Fishing bait price in OSRS — live Grand Exchange data

About Fishing bait

In game it is examined as “For use with a fishing rod.” Fishing bait is available to free-to-play accounts. The base game value is 3 gp, which is what shops price from rather than what players pay.

Fishing bait buy limit

The Grand Exchange lets one account buy 8,000 every 4 hours. That is enough to build a real position inside a day. Filling it once costs about 64,000 gp at the 8 gp price recorded on 11 October 2026. The limit is per account and resets on a rolling 4-hour timer.

GE tax on Fishing bait

The 2% sale tax is rounded down, and at 8 gp it rounds to nothing — sales under 50 gp are untaxed, so a flip here keeps its whole margin.

High alching Fishing bait

High alchemy turns one Fishing bait into 1 gp. That is less than the 142 gp nature rune the cast costs, so alching Fishing bait always loses money.

How much Fishing bait trades

Fishing bait sees about 381.2K trades a day, which makes it heavily traded — orders at a fair price usually fill quickly. That is roughly 48 times the 8,000 buy limit.

Fishing bait FAQ

How much is Fishing bait in OSRS? Fishing bait is 8 gp on the Grand Exchange as of 11 October 2026, with an insta-sell of 6 gp. The chart above is live.

What is the buy limit for Fishing bait? 8,000 every 4 hours.

Can you high alch Fishing bait for profit? No — the alch value is 1 gp and the nature rune alone costs 142 gp.

Do you need members for Fishing bait? No, free-to-play accounts can buy and sell it.