Monkfish

Monkfish are a members only fish that require level 62 Fishing and successful completion of Swan Song to fish, and a Cooking level of 62 to cook. They give 120 fishing experience and 150 cooking experience. When consumed, monkfish restore 16 Hitpoints. Monkfish may be caught using a Small net in the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. They are a very popular high level food as they are significantly cheaper than Sharks but heal almost as much (4 less).

Monkfish give 10 more fishing experience per catch than Sharks, are caught faster, and can be fished at a lower fishing level than Sharks. This makes monks a very efficient way of leveling up. In addition, they are lighter, so players engaging in a lot of running can run longer carrying monkfish rather than sharks. Swordfish cost more than Monkfish even though swordfish heal 2 points less (14) than monkfish, because swordfish are in high demand in free worlds.

At level 89, players burn about 1 out of every 120 monkfish during cooking. Burning monkfish becomes much rarer after level 90 Cooking. At level 92 it becomes almost impossible. It is for this reason that players are advised to use the cook's range in Lumbridge or Cooking Guild (after completion of level 3 Varrock Diary) under the level of 89, as this decreases the chance of burning.

Monkfish a very popular method of good fishing expierience due to them giving 120 expierience per monkfish giving more than sharks and being the same speed as lobster. This is why they're such a popular method of gaining 99 fishing. Monkfish start to become a bit faster when you reach level 85 fishing.

During the Swan Song quest, players must fish 'fresh' monkfish, an untradable quest item.