Icefin Bluefish - El's Extreme Anglin'

This page summarises how to catch Icefin Bluefish.

About Icefin Bluefish

Value (uncooked): Vendor: 8c
Cooking:
- Poached Bluefish
Cooking:
- Poached Bluefish:
  - Requires level 55 to eat. Restores 7500 health over 30 seconds.
  - Buff: 23 Spell Power, 20 Spirit, for 30 minutes.
  - Recipe: Recipe: Poached Bluefish. Sold by Uriku (Alliance) or Nula the Butcher (Horde), in Nagrand. Requires Cooking 320.
  - Ingredients: Icefin Bluefish.

Catching Icefin Bluefish

Detailed mapping of hard to find areas is shown below.

Notes: Bluefish School are found in Skysong Lake, Lake Sunspring, and the water between Garadar and Halaa. Some pools in Skysong Lake (Nagrand) cannot be fished by short races (such as Gnomes).

Commentary: Approximately 20% of the catch from open water will be Icefin Bluefish, with no clear difference between higher and lower skill areas. Bluefish School contain an overall average of just under 5 Icefin Bluefish per pool. Due to the way pools appear (see Pool Spawning), you may need to fish from all pool types in Nagrand, before fresh Bluefish Schools spawn. Overall, pool fishing will almost always give the greatest number of Icefin Bluefish per hour.

Where to catch Icefin Bluefish
Water	No-junk skill	Areas	Catch Rate *		Commonly caught fish
Water	No-junk skill	Areas	% of Catch	Source	Commonly caught fish
Bluefish School - Inland	475	Nagrand (except Lake Sunspring, Skysong Lake and Forge Camp: Hate)	80%	Sample: 234.	Icefin Bluefish
Bluefish School - Inland	490	Nagrand (Lake Sunspring and Skysong Lake only)	80%	Sample: 234.	Icefin Bluefish
Open Water - Inland	475	Nagrand (except Lake Sunspring, Skysong Lake and Forge Camp: Hate) Netherstorm	22%	Sample: 519.	Barbed Gill Trout Figluster's Mudfish Icefin Bluefish
Open Water - Inland	490	Nagrand (Lake Sunspring and Skysong Lake only)	22%	Sample: 519.	Barbed Gill Trout Figluster's Mudfish Icefin Bluefish

[*] % of Catch is the approximate proportion of all catches in this area/water, that are the named fish.

Detailed Mapping

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