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Kommentar von Toshi77

Dr. Zwicky kann man nur in Hochlandschwärmen in den Wäldern von Terokar angeln.
Finden kann man diese in dem See über der Steinbrecherfeste oder in Skettis.

Wenn man ihn geangelt hat muss man ihn benutzen (3 Aufladungen, 2 Tage Abklingzeit) und man kann von ihm 3 verschiedene Sachen bekommen:

Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs
Einen Bösen Dr. Zwicky zum bekämpfen
Einen 500 HP buff

Man kann Dr. Zwicky auch 2 mal in seinem Inventar haben.

Kommentar von Tig3rE

Der Erfolg Dr. Zwickys Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs kann erreicht werden, wenn Dr. Zwicky aus Ein Hochlandschwarm in den Wälder von Terokkar geangelt wird. Am besten portet euch dazu nach Shattrath und fliegt nach Skettis im Süden.
Aus Ein Hochlandschwarm könnt Ihr Dr. Zwicky angeln. Beim benutzen wird Winziger magischer Flusskrebs gewirkt und ihr bekommt einen Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs, mit dem ihr das Haustier Magischer Flusskrebs bekommt.

Dr. Zwicky hat 3 Aufladungen mit je einer Abklingzeit von 4 Stunden. Wenn ihr Glück habt, droppt ein Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs, ansonsten müsst ihr gegen Wütender Dr. Zwicky kämpfen.

Dr. Zwicky - Sprecht mit Dr. Zwicky und Euch wird ein Wunsch erfüllt! Vielleicht etwas Gutes, vielleicht etwas Schlechtes... Dr. Zwicky weiß es nicht! (4 Std. Abklingzeit)

Magischer Flusskrebs - Nur magische Wünsche lassen magische Flusskrebse entstehen. Wer frische Fische fischt, sollte auch nach magischer Magie angeln.

Hier noch ein Video, wo ihr Dr. Zwicky angeln könnt: https://youtu.be/3tTXqrYXL1c

Viel Glück und viel Erfolg! :-)

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Kommentar von 165519

I found it very usefull to fish for this as I went along on my daily quests in Outland, everytime I did my bombing quest in Terokkar for the Sha'tari Skyguard I fished all highland mixed pools around the area.

To my supprise one morning I fished up Mr. Pinchy (And having heard stories of people not getting the Magical crawdad until their 4th of 5th Mr. Pinchy catch) I didn't really expect to get it... But it droped on my first wish! :D

This is probably (in my book)one of the most luck based companion pets to get hold of.

Good luck!

Kommentar von 199400

I have the magical crawdad box, I remember on the beta I looked in the achievements looking for some quirky and funny things to do, and I stumbled across the Mr Pinchy achievement, and I had not achieved it...
And needless to say this is bugging me, perhaps its not retroactive? which I find hard to believe considering they should be able to tell you've fished it by seeing the box in your inventory.
I would LOVE, if someone could clarify if this is a retroactive achievement or not.

Kommentar von 80089

I may have got this all wrong, but Mr Pinchy, once fished up, grants you 3 wishes. These wishes have 5 different outcomes. One of these outcomes is the Magical Crawdad box.
So even if you manage to fish up the extremely rare (0.2%) Mr Pinchy, there is still a 80% (or more according to some people who claim the pet wish to be the rarest) risk for every wish you will end up with one of the things you don't want. Top that up with the three charges having a 2-day cooldown and you may start to see how brutal this achievement really is.

So, to sum things up: you can't just fish up Mr Pinchy, you also have to be lucky enough to get the pet, which could take up to 4 days with one Mr Pinchy. At least I would not very gladly spend these 4 days fishing for a second Mr Pinchy since 1) it's very tiresome, 2) you don't know if the current Mr Pinchy will give you the pet and 3) every Mr Pinchy shares cooldown with each other.

Now like I said I'm not sure if any of the things stated by me are wrong or if they've changed how Mr Pinchy works in a recent patch -- but this achievement seems way too time-consuming and craving. Just keep in mind when you fish for Mr Pinchy, that it's not the actual catch that matters.

Kommentar von SirPosty

Yea, if you don't have this pet already, you're going to be miserable (like the sad sack who decided this was needed for the Salty tite) fishing this little bas#$%# up. Spent 2 days fishing and have 20+ stacks of crawfish. This might be the achievement that breaks my will for the title.

Kommentar von fergotten123

Can be fished from Highland Mixed Schools.

These schools can be found throughout the high areas (require flight mounts) of Terrokar Forest.

There's a 0.2% chance to get Mr Pinchy.

Mr. Pinchy has a 2 day cooldown for each of his 3 wishes that he provides.

You will only have about a 8% chance per wish to get the Magical Crawdad pet.

Mr. Pinchy is not unique.

Good Luck!

Kommentar von 231672

Grinding whelps and fishing for for hours on end... extremely boring.
Turning WoW into a weird Pokemon type collecting game... somewhat disturbing.
Getting to 50 pets prior to WotLK... mildly impressive.
Mr. Pinchy randomly dropping your 50th pet while you grind said whelps... priceless.

Kommentar von Returner

wow i dont believe it, i spent ages pre-wrath trying to get him ( well not as long as some ppl ), then i left it for a fair while, after handing in a fishing daily, the crocolisk one ( trying to get pet ) i decided what the hell ill go fish a couple of nodes. i cast once and i got it i couldn't believe my eyes ( being 4am took a little while to sink in lol ) very first cast NO WAY. then i used the first wish and got the pet first go! i really count my self lucky as one of my friends has got mr pinchy twice only to miss out on the pet each time.

Kommentar von Cobblers

Don't know about an improved drop rate. I've had one of these drop for me pre expansion and one post. Both took about the same amount of casts, which added up to about 300 for each I would say....maybe that is just me being lucky.

But literally got the one post patch and clicked it and yet again no pet for me. Luckily there are two more charges and hopefully one of these will include the pet so I do not have to continue fishing this area further.

Kommentar von 275366

I too think they made this easier..It used to be a .2% chance to drop Mr. Pincy alone in the Mixed schools. After about 130~ catches, I caught mine. The very first use, I got the Crawdad Box.

Kommentar von 258765

I cast about 100 times before i got mine . Unfortunetly i was not expecting the "loot will bind" window and cast again out of habbit.DOHH!. Cast about the same amount the next day and finally got 1....and then another 5 minutes larter XD
Just be prepaired to click the ok button.
Hope this helps. Happy fishing!

Kommentar von 215395

got mine on my third cast with a maxed fishing skill

Kommentar von 289764

I was just doing some reading on how to get this and preparing to go farm it. My friend asked what i was doing and told him i was going to go try for it after i finished reading.

He decided that's what he wanted to do too and while i was still reading on the drop rates and stuff he whispers me saying that he got it on his second cast and it gave this pet as the first wish. I am outraged.
But nonetheless...
This may be more evidence to support a higher drop chance.

Kommentar von 296804

Bah. I must have bad luck I have fished over 150 (pools) not casts and still have not gotten this yet :(

Kommentar von 293859

I got this on my hunter after 24 casts, and on my first wish.
Got to be the luckiest thing to ever happen in my life :p.
Good luck to all with this.

Kommentar von Ukasha

Took over 450 casts to get Mr Pinchy, then all I got was a health buff for my first wish, I hope I have better luck on the 2nd or 3rd.

Kommentar von 220163

hi all,i was just fishing for Mr Pinchy & i caught two of him in a space of 5min in the lake around Terokk's Rest my first wish he appeared and helped in combat for ten min ,i wonder weather ill get 5 more wishes.

Kommentar von Fruhauf

As of patch 3.0.8 you can't use the Crocolisk quest trick to make fishing up Mr. Pinchy or Ol Crafty any easier.

Kommentar von 282955

Dunno if they made it easier to get mr pinchy but i tried to catch him for the first time yesterday and got him on my 5th catch. Got him at the lake at Skettis. Also got the pet on the first wish.

Kommentar von 255567

Am I doing something wrong? I've had over 1200 catches and still no pinchy. My fishing is always at least @ 560 so none get away. I'm going crazy trying to catch this thing!

Update: Finally caught him last night. took about 2000 catches total. got the pet on the first wish... thank god. So he is out there but it could take a long time to get him

Kommentar von 324900

Got Mr Pinchy after about 7 schools of fish... Opened it and got the box on my first "wish"... I had crokalisk in the city, dunno if that makes a difference - sure didnt for Old Crafty o.O

Kommentar von jonslashtroy

i have spent about 4 hours so far trying to get mr pinchy. is he found within anything special? just been fishing highland mixed til my arms go sore (i just got 450 fishing so im doing all the achieves backwards)
and still no drop as of yet

Kommentar von z3n0mal4

After 2 days of fishing i got Mr .Pinchy ( well let's say like 8hours in those two days ) , i just wasted my 2nd wish , no pet yet :( Hope to get it on 3rd wish

edit : 3rd wish , i get the gift ! inside ...... 5x super mana and 5x super health pots :( . i hate mr pinchy

2nd edit : 3 days later , i go fish him again , got him from 3rd school i found , 1st wish - achiev :) still ain't got dark herring.

Kommentar von 269606

They really must have changed the drop rates on Mr. Pinchy. I'd tried before, off and on, with no luck. But a few nights ago, I packed up my fishing pole and went to Terokkar for old times' sake. I wasn't expecting much, based on the luck I usually have. But, after a couple hours, lo and behold I had myself a Mr Pinchy. I'd say I cleaned out every Highland Mixed Pool in the area several times, with several full stacks of furious crawdads, another of golden darter, an inscribed scrollcase, and a bunch of curious crates for my troubles.

My first Mr Pinchy wish was his gift: potions. Figuring that as long as I was at it, a spare Mr Pinchy would increase my chances overall, I went back to fishing, and lo and behold, another Mr. Pinchy dropped after an hour or so.

My second wish, today, gave me the pet and the achievement. I'll have to save the other four wishes I have stored up and see what they get me... I'll be sure to do them in crowded areas in case a giant angry crawdad attacks.

Kommentar von 110508

They must have upped the droprate, similarly to other people here i got it on my like 10th school and first pinchy open.

Kommentar von Shemmari

i've got it today from my 3rd school and got the pet from the 1st wish. gl everyone :)

Kommentar von 219502

My first Mr. Pinchy.

My first use.

lol, achievement

I had to screenshot it..

Kommentar von 286169

I've been fishing the schools there for a 4 days now, usually going about an hour a day and no luck yet.

Kommentar von 353340

Today I got my Mr. Pinchy after fishing 6 stacks of normal crabs.

Two nice facts you might want to know:

- Even though Mr. Pinchy is soulbound to me there didn't appear a "loot will bind" window as mentioned above. So you can easily Shift-loot all the time without beeing nervous :)

- I just had 1 free slot in my inventory so after getting Mr. Pinchy there was no more space. I was so excited that I immediately clicked Mr. Pinchy... I got the message "inventory is full" and Mr. Pinchy's first wish was gone. So I went to the next postbox to send all the fish to my alt and surprisingly I got a message from Mr. Pinchy which said something like "Mr. Pinchy made you a present and you threw it away? No, you HAVE to take it! But don't think Mr. Pinchy didn't remark that. He will take revenge when you don't suppose it!" The pet was attached. So I got the achievement. =D

BTW I also think it is pretty easy to catch him now. In BC I fished a LOT of crabs without getting a Mr. Pinchy.

Kommentar von Kilzon

I don't see an increased drop rate for this. Since 3.1 came out I've got about 1000 casts and still no Mr. Pinchy.

Kommentar von Wildesane

Fished a HIghland Mixed School in Lake Ere'Noru, above Allerian Stronghold. On my 3rd cast into the school, I got Mr. Pinchy. On my first wish, I got the pet.

That is the best luck I have had yet. Don't give up!

Kommentar von Alanor

I started working for a Mr. Pinchy long before WOTLK, never had a single drop. After WOTLK I've been fishing every day all the nodes on my way to Skettis dailies, no luck.

Yesterday evening I started my usual routine and, to my amazement, I caught Mr. Pinchy on the school which spawns almost over Stonebreaker hold.

Having in mind how long it took me to fish one, I was quite skeptic about my chances to get a pet... luckily I was wrong, got the Crawdad box and the Achievement on the 1st try.

Considering how much time it took me to get one, either I am REALLY unlucky (could be) or all those people who got it really fast are really lucky. I don't know if the drop chance has increased, however I noticed that the "lost" catches are almost unexisting now... using the Ka'luak fishing pole with maxed fishing gave me some lost fishes before, but now I get a catch every time!

Now I can just fish for food and not for achieve.... oh wait, now there's the Turtle mount! xD

EDIT: 5 days after, I also got the mount =)

Kommentar von 368306

I read that i had to prepare myself for hours of farming for this, this is a screenshot of me, getting mr pinchy on the third throw!

either I'm just extremely lucky, or it has something to do with fishing skill increasing the chance(450+25+75), or the droprate has be buffed.

Kommentar von 358118

So, the box itself is a random drop? It sounds like I have to have some kind of wish to get the box for a chance at getting the pet. Can someone explain better please? :)

EDIT: Caught it a few days ago after about five to six hours of fishing over the course of three days. Mr. Pinchy showed himself at around 350 casts. I got lucky and got the Magical Crawdad Box on first wish. The second wish was the Benevolent Mr. Pinchy Guardian; and the third wish was his 500 health buff.

Kommentar von 298694

First off, let me thank everyone for their observations and information.

Secondly, allow me to join the others in confirmation of the seemingly increased drop rate.

I went to Stonebreaker Hold in Terokkar Forest and caught Mr. Pinchy after less than 10 fishing attempts in the Highland Mixed School. I received the Crawdad Box on my first wish. By sheer coincidence, he was my 15th pet for the Plenty of Pets achievement as well which gave me a warm fuzzy. ;)

I don't know if skill or equipment would help at all, but I got a few junk items while I had a 382 fishing skill, the Kalu'ak fishing pole with a Truesilver line on it, and while using a Sharpened Fish Hook.

Break out your flier and get this achievement done soon!

Kommentar von Jhumanji

Thnx for all the comments , but you can NEVER calculate an increase or decrease in droprates judging on the comments posted on wowhead. There's thousands of players farming this pet and the ones posting here are such a small insignificant amount, it means absolutely nothing. Not to mention its more likely players posting here when they got lucky on their catch , instead of being unlucky.

After 2000 casts i got my mr. Pinchy , 1st charge didn't gave me pet.

So for everyone who reads all these comments, thinking 'oh they upped the droprate', just don't ... ignore ... it'll take you weeks maybe or months ... or maybe a day , who knows ... if you keep your hopes up by reading how fast other players have catched it , you might get real depressed after a while. Be ready for a long grind and if you haven't grinded for it long and got it , lucky you!

Kommentar von 385118

ok got it today fishing in blackwmind lake , terrokar forest it took me less than 10 throws ...and i got the pet on my first wish :P
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd319/enigma_cezna/WoWScrnShot_071009_225036.jpg
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Kommentar von 330872

This has got to be the most luck based achievement there is. I have had 12 wishes no luck. I have also just flown around the lake 5 times on my slow flying mount and can't get a school to fish in. Needless to say THIS SUCKS!

Kommentar von 420671

ok if anyone finds a bug for this one or a particularly lucky spot hit me up cuz i gotta get him...

Kommentar von 427225

I finally got Mr Pinchy.... I have to admit that it is the persistence that pays off... I was fishing just above Stonebreaker Hold (84.2, 39.2)... with a fishing level of 555, it took approx 25 casts (today)...and fortunately for me I received the pet on the first wish... Good luck to all you fisher persons out there

Tandler- Stormreaver

Kommentar von 392150

Atlast I did get this. Did do about 600-800 casts and finally get it.

I did get it with the first wish.

Kommentar von 253465

Got mine after approx 60 casts. Worked my way across the three lakes and back again. Fishing level was around 370 mark plus 140 buff.

Kommentar von 27214

Ok... All I did was go to the lake around Skettis... fished the highland school of fish. No tricks... no cheats... 4th cast I got Mr. Pinchy... 1st wish I got the box! Maybe luck... maybe Blizz made it easier not sure... Don't give up! Have fun fishing! =)

Kommentar von 13419

I just got 2 Mr. Pinchys about 10 min apart on Blackhand server. Fished up with 485 Skill after 20 casts.

Kommentar von fireball777

I can verify that the drop rate is not increased, you guys are just lucky.

Kommentar von 462620

Caught mine on the first cast in Skettis and got the pet on the first wish. I am headed to the CASINO its my lucky day!

Kommentar von 275056

For me this is one of the average fishing achievements, like Old Crafty etc. It just take patience. I caught my first Mr. Pinchy, after7 stacks of crawdads. I didn't get the achievement after 3 wishes. I caught another Mr. Pinchy, taking about 4 stacks, and received the achievement on the 2nd wish. The crawdad pet is cool. Just take you time, and Mr. Pinchy will soon be your friend. On a side note, I have really enjoyed all the of the fishing achievements. The "Old Salty" title is one you earn.

Kommentar von 269484

Today i tried to get it in 2 hours with 280 skill +80 from Bright Baubles and from my fishing pole.And i got:
Old Boot x1
Sickly Fish x22
Tangled Fishing Line x21
Weeds x25
Tattered Cloth x13
Driftwood x24
Mote of Water x9
Golden Darter x23
Curious Crate x7
Inscribed Scrollcase x5
Furious Crawdad x57
Total 207 casts but no Mr.Pinchy....

Kommentar von 469022

Fifth catch and i got Mr. Pinchy. First wish and i got the pet.

Kommentar von Darkmanian

Went out and farmed the Highland nodes for about 2hrs with 250 fishing skill and +100 fishing buff with +25 pole.
Got absolutely nothing.

Went back to Northrend to skill up and came back awhile later with 385 skill + same buffs. Caught him in 2 nodes.
Seems like unless it was pure luck, that 375 seems to be a number to shoot for as a base fishing skill before trying to catch him.

Kommentar von 175354

I was fishing for furious crawdads in Terrokar to level my cooking skill when I fished up Mr. Pinchy's box. I wasn't even aware there was an achievement for it at the time.

It was a nice surprise when my third wish granted me a permanent pinchy.

But yeah, I wasn't fishing in a school at all, I was just casting into the water. I had been fishing for about three hours when he popped up.

Kommentar von 1tjofsan1

i don't know how easy this achievment is but i guess i'm pretty lucky, on my 3 third throw i fished up Mr. Pinchy and got him as a pet on my first wish :P

Kommentar von 499947

It took me about 15 casts (3 schools of Mixed Highland total).

Kommentar von 514382

i got mr. pinchy after an hour of fishing, what i got is a blue item that says "speak with mr. pinchy and be granted a wish. maybe something good.... maybe something bad.... mr. pinchy does not know!"

my question is, does this item gives me the pet or do i still have to keep fishing to get the pet?
i already used one of the wishes and i got a mob that attacked me. what next?

Kommentar von 514382

ok, my third wish gave me the pet, now i know how it works. it's a really cute pet.

thank you mr. pinchy

Kommentar von r4ms3scz

this is very low, my skill is 268 + 20 + 100 = 388, i farming only four minuts and i fish him, fished from Highland Mixed School in Terokkar Forest (Blackwind Lake (near Skettis)), i fished only:

10x
2x
1x

Kommentar von 489516

I just got this achievement two days ago. After trying unsuccessfully to do the Fires Over Skettis achiev I decided on my way back to try fishing for Mr. Pinchy. I went down to Lake Ere'Noru (above Allerian Stronghold) and was on the 3rd school that had spawned. Fished up Mr. Pinchy and got the pet on the first wish. =)

Verucasalt
Shu-halo - US

Kommentar von 237177

I suspect the drop rate has been increased since last patch. Got this after like 5 schools. I also suspect that the pets from the Outland fishing quests have had their drop rate increased. Have recieved 2 out of 4 pets in just a couple of quests.

Either this or I'm extremely lucky.

Kommentar von D1RE

I got him after around 50 fishes. 1st wish. Got about 4-5 fish each school, so around 10 schools I guess.

Kommentar von 539476

Got the box on 9th cast and got Mr. Pinchy on first wish. Good Luck. Got him from the highland pools in Terrokar Forrest.

Kommentar von KegPlays

Like others, I got about 4 Furious Crawdad from each school, and I had 31 Furious Crawdad when Mr. Pinchy dropped and I got the pet on the first wish. Good luck!

Kommentar von Thurman

For 6 hours on 2/13/2010 i farmed for Mr. Pinchy the horde controlled the Spirit Towers and i must have caught about 550 fish and 320 of which were furious crawdads, but then the spirit towers ran out for the horde and i capped them and 23 minutes after capping the spirit towers i caught Mr. pinchy and got the pet on the 1st wish. I think it has more to do with your fishing skill and whether or not you own the Towers thats also how 9 of my guildies got it.

Kommentar von 547290

I tried to catch Old Crafty, over 600+ casts and no luck, over 2200+ casts to get Giant Rat - no luck either. After that I decided to try something else and I caught Mr. Pinchy after 19 casts(!) and he gave me Magical Crawdad in first wish. I emptied only 3 Highland Fixed Schools.

I'll go back to Dalaran Underbelly now, I hope to get Giant Rat soon :(
BTW a tip!: While fishing in Dalaran Underbelly, if you type "I want my Giant Rat!" you will probably get... a Sewer Carp.

Kommentar von FunNgames

Must be my lucky day, took me 15 minutes to fish him up and got the box on the first wish.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to buy a lottery ticket.

Kommentar von 564769

you guys are just lucky ive ben looking for mr pinchy for a while now and i mean a while well over 50 stacks of crwdad typed thing and nothing nothing at all and its not my equipment im useing nat pages fishing pool at 375 skill and a further boost of 100 giving me a grand total of 500 fishing skill still nothing.

Kommentar von Dreamboat

Through reading these comments I must have been very lucky.

I set out to get Mr. Pinchy tonight, and around the lake in skettis I fished 4 pools, on the 4th pool I got mr. Pinchy! and on the first wish I got the magical crawdad box. I now have a new cute crab pet! Good luck to anyone else who tries to get him!

Kommentar von 543657

OK - got Lurker Above tonight when I got bored of rep grinding - so decided to finish the Salty achi.

Read the posts, and went to fish north of Skorn. Didn't finish lap of lake.

17 Herring
1 Glacial Salmon
2 Pygmy Suckerfish
1 Dark Herring

feel so lucky - almost makes up for the RNG hating me for Rivendare's mount

Kommentar von 564168

Been fishing for Mister Pinchy for some days now - got base skill 420 and counting + kalu ak pole and 75 skill lures - nothing so far... Oh, and Terokkar towers are always on my faction's side... I dont know what kinda luck have you dude got :)

Kommentar von adamfazai

Guys please write in simple manner.

Is Mr. Pinchy a NPC who we should talk to first?

What exactly is the WISH?

If I want to take this Achievement should I just go in Terrokar Forest (high lake)? Or I need pre-Q or anything else?

And should I just fish ONLY in SCHOOLS? (e.g Highland Fixed Schools)

Please don't write stories and complicated sentences :(

Kommentar von Asuna

Dunno about you guys, but I decided to try fishing for Mr. Pinchy today. Ended up fishing in two schools to receive him on my seventh cast. I was pretty skeptical that he would give me the pet, but I got it on my first wish.

Bleh... Only have the Derby/STV achievement and The One That Didn't Get Away left. x_x

Asuna
Shadowsong-US

Kommentar von 248852

um. I caught him today after like 10 minutes of fishing. But when i summoned him, he attacked me! I beat him...and..he died..
then nothing.
What did i do wrong?

Kommentar von 587629

I think blizz must have made fishing this guy up a lot easier than before. From what I read in these comments it sounded like a pain. I decided to try fishing around terrokar after completing an outland fishing daily and got this guy on my 6th cast. So to all those looking to get this achievement done I wouldn't be too put off by it, its pretty easy

Kommentar von 341308

I caught him at Blackwind Lake after roughly 150 casts. 441 base with my +30 rod. My first wish was a Furious Mr. Pinchy. Here's hopin' I don't have to spend another couple hours doing this all over! Good luck, guys. Very good luck. <3

Kommentar von 614286

I was fishing for about an hour in Skettis to level my fishing and to catch Furious Crawdads. I didn't just catch one Mr. Pinchy, but three. After clicking one of them for the first time on this toon, I got the box, and then the pet. Lucky or just very easy now? =\

Kommentar von TaurenKing

Got this on my 30th cast at cord location 58.60 Good Luck!

Kommentar von Desideratus

I have landed in a space ship running from the Burning Legion...
I have crossed the Dark Portal...
I have landed by boat to Northrend, and destroyed thousands upon thousands of Scourge...
I will soon travel the ravaged landscape of Azeroth...
But I can't get this damn crawdad to catch the line!

Kommentar von 617627

okay colour me dumb. I got this after thousands of casts in outland so screw the odds. I immediately went to all the sites to see how to "speak" to mr. pinchy. I clicked on it and looked everywhere for this "make a wish" spellcast to appear but nothing. absolutely nothing happend. no gift, no make a wish, nothing. just a missing charge gone and a countdown cooldown.....so what have i done wrong. screen shot please of what I should be seeing.

thanks!

Kommentar von 505756

Thanks for all the help above:
Fished @ Allerian Hold (2 schools) and then on the 4th school @ Skettis around the edges (found it around 68, 83).

Got the pet on the first wish.

Good Luck!

Kommentar von 552600

I guess I'm very lucky today. I went to the pools of outland, and started fishing. I was mentaly prepared for countless hours of fishing.(It took me over 3k casts for Sea turtle -_-)

Anyway... I came to the pools, and then WTFBUTTER I got the thing on my 3'rd cast! Omg! I was chocked and begged for the pet to drop when wishing, guess what, it did!

Btw! Just 6 hours before this I got my Green Proto-drake after about 10 eggs! What the hell, my lucky day I guess.
May the luck be with you!

Kommentar von 514819

today i just went out to farm for Mr. pinchy, 5 catches later i got Mr. pinchy, in his first wish, gift or what it is, i got the pet:D im so happy right now, i thought i would be farming for days for the little guy.

Kommentar von 603416

I know you guys likely won't believe me, and honestly I don't care that you do, or don't.
I just wanted to say that it is entirely possible to both get Mr. Pinchy on your first cast, and his pet with your first wish... it just happened to me.
What will really tick you all off is, I wasn't even trying to get him, instead I was working on fishing all the pools in Outland for that achievement.

I was around 58.59

Keep hope alive, you will get him eventually!

Kommentar von Kelsaur

I got this about a week ago. Took me around 2 days to get. First thing I got from it was the Magical Crawdad Second thing I got was Mr. Pinchy's Gift ,then Benevolent Mr. Pinchy

This has a 2 day cooldown.
It's only fishable from pools in Terokkar Forest.
I recommend fishing in the areas such as Skettis and the waters AROUND Allerian Stronghold. Since that is where most pools spawn. :D

Have fun and good luck! :)

Ohh, and while you're at it.. if you wanna try to get a cute pet while you're in Terokkar, you can try doing the fishing daily.
Just go north of Cenarion Thicket and you'll find a lake, get the daily from the NPC Old Man Barlo. To achieve the pet it has to be the Crocolisks in the City daily quest. If it is, take it and fish in Stormwind. Do the quest and pray one of the cute crocs drop from the bag of fishing treasures he awards you with. AND, you can also get the ability to find fish! Which can make getting Mr. Pinchy easier and faster! :p

ANYWAYS! Hope I helped someone because I never knew any of this when I tried to get Mr. Pinchy. :)

Kommentar von 495099

I have just caught this in my first attempt. I went to Blackwind Lake in TF and started fishing Highland Mixed Schools, about 10th cast I got Mr Pinchy and with my first wish got my companion - thought it would take a lot longer.

Kommentar von Qewtie

Been fishing up more than 70 nodes up now, and still no Mr Pinchy, so about the change in drop rate is false.

It's all about luck. Been wasting too much time fishing for him now, that I just dont wanna stop.

Kommentar von 633992

Confirmed as of Patch 3.3.4 that no matter how many times you've tried, he's still out there guys. Hang in there.

Using the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole and the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat at all times, I leveled my fishing from 426 to 449 fishing for this sucker. Can't tell you how many complaints I've heard from the Furious Crawdad community now that I've drastically reduced their population.

Finally caught Mr. Pinchy off of the middle isle in Skettis, where Terrok is summoned. He rewarded the pet on the first try. Wish I could throw him back in and give the next person a slightly better chance. ;)

Best of luck to all you anglers still going out for this achievement. He's not a very cooperative crustacean, but it's still one step closer to being Salty.

Kommentar von 635631

finallly got this after about 2 hours of fishing going to all 3 lakes got the pet on my first `wish` :) have fun fishing guys

Kommentar von dadadumdums

after ~100 casts i finally got my mr. pinchy :) @ Skettis-terokk's rest

Kommentar von Caty

I got it on my second(!) cast, and got the pet immediately. It took me about 2 minutes. I caught it in Lake Jorune.

Kommentar von 322626

I just got mine. Took a ridiculously long time over a three day span flying back and forth between nodes in the three different areas. But, alas, I got it.

Kommentar von Vont

Ill be yet another one everybody hates.. Caught Mr. Pinchy on my 5th pool this morning.. Tried 4 pools in Blackwind Lake before moving to Lake Ere'Noru?.. 1st pool 3rd cast.. The pool was still active and while I was standing there admiring my catch a lvl 80 Tauren Hunter started fishing it.. I laughed a little inside.. :D
Btw.. First wish got me the pet! Next stop, Old Crafty! 3 hours and several deaths the first time with nothing to show for it.. You will be mine this time

Kommentar von 433576

I tried with my priest about two months ago. Fished all the places for hours and days and never saw Mr. Pinchy once.
Tried today with my druid and second cast with first wish being granted.
And I look and see someone did the same thing 3 days ago...hmmmm.

Kommentar von 661551

I got him on the first try... and on the first try on the box i got the pet... wth? what i did have a problem with was founding a school to fish in xD

Kommentar von 117813

I was extremely lucky getting this achievement, I got it without even going for it.

I went up to Skettis to fish for a Enormous Barbed Gill Trout, sat myself next to a Highland Mixed School and started fishing.

10 throws later, on my second school, I got Mr. Pinchy and on the very first wish I got the pet and the achievement. Probably my first experience of dumb luck in WoW, after 4 and a half years of playing the game.

However, I didn't get an Enormous Barbed Gill Trout, funny that...

Kommentar von renatobeiriz

18 school left, i fish in skettis, in and out of lake, big respaws in there...
^^
fish skill 399+(115)

Kommentar von 655412

These are all stories of how this was caught or absurd theories on increasing likelihood of completion. Nothing you do other than fishing pools x number of times will get you this achievement. Luck has EVERYTHING to do with this.
On that note, while fishing for this achievement I did notice one simple thing about fishing in general:
if you mouse wheel your camera view distance all the way in when you are casting you will have a MUCH smaller range of possible cast directions, therefore, limiting your wasted out-of-pool casts.

Happy Hunting.
130 Crawdads
14 Scrolls
8 Miscellaneous fish

The respawn on the pools can be quite long after your initial pass. I find myself flying between the 3 locations (all in the unreachable-by-foot locations) with great frequency. Noone else is out here fishing these atm and still the respawn is quite long. Prepare for a journey and be glad if it is over quickly.

Kommentar von KoldT

I'm at my ~400 catch and still no luck.

At this point i just can't be arsed to farm it anymore...

Kommentar von 244234

This reminds me of Uncle Touchy's Naked Puzzle Basement.

Kommentar von 649757

i've gone through terokkar forest 3 times now. still no catch :( damn you lucky people.

Kommentar von Fellibar

Don't worry, I won't be one of the jerks that lies about catching this in 10 casts.

Took me 1257 casts in the span of about a week farming pools to catch Mr. Pinchy. Keep your heads up, he's still out there!

Kommentar von 537090

Lucky day today, got rat after 2hours, turtle after 30mins and pinchy pet included, after 5mins lol. This indeed is fished from lakes found in terokkar mountains. I wonder what my other wishes will grand!

Kommentar von Papin

this is based on luck! truly! i decided to start doing the fishing achivements and on first toss i got the
on first use i got the pet. I fished in the pools down skettis at the Highland mixed school! So it can be attaind at first try with a good luck! >< keep on fishing until you get it! =) Good luck to those who still need the achivement!

Kommentar von simmkah

Never had luck when it came to farming pets, but I' ve been fishing this guy for about a week (1 sweep per day, so not many pools at all) and dropped Mr. Pinchy yesterday...got the magical box on the first wish, can one be that lucky, or did the droprate increase since 4.0.1?

Kommentar von ExodeusIS

Had been fishing for this for 3 days then yeasterday i got 3 Mr. Pinchy in 1 hour was using a glowworm lure maybe it helped :P

Kommentar von 711084

I'm not kidding. I've spent about 50 hours of fishing time trying to catch this bugger. For almost 3 years now... I'm starting to think he doesn't exist and that Blizzard made him only to piss me off. It's impossible... Then I know a lot of people that got it on their very first few catches, that didn't even intend to catch him, fair... I hate RNG.
QQ

Kommentar von 318564

Keep on trying! This was the last, literally last, pet I could farm through any in game method and I've done it off and on for three years now. After reading all these posts tonight (again, hoping vainly the drop rate increased or something silly) I finally got him. My heart skipped a beat. It is not easy when you've got rotten luck but take breaks to stay sane and keep at it. He does exist!

Kommentar von 716601

finally got this on Worglenn, Gorgonnash-US after about 5 days farming on and off.
All up I caught over 1200 furious crawdads before it dropped. I now know why they call them "furious" crawdads. lol
Not bad for a week though, got the turtle mount, sewer rat and now mr pinchy , good times

Kommentar von naichau

Just got this on The Venture Co - EU, had been trying for about 20 minutes!
Got him from a Highland Mixed School at Lake Ere'Noru, and got him on the first wish.
Quite shocked..

Kommentar von 707636

Just fished up Mr Pinchy after about 10 casts in Skettis at Terokk's Rest. Just casted off the side into a Highlands Mixed School and a few casts later, there he was. Got the Magical Crawdad pet on the first wish. Guess its my lucky night. :-)

Kommentar von 752004

I went to Terrokkar to try it out, got it on my second cast in a Highland Mixed School at the lake above Stormbreaker Hold. Also the pet on my first wish =]

Kommentar von Drarion

Today i said to myself, i want this little bugger, then i only need to win a Fishing contest to Salty. Lucky me got him after 10 or so pools. And i also got my Over 9000 Achievment :)

I got it from one of the pools in Lake Jorune

Kommentar von 182693

Ok, there were only like 4 people online in my guild when I got this achievement and none were fishermen, so they didn't even understand the 4 years of agony it took to get this guy! I had to share it with you guys!

Funny thing was, after a lot of marathon sessions over the years, hopping from one Highland Mixed School to another, I got Mr Pinchy after deciding to pop in on just one pool I saw while doing the Shattrath cooking daily (and I was only doing THAT daily cause I was bored!). I saw it, sat down, cast my line and stood there dumbfounded like a slack-jawed yokel looking at my loot window.

On top of that, I got the Magic Crawdad Box on the first wish. Man, I am NEVER that lucky and I usually say "yeah, right" when I see some guy say "got him on the 1st (2nd, 3rd, 4th etc) try". The cyber-deities of WoW must have taken mercy on this poor soul, this day!

Good Fishing!

PS- After checking out the other comments from version 4.0.3, this is seeming to become a more and more common event than ever before. Did the drop and wish rate get nerfed? IDK but it's worth a shot to go up there and spend an hour if you are still looking for this one.

Kommentar von 773982

Well, unlike some others here with amazing luck, I finally caught 1 Mr. Pinchy finally today !
It took me roughly 1,500 casts to get him, but I did get the pet on 1st try. (thank God, wouldn't want to catch a 2nd one)
Just thought I'd let others wondering like I was if it was broke, it's not :)
Good Luck to ya all !

Taz

Kommentar von Raeyne

Alright, so I don't have much new to add, except how long it took to get it, post-Cataclysm. I fished maybe two hours (didn't time it), and during this time, I got (the approximates are because I was working on other fishing achievements so I had a few more from other nodes not working towards Mr. Pinchy.):

Inscribed Scrollcase: x 4
Furious Crawdad: x 52
Goldenscale Vendorfish: x 3
Golden Darter:~ x 11
Barbed Gill Trout:~ x 4
Enormous Barbed Gill Trout: x 1
Spotted Feltail: ~ x 2
Mote of Water: x 3
Curious Crate: x 6
Mr. Pinchy: x 1

..So, with one item per cast, it took ~ 87 casts to get Mr. Pinchy, and then I got the achievement on the first wish. Hope this is helpful to some of you!

Also, I did it in the morning on a med. population server, and had virtually no competition. That probably helped with the speed. Good luck!

Kommentar von 630455

it is entirely possible to get the magical crawdad on the 1st wish. i just got it. i fished in the correct areas for a while, but i got mr. pinchy, and i sure as heck got the cute lil dude on the 1st wish. no lie. it is about luck, not skill.

Kommentar von 656038

i just got mr pinchy on my 3rd pool in terrokar. He made me wait the 6 days thru all 3 cd's to give me the damn pet but finally did. HOORAY. thanks to everyones post I was able to fisn the right pools and just wait for him to catch my line.

Kommentar von MauricioZL

I'm having lunch and 1 friend was playing in my char during this time, he complete the cook daily at Shattrath City and resolved fish in Terokkar to spend time, and at the 3º cast we catch Mr. Pinchy's with 330 fish skill and no lure, at the 1º charge 1 received the pet and Achiev ...
Edit: I was without slots at my bags when he use the 1 charge, so I received it in my mail. :D

Kommentar von 385150

I attended to get this achieve today, after getting 12 fishing skills 389~501 then I found the box! first charge gave me gift box that contained potions, My fishing gear has 117 additional fishing, don't know if it helped but my hat has +100 fishing *Use* so I don't use lures ^_*, location was @ skitties, blackwind lake, south part of the middle isle 67,81

What I got from the fishing I did was:

9x Mote of Waters
2x Barbed Gil Trouts
4x Curious Crates
4x Inscribed Scrollcases
1x Huge spotted Feltail
1x Goldenscale vendorfish
85x Furious Crawdads
25x Golden Darters
and Finally 1x Mr.Pinchy

Total of 132 Successful Casts, Hint: those casts were on Mixed Highland Schools Only!

Hope this helps, and hoping to get the pet on 2nd or 3rd use :)

Kommentar von 791206

I'm not sure if, with Cataclysm, they've improved the drop rate of some of these older achievements or whether I've just been lucky.

I went to get the Delicious Chocolate Cake recipe and got it on my 2nd round of dailies. This evening I went to have a go at getting Mr. Pinchy. Found it on my 3rd pool, and got the pet on my first wish.

Luck or has something changed?

Kommentar von Phaidra

Patch 4.0.6

I have got Magischer Flusskrebs today , and i also got the pet on the first wish !
I have fished :

Grimmiger Flusskrebs a total of 460
Held in off-hands : a total of 18
Other Fish and craps : a total of 58

Took me around 5 hours with a couple of breaks
Note : You have to fish into Highland Mixed Schools !
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I was using :

Wettergegerbter Angelhut
Meisterliche Angelrute der Kalu'ak
and Köder mit Federn but if you do not got the recipe you can use Geschärfter Angelhaken instead !

note : Full fishing skill

Good luck with yours !

Kommentar von Azulamai

23 Furious Crawdad
9 Golden Darter
7 Motes of Water

From a total of 9 different Highland Mixed Schools and I got Mr. Pinchy! I even got the Magical Crawdad on the first wish! :) See my pic!

Kommentar von 805542

I just got Mr Pinchy from my 2nd fishing pool. Took me 7 total casts to get him. Then, when made my first wish I got the Magical Crawdad pet! How much more lucky can a girl get, I tell ya!

So happy! :)

I was using the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat and the Bone Fishing Pole, I'm 525 fishing skill and also used the +75 skill buff from the hat.

Kommentar von 769885

As of Patch 4.0.6 I got the pet on the first wish, Took me about two hours to fish up at lvl 400 fishing. Hope this helps.

Kommentar von 796500

idk if they buffed up the drop rate but i got this on my ~40th cast and my first wish.i was expecting to be there for a long time

Kommentar von Maricah

Fished him up in 7 pulls, and then got the pet on the first wish. >>

Kommentar von 613582

Going on three days now, and still no luck... 500+ casts and so many stacks of Crawdads I dont know what to do with.. lol

Kommentar von 814896

I got mine Mr. Pinchy from 4th pool and then get pet on first cast, soz guys :P

Kommentar von 815623

Ok, Folks. I am writing to tell you all that after 2 days and I don't know how many fish or casts...I finally got Mr. Pinchy. I have come to accept that none of the fishing achievements are going to be easy for me. (dunno how some of you are so damn lucky!) I caught him like everyone said, in Blackwind Lake. i fished every pool i could find and yes, there are some long respawn times for the Highland Mixed Pools of fish. Just be patient. I have only used one charge, and got the Benevolent Mr. Pinchy, who wants to attack EVERYTHING. I hope the other charges contain the Box, because i was after the achievement, afterall. Does anyone know what happens if I do not get the Magical box in the other 2 charges? Do I have to fish him again to get more wishes?

Kommentar von Otium

Not to make anyone feel bad, but after reading all of your comments I decided to try to catch him... and I did.....in 1 (one) try....! I found 2 Highland Mixed Schools on Lake Ere' Noru, threw in in the first one and bang...there he was.
All the fishing before was just done in pursuit of The Limnologist and the dailies from Old Mr. Barlo, so in effect, yes, several more attempts, but non the less, first throw after reading the comments.

Edit: first whish btw was a furious mr Pinchy.....had to kill him....couldn't help it....instinct.....

Kommentar von 822723

has anyone gotten this since cata came out because i been fishinf in the lake by sketish for days and still nothing

Kommentar von Meilan

I can't tell if they increased the drop rate or if I'm another one of those who got really lucky. I decided to start trying for the achieve today, and fished him up in my third pool. The pet was the first wish.

Kommentar von 823647

Got this guy less than 10 minutes of farmin pools, Patch 4.1! Got em in The Pools around Skettis, First wish got the pet, so happy because i got Coin Master today as well and i am know well on my way to be called "Salty" Picklezz, haha good luck gettting salty and happy fishing!
Peace
-Pickle

Kommentar von Kavaria

This has got to be the most irritating achievement I have ever attempted.

And is it just me or are the fishing pools in Blackwind Lake respawning a lot slower than normal?

Kommentar von Nyteyes

I just tried for this for my first time tonight and got it on my 23rd cast lol. I thought this was going to take forever. Maybe I just got lucky. =)

Kommentar von 833528

Got it today after around 30 mins fishing at Skettis and above Stonebreaker Hold.

Also godt the famous chocolate cake today, so must be in luck :)

Kommentar von 817277

Not sure of how to post the links but here's my line up

32x furious crawdad

17x golden darter

8x barbed gill trout

2x spotted feltail

1x huge spotted feltail

3x inscribed scrollcase

2x mote of water

2x curious crate

1x mr. pinchy (first wish)

roughly 1 hr ( fighting in skettis and flying around included)
used only highland schools in skettis and allerian stronghold approximately 12 of them

there may be a couple of extra items included in the line up though bc I also did old man barlowned today...

Kommentar von Chrovan

Lake Jorune confirmed, i just fished the Mr. Pinchy there:

Total Casts: 207
Time Needed: 3h 56min
Base Fishing Skill: 525
Skill Add: Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pool (+30 Fishing Skill)

Furious Crawdad: 139
Golden Darter: 37
Inscribed Scrollcase: 12
Curious Crate: 8
Mote Of Water: 6
Enormous Barbed Gill Trout: 2
Huge Spotted Feltail: 2
Mr. Pinchy: 1 (1st Wish)

Kommentar von 836263

Total Casts: 4
Base Fishing Skill: 324

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Kommentar von Petrograd

5th cast in on second pool I got Mr. Pinchy, used my first wish, got the companion. Drop rates are all random, don't go by percentages, simply grind.

Kommentar von 727816

At Stonebreaker hold 140 cast no luck. So I realized i must catch from Highland Mixed. From stonebreaker hold i can't find Highland Mixed. Then i head to the Skettis and found Highland Mixed. After clear out 4 Highland mixed i catched Mr. Pinchy. First wish no luck. I hope find from second wish.

Kommentar von 850327

I was going for Outland Angler and fished a Highland Mixed School in Lake Jorune above Stonebreaker Hold and caught Mr. Pinchy in 3 casts. Don't know if that location has a higher rate than others or something, but it was probably just dumb luck.

Kommentar von Grukam

First time fishing in Terrokar, what a place to fish, jeez. I was concerned I would have to whip mobs to death with my fishing pole. lol I did almost get trampled twice by a rager elite that was patting through. I was going to give up on the pool of Mixed Highland after he almost got me the second time. Glad I didn't the next cast brought up Pinchy's Magical Box. First wish I got the pet.

Not sure how many casts, don't care. Fished mostly in Mixed Highland pools wherever I found them. Did find one Mixed Brackish. Caught Magical Box in the lake down by Skettis with a Skettis Soulwhatever patting right next to me and one of the Skettis elementals patting right through the pool I was trying to fish.

Caught,
5 weeds
9 Feltail
3 sickly fish
13 Furious Crawdads
2 driftwood
4 Barbed Gill Trout
3 Inscribed scrolls
1 Curious Crate
1 Curious box both with junk
4 Tattered cloth
15 Golden Darters
then the Magical Box

Not much in gear to aid my fishing, strong fishing pole and baubles is about all I have. total +80 at a lvl 300 on my fishing. Matter of fact hit lvl 300 on this trip.

As the saying goes I would rather be lucky than good anytime. =)

Kommentar von mmmysloan

** Just wanted to add this latest info. Went the the lake by Skettis first for 5 mnis, never saw a school of fish. Then went over to the Lake by Algerian Stringhold, there was a school on the east side. Second cast BOOM! There it was. Clicked on him for my 1st wish & BOOM! My very own Mr. Pinchy. If you missed out on it before, come & get it now. :>

Kommentar von Traynwreck

So after reading El's Anglin' and all the comments here I prepared for a muderous grindfest. Fifth pool, first wish. My roommate, who has been trying for the Reins of the Green Proto-Drake for 3 years and still has yet to see it drop had to restrain himself from pummeling me with a cinder block.

Kommentar von 859415

First cast into a highland mixed school and got mr. pinchy. Right clicked him and got the pet.

Kommentar von Sinthet

Second day fishing. Been hitting all the pools that have spawned because I'm basically the ONLY person out here. I don't know how many items I've fished up, but I know for a fact I've fished atleast 6 stacks of Furious Crawdad's, 20 Inscribed Scrolls, one stack of Off-Hand, 8 Curious Crates, and 2 stacks of Golden Darters. No trash. Maxxed fishing, Weathered Beaten Hat, and the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole and STILL no Mr. Pinchy. Between last night and today I've worked on The Limnologist achievement. Today as been soley trying to get this pet. Be patient and stick with it. If you're a pet and achievement lover like me, I'm sure you won't rest! Will edit as soon as I've finally captured him! Best of luck!

Kommentar von Gaevon

They have definately changed the drop rate. After several previous attempts to find Mr. Pinchy with no luck, I tried again tonight. It's been several months since my last attempt. First cast and Mr. Pinchy is mine! Earlier I had done the 'Lurker Above' achieve. Decided to do the remaining 4 'fish from these pools' achieves and now I'm Salty! Woo hoo! :)

Kommentar von 717690

Just got box after 3rd cast and pet from 1st wish. think rate for this achiv is greatly increased or maybe i had alot luck.

Kommentar von shroxari

Spent about 4 hrs last night fishing for Mr. Pinchy and got nothing...then a few minutes ago I got him from the first cast (Lake Jarune). Gave me the pet 1st wish, super lucky!
Good luck everyone, you can do it!

Kommentar von TheCrazyScot

Got Mr. Pinchy on my first cast into a Highland Mixed School in Blackwind Lake. Got the Magical Crawdad Box on my first wish.

Kommentar von Ketho

I'm rather disappointed at all the positive comments of people getting it on the first cast since Cataclysm, or I'm just very unlucky
I got it after around 300 casts

237x Grimmiger Flusskrebs
72x Goldener Stachelflosser

Kommentar von 634536

I was just messing around today, doing a crap ton of dailies to try to get my guild rep up. I was in shatt and decided to go just fly by and do some fishing just to get a few catches in for the guild achievement. Imagine my surprise when i catch mr. pinchy after 5 casts. This is especially awesome for me since i have this on a different toon and it took me DAYS to get him with constant fishing. So good luck to all you anglers! So excited!
:D

Kommentar von 642892

Okay, I can't tell you how may casts before I started to use fishing buddy. I do know it was in the hundreds though. I have been trying for the achievement for well over a year ( on and off ). I got it today after 23 casts.

Lake Ere' Noru

9 Furious Crawdad ( probably a few hundred over the last year, LOL )
5 Golden Darter
2 Spotted Feltail
2 Curious Crate
2 Mote Of Water
1 Barbed Gill Trout
1 Enormous Barbed Gill Trout
and...
1 Mr, Pinchy

Got the companion on the first wish..
Yes he really does exist...I don't think I will ever visit this part of the Outlands ever again ! lol

And yes...it is, without any doubt 100% pure luck...

Kommentar von hannibalektr

Well, I fished thousands of casts since BC came out, and nothing, so I gave up a couple years ago and never tried during WOTLK, or at least not more than 40 or 50 casts. Then today (well into Cata), I got bored in wow with nothing else to do, so I started to fish for Pinchy again, took me about 200 casts and I finally got him.

First wish i got benevolent pinchy.

I'll update what I get the next four days.

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Today I got the pet! 2nd wish. Good luck.

Kommentar von Syous

wow, just tried it: first pool got Mr. pinchy on second cast, and the pet on first wish

I'm impressed, I'm never that lucky :/

Kommentar von exou

this is my angst-ridden post about not having Mr. Pinchy yet. >:c

Kommentar von Attilathehun

I've been fishing once each day from all Highland Fishing pools for the last 3 or 4 days. I finally caught Mr. Pinchy today and got the achievement from the 1st wish :P

My advice: don't try to get it by fishing during your entire game time. Go once a day and clear all pools. If no drop, come back next day. It's much easier to cope with this strategy.

Kommentar von Sas148

Those of you who continue to post your accomplishment of getting this achievement or lack thereof: please discontinue!

The comments section for this achievement are meant to help other individuals to reach their goal of obtaining this achievement. Learning that you got it so and so on such and such with this many or that many casts is irrelevant to the majority of readers and clutters a page that should be clear and concise to read.

We, the Wowhead community, thank you!

Kommentar von 174799

As of November 6, 2011 I fished under 20 pools in terrokar and got Mr Pinchy with the first wish. Wasnt too bad at all.

Kommentar von Mitchpriest

So i decided to try out for some of the "free" pets, i didnt get anything from the Shatt fishing daily so i moved on to mr pinchy. after fishing 3 pools i couldn't find anymore and was a little down hearted, checked on http://www.elsanglin.com/catching_furious_crawdad.html for the spawn locations and after another 3 pools i got mr pinchy and then on the first wish i got the pet. very lucky indeed :-)

Kommentar von 912427

Just made my second wish. First one produced the Magic Crawdad pet, so I was all pumped, waiting 2 days just for this moment...when a Furious Mr. Pinchy appeared out of the ether and assulted me! I was forced to serve up a beatdown with my beloved Tiffany Cartier original Jeweled Fishing Pole and an Earth Shock. Needless to say, I'm somewhat less pumped about wish #3

Kommentar von 918715

The drop rate for Mr. Pinchy must have changed. Several years ago on my rogue I had to fish up Mr. Pinchy twice, each time with over 500 casts, to get the pet. I headed over there on my priest a few days ago and fished up Mr. Pinchy within the first five pools. I clicked on Mr. Pinchy and got the pet first "wish." Then I went back on my warlock yesterday, and again got Mr. Pinchy within the first 5 pools of fish, and again got the pet on my first "wish."

Kommentar von 910499

i fished this at my first attempt at Highland Mixed Schools.
i completed my Outland Angler steps at this try

at my first wish i got a buff,
at second wish. Mr. Pinchy come out and attacked.

i nearly lost my hopeness and third wish cooldown has come.
i try it and i got it.

Kommentar von 784605

I got him today in Terokkar Forest at Veil Ala' rak. Unlike my other fishing ventures I didn't have to try long. Caught him on third cast and got the box on first wish. However, I'm still trying to get the stinking sea turtle mount.

Kommentar von mdillon77

Best guide on how to obtain Mr Pinchy

Kommentar von 163020

This is a very frustrating achievement nowadays. The fish are useless, the drops are still low. I do not know where those people get their numbers from but I've been there twice for several hours filling my bags with fish and it hasn't dropped yet.

This is an achievement to do at 70 when the fish were valuable and it wouldn't matter if you failed. You'd still get gold and/or bufs.

edit: And the spawn rate of pools is still low, at 'end game' levels.

Kommentar von Departer

Well its my 4th day. i did more than 600 casts. "Still" got nothing. i got 525 Skill and using Lava lure which is giving me 150 extra skill. its totally luck.

Do not give hopes to anyone. it may take 5 casts or maybe 500 casts.

Edit:
After more than 650 casts, i got him. i did more than 200 today. Also i wasn't using any lure at this time.
Nothing more than luck. Seriously.

Kommentar von 924773

I went to Skettis and farmed every Node in TF and i never saw Mr. Pinchy Perhaps The previous Post are No Longer True i was farming for 4 hours and the finally the nodes stopped refeshing so I had to stop.

Kommentar von 924773

I Farmed for 4 hours i fished every Highland Mixed School Node in TF till the notes stopped refeshing i never saw Mr. Pinchy i have a maxed Fishing Skill (525+123=648) So Maybe The Post up till 4.3.3 no longer work.

Kommentar von 924773

Well i see my first 2 posted didnt come threw when i posted them but heck im now at the 11 hour 54 min mark accourding to Fishing buddy and i still havnt gotton Mr. Pinchy and this point ive been sittin here fishin for almost 12 hours ive gotton up 4 times to bio and 1 time to get a sandwadge pardon the spelling im to tired to give a crap but hey blizz U stink

Kommentar von 930519

After FOUR YEARS of fishing up Mr. Pinchy and never getting his Magical Crawdad Box, I finally got it today. So yes, it still works after 4.3, same as ever; fish in the Highland Mixed Schools in the elevated lakes of Terokkar, cross your fingers, and hope the RNG likes you.

Kommentar von 215749

I'm just gonna share my story about this achievement here for everyone. Maybe it will bring good luck! So yesterday, I fished up one of the required fish for the one that didn't get away achievement while at the darkmoon faire. I decided to open up my achievements page and then noticed Dr. Zwickys Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs was the only one I was missing for Salty title. So today I decided to go up to skettis and try my luck. Well, on my first cast into a pool, Dr. Zwicky drops! So I went ahead and used him, and on the first use, Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs pops into my inventory! Best luck I've had with fishing yet ^_^ Good luck to anyone hoping to get this achievement, may your first cast bring you Mr. Pinchy!

Kommentar von 931511

The spawn times of the schools in skettish is disheartening. Is anyone else having an issue with this?

Kommentar von 493114

Arrived today for the sole purpose of getting this achievement. Hit Blackwind Lake, first pool, cast 4 times, and I got Mr. Pinchy. Clicked for my wish, got the Magical Crawdad Box. Luckiest fishing day, ever. It took me 2 hours of continuous fishing in Howling Fjord to catch a Dark Herring for the One That Didn't Get Away Achievement, maybe the WoW gods were feeling sorry for me and gave me an easy one. I should also mention I used no lure at all and have Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole.

Kommentar von 931512

Approximately 55 casts and I found Mr. Pinchy. My first wish got me my Magical Crawdad pet!

Tip: If Blackwind Lake seems to be empty of Highland Mixed School's, try searching Lake Ere'noru, and Lake Jorune for more schools.

Kommentar von 948125

Got Mr. Pinchy after fishing in Skettis on the second pool of Highland Mixed School 2/14/2012 @3:00 PM on Echo Isles server. I tried yesterday on a few pools. Keep trying and you will get it too. Hopefully I will get the pet and Achievement. I will update if/when I do. 525 skill + Sharpened Fish Hook (100) + Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole (25)

Kommentar von 250445

Well, Mr. Pinchy must hate me cos I fished in the pools as suggested - for about an hour - and never got him. Will go back again though

Kommentar von 250445

oh - and I am 525 fishing

Kommentar von wolfspirit21

I just caught my Mr. Pinchy in the Highland Mixed Schools pool in Terrokar Forest at Blackwind Lake (along the shore) at about 1:20 AM EST. First wish, was luckily, the Magical Crawdad pet. It took me a few days of fishing in the different Highland Mixed Schools to finally complete this achievement. Good luck everyone!

Kommentar von Killdnaction

Ok so Ive noticed a trend when I have gotten Dr. Zwicky
on each of my accounts, Ive have gotten him after completing the Krokilisken in der Stadt quest and successfully getting one of the 4 companion rewards from it. Each time I was able to complete the quest and get one of the companions, Dr. Zwicky dropped for me.

Once you complete Krokilisken in der Stadt you will be rewarded with Sack voll geangelter Schätze and inside it can contain one of the 4 companions, Schnapps Eimer ,Knurris Eimer, Zähnchens Eimer and Matschbrabbels Eimer.

After that I went and tried to fish up Dr. Zwicky, and it seems each time as was able to get him.

So I don't know if it was a coincidence or luck but it might be worth a try to see if it works, seems to work pretty good for me, and I now have Dr. Zwicky on 4 of my characters after finishing the Krokilisken in der Stadt quest with a companion reward.

Kommentar von Areia25

Took me about 30 minutes of farming before i got it, and got the pet on the first wish :D Good times!

Kommentar von Dolemite

35th cast. 1st wish. Boom.

Kommentar von Shutliece

Got Mr. Pinchy my first cast and got the pet my second wish.

Kommentar von 980637

Hey all :) Just wanted to confirm the locations of the Highland Mixed Schools. They seem to be mainly concentrated in the lake just above the Allerian Stronghold and in the lake in the middle of Skettis. Both locations are in Terrokar Forest for anyone that doesnt know, and are located in the south of the area, Happy hunting and goodluck :)

Kommentar von RayTBrown

I can confirm that while its a long, slow pain to grind the Highland Mixed School nodes in Terokkar Forest : Blackwind Lake, it does eventually produce Mr. Pinchy. It took me 57 casts in total. Since each pool / node allows 3-4 casts before it goes away, that equals 14-19 nodes fished before it dropped. Side note: as there are only 4-5 pools active at any one time, it took me more than an hour but less than two.

Kommentar von Dianassa

Go to Terokkar Forest and fish out of the Highland Mixed Schools. It's RNG, so everyone saying what cast they got it on or how long it took them was either bad or good luck. It might be on your first cast or your 200th that you get Mr. Pinchy. That's the glory of RNG...

Lakes:
- Blackwind Lake (above Allerian Stronghold where you do Sha'tari Skyguard dailies)
- Lake Ere'Noru (right next to Allerian Stronghold)
- Lake Jorune (northern Terokkar Forest, east of Shattrath City)

Good luck ♥

Kommentar von Frankcoef

got my pet today, farmed for 5-6mins.

had it on my seccond pol 7th cast.

I was like: yes! got it.. ow this is something els

clich to use.. and get lucky so I trough well why not. and then I had my pet.
<happy!

Kommentar von Yerbury

I don't mind the grind. I do mind the incredibly slow respawn rate for the schools.

Kommentar von 1000732

More statistics are always helpful. Fishing from "Highland Mixed Schools", I got it on my 27th cast.

Kommentar von 1004066

Took me about 4 hours grinding these bad boys till I actually got Mr. Pinchy. Wouldn't have minded so much if I didn't have to fly around every minute or so.

Kommentar von 507760

Furious Crawdad -- 14
Golden Darter -- 1
Inscribed Scrollcase -- 1
Mr. Pinchy -- 1

Total -- 17, outstanding luck

Kommentar von Varahad

After winning the Kaluak Tournament, I went to Terrokar to see if Mr. Pinchy would drop. I was fishing pools of Highland Mixed from the island in the middle of the lake. I saw a pool next to an elemental. Figuring that Blizzard would put a wrinkle in my plan, I decided to fish that pool. Voila! I caught Mr. Pinchy!

I asked for the first wish but my bag was full! LOL! At any rate, went back home and check mailbox. There was a nasty letter warning me of Mr. Pinchy's wrath because I discarded a gift. The gift was also in the mailbox; it was the Magical Box. I got my pet and both achieves! It's been two years!

Kommentar von Centor

I got really lucky on this one, took me about 15 minutes and I got the achievment on the first wish. I'm usually never lucky like this. So good luck to everyone out there that have not gotten it yet.

Kommentar von Maplebunny

Just thought I'd go for the Salty title since I won the Master Angler in STV a couple of weeks ago.

Read about Mr Pinchy and vaguely remember it from my TBC days on EU server but never got it so figured I would try it.
Flew to Highland Mixed School area just south of Allerian Stronghold.

3rd cast = Mr Pinchy!
First wish = Magical Crawldad!

Usually RNG doesn't like me very much but today it was smiling on me :)

Maplebunny

Kommentar von twoeyesinajar

Just got it. Popped up as a blue item Mr. Pinchy, clicked it, got achievement for the Crawdad Box, and it was the pet! So got Petting Zoo as well. 270 Furious Crawdad, 91 Golden Darter, 7 Enormous Barbed Gill Trout, 5 Huge Spotted Feltail, 5 Goldenscale Vendorfish, and a smattering of other garbage. Super excited!

Kommentar von 1024890

Terrokar Forest - Blackwind lake in the middle of Skettis has Highland Mixed Schools

Kommentar von Teegra

So I got Mr. Pinchy way back in BC, before achievements existed, back when you had to keep companion pets in your bags, so to save bag space I deleted him. Now it doesn't show that I ever caught him. Ok, so I'll fish him up again. I have spent dozens of hours over the past year, and have thousands of Furious Crawdads and Golden Darters, among others, and have yet to fish up the box. My question is, is it possible that I have some kind of bug preventing me from fishing it up since I already have a long time ago? I want my Salty title!

Kommentar von Nekrotik

It took me 5 years of fishing (I have 6 characters with 525 fishing skill) to get this box the first time. Fortunately, the pet was in it. So despair not, it can happen to you.

Kommentar von Dyros

Fished this guy up within about a half hour. After reading some of these posts I planned to be going at it for a while - after winning the fishing derby today and catching this guy I feel pretty damn lucky. Salty title in under a week, here I come!

Kommentar von 994091

Unbelievable. First cast, caught Mr. Pinchy....First wish, Crawdad box. I was planning on farming for this for a couple weeks.

Kommentar von DroRaz

Will buying the crawdad on the AH get me the achievement? I don't want to cash out after I failed to buy my way into Tierhüterveteran

Kommentar von Emmortahl

Spent several hours attempting to get this in both Wrath and Cata with no luck. Just came across a pool early this morning, got it on 2nd cast, and he gave the achievement on first try.

Fishing Skill: 600
Bone Fishing Pole w/ Eternium Fishing Line
No lure (Had none on me)

Now just need them to turn the fishing contests back on for Salty!

Kommentar von gnorkthedark

"I got it on my 27'th cast, and on the second wish! so happy" - Great info! We are all very happy on your behalf.

Kommentar von Hildur

You get this achievement from fishing up and using Mr pinchy who has a chance to grant you this magical crawdad box( which gives a companion pet) . He's fished from Highland Mixed Schools that spawn in Terokkar forest. They spawn around allerian stronghold, but my favorite place was skettis. The respawn rate was comfortable so that i could just fly around the little pond there and fish from the pools. You can get more than one mr pinchy as the item is not unique, but you only have one shared cooldown.

I have auto loot on and i got no " picking up this item will bind it to you" or such nonsense, so no worries! You're not going to lose your lil mr.pinchy by not being alert.

Kommentar von dsiacono

This took a while for me. I'm not sure how many schools I went thru but probably a dozen. I made sure to use a lure to each Highland Mixed School when casting. Using something that increases Fishing by 75 or 100 are the best choices. Since I've been reading about how well people have been fishing in Blackwind Lake, that's where I went. I got Mr. Pinchy by standing east of the island on Blackwind Lake at coordinates: (68.42 - 77.21). I hope this helps.

Kommentar von 1104203

Does anyone know if you already have the Magical Crawdad as a pet - if you can still get this achievement? I had a friend who had an extra Crawdad and she gave it to me. Been farming for 1/2hr to 1hr and nothing but "Furious Crawdads" and a few random fish.

Kommentar von andreipop

I received Mr. Pinchy after 22 casts, level 600 and using Jeweled Fishing Pole + Feathered Lure. Location: Terokkar Forest, Highland Mixed Schools. You really need to have a lure to greatly increase you chances of finding it.

Kommentar von zinseng

Just logging in to confirm, Mr. Pinchy no longer makes the bind on pickup confirmation pop up. I spent almost exactly 4 mins fishing before he was autolooted to me, recieved the Magical Crawdad box upon first wish.

I should also mention, I did grind this a few random points since Wrath, this is my first attempt post-MoP release so it certainly feels like they made it easier, but of course that could just be my luck catching up. Good luck.

Kommentar von qoorth

after fishing in a number of schools, i found mr pinchy in blackwind lake, slightly south of terokk's rest. took me about half hour in total.

i got the achievement on the very first try. the pet it awards seems to be white in inventory, but it is blue in pet journal and it does seem to be battle ready.

the whole thing seems ridiculously easy.

Kommentar von 860985

Have they made this achievement easier?
First cast into a pool and I got it, was all geared up for a hour or so of fishing :(

Kommentar von 1129764

Just got this on my 209th try. Wanted Salty but the pet was a welcomed bonus. Good luck to everyone attempting this. I was ready to sit for 1000 casts but got lucky :). One more achieve to go!

Kommentar von 1131500

After fishing up Sea Turtle, Old Crafty, and getting my cute little Snarly all in one day (today), I'm crossing my fingers that my luck streak continues and I'll fish this up soon.

264 attempts, 402 fishing, still nothing.

Kommentar von Violante

I finally got this achievement today. I already had the pet, given to me by a friend who quit a while back. So, I still needed the achievement.

73 casts in total.

Dr. Zwicky

On the first wish, right after fishing it up, I got the pet! :)

Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs
Magischer Flusskrebs

Also, the wishes now only have a 4 hour cooldown, instead of 2 days. I don't know if that has been stated earlier, I've just been reading green text. <3

Kommentar von 1137383

Got Mr. Pinchy on the 59.th try and the box on the first wish.

Kommentar von adamt

i was fishing for the achievement for countless hours and i finally fished up Mr. Pinchy. When i looted it i noticed i didnt get the achievement so i thought maybe i would have to use it to get the chieve. upon using it i only got a random buff and still no chieve. is Mr. Pinchy a completely different drop than Mr. Pinchy's box or am i just glitched? pls help

Kommentar von TheTARDIS

I'm confused where do you fish for him? Is he a battle pet too? Ty ahead

Kommentar von ooblushy88oo

So happy to FINALLY have this guy! Now only one achievement away from "Salty"!

:)

As the others have said, just repeating!

To fish him up (begin your fishing journey!)

Go to Shattrath and fly out to Skettis in Terrorkar Forest.
Once you get there, start fishing in Blackwind Lake in the Highland Mixed Schools pools.

My fishing skill was 550 + Wettergegerbter Angelhut. I did not use a lure.

Have patience and happy fishing!

Kommentar von cyz0r

I just got this while fishing for the Outland Angler achievement. It took me only about 6 casts to get Mr. Pinchy, then I used it and got the pet. When it comes to mount drops, rare spawns, even rolling on gear my luck is horrible. But when it comes to fishing I have amazing luck. Took me like 500 casts to get the Sea Turtle mount. I dont know if this is a good or bad thing.

Kommentar von Holgerm

Just got mine today, but was trying to fish Huge Spotted Feltrail. Nevermind I am happy but still have to fish it :)

Was in Skettis fishing the Highland Mixed Schools, it took me like 45mins (cant remember how many fishing counts).

But a good spot because you can get this one and 2 other rare fish for the other achievements.

Kommentar von 1072451

ive did over 2000 casts and still no mr pinchy ; (

Kommentar von 946201

Got it in Blackwind Lake last night after about 700 casts

Kommentar von Leviroots

Thought I'd try my hand at this after getting old crafty, he only took 938 attempts :D.

In the first pool I found I fished and fished and fished!
5th try: Suddenly Mr, Pinchy drops. What luck!

1st wish: BOOM, Magical Crawdad Box.

Easiest achievement ever.

Kommentar von elaineb9000

I got Mr. Pinchy tonight in 83 casts.

56 Furious Crawdad
20 Golden Darter
2 Driftwood
1 Barbed Gill Trout
1 Enormous Barbed Gill Trout
1 Tangled Fishing Line
1 Weeds
1 Mr Pinchy

and he gave me his pet on the first wish. I did this at 300 fishing skill at level 89.

good luck to all

Kommentar von Somthinsweet

Figured I'd go for this achievement today, went to the spot near skettis that everyone said to go to and I got it in 4 casts on my first pool. GG RNG GG.

Kommentar von ghostdragon

I'm sure you guys are going to hate me for this but I just did this achievement for 20 minutes up in Skettis in Terrokar Forest and fished up Mr. Pinchy. The first wish I made I received the pet the achievement asks for, so it is possible that your luck will get you the pet immediately or later on if you have to fish again if he doesn't give you the crawdad in the first 3 wishes.

Kommentar von 1244811

I may have just gotten extremely lucky, but while I was in Skettis doing the cooking daily getting the Giant Kalari Wing, I decided to drop a cast in the Highland Mixed pool right next to the bird's corpse. I got Mr. Pinchy on the first cast, then proceeded to get the Magical Crawdad for the first use! :)

I submitted a screenshot of it! :P

Kommentar von Trinity007

Droprate verry high you will get it 3the 4the puddle. Pay attention that if you afk fishing you don't
get a achievement for actually catching it. Got the pet on first try so guess they have changed
the drop rate of that to. On a positive not the cooldown of this item is only 4 hours anymore

enjoye and happy hunting

Kommentar von Constantime

I got this fishing the large lake north east of Shat. Fish the mixed school pools and you'll get it.

Kommentar von 737521

Alright, I'll breakdown my experience AND include where I was fishing, seeing as that seems to be left out a lot.

While most comments will just tell you that you can fish up Mr. Pinchy in the Highland Mixed Schools in Terrokkar Forest, what they're leaving out (at least in my experience) is those pools are really only found in one area: Blackwind Lake in Skettis.

I flew back over the other pools in TF a few times and never saw a single pool that wasn't specific to one type of fish. However, in Blackwind Lake, the Highland Mixed Schools spawned over and over.

At one point, an Ally (I'm horde, obvs) was fishing the pools right next to me. We both spent about 15 minutes grabbing pools next to one another before they flew away.

Now, lucky for me, it didn't take me too horribly long.
53 minutes, 26 pools and 117 casts. Prior to finally getting Mr. Pinchy, I caught:

Inscribed Scroll Case x5
Furious Crawdad x67
Golden Darter x26
Curious Crate x4
Huge Spotted Feltail x3
Mote of Water x8
Enormous Barbed Gill Trout x1

When I finally got him, I got the pet and achievement on the first charge.

Disclaimer: My experience is not typical or even the average experience of those fishing up Mr. Pinchy. I simply shared for those that like to read through other people's experiences in farming this pet/achievement.

Kommentar von 1226531

Patch 5.4

Skettis - Blackwind lake ONLY

Spawn Time of the Highland Mixed School of fish pools is very quick! Two of us were farming and I couldn't keep up with the pools.

Here's my data:

110x Furious Crawdad
43x Golden Darter
16x Motes of Water
9x Inscribed Scrolls
8x Barbed Gill Trout
5x Spotted Feltail
3x Huge Spotted Feltail
3x Enormous Barbed Gill Trout
2x Goldenscale Vendorfish

1x MR. PINCHY

199 casts and about 1.5hours

My guess is I'm one of the lucky ones to get it this quickly.

Good luck and happy fishing!

Kommentar von Benijezerit

1st Try Fishing 2 hours:

10 x Huge Spotted Feltail 2 x Goldenscale Venderfish
157 x Furious Crawfish 9 x Scrolls
2 x Spotted Feltail 4 x Curious Crates ( total 22 netherweave cloth )
55 x Darter Fish 1x Enormous B. G. Trout
1 x Barbed Trout 13 x Mote of water

Skettis Lake.
1 x Mr. Pinchy Soulbound

1st try at clicking him, got the crawfish. Waiting on the next 2 clicks to see what happens.

Willl keep you posted...... :)

Kommentar von 1265979

Cooldown on Mr. Pinchy is 4 hours instead of the 2 days mentioned here. I guess this has changed somewhere during MoP.

Kommentar von 1340346

I was just wondering how much time it would need to actually fish this item with 226 fishing (i didn't even have a fishing pole) and I decided to give it a try. Went to the lake next to Allerian Stronghold. First fish: Mr Pinchy. The box dropped first try. Well...RNG?

Kommentar von 1312041

Everyone seems to be posting about they got the achievement on their first or second or third charge, etc...

I just caught Mr. Pinchy after around 500 successful casts. I used my first charge and just got a Furious Mr. Pinchy NPC that popped up in front of me.

Has anyone actually had to catch a SECOND one of these bad dudes? I'm seeing so many "omg first wish" posts that I'm worried what will happen if I get to the third charge and still no achievement.

Update: Received the pet on the second charge this morning. I'm wondering if it's guaranteed within the 3 charges now.

Kommentar von 1142916

I just got mr pinchy in 6 pools.. I have 810 fishing, nats hats, jeweled fishing pole, and booty bay boots..

I clicked my pinchy and got the pet and achievment instantly. first time. I still have 2 more chances to more pets now and sell them. This pet IS cageable

Kommentar von Grogman

Just spent roughly 6-7 hours fishing for this guy.
My mind is gone.

Was about to give up, my bag was completely full of all sorts of crap, had to delete something to pick him up. Sounds like RNG hates me. Everyone else seems to be getting it much faster.

Kommentar von Awarathe

Caught Mr. Pinchy on my 543rd cast, fishing skill 440(+10+100). Then, tree casts later, I caught another one. They share a cooldown, but not charges.

Kommentar von Sarthorius

Decided to call the Giant Sewer Rat pet (from dalaran) to accompany me... fished Mr Pinchy in less than 50 casts, was also using the Fishing Buddy addon (don't remember if it was it or I who called the rat). First wish wasted, waiting for 2nd.

Kommentar von 1423979

I got Mr. Pinchy maybe 10-25 casts in the lake near Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest, Outland. The first wish I got the box. My fishing is only 164 and I had just started fishing today so I was super excited and surprised I got it so fast.

Happy Hunting!

Kommentar von 989407

I was fishing from the pools at the big lake for 90 minutes, averaging 50 casts per 20 minutes. Decided to go to the lake near Alliance city, and got it in the 3rd pool. Total casts 238. This may be a coincidence, but it seems quite many report to have gotten the right catch at the two smaller lakes. The item appears in your bag once you catch it, and achievement is gained after clicking on the item in your bag. Good luck everyone!

Kommentar von Leynie

Finally caught Mr. Pinchy after 3 hours of fishing in the Blackwind Lake in Skettis.

For those who think they can "speak to" Mr. Pinchy, I have to tell you that you cannot (or at least not talk to him and have him respond =) ). When you "ask" him to grant a wish, you do so by clicking on his icon in your inventory. Just FYI, so you don't spend several panicked moments trying to get him to grant your wish for a Magical Crawdad... did I do that? maybe...

Kommentar von 503016

Just picked this up today... Now that flying is available in Outlands the best thing to do is to fly between Tuuris and Skettis, make sure you have the find fish trait and keep your eye on the map for Mixed Highland Schools. Fish away and Good luck to you all!

Kommentar von Random0182

Skettis fishing pools, -298th cast.

Kommentar von Rahaf

My Experience:

In Terokkar Forest was trying to experience this my self as I need this achievement and pet too.
So fishing in different Schools in the Forest gave me no credit (I am using an Addon) and it didn't count the numbers of attempts of fishing until I reached Lake Ere'Noru to get Mr Pinchy which is the item we are trying to fish. This is a level 55 item that has (3) Charges each charge has a (4) Hr Cool Down. Basically what you need to do when you get it right click in your bag and try your chance for Mr. Pinchy's Magical Crawdad Box which is obviously the required achievement. This Achievement is a part of Accomplished Angler which upon completion will reward your with Salty.

If you are lucky you will get your Magical Crawdad Box which contains the Cute Rare Magical Crawdad Pet. "Only magical whishes make magical crawdads. If you wish for a fish, fish for a wish" . You can put this pet in cage and either gift it to a friend or sell it on AH for some good amount of Gold if you like.

I got mine from using the first charge of my first drop in about 20 minutes. couldn't really check the drop rate in different spots as I got it from the first {True} -if I may say- spot which is located almost South east to Allarian Stronghold the location of the lake I have mentioned above. Look for Highland Mixed School and Happy Fishing.

I did this today around 1:30 am Server time.

Good Luck !

Kommentar von Xoraly

I probably spent about 40mins on and off fishing for this, purposely, (I have fished in Highland Mixed Schools plenty of other times for other things). And i had no luck.
I stopped WoWing due to IRL for about 6-7 months and came back today on a 7 day Free Game Time.
I logged onto my main who was still by the Fish Schools and thought i'd do some fishing whilst i sort out addons and check everything before logging on other toons.
I just had this, this feeling that this 10-20minutes or so could be the difference between getting the Achiev/Pet and spending countless hours trying to in the future.
I probably cast my rod about 16times more or less, and then out of nowhere. BOOM. Mr Pinchy was in my inventory.
Spoke with him and got the achievement!
Felt great. Nothing like coming back for 7 days and fishing up one of the rare sought after Fishing Achievs in the first 10-20minutes.

Just felt like sharing my story. Made my day.

Good luck to everyone else! My advice, if you see the school to fish in, do it! You never know!

Kommentar von Knallert

As of WoD it seems like a Skettis is pretty much deserted, which leaves a lot of pools open for business. :)
Maybe it was a lucky break on my part, but I think I'm not howling off the wrong mountain.
Anyway, a lot of pools are up at the same time, it seems, so it looks like you can just fly around in a circle there, until you get it. It took me about 10 minutes to get Mr Pinchy so I hope you won't fiddle with it for too long!

Best of luck! :)

Kommentar von 728236

Found at co-ords 36.78 79.76

found after about 10 mins

Fished:

25 x furious crawdad
7 x Golden darter
2 x enormous barbed gill trout

Got Mr Pinchy on first charge

Kommentar von Skulane

8 years and now its finally over

Kommentar von Hedonis

Highland Mixed School at 63.5, 73.7

Fishing skill 700
Angelrute
Geschärfter Angelhaken

First cast, got Dr. Zwicky. First use, got Kasten mit magischem Flusskrebs

RNG Gods were on my side today.

Kommentar von hallayoyo

104 attempts for me today, fished around Skettis only with fishing pole +30 worm supreme 200+ and nats fishing boots +5. My addon Rarity did not count toward this when i didnt fish pools, so make sure you do.

Kommentar von Pizza1337

Fished from Highland Mixed School in Skettis, 20 minutes after deliberately fishing for it. Fishing level 503 (+20).

Kommentar von PsychiYsera

I got it on my 4th cast. i KNOW we are not supose to brag and stuff, donwvote me if i'm wrong but i think they may have totally change the drop rate on Legion (got it with 800skill and Arcane Fishing Rod)

Can somebody confirm if they got it under lets say 30 cast.

Kommentar von Gryzellda

Got just now at Lake Ere'Noruin a highland mixed school, took about 12 casts, lvl 700 fishing no special rod, Must have been luck!

Kommentar von 1727314

Found him around Skettis in Terrokar Forest after around 1h. I just fish in pool of fish only.

Kommentar von Lizardz1995

201 casts
pet on first try

Kommentar von Sebub

Got it 05-11/2017 on my 50th cast! I was fishing in Highland Mixed School pools at Skettis in Terokkar Forrest (Outland)

Kommentar von Alybear

Hello fellow fishers!

I had some free time tonight, so I decided to fish up this little guy.

I fished in Terokkar Forest at Blackwind Lake (63.4, 75.8). I began at 2:21 am CST and caught him at 3:30 am CST. I was not expecting it to be as quick as it was, but I am so happy to check another achievement off the list. I was also able to acquire the Magical Crawdad Box on the first wish.

I was at 800 fishing and used the underlight angler artifact pole. I just kept fishing in the Highland Mixed schools that spawn in a circle around the lake.

Hope any of this helps!
Happy fishing!

PS: Apparently, you cannot name the magical crawdad Mr Pinchy because it "contains mature language." Alright Blizzard, you can name the achievement that, but I can't name the pet after it....

Kommentar von zaonpt

I think there is a secret behind this fish. And this secret was never found nor reverse engineered. Some people unlocked somehow without knowing because the game does not no notify you, according to my theory.
I don’t buy the “RNG Theory”.

Kommentar von Embrae

It's just unbelievable i got mr. pinchy on my 3rd cast!

In the lake that resides Dampscale Patrirarch.

1 Golden Darter
1 Furious Crawdad
and Mr. Pinchy

Also he granted me the box at first try.

Unbelievable,,

Kommentar von aburnett

I spent more time trying to fish this up during TBC and Wrath that I would like to admit. Took and break from the game and then got it after about 10 minutes during BFA and got the pet on the first wish. Undeniable proof that you can only get something if you don't want it.

Kommentar von wingspan

caught Mr. Pinchy earlier today, got the Magical Crawdad Box (and achievement) on the 2nd 'speak with Mr. Pinchy', but was wondering if I can or cannot catch Mr. Pinchy again on this toon...once I have the achievement that is.

Kommentar von Dopad

I got my Mr.Pinchy after 15 cast at (45.81.39.95) with Underlight angler and water walk trait. max fishing

Kommentar von Apss

I just got Mr. Pinchy maybe for 100-150 casts. And pet in first try.

Kommentar von Soltty

Spent roughly 3 hours fishing for this guy earlier today (patch 8.2.5), here's the fish I've caught before finally getting Mr. Pinchy:
316 x Furious Crawdad
95 x Golden Darter
10 x Enormous Barbed Gill Trout
6 x Huge Spotted Feltail
3 x Goldenscale Vendorfish
1 x Mr. Pinchy

That's just fish above, there was a number of Inscribed Scrollcase (~25 pieces) as well as Curious Crate (9 pieces) and Mote of Water (36 pieces, but caught in batches of 2-3 per line)

On the other hand, received the pet on 1st try :)

Good luck everyone! Don't give up!

Kommentar von Zombchicken

Ended up fishing two of these. Clicked the first time and got the health potions. Waited for the 4 hr cooldown and got the pet second try. I still have both of these saved in my bank. Can confirm you can have more than one in your inventory at the same time, but they all work off the same cooldown.

Kommentar von davemanvell

Cooldown for his three wishes is now 4 hours and if you have more than one in your bag they share the same cooldown.

Kommentar von Putinocchio

Got it today in the Highland Mixed School node at 69.10, 80.38 Blackwind Lake. Was fishing with Underlight Angler, took me roughly 200 casts in 2 days.

Kommentar von Tantrevalles

About 650 casts over various days before that cranky yet shy little creature came up for me this morning, which I only bring up as encouragement to you who are still plugging away. Keep on a-pluggin'!

Kommentar von Unsuccess

I've got this on exactly my 10th cast, and the first open :) i feel very lucky, i can still remember back in WOTLK, on another account, i had to try 500+times
Terokkar Forest, Skethyl Mountains
66.56, 80.10

Kommentar von msk13

Dunno if they nerfed the % of this but I remember farming this for a WHILE. This week during Shadowlands prepatch, I farmed for maybe 100 casts, got Mr. Pinchy, no luck on first cast so I waited the 4 hours cooldown and got it on the next.

Maybe I got lucky but I don’t seem to be the only one with fewer casts nowadays!

Kommentar von Elliehime

It took me near 500 cast, and luckily I got the pet on first wish, all the best luck for those outthere still fishing for this,
I wish I have any tips to share but unfortunately there is none, just keep fishing highland mixed schools and chill...
On the brightside right now (shadowlands expansion) there is noone fishing this guy so you have all the fish nodes to yourself and wont need to look far

Kommentar von Mattyarts

Cought in lake near Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest (59,59). Took about 100 casts

Used
Highfish Cap (+5)
The Brokers Angle's(+15) (Shadowlands Pole)
Gloves with +5 Fishing Enchant
Nightcrawlers Bait!

Wish you luck!

Kommentar von Rizaria

after reading the top comment I was very discouraged, 0.2% seems abysmal so I did not ever bother trying to get this achievement until last night, but I decided to look through the other comments, and noticed a significant amount of comments saying how they got it very quickly starting around patch 6.0.

So this morning, I decided to get to work, I didn't bring any special fishing increases, and my outland fishing is maxed. I got my first mr pinchy in 30 casts. and then got the pet on the first wish. I was like wow that's really lucky. Or is it?

I decided to test a theory that the drop rate had been improved in WoD; I logged onto an alt to do it again. this alt also had max outland fishing, and caught mr pinchy in 47 casts. Did not get the pet first or second wish, 3rd is still on CD and honestly idc about it lol.

So I went at it again, 3rd character, and caught the mr pinchy in 162 casts. I got another crawdad on the first wish.

Either I'm incredibly lucky with fishing because I hate it so much, or I'm leaning heavily towards an increased mr pinchy rate.

My point for all this is don't come to this page, read the top comment and cry yourself to sleep. Just dig in, and pray it doesnt take you 8 hours, because I honestly don't think it will.

Kommentar von Aladrias

Although there are many comments saying that the droprate has increased since patch 6.0, I had to cast over 1300 times in five days to get Mr Pinchy, and I'm up to my second wish and I haven't got the pet. It's important to remember that this is RNG and people who get the pet in just a few casts are more likely to tell the world; those who give up after hundreds or thousands, are probably less likely to post.

This isn't to discourage people, but to remind everyone that even if you don't get the pet straight away, keep at it.

Kommentar von Axcelsior

Caught Mr. Pinchy in Blackwind Lake. 111 casts. First wish granted Magical Crawdad pet / achievement.

Kommentar von Stubcutter

9.1.5 no change here.
Still fishable in Blackwind Lake in Terrokar Forest. I got him from Highland Mixed Schools for 65 attempts.
I didn't use any bonus skills neither fishing rod.

/way 65, 75

https://imgur.com/ibQgkzp

Kommentar von koreyann13

Blackwind Lake in Terrokar Forest.
Spent two hours fishing, without realizing I needed to fish in the Highland Mixed Schools *facepalm*
Once I switched to only fishing from the schools, I got it in 23 attempts, along with the pet.

Kommentar von Rozz22

For those after the achievement and are wondering the time investment as I was.

It has a 0.2% chance from Highland Mix Schools.
This means the average player (50%) will see it within 346 casts.
Each cast is an average of about 10 seconds.
10 x 346 = 3460s = 58 minutes.
Adding about 25% of this duration to accommodate flying between the Schools and human error.

It will take the average player about 1hr 15min of fishing from these schools to obtain the achievement.

Kommentar von Ireanimate

Damn did they make this easier or something i got my mr pinchy within 5 casts from a school and i have now used 2 wishes and both have been the pet. edit: and got chuck from the daily quest 10 minutes later, second time i have ever down old man barlo daily

Kommentar von Maravec

I got this achievement on my fourth cast yesterday. It is possible (but not confirmed) the drop rates have been relaxed, but maybe I just got lucky.

Kommentar von T0mMan

Finally fished it up, and lost it due to it asking if I wanted to loot it, just be aware of each time you catch a fish to not auto pilot otherwise you will lose the item should it drop.

Kommentar von Isukie

Must have been really lucky or they've upped the rate you can get it. Got it from the lake after just 5 tries. Was prepared to sit here for hours lol. GL everyone still trying for it and hope you have the same luck.

Kommentar von sirnizz1

10.0.5 Just fished for like 30 min in the Skettis lake in Highland Mixed schools and got Mr Pinchy and the pet on the first try I had zero outland fishing skill if that matters.

Kommentar von Noxipops

I am on 255 attempts to far, I shall update when(if) I ever get the damn thing. Not using loads of fishing gear, just Dragon Fishing Pole with a +13 on it.

04/05/23 - 337

05/05/23 - Caught on 388 casts. Got the achievement first time :)

Kommentar von PoetPlays

If we look at averages alone, it can potentially take quite a lot of time to catch Mr. Pinchy.

At 0.2% rate of catching, that has a distribution of E(x) = 1/p. In this case, it is E(x) = 1/0.002 = 500 casts.

That is, it will take ON AVERAGE, 500 casts to catch him. However there is of course RNG, and as some have highlighted here, it can happen in 20 casts or 2000 casts. 500 is just an average probability.

If he has 3 wishes and each wish has an 8% chance to drop the magical crawdad box, we can use the same formula: E(x) = 1/0.08 = 12.5 wishes
12.5 / 3 = 4.166

So again, on average, you will need to use his 3 wishes 4 times in order to get the crawdad box.

The expectation here should then be that if you need to catch him 4 times, that's 2000 casts.

Get your macros / keybinding ready, put on a good movie, and do the lake circuit! While there's a chance you can get him on the first cast, and get the box on the first wish, the better chances are that you will be there a long while.

Kommentar von Feori

Got it after 43 attempts! THANK THE RNG GODS!

Kommentar von skyboat

Just got this on my second ever fish and with an Outland fishing skill of 2.

Kommentar von Threeper

I know, more than likely, you're coming to the newest comments to see if there is a trick or tip that can help you catch this stupid crawdad faster; sadly, there isn't. I started Outland fishing at zero. After two days, roughly a total of 6 hours collectively, I caught 346 Furious Crawdads, 118 Golden Darters, 6 Huge Spotted Fish, 4 Spotted Feltail, 9 Barbed Gill Trout, 6 Enormous Barbed Gilled Trout, and I don't know how many cases and boxes. I would estimate I was around 560 casts. Anyway, my point in typing all this is to offer encouragement and don't give up. I got the achievement on the first click of Mr. Pinchy, and now I'm done with this area forever. Good luck.

Kommentar von liamnap

I think I got very lucky, finished Outland Angler at these pools, carried on and about 90 minutes later I got Mr Pinchy, and first click the achievement (and the Magical Crawdad toy). Thank god!

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