Money making guide/Catching sardines & herring

Catching sardines & herring

Requirements
Skills
10 (30+ recommended) 15+ Recommended
Items
Fishing rod
Quest
None
Other
None
Results
Profit	Experience gained
20,792, after tax	12,215
Inputs (2,470)	Outputs (23,262, after tax)
494 × Fishing bait (2,470)	262 × Raw sardine (6,546)232 × Raw herring (16,717)

The profitability of this method varies by fishing level. The chart above is based on fishing level 30. For other levels, please consult the profitability chart below.

Currently raw sardines are worth 25 and raw herring are worth 73 at the grand exchange. This guide assumes you bank and sell both types. If there is an extremely large discrepancy in these prices, you may find it more profitable to simply drop the cheaper one rather than banking them.

Just south-west of the Draynor Village bank, there are some spots to bait fish. If you need to get a fishing rod or replenish your supply of fishing bait, you can visit the fishing shop in Port Sarim. If you are below 15 , you may get attacked by the aggressive dark wizards that patrol the area.

The profit listed in the table above is based on fishing level 30 . As your fishing level increases, you catch fish faster and a higher proportion of the fish caught are the more profitable herring. Starting at level 57 , you will catch more herring than sardines. Because the quality of your catch improves as level increases, the profit is not simply proportional to the catch speed your fishing level provides. The following chart demonstrates how profitability scales with fishing level.

Note that you can bait fish with just level 5 , but you cannot catch herring until level 10 , which severely limits profitability.

Profitability of bait fishing, by level (per hour)

Level	% Herring	Trips	Total Fish	Fish Caught	Coins Profit	Profit/Fish	Experience	Exp/Fish
5	0%	7	182	Raw sardine x182 Raw herring x0	3,640	20	3,640	20
10	45%	13	338	Raw sardine x183 Raw herring x155	14,200	41.97	8,310	24.57
20	46%	16	416	Raw sardine x225 Raw herring x191	17,488	42.09	10,230	24.60
30	47%	19	494	Raw sardine x260 Raw herring x234	21,112	42.69	12,220	24.73
40	48%	22	572	Raw sardine x298 Raw herring x274	24,592	42.96	14,180	24.78
50	49%	25	650	Raw sardine x329 Raw herring x321	28,408	43.69	16,210	24.94
60	51%	27	702	Raw sardine x344 Raw herring x358	31,224	44.47	17,620	25.10
70	52%	29	754	Raw sardine x361 Raw herring x393	33,944	45.01	19,010	25.21
80	54%	31	806	Raw sardine x371 Raw herring x435	37,000	45.90	20,470	25.40
90	56%	33	858	Raw sardine x381 Raw herring x447	37,866	46.66	21,930	25.55
99	57%	34	884	Raw sardine x377 Raw herring x507	42,016	47.55	22,750	25.74

This table assumes fishing until an inventory of 26 fish is filled and it takes ~15 seconds per banking cycle of travel.

The raw sardines and raw herring can be cooked; however, this cuts deeply into your profits and is not recommended if your aim is simply to accumulate coins. Grand exchange prices between the cooked and uncooked versions are often unfavourable. Also, there is a chance to burn the fish and make it worthless if your cooking level is not sufficiently high.

Cooking Profitability

Fish	Minimum Level	Level to never burn	Experience	Uncooked Price	Cooked Price	Profit/Loss	GP/EXP
Sardine	1	38	40	25	13	−12	−0.30
Herring	5	41	50	73	25	−48	−0.96