Fishing bait

Fishing bait is used with the fishing rod. It is used to fish in any fishing spot as long as the spot has the "Bait Fishing Spot" option. When a player has 5 Fishing he or she can try to fish for sardines. When at 10 Fishing, he or she can fish for herring. Also, a player can fish for pike at 25 Fishing. During the Heroes Quest, the player learns how to fish for lava eel.

Fishing stores in Port Sarim or Catherby sell it for 3 coins. Fishing bait is commonly dropped by zombies and men/women. It is also an extremely common drop off Banshees

Each catch uses up one piece of bait, so it is crucial to have several thousand if the player wishes.

During the quest Recipe for Disaster the player uses Spice on 1 piece of bait to create Spicy Maggots.

Fishing bait can be used with a pestle and mortar to create ground fishing bait, which is used to feed most pet birds when they are babies.

Trivia

 * During the Recipe for Disaster quest, fishing bait is revealed to be maggots. This explains why decaying zombies and many other undead creatures drop fishing bait.