If you press 'Y' in-game, go to Professions > Fishing > <x> Fish the description says "Fish up 500 items." I think the reason why the achievement is called 500 fish is because it requires fishing to get it.
Achievements › Professions › Fishing
Achievement Points10
How to Earn
ObjectivesCatch 500 fish
How to Complete
1 criterion from the current game data.
Other objectives (1)
Objectives the game data describes in text only.
- Catch 500 fish (x 500)
Details
- Category
- Professions › Fishing
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 1 criteria line
- Follows
- 250 Fish
Series
Each tier replaces the one above it in the achievement log.
Tier 5 of 6, it follows 250 Fish and leads to 1000 Fish.
- 25 Fish10Fish up 25 items.
- 50 Fish10Fish up 50 items.
- 100 Fish10Fish up 100 items.
- 250 Fish10Fish up 250 items.
- 500 Fish10
- 1000 Fish10Fish up 1000 items.
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Got this achievement at a fishing skill of 218.
Catching 2 fish with [item=85973] activated still only counts as 1 towards this achievement.
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