FishingKit - TBC Anniversary Edition

Description

FishingKit is a comprehensive fishing companion addon for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic (Anniversary Edition). It provides everything you need for an enhanced fishing experience - from gear management and lure tracking to detailed statistics, gold tracking, auction house price scanning, and quality-of-life improvements.

Features

📊 Main Fishing Panel

• Skill Display - Shows your current fishing skill with progress bar and fish-to-level counter
• Skill Above Fish Button - Current skill level always visible above the Fish button, even when collapsed
• Effective Skill - Calculates total skill including gear and lure bonuses with catches-to-level estimate
• Zone Information - Displays zone skill requirements, no-getaway threshold, and color-coded catch rate percentage (68 zones)
• Seasonal & Time-of-Day Notes - Shows seasonal fish status (Winter Squid, Summer Bass) and time-window fish (Nightfin Snapper, Sunscale Salmon) with real-time availability
• Live Cast Bar - Visual progress bar while fishing with elapsed time, catch notifications, and bite confidence band
• Bite Confidence Band - Green highlight on the cast bar showing the most likely bite window based on your catch history
• Session Statistics - Track casts, catches, success rate, fish per hour, and gold per hour in real-time
• Lure Timer - Countdown timer showing remaining lure duration with color coding (green/orange/red)
• Goal Progress - Active fishing goals display on the idle status line
• Collapsible View - Collapse the panel to show only the cast bar and action buttons for a compact layout
• STV Contest Bar - Compact Tastyfish counter and timer appears above the panel during the Fishing Extravaganza

🎣 Quick Action Buttons

• Fish - One-click casting (secure action button) with skill level displayed above
• Gear - Instantly swap between fishing gear and normal equipment
• Lure - Automatically applies your best available lure to your fishing pole
• Open - Quickly open clams, crates, and containers caught while fishing
• Stats - Access comprehensive lifetime statistics with 5 tabbed views
• Route - Start/stop pool route navigation with world map lines and arrow
• Config - Addon settings and configuration

🖱️ Double-Click to Cast

• Double-right-click anywhere in the world to recast Fishing instantly
• Uses a SecureActionButton with override binding for reliable, lag-free casting
• Loot a catch and immediately recast without moving your mouse to a button
• Safety timer auto-clears the binding if no click follows
• Binding cleared during combat
• Toggle on/off in General config tab

📊 Persistent Footer Bar

• Always-visible footer at the bottom of the panel, even when collapsed
• Shows last fish caught (name and quantity, persists 5 minutes)
• Shows bag space counter with color coding (green/orange/red/FULL!)
• Shows "2x Click to Cast" indicator when double-click casting is enabled

🎒 Equipment Management

• Save your fishing gear set (pole, hat, boots, gloves)
• Save your normal combat gear set
• One-click swap between gear sets
• Automatically saves normal gear before equipping fishing gear
• Persists across sessions - never lose track of your gear

⚔️ Auto-Combat Gear Swap

• Detects entering combat while fishing pole is equipped
• Chat warning when combat is detected
• Queues automatic gear swap to normal equipment when combat ends
• Retry logic for reliable lockdown-safe swapping
• Toggle on/off in Equipment config tab

🪱 Smart Lure System

• Automatically detects the best lure in your bags
• One-click lure application with secure macro
• Live lure timer that reads the actual bonus from your fishing pole tooltip
• Color-coded countdown: Green (>60s), Orange (>30s), Red (<30s)
• Audio warning when lure is about to expire (30 seconds)
• Missing lure warning - periodic alert when fishing without an active lure
• Works correctly even for lures applied before logging in

🗺️ Complete Zone Database

• 68 fishable zones with accurate skill requirements for TBC Classic (pre-3.1)
• Every zone includes minimum skill to cast and no-getaway skill for 100% catch rate
• Starting Zones: Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Mulgore, Teldrassil, Tirisfal Glades, Eversong Woods, Azuremyst Isle
• Classic Zones: All Azeroth zones from Westfall to Winterspring
• TBC Zones: Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, Terokkar Forest, Nagrand, Netherstorm, Blade's Edge Mountains, Shadowmoon Valley, Isle of Quel'Danas, Skettis Lakes
• Cities: Stormwind, Ironforge, Undercity, Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Darnassus, Shattrath City, Silvermoon City, The Exodar
• Instances & Raids: Blackfathom Deeps, The Deadmines, Wailing Caverns, Scarlet Monastery, Maraudon, The Temple of Atal'Hakkar, Scholomance, Stratholme, Zul'Gurub

📈 Comprehensive Statistics

• Session Stats: Casts, catches, success rate, fish per hour, gold per hour, session duration
• Lifetime Stats: Total casts, catches, fish caught by type, skill ups
• Zone Statistics: Track your fishing success in each zone with top fish breakdown
• Zone Fish Browser: See all catchable fish in your current zone with skill requirements, catch counts, and values
• Rare Catches: History of rare and valuable catches with timestamps and personal drop rates
• Top 5 Catches: Gold-highlighted ranking of your most-caught fish with percentages
• Rare Fish Tracker: Checklist of all rare fish with catch status and discovery count
• Loot History: Recent catch log with zone and quality info
• Efficiency Trend: Bar graph showing fish/hour over 5-minute intervals throughout the session
• Gold Summary: Vendor and AH value totals with per-hour rates
• Tabbed statistics panel with Overview, Fish Caught, Zone Fish, Zones, and History views

💰 Gold Tracking

• Tracks vendor value of catches using real item sell prices from GetItemInfo
• Scans AH prices automatically when you visit the Auction House (up to 20 fish per visit)
• AH prices cached account-wide for cross-session and cross-character use
• Displays vendor gold/hr and AH gold/hr on the main panel stats row
• Stats panel Overview shows total vendor value, AH value, and per-hour rates
• Fish tooltips show cached AH prices

🎣 Tooltip Enrichment

• Hover over any fish item (bags, AH, loot, trade) to see FishingKit data
• Shows: total caught, catch zones, minimum skill (color-coded), seasonal availability
• Displays cached AH price per unit
• Shows your best personal catch zone for that fish

📊 Bite Timing Analysis

• Cast bar shows a confidence band highlighting the most likely bite window
• Semi-transparent green band marks the 35th-65th percentile range
• Thin bright green line marks the median bite time
• Based on your actual catch timing data per zone (persists across sessions)
• Data improves with more catches; requires 5+ catches in a zone to display

🏆 STV Fishing Extravaganza

• Compact gold-bordered contest bar appears above the main panel during the event
• Only visible when in Stranglethorn Vale during Sunday 2-4 PM server time
• Shows Tastyfish count (X/40) with progress bar and minutes remaining
• "Turn in to win!" message at 40 Tastyfish
• Completely hidden outside contest hours or zones

⌨️ Key Bindings

• All major actions available in the WoW Key Bindings menu
• Bindable: Toggle Panel, Swap Fishing/Normal Gear, Lure Info, Toggle Stats, Toggle Settings
• Access via Game Menu > Key Bindings > FishingKit

🗺️ Pre-filled Pool Database

• Ships with 654 known pool spawn locations across 27 zones (24 Classic + 3 TBC)
• All coordinates sourced from Wowhead — real verified spawn data
• Map pins appear on first install with no discovery required
• User-discovered pools always take precedence over static data
• Static pools merge on load with deduplication to avoid duplicates

🗺️ Pool Map Markers (Community vs Discovered)

• Discovered fishing pools are marked on both the minimap and world map
• Two-color pin system for instant visual distinction:
  • Chartreuse (yellow-green): Community pool data — pre-filled database locations (unconfirmed)
  • Cyan (teal): Pools you've personally discovered or confirmed by fishing
• Community pin tooltips show "Community Pool Data" with "Fish here to confirm this location"
• Discovered pin tooltips show "Seen: X time(s)" with last-seen timestamp
• Once you fish at a community pool, it converts to a confirmed discovered pool (cyan)
• Pool locations persist across logout/reload (stored account-wide)
• Pools detected on mouseover (tooltip alert) and recorded at close range
• Fishing a pool refines its pin to the most accurate position
• Position uses 15-yard facing offset for accurate pin placement
• Minimap pins support indoor/outdoor radius and minimap rotation
• World map pins use the standard MapCanvasDataProviderMixin system

🗺️ Pool Route Navigation

• Build an optimized route through discovered pools with /fk route
• TomTom-style navigation arrow points to the next pool with full metadata:
  • Pool name, coordinates, distance in yards, and ETA
  • Source tag: Community (chartreuse) or Discovered (Xx seen) (green)
  • Community pools show "Unconfirmed location"; discovered pools show "Last seen: Xh ago"
  • Waypoint counter (e.g. 3/12) and coordinates in bottom corners
• Nearest-neighbor TSP algorithm starts from the closest pool to the player
• Numbered waypoints shown on world map with colored connecting lines
• Current waypoint highlighted in green, others in cyan
• Arrow color changes based on direction accuracy (bright cyan = on target)
• Automatic arrival detection advances to next waypoint when close enough
• Right-click arrow to skip a waypoint, or use /fk route skip
• Recalculate from nearest pool with /fk route nearest
• New pool discoveries automatically inserted into active route via cheapest-insertion
• Route auto-rebuilds when changing zones
• Arrow hides during combat and returns after
• Arrow position is draggable and persists across sessions
• Import pool data from GatherMate2 with /fk import gathermate

🐟 Auto Find Fish Tracking

• Automatically enables Find Fish minimap tracking when equipping fishing gear
• Restores your previous tracking type (e.g. Find Herbs) when unequipping
• Requires the Find Fish ability (learned from Weather-Beaten Journal)

🐚 Container Opening

• Detects clams, crates, and other openable containers in your bags
• Shows total count of items to open
• Spam-click to quickly open all containers
• Supports: Big-mouth Clam, Thick-Shelled Clam, Jaggal Clam, Waterlogged Crate, Inscribed Scrollcase, Curious Crate, and more

🎯 Fishing Goals

• Set session catch targets via /fk goal <fish name> <count>
• Track progress on the idle status line with color-coded display
• Completion celebration with visual and audio feedback
• Multiple goals supported, first incomplete goal shown
• Fish matched by name against catch history and database

🐟 Catch & Release

• Mark junk fish for automatic deletion: /fk release <fish name>
• Only deletes gray and white quality items for safety
• Higher quality items rejected with error message
• Keeps your bags clean during extended fishing sessions

🔔 Alerts & Notifications

• Screen flash on successful catch
• Panel briefly turns green when you catch something
• Sound alerts for catches and rare items
• Lure expiration audio warning at 30 seconds remaining
• Pool discovery sound when mousing over a fishing pool
• Enhanced fishing sound - boosts SFX volume while fishing for easier splash detection, restores when done
• Missing lure warning - periodic alert when fishing without an active lure
• Milestone celebrations at 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500, 5000, 10000 total catches
• Cycle fish time window alerts - notifies when Nightfin/Sunscale become available based on server time
• All alerts can be toggled in settings

💾 Automatic Backups

• SavedVariables backed up automatically every 24 hours
• /fk backup to force a backup, /fk backup restore to restore, /fk backup info for status
• Backs up both global and per-character data with confirmation dialog for restore

🗺️ Minimap Button

• Quick access to show/hide the fishing panel
• Right-click for settings
• Draggable around the minimap

Slash Commands

Command	Description
/fk or /fishingkit	Toggle the main panel
/fk show	Show the panel
/fk hide	Hide the panel
/fk equip	Equip fishing gear
/fk unequip	Equip normal gear
/fk savegear fishing	Save current gear as fishing set
/fk savegear normal	Save current gear as normal set
/fk sound on/off	Toggle sound alerts
/fk sound test	Play test sound
/fk stats	Open statistics panel
/fk config	Open configuration
/fk reset stats	Reset all statistics
/fk reset position	Reset UI position
/fk lock / /fk unlock	Lock/unlock UI position
/fk scale [0.5-2.0]	Set UI scale
/fk pools	List discovered pools in current zone
/fk pools clear	Clear all saved pool data
/fk pools clearzone	Clear pool data for current zone only
/fk route	Toggle pool route navigation
/fk route stop	Stop navigation
/fk route skip	Skip current waypoint
/fk route nearest	Recalculate from nearest pool
/fk import gathermate	Import pool data from GatherMate2
/fk goal <fish> <count>	Set a fishing goal for the session
/fk goal	List active goals
/fk goal clear	Clear all goals
/fk release <fish>	Add fish to auto-delete list
/fk release	List release items
/fk release clear	Clear release list
/fk backup	Force an immediate backup
/fk backup restore	Restore from last backup (requires /reload)
/fk backup info	Show last backup timestamp and age
/fk debug	Toggle debug mode

Configuration

The config panel (/fk config) includes 5 tabs:

General

• Enable/disable addon, show/hide UI, lock position, UI scale, minimap button

Alerts

• Sound alerts on/off, pool detection sound, test sound button
• Visual alerts, screen flash on rare catch, milestone celebrations
• Enhanced fishing sound (boost splash volume), missing lure warning

Equipment

• Auto-save normal gear, auto-combat gear swap toggle
• Save Fishing Gear / Save Normal Gear buttons
• Current equipment status display

Pools

• Pool detection on/off, pool discovery sound
• Minimap/world map pin display toggle
• Auto Find Fish tracking toggle
• Pool Route Navigation: enable navigation, show arrow, show route on world map, waypoint sound, arrival distance slider
• Start/Stop Route, Skip Waypoint, Recalculate, Import GatherMate2 buttons
• Pool data count and clear buttons

Statistics

• Track stats on/off, track loot history on/off
• All-time statistics summary
• Reset session / Reset all stats buttons

Installation

1. Download and extract to your Interface/AddOns folder
2. Ensure the folder is named FishingKit
3. Restart WoW or type /reload

Getting Started

1. Equip your normal combat gear and type /fk savegear normal
2. Equip your fishing gear and type /fk savegear fishing
3. Open the panel with /fk and start fishing!
4. Use the Gear button to swap between sets
5. Use the Lure button to apply lures with one click
6. Mouse over fishing pools to discover and mark their locations on your maps
7. If you have the Weather-Beaten Journal, Find Fish tracking enables automatically with your fishing gear
8. Visit the Auction House to scan fish prices for gold/hour tracking
9. Set key bindings via Game Menu > Key Bindings > FishingKit
10. Set fishing goals with /fk goal <fish name> <count>
11. Start a pool route with /fk route — the arrow guides you and the world map shows the route

Compatibility

• Game Version: WoW TBC Classic Anniversary Edition (2.5.4+)
• Interface: 20504
• Addon Version: 1.0.9

Known Limitations

• Fish Bite Detection: The WoW API does not expose when a fish bites the bobber. Listen for the in-game splash sound to know when to click. The addon boosts SFX volume while fishing to help, and will flash green and play a sound when you successfully catch something.
• AH Price Scanning: Prices are scanned when you visit the AH (up to 20 fish per visit). Prices may become stale over time. Visit the AH periodically for updated values.
• Lure Application: Lure application requires the secure Lure button on the panel due to WoW combat lockdown restrictions. The keybind shows lure info but cannot apply directly.

Credits

Created for the TBC Anniversary fishing community. Happy fishing!

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Feedback & Issues: Please report any bugs or feature requests!

CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/fishingkit-tbc-anniversary-edition