Grand Prize

The rejected original choice for the title of this quest was "Master Baiter."

I am proof that this takes neither experience or skill, as I just won on my second attempt. (This isn't a brag, just some tips for beginners.)

Before I started my first try I scoured Wowhead for any information I could find.

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• Make sure you are familiar with pool spawning areas in Stranglethorn. You can see them here: [item=19807]. Make note of the dots and choose an area you want to fish. Something to note is that the contest has changed a bit. Tastyfish can now be fished from any pool, including the wreckage pools.
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• If you have a multi-button mouse, utilize it! Set your "Cast" ability to one button and any flying mount to another. This makes for seamless transition between pools once you memorize the buttons.
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• BE PREPARED! I can not stress this enough. Many people forget to set their hearth to Booty Bay and this can cost them the win. Show up at your preferred fishing spot about 10 minutes before the contest starts so you can prepare yourself mentally. Another good tactic to use is to set your loot to auto loot. Believe it or not, this will shave very valuable time off for you.
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• Don't freak out. You will inevitably become more and more nervous as you get closer and closer to 40 fish. Keep your hand steady and your mind sharp, once you hit 40 you will need to react very fast to hit your hearth button. And if someone wins before you, don't make a big deal out of it. There is always next week.
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Also, here are some answers to questions I had to search around for myself that you might find useful.

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• The guy you turn this in to will be in front of the inn when the contest is about to start. Make sure you familiarize yourself with his location and be ready to bolt straight to him after you load in! Speed boosts are your friend here, there will undoubtedly be someone hot on your heels unless you got incredibly lucky with your catches.
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• First place winners can choose one of all available prizes. Second place gets a choice between [item=122529], [item=50287], or [item=19971]. Third place can only choose the fishing line. However, all three winners receive Master Angler of Azeroth.
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• CRZ has changed this contest quite a bit, but you won't have to worry about that. People from other realms are competition in the sense that they will fish your pools empty, but winning the contest is on a per realm basis. For this purpose, connected realms are considered one realm, ie Dentarg/Whisperwind are one realm.
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• He will yell four times. Once when the contest has started and again each time someone wins. AGAIN, do not send nasty whispers to the winners. They are people just like you who are trying their best to win.
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• One problem you will definitely encounter is the bobber not landing directly in the pool. Do not freak out, when I won I had probably spent a solid two minutes merely trying to wrestle some stubborn pools. There is no way around this, but you should try to learn to be able to judge a good distance to be from a pool so that you can try to avoid this problem.
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I hope this helps someone else out there! This is everything you need to know to win the contest. GOOD LUCK!

The fishing quests are indeed repeatable.