes!

Commentaire de N3ss3

I'm curious about autoloot on the mount? The fish in orgrimmar and ironforge aren't cathable with that on. Is it the same way with this mount?

Commentaire de 22969

Autloot does not affect drops, and if something is BoP and you auto-loot, it will still prompt you as to whether or not you wish to loot it. The issue is when someone is fishing rapid fire or not really paying close attention and they cast after the loot pane is displayed, but BEFORE clicking "Accept" on the "Bind to you?" business. Then the item is gone, and cannot be re-looted.

Commentaire de 309534

I've been fishing for this for 2 weeks now, and I have more fish than I know what to do with... over 300 fish feasts in my bank, 15 stacks of glacial salmon, 17 stacks of nettlefish, and 22 stacks of musselback sculpin..... I opened a ticket with a GM yesterday to see what the low down is on the Sea Turtle and here's our conversation.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/431/seaturtlegmchat.jpg

The turtle can be fished in ANY water in northrend, not just the schools of fish that you see. Happy hunting, I'm at 7700 fish caught right now, and still counting.. hopefully I'll get it before I hit 10k fish!

Commentaire de Yoduh

Just got my turtle. It does not require max fishing skill as I was at a measly 338 when i caught it using a +25 fishing pole and +75 bauble. I had been fishing in sholazar basin just trying to get the daily fishing quest done when I noticed a fish pool nearby, not knowing if the daily needed the pool or not, and theorizing that I could at least use to fish to help level cooking, I started fishing it. After just 2-3 casts it auto looted into my bag, achievement flashing on the screen, very surprising to say the least.

so 1) you do not need max fishing skill, or even very high, just enough to avoid a lot of junk.
2) with autoloot on, the BOP item still goes into your bag automatically, no confirmation came up on my screen to loot it. but I would make sure theres space in your bag at all times if I were you.

Commentaire de Anvil

I opened a ticket with a GM yesterday to see what the low down is on the Sea Turtle and here's our conversation.

GMs are frequently wrong, on a surprisingly consistent basis.

Commentaire de Zada

My personal 5 cents for catching this mount and rare catches in general:

Get Bejeweled addon (or maybe even Peggle), and play it while you fish! Just set your Ambience and Music volume down, and Effects volume up and you'll hear when you catch something (if no one else is fishing near you). Makes fishing a lot more painless. :) Listening to music while fishing makes it also more comfortable.

Just remember, all you can do is keep fishing... You will catch it eventually. ;)

-Cecil, Chamber of Aspects EU

Commentaire de 337239

JUST caught this guy myself. After about seven hours of fishing, off and on. I usually played poker in the background while listen for the sound. Made fishing go by very quickly.

This morning I wanted to catch 100 Glacial Salmon, Musselback Sculpin, and Nettlefish for the Fish Feast. I first went to Grizzly Hills to catch the Glacial Salmon because I like fishing the river there. After I picked up 100 salmon I headed to Borean Tundra to catch the Musselback Sculpin. At 53 in, I caught the mount!

I had 450 fishing of course. A long with the Kalu'ak fishing pole, +3 fishing line, Weather-Beaten fishing hat, and just the +75 lure that the hat gives you.

The only advice I can give is to NOT give up. If I can get it, anyone can.

Commentaire de 373227

Finally got this today...about 5 minutes ago. My wife and I were both going after it, she has been fishing for about 3 hours straight. I get on and fish about 100 casts and BOOM, it's mine. Needless to say, I'm in the doghouse now, but happy hunting.

Commentaire de 139986

There aren't any pools in Dalaran as far as I am aware of....the achiement says from any fishing pool in Northrend. So I am guessing you can not fish this in Dalaran. Although it would be nice to kill two birds with one stone. :\

Commentaire de 310137

Yay!
Got this today at Lake Kum' uya in Borean Tundra, approx coords 52,42.
Caught it after fishing my 3rd Mussleback Sculpin school of fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekyxT6WBIr4

Commentaire de 368164

Been fishing this thing forever and just want to clarify: so I am only to fish in schools of fish in northrend? Only lakes and small bodies of water? or can I fish in he frozen sea fish schools? I'm confused and worried im wasting time.

Commentaire de 247370

Anyone have luck in Wintergrasp getting this? Will update on my efforts, only 500 fish so far.

Commentaire de madtoon

Confirmed Vandarose's location---> fished 10 schools at Lake Kum' uya and (Boom goes the Dynamite) Sea Turtle caught!

Happy Fishing......

By vandarose 3 days ago (Patch 3.1.2)
Yay!
Got this today at Lake Kum' uya in Borean Tundra, approx coords 52,42.
Caught it after fishing my 3rd Mussleback Sculpin school of fish

Commentaire de 388652

2 Guys Fishing LIVE Sea Turtle Mounts

my friend showed me this youtube video of 2 guys fishing in a pool of sea turtles. At first, i thought they were fake, like it was some joke about the new sea turtle mounts but if you look closely, these are REAL LIVE sea turtles..or am I wrong?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqy-AkQwvmI

Commentaire de 391271

i just started to fish with my warlock and went to do the daily fishing.im only skill 196 and fished up the turtle mount on my 5th cast in SB its just the luck of the draw i guess . my mage still cant get it and he is in the 350 range.good luck to all

Commentaire de 391485

Great A'tuin!

Gotta love Discworld. :)

Commentaire de 398296

The Greeks put Atlas in the turtle's place

actually Atlas held up the sky not the earth

many people however believe it to have been the earth he held due to a famous statue of him holding a celestial orb which is often mistaken for the earth

Commentaire de 385188

Just want to point out that you can get the mount from the frozen sea, as this is where I got mine (was fishing from a monsterbelly pool while doing the severed arm daily)

Commentaire de Shadowftw

To clarify, can I get this mount from Imperial Manta Ray fishing schools?
Thanks for reading, responding, whatever.

Shadowftw, level 24 holy Priest Anvilmar server

Commentaire de 417658

No I don't believe it can be fished from the coast, has to be inland

This is not the case. I just fished mine from a Moonglow Scuttlefish school, in the Frozen Sea out from Borean Tundra.

Best of luck!

Commentaire de Martacus

" After conducting a lecture on the solar system, William James, the American psychologist and philosopher, was approached by an elderly lady. "We don't live on a ball rotating around the sun." She said, firmly. "we live on a crust of earth on the back of a giant turtle." James was a kindly man. "If your theory is correct, madam, what does this turtle stand on?" He asked patiently. "The first turtle stands on the back of a second, far larger turtle, of course!" She snorted. "But what does this second turtle stand on?" Pressed the philosopher. "It's no use, Mr James," Crowed the old lady triumphantly, "it's turtles all the way down!"

Commentaire de 82Stang

I just got my achievement while farming mats for Fish Feasts. I got mine while fishing nettlefish pools in Sholozar basin at around 10:40 AM on the Fizzcrank server. Good luck to everyone still trying to get this one!

Edit: Oh yeah I caught it in the big lake that's between the glimmering pillar and the maker's pearch around coordinate 43, 40.

Commentaire de 302378

false. too lazy to write it msyelf so ill concede to quoting wikipedia:

The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts:

“ A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"

Commentaire de 420671

well if anyone finds a bug for this one hit me up cuz i gotta know it... mybe w/a daily like the old crafty one?
idk but this is *!@#ing me off

Commentaire de 197322

Thought I'd point out that Zoltan (the guy with 10,005 achievement points) doesn't even have this one yet*!

*as of 7/21/09

Commentaire de 346525

I just fished mine up.
About a week ago i made it my mission to get this.
I installed fishing buddy to keep track of my total casts.

It took me 3355 casts to get it.
I spent about 3 hours per day over the course of 5 days.

Only fish in pools.
Be patient.
Watch films.
Never give up.

And it will be yours. But it is one, long, boring grind.

Sidenote - I did this alongside One that didnt get away achieve, which took me 1700 casts roughly to get, and after 3355 casts i had both achieves :)

Commentaire de theserf

I gave up on trying to get this but I continue to do the fishing dailies.

I fished the turtle up while doing the Monsterbelly Appetite daily. It dropped on first cast in a school of Deep Sea Monsterbelly.

Commentaire de 380910

I finally picked up the Sea Turtle mount after months of trying, at level 51.

When 3.1 came out, I immediately cleaned out my inventory and took the blimp to Northrend for an extended fishing trip. I stuck to the three Howling Fjord pools near the docks, two of which regenerate fairly quickly. I was killed numerous times by Orcas, twice by "friendly" crabs I had accidentally right-clicked, and several times by various humanoids during an ill-fated venture from Howling Fjord to the Tuskar villages.

To be fair, I didn't fish continuously for the sea turtle, as the cycle of casting and clicking got super-boring after a while. After burning out on Northrend fishing, I visited Dalaran for the Coin Master achievement, and continued competing in the weekly Master Angler of Stranglethorn until I picked up the hook, the pole and all three rare fish prizes. I recently went back to Northrend to try for the mount again and finally got him this time in a Howling Fjord pool.

I never want to fish again. :P

Commentaire de 448497

A woman said to a scientist, "I don't get all this evolution stuff, everybody knows that the universe sits on the back of a giant turtle". To which the scientist replied, "Well, then what is below the turtle?". The woman cracks a smile and says, "Oh no! You're not fooling me! It's turtles all the way down!"

Har Har take that ye men of science

Commentaire de 448796

AT WINTER'S BREATH LAKE IN A SCHOOL OF FANGED HERRING ON THE TENTH CAST GOT THE TURTLE MOUNT WHILE LOOKING FOR THE DARK HERRING

Commentaire de Smobu

....21 hours of fishing and still no turtle, beginning to wonder if it's worth it

Commentaire de 358745

55 Fangtooths + 2 Crates + 1 Turtle .. Oh yeah! I was fishing out of the Fangtooth Herring schools in Howling Fjord just so I could try to get the Haunted Herring @ the same time .. couldn't believe I got it that fast! Good Luck!

Helpmetoo
~Blackwing Lair~

Commentaire de 226622

I noticed today that a Pool of Blood will show up as a school of fish on the minimap when tracking these. Could this mean that you could get a turtle from one of them?

Commentaire de Arilyn26

Terry Pratchett uses this myth in his infamous Discworld Series. Absolutely worth reading.

Commentaire de 92924

I got really lucky. I had just finished doing the fishing daily for monsterbelly and I had read a comment somewhere that in the frozen sea is where you could get the achievement. About 3 casts after i got the monsterbelly I got the achievement and nearly jumped out of my seat in shock! I was lvl 320 or so with a 100 level booster. I was off the coast of Borean Tundra in the frozen sea on a glacier.

Commentaire de 383613

Forget all the chatter about the frozen sea and inland water. By "pools" it means the things that show up on your minimap when you have Find Fish activated. You can fish it from any "pool" found in any body of water in Northrend.

Commentaire de 464545

i like turtles

Commentaire de 387679

Since this is a folklore story told the world around, I will link it to the page which I can remember seeing it. This excerpt is from David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, as found on the "Terrapin Station" page:

A student asked the master: "What does the world rest upon?"
The master answered: "On the back of a huge turtle."
The student asked: "And what does the turtle rest upon, oh wise one?"
The master answered: "Upon another turtle."
The student, yet again, asked: "And what does that turtle rest on?"
The master, becoming annoyed, answered: "Don't you get it? It's turtles all the way down!"

And...

I've been looking for the earliest version of this "turtles all the way down" story. What source does Hendrickson give? The earliest thing I've found so far is in Bernard Nietschmann, "When the Turtle Collapses, the World Ends," Natural History, 83(6):34 (June-July 1974).

I have been told that the story appeared in the preface to a dissertation written at MIT in about 1969, by J. R. (Haj) Ross, Constraints on Variables in Syntax (published by Ablex in about 1979), but I haven't been able to verify it.

Stephen Hawking tells more or less the same story at the beginning of A Brief History Of Time. In Hawking's version however, it was

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. ...
William James did write at least once about turtles and elephants. In "Humanism and Truth", Mind 13 (N.S.): 457 (Oct. 1904), at 472; reprinted as chapter III of The Meaning of Truth, he wrote:

But is this not the globe, the elephant and the tortoise over again? Must not something end by supporting itself? ...
This in turn seems to be an echo of comments by John Locke in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), Book II, Chapter XIII, Section 19:
... Had the poor Indian philosopher (who imagined that the earth also wanted something to bear it up) but thought of this word substance, he needed not to have been at the trouble to find an elephant to support it, and a tortoise to support his elephant: the word substance would have done it effectually. And he that inquired might have taken it for as good an answer from an Indian philosopher,- that substance, without knowing what it is, is that which supports the earth, as we take it for a sufficient answer and good doctrine from our European philosophers,- that substance, without knowing what it is, is that which supports accidents. ...
and Book II, Chapter XXIII, Section 2:
... If any one should be asked, what is the subject wherein colour or weight inheres, he would have nothing to say, but the solid extended parts; and if he were demanded, what is it that solidity and extension adhere in, he would not be in a much better case than the Indian before mentioned who, saying that the world was supported by a great elephant, was asked what the elephant rested on; to which his answer was- a great tortoise: but being again pressed to know what gave support to the broad-backed tortoise, replied-something, he knew not what. ...
There's no snappy retort about "turtles all the way down" in these passages however.

It seems to me that a story about William James or Bertrand Russell cannot first have been told in 1969.

Actually, the page goes on for a few paragraphs discussing turtles in folklore and a few different examples of them. The song is pretty good too :)

Edit: Why would this be ranked down? To much information? Too many sources? Are wow players part of the population that gets bored after 140 characters due to "Twitter"?

Commentaire de 480142

Got it today, was fishing mats for Fish feast for my set team :D

/does the dance of joy

Commentaire de saschavykos

Just want to add my little bit.

Got this not five minutes ago while fishing in Borean Tundra.

I finally managed to max out my cooking skill and was gathering fishies for Fish Feast. I decided, as I was in Stormwind that I would start with Musselfin as they were closest. I packed my rod and some lures and caught the boat to Valiance Keep and flew up to Lake Kum'uya ready for a long and boring fishing trip. I circled the lake 3 times fishing each pool till it dissappeared before venturing on to the next one.

My computer is old and kinda rubbish so each time I fish up something that is not a fish, it sticks for a few seconds before it lets me carry on. Many times did it stick and I waited patiently to see what junk I had fished up this time. A few crates containing Cobalt Ore, Borean Leather Scraps and Frostweave Cloth were the extent of my treasures, I also received many Weeds, Tangled Fishing Lines and fish in serious need of medical attention. My guild are hungry for Guru's Elixirs too so the random Pygmy Suckerfish was not an unwelcome addition. Casting the line again I had decided it was about time to call it a night when "SPLOOSH" my bobber dipped into the water. I clicked the bobber quickly so as not to let my Musselfin escape. My computer froze briefly and just as the loot box disappeared I spied a flash of blue text and "FWOOSH" <<TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN!>>

My fishing skill when I was finished was 393
Rod skill of +5
Lure skill of +75
Total skill of 473

Only fished up in the actual fishing "node" pools, not lakes or rivers or open sea.
Can be found in any of the fishing pools in Northrend that includes the Frozen Sea ones and the Pools of Blood created for the fishing daily Blood is Thicker.

Also the space bar action makes this little cutie jump and then hide inside his shell. Can't wait till the next Children's Week so I can obtain his little brother/sister as a companion for him.

Commentaire de 232394

A great time to get this achevement is on days where your fishing daily is Monsterbelly Appetite. Moonglow Cuttlefish fish nodes respawn like crazy so you're not wasting your lures between fishing points.

Commentaire de 179771

A few days ago I decided to farm for this mount, deciding that the fact that it's the only current sea mount in the game as my main motivation. It would also bring me closer to the Mountain O' Mounts achievement. And since I sometimes boost low level friends on slow mounts, it's kinda fun to have a rare mount for me to ride and for them to easily keep up with ;)

I started my farming process in Howling Fjord in that big lake south-west of Camp Winterhoof. There are lots of Fangtooth Herring fishing schools there, and they respawn fairly quickly.

My gear included a Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole enchanted with a High Test Eternium Fishing Line, and a Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat. I also applied a Glow Worm on my fishing pole every hour.

For the first 3 hours it was kinda fun. I kept flying around the lake in a counter-clockwise pattern and found the experience rather relaxing. But after 3 hours it started to get annoying... I tried to change my pattern to clockwise, kept switching little pets and mounts out to try and amuse myself, took breaks to cook all the fish that I caught, etc. I was thinking to myself "is this really worth it? why is this taking so long? I hate fishing! I am never fishing again after this!" But I was persistent and kept going.

As I was nearing the 6 hour mark of my journey I stopped for a break and looked at my achievements, especially those under Fishing. On a whim, I decided to 'Track' this achievement. Now, I don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but right after I did that the first time I tried to fish (yes, the very first!) I actually caught it! I couldn't believe it. I don't know if tracking the achievement made it happen for me, or if it was just luck, but that's when I got it! True story.

If anybody else is doing this, try it and see if it works for you, too. I sure hope so! And I hope this information is helpful to anybody else trying to do this tedious task :P

Commentaire de 197314

over 19000 things fished,
over 12500 fishes caught,
over 2 months grinding.

So for the ones saying is easy or its 1% chance, this is statistically significant evidence is not 1% chance at all...

Or if it is, then is not random experiment, or im most unlucky on earth heh

Commentaire de 514382

got it!

finally, today has a been a good day for me and fishing.

i got the rat from dalaran and now i got the turtle.

ok here are my stats...

btw...got it in less than 30 minutes.

kalu'ak fishing pole, sharpened fish hook (100 fishing for 10 min.), 450 fishing ability.

i fished it up in the lake in borean tundra and as a special bonus i got a lot of musselbak sculpin.

i tried to get it for 2 days in a row in fjord and in grizzly hills, so after a lot of reading i guess this lake in tundra is the best spot.

good luck u guys

Commentaire de 538627

Well after I read all comments on how to get this mount from all of you, I said to hell with randomly fishing in open water to skill up and I went fishing for the mount. I'm glad that i did cause after about 50-65 min I cought my mount in grizzly hills with a fishing skill of 198. I TY all that post your comments on where you cought your mount, it help me alot =)

For those still trying I started in Valiance Keep and fish along the coast, then when I ran into a streem i followed it and fish in it too, if it came to a dead end, I would follow it back down and continue fishing along the coast.

Now from the coast theres a river that ties into dragonblight, grizzly hills, and zul'drak. I took that lake and turn right on to another streem and fished in a school of glacial salmon that was located above the first " i " in the name grizzly hills displayed on your map.

I hope this helps some one els get the mount faster than others =)

Commentaire de 303152

Sounds like you don't understand the meaning of POOLS. Please read what others have posted!

Only fished up in the actual fishing "node" pools, not lakes or rivers or open sea.
Can be found in any of the fishing pools in Northrend that includes the Frozen Sea ones and the Pools of Blood created for the fishing daily Blood is Thicker.

The 6500 non-fish "things" you caught means you were not fishing in POOLS! Pools produce about 98% fish and 2% loot boxes and other NON-JUNK items. If it is grey, you missed the pool!

Commentaire de 167960

just to show the random nature of random chances I got this achievement before I got 1000 things fished achievment

Some people win the lottery... it doesn't mean you're going to... that's the thing about stats

For the record I was farming for Fish feast mats in Borean Tundra

Commentaire de 367622

I can personally confirm it does still exist, and it is still an achieveable item... as I just got it! Saw the blue loot in the window and before i realised what it was up pops the achievement!

Not that it really matters but I was fishing from Musselback Sculpin schools at the lake south-east from Amber Ledge. Take your time, patience is a virtue. One day she will be yours.

Daellon - Khaz'Goroth

edit: screenie for proof :P http://yfrog.com/0useaturtlep

Commentaire de 234070

Intresting thing, really don't know if it just luck. During Kalu'ak Fishing Derby I try to catch my shark from the lake near Utgrade Keep. I don't see any shark but catch Dark Herring and get achvement http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=878. Then my freand say "try to catch turtle, someone told that after Herring you can catch turtle in 30 minutes". Why not says I and continue fishing. And 10 minutes later I get my turtle xD.

Commentaire de 518516

I spent 5 evenings fishing the schools of fish in the Frozen Sea in Borean Tundra in search of this extremely rare Sea Turtle mount. I did a lot of research looking into several things. First i read a post which said fishing off the banks will not get you the turtle, and that you must fish in the "Schools" of fish. I had earned my fishing pole from the Kulak and received the fishing hat from doing fishing dailies in Northrend. Yes i used lures too just the bright baubles, though.Earned fish Don't Leave Footprints to be able to spot the "Schools" faster.

I confirm I caught I Sea Turtle fishing off the "Ice Caps" in Frozen sea. My cords were 30.66.

A few things you need to know:

1. you are going to be fly fishing a lot to get your bobber to land in the "School" of fish.
2. Make sure you keep some open space in your bags. Once your bag is full of fish stop fishing and fly to a mailbox mail the fish to your alts or sell them in the auction house or to a vendor. If you catch a turtle and ur bags are full you will not be able to loot the item unless u destroy fish, avoid that mistake. It could be along time till you catch another one!
3. If you want to take a break and relax fishing is good. I enjoyed fishing for turtle to relax before raid times in Icecrown Citadel.

A few posts said 1% drop rate, and 20,000 fish and 5,000 casts before they got it but this is all a matter of luck. you will be fishing for a very long time for this so be ready.

I wish all alliance the best in catching this mount! :D

Commentaire de 30817

Just flew to Sholazar to do the fishing daily on a crappy alt there. Semi-AFK, I casted with my amazing 259 fishing skill. My cast accidentally landed in a pool, getting me both the first part of http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=153 and http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=3218. This is the same character that got http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=54753 while doing that quest for the first time during leveling. The irony is I've been trying to get the bear on my main for the better part of a year and have tried farming the turtle for a long time. /sigh

Commentaire de 493392

I agree. Lake Kuma ya or whatever in Borean tundra is indeed the best place to fish this turtle. I got him within an hour there. I'm not saying it has an inscreased drop rate there but it is definately a simple place to fish.

I named him yurtle.

Commentaire de 386992

Got this while doing the "One That Didn't Get Away" achievement as well by fishing the Fangtooth Herring Schools in Howling Fjord. Took 22 minutes to get the turtle. Lucky me as I just previously got the Giant Sewer Rat in under 30 casts!

Commentaire de 341672

Just did the achievement:

Took me about 120-130 casts, I also did it in Borean Tundra @Lake Kum'uya like many of the other posters did.

Not very hard though.

Greetz
Fedono-Gorgonnash EU

Commentaire de Xaviiara

I've been fishing all over Northrend in pools, and still haven't got it after 6550 casts...

Just my bad luck I guess :(

Commentaire de 581562

You all are probably going to hate me but i got this within 40 minutes of fishing in the Borean Tundra. I am a lvl 64, with a fishing skill of 425 (325+100 from a lure). I was fishing from a manta school along derelict strand, and this baby popped up- i almost had a heart attack!

So no you don't have to have maxed-out fishing skill and spend weeks grinding for this guy, you just have to be a lucky sonofa@#$%^ like me!

Don't believe me?
Just pm me- Slöppykìsses, Saurfang (oceanic).
=D

Commentaire de 556994

I found the best place to fish for this are the Glassfin Pools right under Dalaran. The pools spawn fast and are all clamped up.
There can be multiple fishers without being overfarmed.

I have been fishing here for 8 days, each day about 30min before raiding etc.
Just yesterday i had given up on catching the damn turtle, flying over to Grizzly Hills to farm some food. Ding, first cast the turtle :)

So just keep fishing every now and then, you will get it when you expect it the least.

Commentaire de Heroasteral

=( My friend got this and http://www.wowhead.com/item=33925 today =( + he sold his http://www.wowhead.com/item=50380 for 8k gold =(

Commentaire de cywang86

Pygmy Suckerfish are considered "things"

This.
if you're ratio isn't like that, you're the one not fishing in northrend pools.
Over 6k fish caught and 10k other things. No turtle yet.
Oh well, at least I'm making a profit out of all the fish feast mats.

Commentaire de 518516

30.66 Frozen Sea Ice caps is where i caught mine. Look for my screen shots (72hrs for approval)
Thndrnltning/Gnomeregan

Commentaire de Draste

Here I go again. I'm chasing my tail around the sun.
Standing beneath a tortoise under an elephant under the world.
The gravity of the battle means nothing to those at peace.
I can't believe I thought my thoughts meant anything.

When we think we’ve reached the end, we’re only back where we began.

Commentaire de doodlehacker

You're never garunteed anything. You could fish 1,000,000,000,000 times and never recieve it. I would add that you would most certainly be the most unluckiest person in the world (of warcraft), and quite possibly the only one. But It is possible to never recieve the item, none the less.

The only way to garuntee a drop, is too fish infinite times, which is impossible since you can never finish fishing infinite times.

A much pointless reply, but needed for that one person who might have fished 1,000,000,000,000 times and read this.

So instead of

"You will catch it eventually. ;)"

It should be read, "You can catch it eventually. ;("

Commentaire de nguyenhothanh

Really good spot! Even though I had 560 in Fishing Skill, it took just over 3000 casts to get this.
And it sure was worth it!

Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole + Sea Turtle = Great underwater exploring! :D

When you drink a Underbelly Elixir and turn into a Hungry Tuskarr, mount up and voila, Turtle Rider!
(Note: grap a Kalu'ak epic spear to enhance the effect).

Edit: Unfortunately WoW Dev Team realized that they had to kill players' cosplay dream and restricted mounting in Tuskarr form, even when they do have mounted animation.

Commentaire de 624618

There is a nice lake there called "Lake Kum'uya"... It isnt that big of a lake but the Musselback school spawn very quick. I started at the 1st school and worked my way around the pool clockwise. When u get back to your statring position, new school will have spawned.. so ideal for this achievement. the best place to fish just keep going til you get it, it will take a long time just keep going. the lake is in Borean Tundra. you will not get it if you dont fish in the schools that i know of!

Commentaire de 494289

So I just got incredibly lucky and fished up this mount, because I was so lucky thought I'd clarify a few things, you don't need maxed fishing skill to fish up this item. I was at 408 fishing skill just fishing from schools going for the Northrend Angler achievement. I did not have a fishing lure on my pole at the time so it just takes some intense luck to get this mount. Good Luck!

Commentaire de Diodor

Just got this mount in Winter's Breath lake in Howling Fjord. I was there for dark herring for rare fish achievement and also this one, i god it after maybe 1500 casts in that area. Still no rare fish tho.

Commentaire de 623083

i have fished 7530 fish but no turtle... it's impossible!

Commentaire de gamerfan79

I ended up getting this the other day on my 68 shammy with 100 skill in fishing and a Strong Fishing rod with No Lure on the first pool i fished in (a Borean Man O'war pool) so i don't think there is any certain fishing Level you need to get this item.

Commentaire de 387118

As a priest, I use Glyph of Levitate mostly for the purpose of fishing. Especially out in the frozen sea. Very handy when you're gathering so much fish, that you need every extra bag slot you can get. The only thing handier would be the ability for my mount to walk on water. {Get on that Blizz!}

I know I'm rare, but I actually like to fish. It's one of the few skills with any randomness. (Save for certain patterns that have random buffs).

I've fished several thousand fish trying to get this turtle, and the underbelly giant rat, and the coins in the fountain. So far, all I've got for my efforts is a Penny For Your Thoughts.

Still trying though!

Commentaire de 533598

ever since I was a little boy, I've wanted to join the turtle club

turrrtle

Commentaire de kemikalkadet

The only thing handier would be the ability for my mount to walk on water.

Elixir of Water Walking

Commentaire de Scourgebane

Got this today after about an hour of farming at 2:00 PM, yesterday i farmed for 6-7Hours.

Commentaire de ragnafrak

I just downloaded 3 hours of WoW podcasts to sit and farm the Glassfin Minnow pools below Dal to farm this mount and got it in less than 15 minutes. ><

Of course, this is after 20 to 30 thousand casts in other pools all over northrend doing other achievements, fishing dailies, and what have you. I spent so much time everywhere else and never saw it ~ To get a turtle in 15 minutes the first time I camp these pools- could this be a good spot?

Commentaire de FuxieDK

Can anyone confirm if this turtle can be fished from Dragonfin Anglefish pools?

I've fished up 1137 (and a lot of junk also) Dragonfins so far, and never caught it..

I know all about RNG and statistics, but since most rare drops is 1%, 1137 attempts should have yielded something by now.. :(

Commentaire de Lonish

I've just started hunting achievements, Went to Storm Peaks to get an Ice mammoth, as you can see in this picture http://yfrog.com/c9pwndhahaj , I did 8 throws just beneath Dalaran and got myself this turtle you could actually see I bought the Ice Mammoth 5 minutes earlier. Guess I'm a lucky one!

Commentaire de Eoweniel

Well whaddya know. I decided to try for some fishing achieves yesterday, so I thought I should probably give this notorious Dark herring a shot... Said and done, I went to Howling fjord, the lakes and rivers surrounding Skorn...
I figured I'd do this since I had a shot at two achievements in one go.
I also went in with the attitude that I'd most likely be spending weeks fishing here...

After 2 or 3 stacks of Fangtooth herring I got the turtle! I freaked out! It was completely unexpected...

Anyway, I really recommend this place around Skorn because, by the time you make your way around the whole place (you can make your circle smaller, don't have to go around all the rivers and lakes), everything has respawned. So even if there are several people fishing, there won't be many problems finding nodes. Plus, you work towards 2 achievements in one go!
Listen to music while doing this, because it can be quite a drag. Just turn up the radio, or some playlist, or watch some show or play a not-too-distracting game, really helps make this less tedious.

Also have another theory, since most people I've talked to said they got the Dark herring 4-5 times by now, but never saw the turtle drop... My theory is that either you get lucky with the turtle, or with one of the rare fish for "One that didn't get away".

This thing is adorable btw, totally would have fished for it for weeks if I had to. And where ever you go, people either /cheer you, /love you or shake their fists at you.

Happy...turtling?

Commentaire de 665928

This is not to gloat (though I was more than shocked and greatly pleased), but I received this mount on my second pool in Northrend attempting to finish Northrend Angler.

It was fished up in a Deep Sea Monsterbelly School at approximately 30, 67 in The Frozen Sea amongst the icebergs.

I can confirm that it is BOP and that I received the Achievement once it was looted into my bags (to my further surprise, I was at 49 Mounts and also received Leading the Cavalry upon Learning :O).

My skill is 415 using a Strong Fishing Pole and a Sharpened Fish Hook.

Great luck to everyone and may the force be with you!

Commentaire de 668210

22,205 Fish and Other Things Caught
14,305 Fish Caught
and 0 Sea Turtles

90% from Pools of Northrend.

Thanks for the bad luck Blizz....

Commentaire de 513113

While fishing in HF in the lake below Camp Winterhoof to catch the dark Herring for the One that Didn't Get Away in Fangtooth Herring Schools, Less than 200 casts in 2 days I caught the Turtle.

Count:
82 Pygmy Suckerfish
123 Fangtooth Herring
12 Bonescale Snapper
5 Glacial Salmon
6 Crystallized Water
1 Sea Turtle

.......still no dark herring ;)

Commentaire de 690980

After fishing up 5 Crates, 67 Pygmy Suckerfish, 4 Crystallized Water, 3 Bonescale Snappers, and 100 Musscleback Sculpin I fished up the mount.

As many people have said I simply made circles around Lake Kum'uya and in under an hours worth of work tada!

Commentaire de 698743

So, at first I went to Lake Kum'uya. I spent 4 1/2 hours there with nothing, so I moved briefly to the frozen sea for about a half hour before deciding to follow secprincess627's lead and give the fjord a try.

At first I did a full circuit of the fjord, going counter clockwise and ensuring not to miss a single school. No dice. I was also being shadowed by a few other 80s so I decided it was time to pick a spot in the fjord and stick to it. I went to Cauldros Isle just behind UK and about 2 hours later I ended up with the turtle.

Commentaire de socalheel

no joke, i got this achievement in 32 casts. fishing in howling fjord at herring pools with no lure or any other fishing skill improvements other than the kaluak fishing pole.

fish skill is at 450.

Commentaire de 664443

I hate this achievement. 7000 casts and no turtle.

After I won the Kaluak Fishing Derby on my main some weeks ago, I decided to do this on my priest from now on. And guess what happened? Right, I got the damn turtle on my first cast!

This was not the first time that I got something rare on my priest, not even aiming for it. While needing excessive grinds on my main to get these things.
While I was farming argent dawn reputation on my priest, I got the baron mount. 5th run or something. 189 runs on my main to get it.
While I was farming hydraxian reputation on my priest, I got both thunderfury bindings. Still waiting for the Geddon binding on my main. Needless to say, that I'm exalted for a long long long time now, and have NEVER seen (even back in classic) the Geddon binding.

After the bloodsail reputation change got announced, I went back to fishing (which I gave up some months ago). I was already fishing for a couple of hours on the frozen sea, when I read here about lake kum'uya. And guess what happened. I got the turtle after 5 minutes. oO Last non-raid/non-pvp achievement I was missing.

Commentaire de 684644

can it drop from the dalaran pool?

Commentaire de munkyv22

Just caught mine in Scholozar Basin near where you do the Shango tracks quest. I was fishing for him for about 2 days. Just keep at it.

Commentaire de Orangemilk

This took me about 6,900 casts. The best advice I can give is to start out by making this a long-term goal, and don't try to knock it out in one sitting. Start a daily/weekly regimen and set aside an hour or two on a regular basis to fish. I put over 60 hours into this personally. That's at least a full week of work with a ton of overtime!

Spread it out and work on several achievements simultaneously. Your sanity will thank you.

Commentaire de 475909

Confirmed that you can get the turtle in Cataclysm zones.

Since i couldnt log the first hours of the x pack (login servers in eu where horrible) i decided to start next day after work.

Had done 23 dailies in icc and 2 dailies in SW (fish and cooking).

To my suprise when i eventually loged in (1555 in qeue) i turned in the fish daily ..and bam i get the pet. Nice way to start cataclysm i say to myself....but there was more!

I started in mount hyjal just to get the teleporter...and before i hs out of there i saw a pool of Mountain Trout in my minimap...near the starting inn. (where the quartemasters are).

Decided to fish it just to get some matts for leveling cooking...on my 3rd cast ...BAM! the sea turtle achievement spams my screen! I was shocked since RNG is never good to me (hello zg mounts)...

So there you go this turtle CAN be fished in cataclysm pools...

Commentaire de 55139

Just caught the turtle from a Mountain Trout pool in Darkwhisper Gorge, so it would appear to be catchable in the new Cataclysm zones.

Commentaire de rezzyk

I just fished one up in a Blackbelly Mudfish school in Uldum. I was hitting the pool for the Limnologist achievement and got it first cast.

Commentaire de Twistedklown

Can also be caught in Cataclysm pools. I'm not sure if it's just the 80-85 zones or all pools. I just caught mine the other day in Deepholme.
http://yfrog.com/jwturtlebcj

Commentaire de izabeL

Just got this from a pool of Highland Guppy in Twilight Highland, seems like blizzard changed the drop location (achievement still says Northrend pools)

Wonder if it can be fished from low level pools as well or only new zones pool?..

Commentaire de 733072

I HATE THIS TURTLE. I want him! and i've been fishing for over 30 hours and still no turtle. Is it all a myth ?

Commentaire de 470030

Just fished mine up in Twilight Highlands even though the achievement says the pools of Northrend. ;)

Commentaire de 733072

Can anyone confirm if they have gotten him in any of the old Zones since the launch of Cataclysm ?

Commentaire de 733072

Can anyone Confirm that you can still get him in the old zones (northrend)

Thanks!

Commentaire de reddeffect

You can get this off cataclysm pools. I got it in Uldum today!

Commentaire de totemmunkey

Despite the text stating Northrend, I was able to obtain this achievement by fishing up Blackbelly Mudfish pools in UIdum.

Commentaire de MetalGenocide

I can see a pattern here.
I too got mine off the Blackbelly Mudfish pool in Uldum.
It may be a bug, so start fishing there while you can, before its fixed (atleast teh mudfish are more useful then the wrath fish)

Commentaire de Luvaria

Just caught this in Tol Barad in a Fathom Eel Swarm after spending so many hours after in during WotLK and had given up, so it's definitely not only in Northrend anymore.

Commentaire de 706242

Guild mate got this fishing in Deepholm last week.

Commentaire de 748434

just an fyi.. you can now get this mount in mount hyjal located in kalimdor.. went fishing for some mountain trouts and within my first 50, i caught it! =]

Commentaire de jd17nt

I pulled one out of Loch Verrall in Twighlight Highlands today.

Commentaire de 753106

The achievement says from any pool in Northrend.
I, however, just fished this up from a highland guppy pool in Twilight Highlands.
So it seems any Northrend or Cataclysm pool will work!

Commentaire de 753215

So just to ask if I get the turtle mount on one character can I get it on another one?

Commentaire de Putrid

Got this fishing Blackbelly Mudfish in Uldum after a guildmate confirmed it dropping in places other than northrend. Farmed for about an hour.

Commentaire de VirtualPlay

Confirming again this drops off any Cata pool; just got mine off the southern coast of Twilight Highlands, from an Algaefin Rockfish pool.

Kirin Tor; 8:41 AM server time

Commentaire de Vicullum

Just caught the turtle in a Mountain Trout School in Mt. Hyjal after about an hour of farming.

Commentaire de svizsu

It can be caught in mount hyjal too (from a mountain trout school). I did it three days ago.

Commentaire de 432711

Guildie just fished this up in Twilight Highlands while fishing for Algaefin Rockfish

So it DOES drop from Cataclysm fishing pools

Commentaire de Scivar

Fishing pool doesn't need to be in Northrend, I just got the turtle from a pool in Uldum.

Commentaire de esememon

As of the latest PTR build for patch 4.0.6, it looks like this is not being "fixed", but is intentional.
Though, it could just be from the datamining of what has already been shown to be true through the plethora of comments here.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2153-Patch-4.0.6-PTR-Build-13529

Commentaire de 768983

Woke up, told girlfriend about the change to the turtle being added to catacylsm zone pools, she logged on, fished 1 pool in uldum with 220 fishing and got it, FML ._.

Commentaire de 630241

I got it yesturday in "Twilight Highlands" in a fish pool on the middle of the map at the waterfall!

Commentaire de sugarzombie

i got this achievement while fishing pools in rivers of twilight highlands (i.e. not in northrend). my fishing skill is 150 and i have 120 fish caught in my character statistics.

Commentaire de 155839

Just wanted to point out that I fished this up right outside of Ramkahen in Uldum today.

Commentaire de 745684

Can someone confirm if it drops from fathom eel swarms in tol barad?

Commentaire de 162664

Caught in an Albino Rockfish Pool in Deepholm, a pool exclusive to Cataclysm.

Commentaire de 745684

Been farming Fathom Eel Swarm pools for quite some time now, still no luck whit the turtle :(

Commentaire de 778993

ok soo i was fishing in uldum to get volatile waters to make true gold..i was there maybe 10 minutes.i went over near ramkahen and hit a blackbelly school.i casted my 2nd cast for the school and all of a sudden i got the achievement and mount!it was around 12:15 am server time on the 3rd of feb.!obviously the northrend rule no longer applies so gl every1 and happy hunting!
p.s-i was so excited that i didnt look at the coords!sorry about that every1

Commentaire de Bermont

Got mine fishing in Uldum, in a Blackbelly Mudfish School, at first catch, near the Lost City of the Tol'vir

They should correct the tooltip for this Achievement...

Commentaire de 421914

I would like to happily report that I just fished this out of a Highland Guppy pool in Twilight Highlands. Circling around Loch Verrall gave me constant spawns of the pools. I've heard a rumor that these pools disappeared after you completed all the quests in Twilight Highlands and I happy to also report this rumor as false.

Commentaire de Vivimord

See the Turtle of enormous girth!
On his shell he holds the earth.

Commentaire de 162016

WOOT! FIshed it up in Uldam from a blackbelly pool. It was my 3rd cast. Great thing about this was my guild was holding a fishing contest. First member to fish up a turtle after the cata release wins 5k gold. THATS ME BABY!

Commentaire de Remp

Today, I've decided to fish up this little devil... a really cute devil, btw :) It will come in handy in Vashj'ir, because everyone has a Seahorse...

So, I choosed Winter's Breath Lake in Howling Fjord. It's a really good place, no mobs at all, and players don't really fish here. (I haven't met any yet). Fangtooth Herring schools spawn here, really quickly. I go a big circle around the lake, and when I get back where I started, all of the schools are waiting for me to fish, again. From these schools you can get Hareng sombre too, for the achievement Ça mord ! There's a chance that they will drop together.

My fishing skill is 525+95 Chapeau de pêche déformé and Brune du capitaine Rumsey + 5 from pole.

After about 1 hour, here are my stats:
Hareng crocs-pointus - 70%
Rémora pygmée - 26%
Caisse renforcée - 2%
Eau cristallisée - 2%

I used Fishing Buddy for the stats.

I'll update my post and the stats when I catch it. Hopefully, Hareng sombre will drop with it, too! =)

14/2/11 Okay. Still can't catch it. 19 hours of fishin'. Will continue later...

Commentaire de 08Jacob

As of patch 4.0.6 the tooltip is now corrected, to also apply for Cataclysm
Now I just need to catch my baby.............

Commentaire de 241771

Good to mention, as I just pulled mine up, you can catch yours in Tol Barad (including the Penninsula)!

Commentaire de Phaidra

I got my Turtle couple of days ago

525 Fishing Skill
Used :

Fishing hat
Kal'uk pole
C.Rumsey larger
+100 lure

was fishing at Uldum took me about ~~1300~~ catches !

is totally an rng achivement :)

Good luck !
/Phaidra

Commentaire de 591205

Note that since Cata this mount isnt only fishable in Northrend, but also in the Cata areas Deepholm, Mount Hyjal, Twilight Highlands and Uldum. Vashjir isn't included. Kinda ironic, isn't it?

Commentaire de fieandt

Just fished my turtle up in Tol Barad Peninsula from Fathom Eel Svarm with fishing skill 340 (had +5skill from pole) while fishing fishes for guild achievement. Almost all casts were made to cata pools from skill 1 excluding some fishing dailies. And btw this was my 2nd turtle =)

Commentaire de stepen

I got mine in Uldum.Fishing skill was at 375.
The achievement says "Fish up a Sea Turtle mount from any fishing pool in Deepholm, Mount Hyjal, Twilight Highlands, Uldum, or Northrend."

Commentaire de 55862

I can confirm it can be fished from a pool in Tol Barad. Just got mine a minute ago in Tol Barad Peninsula at 65, 65. Good luck!

Commentaire de Stealthed

Can the turtle be caught from Pool of Fire?

I'll be testing this myself, will report back if I get it to drop

EDIT: About 200 Volatile Fire caught from Pools of Fire, no turtle yet. I'll report later when I get some more Volatiles and maybe a turtle ;)
EDIT2: 300+ Volatile Fires caught, no turtle yet.
EDIT3: About 400 Volatile Fires caught, nothing yet.. apart from the Volatile Fire of course :)

Commentaire de Lepertum

Any reports if this can be caught in Tol Barad? The achievement does not mention it but descriptions aren't always that accurate.

Commentaire de 735983

Finally got this today after 9743 fish caught total in Northrend and Cata zones. Last one I needed for 100 mounts too.

Commentaire de 557190

Has there been any report of a droprate change for this?

A guildie and I have been fishing for this mount since Wrath, and we both just got it in Uldumn (Fathom Eel pools on the southern coastline) less than an hour apart from each other.

Commentaire de 350062

Went to Winter's Breath Lake in Howling Fjord (first time out here). Got the turtle on cast #19, and the "one that didn't get away"...three casts later. Going to buy me a lottery ticket!

Commentaire de wowaddict123

Highland Guppy pool.

Commentaire de 829139

Just got it from a pool of Fathom Eel in Tol Barad Peninsula! =)

Commentaire de kotsas

As today, 22-5-11
I can say that they have increased the drop rate. After 261 casts i got my turtle. Unfortunatly no dark Herring yet :p . i was Farming @ Winter Breathern Lake @ Howling Fjord. right there the iceblocked queen is. Prolly They've indeed increased the drop rate, according to other reports about 1-2k cast.

Commentaire de 668210

Fish Caught: 23093
Fish and Other Things Caught: 33059

I finally got my turtle today :D while fishing for Highland Guppy up the top lake.

Commentaire de 515678

My guild has a whole bunch of Achievement Junkies! =) We grouped the following achievements together to make the grind easier all the while talking on guild chat and listening to music:

- Turtles All the Way Down
- That's A Lot of Bait
- Iron Chef (For those of us who need that ONE elusive recipe, That's A Lot of Bait drops the Seafood Magnifique Feast.)
- One That Didn't Get Away
(Of course for this one some of us could only fish in the Northrend, Fangtooth Herring Schools)

I am SO happy!

I got mine an hour ago in Uldum. =)

Commentaire de 836690

Got mine two days ago while fishing fish for agi food in Uldum, seems like people are getting it there mostly in Cata,

Commentaire de Loonatek

After i farmed for this like crazy in LK in herrings pools now in cata i didn't bother for it.I was just killing foxes for that pet and i saw a guy saying that he's bored of killing foxes so he kills just 50 a day.Myself i killed 2k foxes already and i said, hey that sounds like me.So i started doing this and i also added this to fishing in org for the rare fish and in uldum for the turtle. So 50 foxes 50 casts in org and 50 casts in agil pools fish and tank food. 5 days later i cought the rare fish in org and today i cought the turtle. So it only took me 233 casts in org and about 550 in uldum.Dunno but this seemed a lot easier than to spend 1 full day fishing like i did on the herring.Uldum is definetly the zone to get this from.

Commentaire de 241082

I just obtained the turtle after five Mountain Trout schools in Hyjal while passing through for Archaeology hotspots. Was only using 560 Fishing skill (525 base + Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (5) + Jeweled Fishing Pole (30)) at the time. I'm not sure that I would recommend these pools because I'm fairly sure I was simply blessed by the RNG gods to catch one so quickly, but it wouldn't hurt to try because it only took literally five pools.

Commentaire de redheadsRbetter

Remp. thanks for the information upon cast 281 yesterday at the lake in Howling Fjord I dropped my turtle mount... now i didn't catch the dark harring as i would have hoped but it didnt take me long to get my turtle mount and i just wanted to tyvm for the info...

Commentaire de 759144

Just caught my sea turtle mount. I spent 15 days and over 6,000 casts going after it. I tried Uldum, Twilight Highlands, Tol Barad, Deepholm, Mount Hyjal for the Cataclysm areas. I recommend Uldum and especially Tol Barad, lots more pools in those two; and in Tol Barad if you fish the ship-wrecked wreckage you get a lot of embersilk cloth, which is hard to come by, and you still maintain your chance at catching the turtle mount. I finally went to Northrend tried SB, BT, DB, GH, HF. Spent a lot of fishing in SB, BT, DB, and HF. Tried the frozen sea. I got to the point of being so frustrated I thought to give up and even began muttering to myself, so much time was spent. Then was headed into Dalaran, and saw some pools of Glassfin Minnows in the streams at Crystalsong Forest, so set down and fished one, then started my 2nd, saw something blue caught and then the achievement! Got it! I actually felt so good and relaxed after catching it and learning the mount it was amazing. I think I burnt myself to the point of being stressed, but like the others have said NEVER give up. Sooner or later, whether the first few hundred, or 6000+ casts you will get it.

Commentaire de 854530

Been fishing all day for this and just got it. I used the bone fishing pole + 30 fishing and a 308 fishing skill. Started about 4:00 pm fishing in howling forge (around the lake like most comments here). I was fishing fishing and fishing then i was reading these comments again and saw that someone tracked it and got it the first time. So i tracked it and on the first node (2nd cast) there was the Sea turtle. So thanks and hopes this helps someone

Commentaire de Smrtak

Farmed it for 5 hours today and still nothing. :(
I think that im too unlucky to catch it anyways, but i want it so much...i have all fishing achievements but this....

Commentaire de 863226

I think your all wrong to be honest, and unless some1 already said this (i apologize to that person) but i think it just might be called that due to the fact that its a 1% drop chance and if something is all the way at the bottom of the ocea,creak,river etc your gonna have a much harder time finding it. But hey I've been wrong before

Commentaire de itsraining2008

i got 3 Hareng sombre in 2 days and still no turtle for me :( @ winter's breath lake! I also fishing around northend and still unlucky for me :(
current fishing level = 450

Commentaire de qitty

You could also just read where it can be caught in the achievment book ^^. just sayin.

Commentaire de Esploratore

Well, this was a really long grind.

I started like 2 weeks ago, with 1.000, maybe more (no addon at the time) casts in fishing pools like the deepholm ones, some in northrend, probably even some in uldum.

I stopped as at the time I was also looking for rares like jadefang in deepholm, so I had to camp.

The thing that made me start again was that a guild mate of mine got it after like 150-180 casts, without even looking for it; I saw it with my eyes, the envy was TOO much!

Started fishing the same night for 2 hours, and the following days for 8-9 hours each one.

The places I chose were mostly borean tundra, grizzly hills, howling fjord, uldum.

I did over 2.000 casts in uldum and like 500-600 in borean tundra and howling fjord, mostly.

I did many complete laps around uldum, with like 400 casts a session, I fished even in other areas, like other northrend ones and in twilight highlands, but not so much.

In northrend I mostly fished in land water, I even got the dark herring from the big lake in howling fjord, winter's breath lake, with like 250 casts.

I also did a lap all around northrend, fishing for 3 hours from the not in land water, and nothing.

I even used the lake in borean tundra that has a very fast pools respawn, and nothing.

After 3-4 days of fishing, and over 4.400 casts, with approximatively 29-30 SERIOUS fishing hours of 150 casts per hour (!), I got it in uldum at the Oasis of Vir'Sar.

I saw something over the usual blackbelly mudfish, and though: "Ah, sea turtle...", then the achievement appeared and I said: "Sea turtle?".

As many said, don't give up if you can't get it after 100-300 casts, you'd have to be really lucky for it, the average seems to be 3.333 casts.

Even if you get past that keep fishing, you'll get it eventually.

By the way, not worth it at all, really slow compared to what I was expecting in water, but worth it for the satisfaction, revenge and victory against the unluck!

Commentaire de hannibalektr

This does not swim very fast, I was extremely disappointed. Cool graphic when it does the /mountspecial, thats it, too slow on ground and in the water to be worth a crap IMO, unless you are an achievement whorre.

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Tried a bunch in WOTLK to no avail, then it took me about 100 casts the other day after not trying for almost a year. Got mine in Northrend fishing pools on the shore of Howling Fjord. GL!

Commentaire de 883086

Spent 8hours at Winters Breath lake in Howling Fjord. No mount no Dark Herring.
Spent 3 hours at the lake in Borean Tundra. No mount. Forgot what the lakes called >o<!
Then pools here and there when i was around them. Still no luck.

I was talking to a personal friend outside of the game about farming it with no luck.
She told me where her dad had gotten his, and that his friends had gotten it there as well.

So while i was sitting in Org i figured why not, Ill give it a try.

Second pool, Second cast. Turtle is now mine <3

In the river between Borean Tundra and Dragonblight.

Good luck guys! and dont give up you will get it eventually! :)

Commentaire de dwhipkey

I was chasing this right before CATA came out but stopped until about a week ago. I estimate I probably did 1000+ pools before I stopped. I'm in a small guild and no one else was fishing so I decided to chase it again and help get the last cooking recipe. 8781 fish from pools later I landed the turtle mount. I rotated in the Northend pools so I could also gather the fish needed for "fish feast" so the guild can also use up old Northend seasoning and work toward the guild achievement for putting feasts out.

For those that wonder, it actually does still drop in Northend.

Commentaire de 870387

Ok first of all, I don't really like people posting uninformative threads but I am so thrilled that I got this today I couldnt help myself posting this!

I just got this on my 8th cast ever in northrend! Caught in crystal song forest at The Mirror of Twilight using no bait, using Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole with a total of 313 + 30 fishing skill. I fished in a glassfin school.

To all others who are still farming this, good luck! Hope a little bit of my luck might rub off on you guys :)

Commentaire de creamyonions

I had a guildmate get this achievement. We all cheered and congratulated them on the feat.

About ten minutes later they got 25 poissons. Our previous excitement immediately morphed into discontent.

Commentaire de Chekan

As it was stated above the best place to fish this up is Uldum from Eperlan ventre-noir schools. They are a lot there. So to not get bored as hell just queue for bgs and while waiting go to Uldum and try your luck. Also there is a chance u will spot the Figurine de dromadaire mystérieuse there. So you are killing several rabbits with 1 shot. It was the way i did it, i was workign on battlemaster and was fishing fishing fishing fishing starting in Ramkahen and down through the river.

Best of luck to those who are trying it!

Commentaire de 898889

Literally just got this in under 20 mins of fishing. I chose HowlingFjord (winterbreath's lake)

I have a 132 fishing skill and a strong fishing pole +10 fishing skill

used bright bauble +100 fishing skill

and thats it.

i ran by the edges of the lake to spot pools of fish and simply fished em. Youll catch fangtooth herring and pygmy fish. If u start bringin those up youre in the right pools..

not more than 20mins of fishing i fished up this mount, so it matters not of your fishing skill.

it fishes up like an ordinary item til u actually read what it is you wouldnt know it...once you open it up youll get the achieve.

its an awesome mount, very unique...isnt very fast on land but it can swim extremely fast which will prove very helpful crossing any water i encounter. It also shoots inside its own shell when sitting a while which is very amusing lol. I think this achieve should be tried by everyone, pretty cool achieve.

Drakyn
80 BM troll hunter
Ghostlands

Commentaire de templarcollector

Finally after a few years off and on trying to catch this mount I got it today.

Server Illidan - 6:31 PM central time

Was caught in the Frozen Sea after 315 catches. But total fish over the last two weeks is about 3000ish.

Commentaire de camberdan

Just fished up the Giant Sea Turtle and caught a Dark Herring to complete both "Turtles All The Way Down", "One That Didn't Get Away", "Accomplished Angler" and my Salty title within 24 hours of each other.

I fished exclusively in Howling Fjord "Fangtooth Herring" pools. Absolutely the best place to fish post Cataclysm! Did not compete with one other person over the span of about 3 weeks when I worked on this. You are fishing constantly in pools and don't have to wait around for new pools to spawn.

I have 575 total Fishing Skill with my gear (525 Skill - Mastercraft Kalu'ak Pole (+30) - Boots of the Bay (+15) - Weather Beaten Fishing Hat (+5)) and did not use lures.

Here are my stats:

Cauldros Isle - 455 Fangtooth

Howling Fjord Rivers - 434 Fangtooth

Winters' Breath Lake - 225 Fangtooth

Lake Cauldros - 37 Fangtooth

Daggercap Bay - 30 Fangtooth

Caldemere Lake - 25 Fangtooth

I caught my Turtle mount on my 994th Fangtooth Herring pool while on Cauldros Isle on Tuesday morning, then just 24 hours later caught the "Dark Herring" in the river that leads west from Cauldros Isle on my 1,206th cast into a Fangtooth pool.

A very happy 24 hours for me as I got the last of the fishing achieves so quickly.

Now that I have every Archeology and every Fishing Achievement, I have absolutely no idea what i am going to do with all my free time!

Commentaire de Shiggle

Caught this while trying for the Sea Pony on the coast of Dark Moon Island. It was a welcome boost after many many hours and still no pony!

Commentaire de Fenyan

Caugh it without even knowing and caring about how to get it, from my 2nd pool in Hyjal after Cata hit.
Ironically, I fished Orgrimmar for hours to get Old Crafty and wasn't lucky so far...

Commentaire de 802243

I was at Moa'ki doing the daily for the fishing pole when I noticed that there were a lot of residents riding sea turtles! So I fished there and landed a sea turtle mount pretty quickly using just my normal fishing stuff. Maybe you will have luck there! I would like to catch another but not sure that's possible. Would like to either give it as a gift or sell it on AH. Anyone know if you can catch more than one?

Commentaire de Departer

Well i start farming in Uldum today. Seems like its gonna be a pain.
I'll keep writing my progress.
Until now i got :

Blackbelly Mudfish x170
Volatile Water x43

Edit:
Blackbelly Mudfish x378
Volatile water x79
Still no turtle

Last edit:
Blackbelly Mudfish x550
Volatile water x127
i give up Uldum. Tomorrow i'll go for Twilight Highlands and will continue there.

Commentaire de kykuky

Just fished this up on the Darkmoon Island. So it is possible to find him in the areas named in the achievement and in Darkmoon Island. I only had a skill level of 236 in fishing.

Commentaire de 105402

Can anyone confirm that this can still be fished in Tol Barad ?

Because the new tooltip does specifically NOT mention it (pre 4.3 it only said "Northrend"), although i got it there previously on another char.

Commentaire de 156903

Grabbed this little reptile / amphibian today in Twilight Highlands. Fished around 1500-2000 pools before he decided to come say hi. I of course, had a pepperoni pizza waiting for him.

Commentaire de Fist

JUST (03/07/2012, 11:48AM server time, Borean Tundra; Aurelion) fished it at the Darkmoon Island (4.3) pier, from the Shipwreck Debris.

So not only "regular" CATA zones count.

Good luck, all ya Salties-To-Be! :)

Commentaire de Palathos

Just got this today and would like to add a little bit of information about it.

The description of the achievement did not include Tol Barad Peninsula, but I fished up the Sea Turtle from one of the pools there (specifically the shore near Shark Tank) while getting Fathom Eel as materials for the Seafood Magnifique Feast.

So it is not just "any fishing pool in Deepholm, Mount Hyjal, Twilight Highlands, Uldum, or Northrend", but also Tol Barad Peninsula, which is the most resource-rich place in the game, I think.

Commentaire de hotalot

To sum up; as you can see by clicking on the link of the actual drop item Tortue de mer, this baby

can be fished in Uldum (261), Twilight Highlands (213), Tol Barad Peninsula (133), Howling Fjord (103), Borean Tundra (62), Mount Hyjal (58), Deepholm (57), Grizzly Hills (56), Crystalsong Forest (41), Sholazar Basin (40), Dragonblight (29) and Darkmoon Island (14).

ie, it can be caught in ANY pool in ANY of the northrend and Cata zones.

With Grizzly Hills sporting a whopping 0.03% droprate (according to WoWhead, anyway; odds are droprates are the same in any of the applicable locations). I personally find the closeness and spawnrate on the pools in Grizzly hills quite decent; I just do a lap of the Blue Sky Logging Grounds lake and a bit of the connecting waterways.

Currently at 11.5k catches, have yet to encounter it XD.

Plusside of fishing in Northrend: next to no competition
Downside of fishing in Northrend: catches are relatively useless; since most people use cata fish for foodbuffs these days; you may still be able to sell some of what you catch, though, otherwise just vendor it.

Another interesting option may be Twilight Highlands, with the recent chance to the sagefish dropping from the coastal pools, it basically pays to fish anywhere you see sparklies on the water. I found Uldum too competitive, but that's personal. Don't even mention Tol Barad >.< Sometimes it seems every single char on my server is fishing or farming there.

Commentaire de artemis25

Fished up today at 8:06am server time - Blackwater Raiders
Northrend, Borean Tundra, Lake Kum'uya, from one of the Musselback Sculpin Schools
Maxed fishing, equipped with Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat, Captain Rumsey's Lager, Sharpened Fish Hook and Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole.

I actually wasn't trying for the achieve (sorry folks), but was doing the Dalaran fishing daily Blood is Thicker. Caught the required Bloodtooth frenzy and decided to fish out the remaining time on my cooldowns in the schools nearby. What a happy surprise! Good luck, fellow fishermen and women :)

Commentaire de timfbiron

A nice place to fish this up is Twilight Highlands along the coast. Not only can you get the Tortue de mer but you can make money doing so. Go along coast fishing in Sagerelle abyssale pools. You can sell these in AH for 7-10 gold each. I got mine and made some good $$.

Commentaire de halonah

I fished for a couple hours at Lake Kum'uya tonight with no nibbles... I flew to Uldum and on my fourth cast I fished it up! Posting pictures marked with locations. Good Luck all!

Commentaire de 801867

I went to howling fjord, the lake arounf Utgarde, I was going for the one that got away achievement and the turtle appeared. I fished to the north of Utgarde. I got this on the second pool fished.

Commentaire de lehearts

Fished one up from a Cata area - Uldum from a Fathom Eel Swarm.

Commentaire de woozii

best to do along with One That Didn't Get Away in Howling Fjords where you can catch Dark Herring

Commentaire de Kilroy7456

I know there are gameplay reasons for it... but does anyone else find it weird or funny that this can be fished up in Deepholm but there is no way to find it at all in freaking Vashj'ir?

Commentaire de 986802

I was just in Howling Fjord fishing for the rare spawn and up popped the turtle. Woots! It was in the fourth node of imperial manta rays I'd fished.

Commentaire de Vexious

So apparently Grizzly Hills has the highest catch rate right? its only by 0.01% giving it a total of 0.03% as opposed to most of the other 0.02%s. Other than that Crystal Song has the second highest rating. For me and efficiency purposes ima just farm which ever one has the most pools lol, makes sense right?

Commentaire de Mormolyce

This was my last profession achievement. I'd already fished over 700 times in pools (I stopped counting), over several months. Tonight I'd fished up 120 or so fish and somehow mid-way through the last cast I had the strangest feeling it was going to drop and THERE IT WAS!

Happened to me on a couple of other rare drop grinds too... it's like I have the most useless, short-range psychic power ever.

Commentaire de Chaoticflame

I finally did it! I'm so, so happy! After trying off and on, off and on for most of Wrath AND Cata, and finally most recently, fishing every single pool I pass by, I have finally caught my little Sea Turtle!

I was so excited. I was fishing off of Scalawag Island while looking for one of the last few rares I need for Frostbitten, drop my line in one of the Manta Ray pools, pull up something blue...No....No, that can't be right, no way....Loot and DING! Sure enough, it was my Sea Turtle! I almost jumped out of my chair, haha. And between what Rarity has counted and as far as I can guess, it only took me about 3-5k casts. Wow, so glad it didn't take me into the 10k+ range. xD I would've cried. Now to just get my bug mount and sprite darter....

Screenies:
http://imgur.com/a/z3ng8

Commentaire de donaldjacob

Fished it up in Uldum...was thinking one more cast and then i'll go see if i can find some camel statues for that mount and ...Boom! there she was, so happy:)

Commentaire de 995676

This post is for MasqTSP I read your post today about the Turtle mount and I went there took me about 2 hours with a break and I finallly got it Ive tried for years and not a thing so for all of you who would really like the turtle mount go to the tundra and fish in the schools in Lake Kum'uya you WILL get it sooner or later :o) happy fishing

Commentaire de MageShojnayr

well I've been fishin' the pools in lake Kum'ya for months, and deepholm before that, after trying the grizzly hills before that..huh! like the giant sewer rat, was almost about to decide to sod it after acouple of months solid..and then it came.. so i suppose the same will happen here. the title to these should be "achievments", but "friggin miracles".. :) just gotta hang in there, it seems from the posts it can pop up anywhere either sooner or later..just shear luck where and when.

Commentaire de 145014

ZOMFG AARRRGGHHHHHH! I swear the turtle does not exist!

Commentaire de 999028

I have looted 4,870 times in Northrend fishing pools and still no turtle mount tried both Wintersbreath Lake in Howling Fjord and the lake in Borean tundra with the crazed loot divers I forget the name of that lake. sigh the RNG hates me soo much:(

Commentaire de 983373

I have spend all of my WoW time over the past 3 and a half weeks trying for this achievement and still havent caught the turtle. I have currently caught 12,214 fish and 18,064 fish and other things.

However I have made a TON of gold so far and have lots of stock to sell. Here are my suggestions for places to fish for the turtle and make some cash in the process:

Tol Barad (use walk on water pots to travel among the shipyard, cape of lost hope and Rustberg village and the river that snakes across the entire zone). The eels and the supplies from the crates sell well). Best choice if zone isnt crowded.

Twilight Highlands--4 pools of fire spawn in the southwest and are worth fishing, the guppies in the river and pond are valuable too. The Deepsea sagefish can bet caught as a filler but are harder to sell.

Glassfin minnows in crystalsong forest are good to fish as you can make walk on water pots with them and you shouldnt have competition even at peak times. Use a dalaran ring to port to dalaran to quickly pop in an fish out the zone.

Hyjal has 4 pools of fire but the rest of the fish in the zone arent worth anything so I wouldnt fish here. Uldum has eels at the bottom of the river but the rest of the fish in the zone are worthless and you have cross the entire zone to get to the eels so I am not fond of fishing here either.

Commentaire de 1003275

Got it this morning using Kalu'ak Pole and +75 Fishing Hat out in Sholazar. To make the grind a little less painful I decided to catch fish to make Fish Feast to work on guild achieve for laying out 1500 feasts. The change of scenery from hopping around 3 zones was welcomed. Took roughly 1500 successful catches and I managed to lay out around 300 feasts in SW, 100 at a time...

Commentaire de Miztiq

I got my turtle now... finally! I chased it in periods for about 6-7 months. To day i was just trying out a gathering addon and i was fishing in Twilight Highlands.. then suddenly... THE ACHIVEMENT! Im soo happy now! I got it at 19:30 EU Sylvanas, on a smaller rock on the left side of Highbank. Here is a screenshot:
Screenshot

Commentaire de Yardys

Finally got this achievement after about 6 weeks of seriously trying for it. I used the Rarity add-on to keep track of my total number of attempts. In total, it was about 350 attempts in fishing pools in Crystalsong Forest and in Twighlight Highlands before I ultimately fished the turtle up in Twighlight Highlands.

I alternated between the two locations because since I'm also an alchemist, fishing up Glassfin Minnows in Crystalong Forest helps provide the mats needed for Elixir of Water Walking. And in Twighlight Highlands, the Highland Guppies are a component of various cooking recipes, including Seafood Magnifique. As a bonus, sometimes you also get Volatile Water from those pools in the large lake by Twighlight Citadel. You just have to watch out for the Enslaved Water minions things that will attack you and break your Water Walking if you take damage.

Commentaire de capnbiff

18,489 fish caught, 26,077 fish and other things caught. Oh...my...god, this was a grind. Subtracting about 4,000 caught while leveling and 6,000 while getting the Cata bloateds leaves about 8,500 fish caught for this Ach. The first 6,000 were all Fangtooth Herring at Winter's Breath Lake, which I fished relentlessly until the Dark Herring finally dropped. With that out of the way, there was no reason to stay in Northrend. The feast fish all sold for about the same price on my server, so the deciding factor was other loot. Tol Barad has lots of lovely Shipwreck Debris pools, so there I went.

What you should know about fishing in Tol Barad:
1) Pools. Fathom Eel pools yield 5 catches each, and about 1 in 5 catches will be Volatile Life instead of fish. If you miss the pool while fishing the river, you'll likely get useless Murglesnout. If you miss the pool while fishing off the coast, you'll likely get useful Deepsea Sagefish or Algaefin Rockfish. About 1 in 3 pools will be Shipwreck Debris. You'll get about 1.5 catches from each, and about 1 in 4 catches will be a single Azshara's Veil, the rest will be Sealed Crates.

2) Bag space. Fathom Eel pools are very space-efficient, Sealed Crates are the opposite. Those drop a LOT of cloth, plus ore and herbs greens and trash. Combined with the loot from those pirates you'll be unable to avoid, you will quickly run out of bag space. Expect to fill three bag spaces with misc goodies for every stack of fish. Don't start a serious fishing run with less than 50 open bag spaces.

3) Route. The Wowhead node map shows a tob of nodes all along the river, plus on the coast, plus over by Rustberg Village, so most folks run the circle route over the river and coast. I gave up on the river - there are too few active pools there per lap, and the travel time does not justify hitting them. I similarly ignored the Rustberg Village sites (which also have easily aggroed guards). Instead, the most productive route was to travel clockwise starting at the southern loop of the river just west of the last bridge, head west down the river to the coast, swim north along the docks**, then east along the coast by Farson Hold, then down the shoreline of the Cape of Lost Hope until reaching the first bridge, then south to the starting point to complete the loop. This loop usually has about 8 pools during quiet times, 3 if someone else is also fishing.
**access to the docks: There are two piers (north and south). You can only get to them overland by wading through lots of pirates (very inefficient) or by swimming inside the harbor (very efficient). To access them by water you need to swim north past the southern pier, then turn into the shore and land on the southernmost bit of land. Pop stealth or invis potion or the like, then run east and up the first set of stairs and then down to the pier proper, where you can knock off at most one guard, then hit the pool(s). If you don't have any stealth, then you'll have to fight past 2-4 guards to get to the guard on the pier. To get to the pools off the northern pier, head north along the coast from the previously mentioned landing spot, then run up the first stairs and down to the pier. No stealth is needed here, just deal with the odd guard as he appears.

4) Swimming. The major drawback to this route is the need to swim through half the route. Unless you're a DK or priest or druid, you only have two options: Elixir of Water Walking or Reins of Poseidus. The Elixir is by far the cheaper option, frequently available off the AH for just a few gold each from players who got it in their fishing daily goodie bags. Alternately, you can hire an alchemist to make some stacks for you. The problem with the Elixir is that it's pretty buggy in TB. I'm an Alch so I thought this would be sweet, but I finally gave up on using the Elixir on this grind. Instead, I bit the bullet and bought the Reins of Poseidus mount. If you're a mount collector and have 50+K to spend, go ahead and buy the mount if/when it hits your faction AH (drop rate is very low, should only be 1 listed every 1-2 weeks on most servers). Having that mount made this run about 25% more efficient.

5) Loot management. If you have a Traveler's Tundra Mammoth, pop it for the ride from the northern end point to the southern starting point, open your crates while you ride, and then vendor the trash. If you are mammoth-less, then plan on heading to your base camp every 3-4 circuits to open crates don't wait until your bags are full as you'll need 8-10 spaces to absorb all the different types of contents while you empty crates. After about two hours, I had 60 spaces full of valuable loot, so that gave me an excuse to hearth out, mail stuff to bank and AH alts, and just take a well-deserved break. Those 60 spaces were worth about 1K in fish and at least another 1K in other mats, including cloth. Did I mention you'd get a lot of cloth? I did? Do you believe me now?

6) Tank. I ran a clockwise route partly because of Tank. That shark is soloable for most 85s, but he takes time to kill, drops no worthwhile loot, and depending on where you aggro him, may cause you to pull pirates. Thus, avoiding Tank really increases your efficiency. His patrol pattern along the southern coast runs mostly east-to-west, then loops north. If you swim in from the west side and see him coming towards you, stop and wait until he swings north, then you can duck behind him and continue down the coast. If you don't see him, then he's probably already past you and you've got a clear path. (This presumes you are traveling faster than swimming speed - I don't remember the timing when just swimming). Another benefit of this path is that, if there are no coastal pools on your minimap, you can swim just north of the shore past the first hill without getting close enough to shore to aggro any of the pirates in the water.

I hope this was of some use to you. If it was, please rate it up. Best of luck!

Commentaire de 655915

I had to add this story from my old guild.

A fairly religious guildie was fishing for the turtle while having a tense, but polite, debate with an atheist in our guild. The atheist said "If God exists, have him help you get the turtle mount."

The religious guildie said a prayer in guild chat and then.......

The achieve pops up. The timing couldn't have been any more perfect. Even our atheist guildie thought it was priceless.

Commentaire de DoomBap

Just caught the turtle in the 'Jade Forest - Pandaria' from a school of Jade Lungfish

The school was located in the river to the west of Camp Nooka Nooka

The achievment tooltip hasn't been updated to mention Pandaria zones yet, but it would seem that it can be fished in Pandaria schools.

Commentaire de 1037671

Just fished this up in Étendues sauvages de Krasarang in a Reef Octopus pool.

Achievement description has not been updated to include Pandaria zones yet.

Commentaire de Ruvan22

This is my first ever post on WoWhead, even though I've been using it for years. So I hope you understand how excited I am! The turtle CAN BE FISHED IN PANDARIA. I was in Karasong Wilds, on the coast trying to catch Mantid, and to my surprise it popped up. So don't feel you have to go back to WotLK or Cata zones!

Commentaire de Harthyde

I completed this achievement in valley of four winds in Pandaria =3 cheer!

Commentaire de damastez

Would like to add that after countless hours of fishing in Wrath and Cata, I finally got this today (4OCT2012) from a MOP pool in Krasarang Wilds.

Commentaire de Thortok2000

This can indeed be caught in Mists of Pandaria zones even though the achievement doesn't (yet) say so.

Here's a video of me catching it!

Commentaire de 263031

Can be fished elsewhere too i guess.
Just got him at kunlai summit 59.32 at 593 fishing skill

Commentaire de xsmx

I fished mine in Yan-Zhe River, Valley of the Four Winds! (Emperor Salmon School at 453 skill level)

Best of luck to you all!

Commentaire de 980010

This can be completed in Pandaria even though the tooltip says it can only be complete in Northrend and Cataclysm zones.

After ages of trying to get this in both WotLK and Cata I was very surprised when the achievement popped up whilst fishing in a Jade Lungfish pool in Jade forest

Commentaire de Azrulian

I can confirm today that you CAN catch the Sea Turtle from Pandaren fishing pools, even though the tooltip on the achievement has not been updated. I finally caught the Sea Turtle today, 10/9/2012 from an emperor salmon pool in Valley of the Four Winds, after trying for 3 years to catch it. Good luck everyone!

Commentaire de Yerbury

Per other recent posts, you can indeed fish this up from Pandaren pools. I got mine while fishing in Jade Forest today. This is a great help to those who want the achievement but don't want the endless (lonely) hours grinding in Northrend or Cata zones. Thanks, Blizzard, for making this achievement a little more accessible.

Commentaire de pioneers14

I can also confirm that you can catch the Sea Turtle Mount in Pandaria. I caught mine earlier today in the "Valley of the Four Winds."

Commentaire de knightmagic

Just got this out of a Pandaria Pool near the angler's.

Commentaire de GenPatton91

Now includes Pandaria as of patch 5.1

Commentaire de 1030968

I just confirmed that this achievement is still obtainable in Mists of Pandaria from the pools on the Pandaria continent.

My specific pool I fished this out of was an Emperor Salmon pool in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. GL and happy fishing

Commentaire de 589230

Despite the description on this achievement... it is also obtainable from Pandaland, I've just fished up my turtle from a fishing pool in the Jade Forest (after years looking for one elsewhere)!

Commentaire de Bethgael

This turtle can now also be fished up from pools that spawn off the coast of Darkmoon Faire.

I just got one (10.23pm 4 November Australian time, server about 4.23am). Was very surprised, to say the least!

The pool gave sealed crates that produced MoP level cloth and Healing pots, so I daresay this is new.

Commentaire de 991302

11/9/12 at 1:59am server i was fishing at the darkmoon faire. there was a really nasty troll, covering the shipwrecked fishing holes with his mammoth mount and other childish things. but anyway, i was fishing up some good crates, lotta green items, and thought hey maybe i should stay a lil bit and see if the turtle mount shows up, and there it was, turtles all the way down flashed over my screen. ive been off and on trying for this guy for a couple months now. good things come to those that don't troll. good luck!

Commentaire de crazycooky77

I can also confirm that the Sea Turtle mount can be fished up in Pandaria. Caught it in a pool in Valley of the Four Winds in Cattail Lake last night.

Commentaire de Sossamon

I have just got this achievment whilst fishing for cooking mats from the river slightly north west of Serpent's Heart, in the Jade Forest, in Pandaria. I had completely forgotten about this after trying for so long in Northrend whilst waiting for ICC raids to form!

Commentaire de 1057184

Awesome to have finally gotten this little guy. I pulled him up last night in a tiger gourami pool in krasrang wilds

Commentaire de Dantor

The achievment text is a bit wrong, I got in Krasarang Wilds in Pandaria (25/69).

Commentaire de 1057699

Can be obtained in Pandarian zones. Just caught mine right after finishing The Angler dailies in Krasarang Wilds in a pool right next to them about 71.0, 47.8! First cast trying to get my last two points to 600.

Commentaire de Guy19

Can now be fished from pools in Pandaria, as À la pêche à la tortue and comments reflect.

Commentaire de Dust

Feeling discouraged? You can do it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2HcRl4wSk

The À la pêche à la tortue achievement is one of the better examples of just how random that WoW's internal Random Number Generator (RNG) can really be in some cases.

As some of the posts here indicate, you might fish it up in less than a hundred casts. If your luck is a little lacking, such as mine was, it could take you one, two, even three or more years to fish up this mount. In my case, I periodically fished over three-years before finally getting it.

Time is on your side. You'll get it!

Commentaire de tryday

Fished it up today in Valley of the Four Winds in a pool of Krasarang Paddlefish!

Commentaire de Akitnaya

FINALLY fished up the turtle mount from Anglers Wharf in Krasarang Wilds at 3 or 4 in the morning on US server Area 52! My bf swore i'd never get it. Well let's just say he'll be getting a screenshot when he wakes up! =D

I will also provide a screenshot! Happy fishing guys!

Commentaire de zaheer12a

With the introduction of fish of the day, I would 100% recommend fishing the fish of the day for the turtle. Not only are there like 50 pools next to each other, but they respawn really fast as well. El's Anglin does a good job at explaining so here it is: http://www.elsanglin.com/fish_of_day.html

Commentaire de kokomatic

does anyone know if you can frish the turtle form the special pools from Ben de la Voix tonitruante?

Commentaire de Jmech1986

Just to clarify and confirm, the turtle mount can be fished up from the larger pools that spawn in daily fishing area. I just caught mine tonight from one of them, so when you see one by all means jump on it.

Commentaire de ZekkDistor

Just thought I'd add another usable spot, for people who don't want to bother with the daily fish (~~I mean, jewel danio? really?~~*cough* just read that they are required for the pandaria banquet XD)
I've been fishing in the lake northwest of Niuzao temple today, there's pools of Redbelly Mandarin and Emperor Salmon there, which will respawn before you've made a single round around the lake, so all in all very useful. Especially if you're into cooking, because Redbelly Mandarin can only be caught in large quantities in the Townlong Steppes in that lake.

Commentaire de 382217

Just acquired this adorable little aqua turbo turtle, 11:45 PM, Lightbringer
Fished it out of the Valley of the Four Winds on the Yan-Zhe River, right in between The Imperial Granary and The Stormstout Brewery. Note: This turtle was fished out of an Emperor Salmon School.

Cheers!

Commentaire de WoWarela

Got this achievement and soulbound mount today 28.7.13 after Eu server restart from a Giantis Mantis fish pool at the Island of Giants next to Aliance flight point :) the fish pool was right in between hordie and ally flight points actually, at a top of this small cape into the water. The turtle does swim a lot faster than any other mounts (but its probably not as good as sea horse). anyway, ill try it out in bg's, the ability to swim faster in water seems not to be disabled in bg's, unlike in water striders case, that might be very usefull :)

Commentaire de 1141320

Just fished this out of swarm of panicked paddlefish in Krasarang, cords 35.5,33.0 which is near cranewing refuge.

Commentaire de bYeonios

I wonder if it can be fished up from Large Pools in Pandaria spawned from fishing daily event... Anyone?

Commentaire de 602748

Fished it up tonight on Timeless Isle with a fishing skill of 565 (+10). Never intentionally tried to get him and he just showed up tonight when I was farming the endless jewel danio nodes in the pond behind the Celestial Court. Happy fishing, he's out there!

Commentaire de Hiuhime

Wanna get this just so I can tell people who ask where I got it, to 'Go fish'

Commentaire de KatieKennaWins

I got mine in Lake Kittitata in Pandaria. The schools of jade lungfish respawn quickly, so it's a good place to camp out.

Commentaire de AlexxiaGurubashi

On the Achievement itself it says: "Fish up a Sea Turtle mount from any fishing pool in Deepholm, Mount Hyjal, Twilight Highlands, Uldum, Northrend or Pandaria." It does not specify "Large" pools, it can be any.

Now I've been grinding out the daily fishing pools for Nat Pagle rep and still have not fished this mount up... This is days and hours of doing nothing but fishing in pools... Good luck all!

Commentaire de LTX319

Not sure if it was luck or coincidence:

Location: All highly mentioned locations in this topic
Time Frame: All of 2013 (on and off of course)
Fishing Pool: Whatever was in the location obviously
Fishing Level: 1-490ish
Fishing Pole: None
# Of Casts: 349503845938459034853045984035> (its possible that number (thought it doesn't exist) may be correct
End Result: A lot of fish, a few crates, several hundred gold, some few choice words for Blizzard

Location: Timeless Isle
Time Frame: Past 2 days - March 23rd-24th
Fishing Pool: Jewel Danio (Pools don't stop spawning, as soon as you empty one, a new one spawns)
Fishing Level: 521
Fishing Pole: None
# Of Casts: 158+/-
End Result: Sea Turtle Mount ^_^

So she's still out there waiting to be caught! Don't give up!

Commentaire de Plentyy

Hey guys, I made an account just to say this, I got the mount after 186 casts in ONLY the reef octupus fishing pools, north of the Jade Forest. That place is the best one for farming this mount in my opinion because there are literally ENDLESS amounts of pools there, no matter how quick you do it, there will always be a lot there.

What I did to make this grind not so boring was to first, have sound play in background, then I just browsed through random fishing guides and read comments on this comment page, alt tabbing to get my fishies and recast. Oh my god I am so happy I cannot believe this.

Commentaire de Constantime

Just got this fishing from the dock just south of the Canary in Valley of the Four Winds with a fishing skill of 486 and the Fishing Charm buff from the ghostly panda fisherman.

Commentaire de akasachmo

Does the Ancien charme de pêche pandaren have any effect on getting the Tortue de mer?

Commentaire de serooms

Does anyone know if you an get the Mount from WoD schools? The achievement doesn't have WoD listed, but it would seem odd for them to stop adding it as expacs come out.

I'm hoping it is just a little error in the tool tip that has not been updated.

*EDIT*
So I talked to a GM, and he said this;

Right now, the Sea Turtle Mount is not a part of the Draenor Fishing Pools.. But there may be other ways to get it in Draenor! Without giving too much information away...

So there ya go.

Commentaire de Knjaz

1050 fishing, ~1100 casts. all in lake north-west of niuzao temple.

Commentaire de darktsuki

Just wanted to say that it is possible to fish the turtle while trying to fish to raise your Nat Pagle's reputation, I just did so and ended up fishing both the Flying Tiger Gourami and the turtle in a single cast, as well as the normal pool fish.

Commentaire de 1386299

Just want to say F. U. Turtles all the Way Down! I got a Tête de Mimiron before I fished up a turtle. Still waiting so many long years. My twin keeps his extra turtle in his bank to torment me with it.

Commentaire de Sacrumlumen

After some years looking for this mount (and the achievement) with no result, today I have got both... in the fishing pond of my Garrison!

1. Fishing in the pond of my garrison, I have caught a Lunarfall Carp.
2. Following the instructions, I have thrown it into the Garrison fishing pond, to summon a Lunarfall Cavedweller.
3. After killing the Lunarfall Cavedweller, the loot was an awesome Sea Turtle and the achievement Turtles All the Way Down.

According to Wowhead, the possibilities are of 0,3%. So, I have been very very lucky, because it was my fourth Lunarfall Carp thrown to the pond.

Commentaire de Random0182

Caught Tortue de mer in Garrison with level 3 fishing shack, kept tossing the Vairon givre-profond to summon Troglodyte givre-profond which dropped the mount. Only killed about 10 of those and fished for just two hours or so.

Commentaire de 1501598

So I have been trying for this achievement for awhile now with no luck as of yet. I still try for about an hour at a time when I feel in the fishing mood focusing on fish pools in pandaria. While I am disappointed not getting the mount, I have been using all the fish I catch at the farm to make bundles of groceries, which give you an ironpaw token for each bundle. Its a great way to gather the ironpaw tokens, you only get one or two a day from the daily quests. Good luck to all!

Commentaire de Verenda

Can confirm; you will be awarded this achievement if you loot the Sea Turtle from a cave dweller or purchase it from the Black Market Auction House, even though the achievement clearly states "fish up". This also applies to the Giant Sewer Rat.

Commentaire de Chenom

Caught a Tortue de mer in my Garrison when turning in my shypyard missions. Some of my boats were equipped with Filet de pêche rohart. Didnt know we could get it from that but wanted to share!

Commentaire de SleepyDwarf

Since this is available from Pandaria fishing pools you can fish for the Tiny Carp at the same time. Just ask Ben of the Booming Voice in Halfhill where is good to fish. There will be so many pools. Also you can use the fish to get Ironpaw tokens if you need them.

Commentaire de Dianora

Can be fished via garrison ships equipped with fishing net.

Commentaire de Longfeng

I got this achievement on 01/03/2015.

I managed to get this mount from a trogg dweller in my garrison.

Commentaire de MikeBowen23

I just got this fishing for the danio on timeless isle, only one other person in my guild has this mount that I am aware of and we both fished it out of the same lake.

Commentaire de Drusin

6,501 casts, 191 frostdeep minnow and this achievement is mine boys. Also got 72 of Nat's Lucky Coins, about 10 of the Unusual Compass toys, and 1 Bone Fishing Pole.

Commentaire de kable13

I can confirm you are able to loot this turtle from the the mobs you spawn in your garrison when you throw in a Lunarfall carp. I just got mine about five minutes ago and it caught me off guard.

Commentaire de Maximborn

To anyone else trying to find this achievement in your achievements log it's under 'Professons'>'Fishing' and not under 'Collections>'Mounts'

Commentaire de Riems

As of July 23rd, there's a bug/exploit/unintended change that allows you to get this achievement relatively easy. It was introduced by the legion personal loot changes.

If you fish in a raid everyone can loot the "Lunarfall Cavedwellers" that are summoned by the Carps you can fish up. So you gather 40 people in a raid group and constantly fish the garrision lake, and every cavedweller kill gives everyone a chance at turtle mount, even if you didn't fish up the carp.

You don't even need to even fish to do this or a level 3 fishing shack. I got the riding turtle without even having a fishing shack.

With this approach it took me about two hours to get one of the mounts.

Commentaire de Tannarah

Jan 15/2017
I just got this turtle from Draenor Garrison Missions in wow with the boat missions!
Happy am I this morning!

Commentaire de ssjsean

Finally got my turtle at a Spinefish School in Ingkill Mere (Kun-Lai Summit, Pandaria).
This is after roughly a week of solid farming for it in Northrend to no avail.
Max fishing plus 60 in buffs.

Commentaire de matter19

just got this this today in my garrison on the third carp drop.

Commentaire de threninduil

The mount recently dropped for me in a surprising place. I was running the Darkmoon Faire fishing quest by fishing up the crate pools around the island. I reeled in a cast and up popped the achievement. I had been trying to get this mount since Lich King I think. I had really given up on it, so don't stop trying. You will get it.... e v e n t u a l l y.

Commentaire de Adriyel

"Turtles all the way down" is a term for the concept of Anavastha from Indian philosophy, which states that there is no underlying basis, or ground, for existence. Epistomologically, it is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Turtle that supports the earth on its back. It suggests that this turtle rests on the back of an even larger turtle, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large turtles that continues indefinitely (i.e., "turtles all the way down").
The reference to turtles all the way down has been alluded to since the 16th century. The first known reference to a Hindu source is found in a letter by Jesuit Emanual de Veiga in 1599. Others have alluded to it in countless writings since. Johann Gottlieb Fichte wrote in 1794 that that there is a necessary foundation to knowledge. David Hume, Bertrand Russel, The Grateful Dead, Steven Hawking, Justice Antonin Scalia, and even singer songwriter Sturgill Simpson has a song named "Turtles All the Way Down", and is well worth the listen.

Commentaire de Tomcatbear

Not sure if the 8.3 fishing nodes in Uldum count.

Rarity isn't showing progress in fishing the nodes.
All The Things isn't letting me know that i am missing the mount from the zone.
not sure if addons aren't updated or if catching the sea turtle is not possible in the 8.3 version of the zone.

Looking for confirmation:
Let us know if you caught the sea turtle in 8.3 zone nodes or went to the previous version.

Commentaire de Merq

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/Ididm0F ----- Doing my due diligence by posting that as of 5/26/2020, you can still get this achievement unlocked by fishing up the Sea Turtle in your Garrison's level 3 fishing shack by killing the cave dweller. I farmed for a few days and finally got it. I probably killed about 750-1,000 Lunarfall Cavedwellers to get it in total. I couldn't find any comments from people in the last year saying this method was still 100% possible so I wanted to give people looking at the comments like I do some hope. KEEP ON FISHING IN THAT EASY GARRISON MODE FOR THIS ONE! Forget about searching for pools of fish all day and night! :)

Commentaire de sistah2

I (Level 42DK) followed the advice in one of the comments here and went to Lake Kum'uya Borean Tundra (54.96 43.96). Maxed fishing skill with Arcane Lure + Underlight Angler + Bright Baubles.
The lake has about 5 pools of Musselback Sculpin Schools somewhat spaced out with some Loot Crazed Divers walking around. Nothing too bad.
I did one lap of the lake and started my second round at the coordinates above and got my mount on cast #47.

Fishing Buddy active and displays the following:
Total Casts 47
Musselback Sculping 25
Pygmy Suckerfish 14
Reinforced Crates 3
Dragonfin Angelfish 3
Sea Turtle 1
Bonescale Snapper 1

Commentaire de HellsBells08

I had entirely given up & forgotten about this.... 600 fish later from Pandaland pools and BOOM. Sunday morning made. I finally got the drop from a tiger gourami pool.

Commentaire de realEldestructo

I just achieved this from a naval quest in my garrison. I read that the Tuskarr Net would do the trick, and after about a year, it did.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/1ly6Ztt

Commentaire de pegatron

I've been fishing a lot to get more Tuskarr rep and also becoming friend with the anglers by maxing his rep, so ive been fishing a lottttttttt, more than 5000 fishes later still no mount.

Commentaire de Pumpkinpuff

My favorite place to farm was at Winter's breath lake. I felt like the pools were pretty close together for quick farming. Got mine at the 4000 mark. Get cozy, get your favorite drink and put on your favorite show. Hes pretty cute and surprisingly fast in the water

Commentaire de epicdeath

So at around 5900 fish the turtle dropped. But the loot window closed when I missclicked recast instead of accepting to loot. Happy days..

Edit: At 7231 it dropped aghain. No fat fingers this time.
So it for sure drops at least until you get the achievement.

Commentaire de elarix

Fished this up in the pools north of Temple of the White Tiger in Pandaria. Overall attempts around 160ish.

Commentaire de Biancamella

I confirm that I just got this achievement while fishing in my garrison.

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