Icefin Bluefish - El's Extreme Anglin'

This page summarises how to catch Icefin Bluefish.

About Icefin Bluefish

Usage: Cooking: Poached Bluefish (restores 7500 health over 30 sec, 23 Spell Damage and 20 Spirit for 30 min, requires Level 55).

Vendor Value: 8c.

Auction Value: Poached Bluefish sell for around 90s each.

Catching Icefin Bluefish

Detailed mapping of hard to find areas is shown below.

Notes: Bluefish Schools 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 Schools contain an overall average of just under 5 Icefin Bluefish per pool. Due to the way pools appear, 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/pool type	Minimum skill		Areas	Catch Rate		Commonly caught fish
Water/pool type	To cast	To avoid get aways	Areas	% of Catch	Source	Commonly caught fish
Bluefish School - Inland	380	475	Nagrand (except Lake Sunspring, Skysong Lake and Forge Camp: Hate)	80%	Sample: 234.	Icefin Bluefish
Bluefish School - Inland	395	490	Nagrand (Lake Sunspring and Skysong Lake only)	80%	Sample: 234.	Icefin Bluefish
Open Water - Inland	380	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	395	490	Nagrand (Lake Sunspring and Skysong Lake only)	22%	Sample: 519.	Barbed Gill Trout Figluster's Mudfish Icefin Bluefish

The catch rate is the approximate proportion of all catches in the area from the water/pool type that are the named fish.

Detailed Mapping

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Valuable Fish - This chapter will help you catch fish of value.
Pools and Wreckage - This chapter will help you fish among schools and floating debris.
The Burning Crusade - Fishing changes in the first expansion.
The Role of Skill - This topic considers the role skill plays in fishing, including how skill changes the proportion of fish that "get away".
Zone Base Fishing Skill - This topic attempts to answer the question, what fishing skill will I need to fish in a certain zone?
Gazetteer - This topic develops a simple gazetteer that shows which fish may be caught in which zones.