Was really surprised by this; Darkclaw Lobster does indeed average 48g per stack. Which is amazing, given it’s a Bay of Storms trash fish. Specifically it's the fish you're most likely to catch in open water (non fish pool) fishing. And cheeseheadnate is correct. Empirically I've found Scalebeard's Cave is the best place to catch them.

I think the reason this is: Darkclaw Lobster is used in Lobster Stew and cooking Lobster Stew is the easiest way to skill from 275 to 310 cooking. Evidently a lot of players skill up cooking, and skip fishing.

Which goes to show, if you skill up cooking, skill up your fishing simultaneously, and if you skill up fishing, you may as well skill up cooking, because fishing gives you a ton of cooking mats.


Edited, Nov 19th 2009 1:40pm by kstahmer

Great advice! Was able to get Darkclaw Lobster with out much trouble. Was a little skeptical with the posts below this one, but my fishing started at 220 and was still able to get the Darkclaw Lobster.

Azshara, head NE to Scalebeard's Cave (just off shore).

So you got yourself a Master cookbook. Now what?
Of all the alternative recipes, you need the lobster stew one to avoid cooking all the green recipes for ever and finish your way up to 300 in cooking. The other recipes you might be able to find (for squid or salmon) are harder to fish for in comparison. OK...so you get the recipe from a trader in Feathermoon stronghold (an island off the ferelas coast) and then you go to Azshara to fish in the bay of storms. The lobster's only reason for existence is to help you complete your skill level to 300. After that it is outland recipes up to 375.

I randomly picked up a stack of 20 of these in the AH the other day because they were cheap. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that on a lvl 60 pet they add 35 hapiness per tick (or chew...) Anyway, cheaper than roast quail for me, so it might be an easy way to fish or buy good pet food.

I began fishing in Azhara last night, off the coast on an island. I pulled these out of the water by the hundreds.

Only problem is, you have to have a buffed fishing skill - 320 (300 fish and big iron pole) was not enough! I had to use Baubles too!