Raw monkfish are members-only fish that can be caught with at least level 62 Fishing, gaining 120 Fishing experience points per fish. They can do this with a small fishing net; but the only suitable fishing spot is at the Piscatoris Fishing Colony, which requires players to have completed Swan Song.
Monkfish give 10 more fishing experience per catch than sharks, are caught much faster, and can be fished at a lower Fishing level than Raw sharks. This makes monks a very efficient way of levelling up. In addition, cooked Monkfish are lighter, so players engaging in a lot of running can run longer carrying monkfish versus carrying sharks. The only downsides are that sharks are more valuable and give more cooking experience (although that does not matter if the raw fish are sold). At level 85 Fishing, catching monkfish gives ~30k xp/hour, so at this point, the player may want to catch cavefish instead, which gives ~40k xp/hour.
Members can cook the raw monkfish at level 62 Cooking, and gain 150 experience if they are successful in doing so. Players will stop burning at level 92, or 90 with Cooking Gauntlets. Cooking monkfish gives approximately 140k xp/hour at level 90 with gauntlets.
The unofficial world for fishing Monkfish is World 27.
Trivia
- From 90 to 99 Fishing you would have to fish Raw Monkfish for 211 hours.
- It takes 80 Raw Monkfish to fill a Decorated fishing urn (r), and only 25 to fill a Strong Fishing Urn (r).
- It takes 52 Monkfish to fill a Decorated cooking urn (r).
