Does fishing skill matter?

[Rocketa]

Just effin do it if you like it, or don't if you dislike it. What's so complicated about this concept?

[Cubster20038]

Haven't ready been able to find a response googling so figured I would ask it here. In past expansions I fished a loot and managed to obtain a fully fishing plus set. With legion I changed characters and I'm wondering if fishing skill still has any bonuses beyond not being reliant on pools as much.

Does it give any tangible benefits to having a fully overcaped fishing skill in bfa?

yes it does

[Calfredd]

yes it does

Answering a 3-year old banned account?

[walterstone]

Yep, simply less junk when fishing in open water. But the % of catching junk isn't that high to begin with. My fresh alt needed to fish up a bunch of generic fish for a (herbalism?) quest. I think it were Lane Snappers, so no special quest fish or anything. Only got 2 or 3 trash catches (in open water) before finishing the quest, even managed to catch a Midnight Salmon. Fishing skill hardly matters. If your goal is to simply catch as many fish as possible, just fish in open water regardless of skill level.