now that I have the Iskaaran Harpoon, lunkers show up randomly while I’m fishing. This puts me in combat and knocks me off my fishing raft. Grrr.
But I can’t seem to “hot key” the Harpoon so I have to go dumpster diving my bags to find it… and I can’t use it while swimming. I go to shore and I finally harpoon the damn thing. What feels like FIVE minutes later I have never been able bring it to shore and it gets away.
WHAT IS THE POINT?
I’m just never going to harpoon one again… and I probably should get rid of the harpoon so they don’t show up anymore.
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Where are you fishing at that has lunkers randomly spawning? Because I would like to go there.
You can’t Harpoon larger lunkers out by yourself, you need someone to help. I have no idea if this changes after you get an upgraded harpoon.
You have a chance of fishing up an Ominous Conch every now and then, which will spawn a Massive thresher. Also, the Tuskarr Tackleboxes contain the Conchs as well. Using 5 Conchs at a large lunker sighting area will spawn a Gigantic Thresher (or mini-boss).
As for the harpoon, you can upgrade it. Once fully upgraded, you can catch the big ones solo.
I do hate how my character goes into combat when a thresher spawns, makes no sense.
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Sometimes when I open a Tuskarr Tacklebox near a river, one will spawn.
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you don’t have to harpoon lunkers to loot them, just smack them and they die, stun if you want to interrupt their deep dive.
Drag it to your tool bar while you’re fishing. You just have to click the button.
Usually I try to leave my lunkers in the toilet and not catch them.
Just sit down and it will cancel the combat mode.
What I do t understand is that I have upgraded all my gear and it still takes forever to catch most linkers.
The only true boost I see from upgrading the stuff was the reduced time for fish nets.
If you move when the thresher cast starts, it cancels it and it won’t spawn.
I swear the first time I tried to put it on the cast bar it wouldn’t take!!! it works fine now.
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Every time I fish up a conch (or get one from a tackle box), a looking for lunkers buff appears. Stand for a second and a lunker appears to be harpooned.
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I put mine on the =+ key I’m not using works out well,or you can key bond it . You have to be on ground to use it doesn’t work in water.
Weird, mine doesn’t cancel, just tried it out. I can mount up or cast another spell and the Looking for Lunkers cast bar will disappear, but it’s still running in the background. If I face a body of water deep enough, a Massive will spawn. I’m running around with the Lunker cast bar still going.
Ive also noticed that the Massive will spawn directly in front of you wherever you’re facing, if the water is deep enough. Ive even had 2 threshers spawn on top of each other if I get 2 conchs from tackleboxes fast enough, meaning theres 2 cast bars for Lunkers going in the background that I cant see.
EDIT: so, hitting the “esc” key will cancel out the Looking for Lunkers cast bar 
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Can’t you just kill them?
I HATE THIS! Stop putting me into combat with randomly spawning lunkers, Blizz!
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Yes you can, but only recommended if you are the only one going for the lunker. If other people are harpooning lunkers, such as at fishing spots, please dont attack and kill them. Those harpooning wont get any loot.
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Ah, I see.
I kill them for the fishing steak world quest. Way faster as a BM.
Interesting. I have not noticed this ever happening to any of my characters. Do you have any idea if there a proc firing off some talent/item?
Those are the spawning threshers, kill away 
Not a bad theory, but it happens 100% of the time for me as soon as a thresher spawns. I doubt my luck is so good as to have something proc 100% of the time.
Seems silly that a neutral mob pulls me into combat, but wont come attack me. I also hate that being in combat prevents me from looting tackleboxes and expedition packs. Why is that a thing?
On my blood dk I have death gripped them out of the water.
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