Effective skill = your Fishing skill + pole + active lure + gear and food. That total is what the water checks. Example: skill 150 with Bright Baubles (+75) is 225, enough to stop getaways in Dustwallow Marsh (band 130/225).
Effective skill calculator
Hat, boots, line, enchant, food
Numbers: skill to catch anything / skill so nothing escapes
Pole and lure bonuses match the live game client (ForeverDB, build of 7 November), apart from the Ravaged Fishing Pole, which it doesn't list by any ID a source gives.
| Pole | Bonus | Requires | Source | Status |
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| Lure | Bonus | Requires | Lasts | Source |
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Other boosts
New in Forever, source unknown Beta
Sources: ForeverDB (live client tooltips, 7 Nov) · WoW Forever Outpost (beta tooltips) · Method · Forever Guides · Classic WoW Forever · WoW-Professions · Warcraft Tavern