Raw Spotted Yellowtail

🐟 FishFishing

Derived from the WoW Classic 1.12 game data, not copied from a wiki. How this is built. Updated 20 August 2026.

Use: Restores 874.8 health over 27 sec. Must remain seated while eating.

Raw Spotted Yellowtail crafts

Raw Spotted Yellowtail is used for a single craft.

Cooking

Name / QualityRecipe SourceRates
Spotted Yellowtail
vendor
225 265 285 305

Raw Spotted Yellowtail is a fish caught with the Fishing profession in WoW Classic Era. The zones it is usually found in require around 225 Fishing skill to fish without constant getaways.

What Raw Spotted Yellowtail is used for

Cooking: Spotted Yellowtail

Where to get Raw Spotted Yellowtail

Dropped by

54 creatures drop it; the 8 with the best chance are listed. Chances are the effective ones, with loot groups and reference tables resolved.

Source	Level	Zone	Chance
Great Sharkelite	52	Tanaris	71.4%
Coral Sharkelite	46-47	Dustwallow Marsh	15.3%
Giant Surf Gliderelite	48-50	Tanaris	13.8%
Steeljaw Snapper	42-43	Tanaris	10.9%
Mudrock Snapjaw	41-42	Dustwallow Marsh	10.8%
Saltwater Snapjaw	49-50	The Hinterlands	10.4%
Surf Glider	48-50	Tanaris	10.1%
Mudrock Borer	42-43	Dustwallow Marsh	10.0%

Pickpocketed from

A rogue can lift it from 14 humanoids; the 8 with the best chance are listed.

Creature	Level	Zone	Chance
Hatecrest Serpent Guard	44-45	Feralas	9.5%
Hatecrest Siren	42-43	no fixed spawn	9.1%
Spitelash Serpent Guard	48-49	Azshara	8.3%
Naga Explorer	43-44	Stranglethorn Vale	7.4%
Spitelash Warrior	46-47	Azshara	6.9%
Hatecrest Screamer	41-42	no fixed spawn	6.8%
Hatecrest Myrmidon	43-44	Feralas	6.8%
Hatecrest Sorceress	43-44	Feralas	6.4%

Where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail

72 stretches of water across 17 zones, from the game’s own fishing tables. The best of them is Beezil's Wreck in Dustwallow Marsh at 100% a cast, which needs 130 fishing. Zones are ordered by their best water.

Dustwallow Marsh100%
Tanaris52.7%
Swamp of Sorrows50%
Wetlands50%
Feralas46%
Azshara45.7%
The Hinterlands44.4%
Stranglethorn Vale43.8%
Silverpine Forest27.3%
Arathi Highlands23.2%
Tirisfal Glades20.4%
Desolace19.6%
Darkshore4.5%
Elwynn Forest3.8%
Ashenvale2.3%
Eastern Plaguelands0.3%
Westfall0.2%

Map of Dustwallow Marsh showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 2 named stretches of water — Dustwallow Marsh — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Dustwallow Marsh that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Beezil's Wreck	100%	130
Theramore Isle	21.8%	130
The Great Sea	21.5%	130
Tidefury Cove	19.9%	130
Dustwallow Bay	19.7%	130
Dreadmurk Shore	19.6%	130
Open water	16.5%	130

Map of Tanaris showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 4 named stretches of water — Tanaris — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Tanaris that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Dunemaul Compound	52.7%	205
Lost Rigger Cove	47%	205
Wavestrider Beach	45.5%	205
Steamwheedle Port	44.6%	205
Southbreak Shore	41.5%	205
Open water	27.8%	205
South Seas	19.5%	205

Map of Swamp of Sorrows showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 2 named stretches of water — Swamp of Sorrows — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Swamp of Sorrows that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Harborage	50%	130
Misty Reed Strand	19.9%	130
The Forbidding Sea	17.9%	130
Open water	15.3%	130

Map of Wetlands, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Wetlands — fishable from 55 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Wetlands that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Forbidding Sea	50%	55
The Great Sea	25.7%	55

Map of Feralas showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 3 named stretches of water — Feralas — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Feralas that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Feathermoon Stronghold	46%	205
Isle of Dread	45%	205
The Veiled Sea	45%	205
Sardor Isle	43.4%	205
Ruins of Solarsal	42.1%	205
The Forgotten Coast	40.1%	205
Open water	16.8%	205

Map of Azshara showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 7 named stretches of water — Azshara — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Azshara that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Ruined Reaches	45.7%	205
The Shattered Strand	41.5%	205
Southridge Beach	40.5%	205
Tower of Eldara	38%	205
Jagged Reef	36.5%	205
The Great Sea	28.9%	205
Open water	17.8%	205
Bay of Storms	8.8%	330
Temple of Arkkoran	8.8%	205
Scalebeard's Cave	3.3%	330
Hetaera's Clutch	3%	330

Map of The Hinterlands showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: one named stretch of water — The Hinterlands — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in The Hinterlands that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Overlook Cliffs	44.4%	205
The Forbidding Sea	39.8%	205
Open water	23.5%	205

Map of Stranglethorn Vale showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 8 named stretches of water — Stranglethorn Vale — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Stranglethorn Vale that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Jaguero Isle	43.8%	205
Wild Shore	22.5%	130
The Crystal Shore	21.6%	130
Bloodsail Compound	20.6%	130
Southern Savage Coast	20%	130
The Cape of Stranglethorn	19.2%	130
The Savage Coast	19.1%	130
The Vile Reef	18.8%	130
Booty Bay	18.6%	130
Open water	9.5%	130
Grom'gol Base Camp	5.8%	130
Zuuldaia Ruins	1.7%	130
Janeiro's Point	0.1%	130

Map of Silverpine Forest, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Silverpine Forest — fishable from 1 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Silverpine Forest that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Great Sea	27.3%	1

Map of Arathi Highlands showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: one named stretch of water — Arathi Highlands — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Arathi Highlands that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Drowned Reef	23.2%	130
Faldir's Cove	17.9%	130
The Forbidding Sea	13.5%	130
Open water	1.1%	130

Map of Tirisfal Glades, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Tirisfal Glades — fishable from 1 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Tirisfal Glades that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Great Sea	20.4%	1

Map of Desolace showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: 2 named stretches of water — Desolace — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Desolace that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Sar'theris Strand	19.6%	130
The Veiled Sea	16.1%	130
Open water	4.8%	130
Ethel Rethor	0.3%	130
Shadowprey Village	0.1%	130

Map of Darkshore, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Darkshore — fishable from 1 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Darkshore that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Veiled Sea	4.5%	1

Map of Elwynn Forest, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Elwynn Forest — fishable from 1 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Elwynn Forest that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Thieves Camp	3.8%	1

Map of Ashenvale showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: one named stretch of water — Ashenvale — fishable from 55 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Ashenvale that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Veiled Sea	2.3%	55
The Zoram Strand	0.1%	55

Map of Eastern Plaguelands showing where to fish Raw Spotted Yellowtail: one named stretch of water — Eastern Plaguelands — fishable from 330 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Eastern Plaguelands that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	0.3%	330
The Noxious Glade	0.3%	330

Map of Westfall, where Raw Spotted Yellowtail is caught in open water — Westfall — fishable from 1 skillNothing to mark here — Raw Spotted Yellowtail comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Westfall that yields Raw Spotted Yellowtail
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	0.2%	1