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Comment by Kiingy

This fish is related to part 2 of the secret fish achievement series, Secret Fish and Where to Find Them.
To start this you'll need to complete part 1.

The goggles:
With the Secret Fish Goggles buff applied a small fish in a bubble will spawn somewhere within 40 yards of you. If you have sound on you'll hear bubbles when it spawns then 5-10 seconds later the fish will become visible at which point you'll be able to click it. The fish can be clicked while mounted, you do not need to be in water for it to spawn and it will spawn every 25-30 seconds.

Best way to do this is find a spot that is flat and with few surrounding objects (trees, rocks, etc) and just spin your camera around until you see the bubble.

The Fish!
Each time you click the puffer you'll be given a random fish, most of the time it will be the white "junk" fish for whichever area you're in as well as the occasional grey item, with the exception of Dalaran where you'll commonly get coins usually caught from the eventide fountains.

Catchrate is quite low for many of these so expect to spend a fair amount of time for this.

I've split the fish into different catergories.

The common:
These fish can be caught anywhere at any time of the day, save these lot for last as you'll probably get most if not all of them hunting the others.
1. Camouflaged Snark
2. Deceptive Maw
3. Inconspicuous Catfish
4. Unseen Mimmic
5. Very Tiny Whale
6. Collectable Saltfin
7. Travelling Goby
8. Invisible Smelt
If you're still missing these after you catch the others, the best places to catch these are on the floating islands, like the ones scattered around Outland Nagrand (45.9, 59.9). Stand on the edge of the island and the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green (Dalaran island used for an example): https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpg

The zone exclusive:
These fish can only be caught in specific zones and sometimes even in very specific areas within zones.
9. Rotted Blood Cod - Nazmir, Zul'Nazman.
10. Jade Story Fish - Jade Forest.
11. Thunderous Flounder - Isle of Thunder.
12. Kirin Tor Clown - Dalaran (Broken Isles/Northrend).
13. Mechanized Mackerel - Mechagon.
14. Queen's Delight - Nazjatar.
15. Ancient Mana Fin - Suramar. Anywhere in the Suramar city harbour. (Credit to Roguezs).
16. Prisoner Fish - Tol Barad (PvP area). Anywhere in the zone, the bridge that connects the two islands is a great place for this one, just make sure you're on the PvP area side of it (check minimap).
17. Barbed Fjord Fin - Howling Fjord.
18. Dead Fel Bone - Argus, Krokuun and Antoran Wastes. (Credit to Padwarle and Neryssa).
19. Tortollan Tank Dweller - Drustvar, under Anyport in the underwater Tortollan bar called 'The Drunk Tank'.
20. Thin Air Flounder - Neverest Pinnacle, Kun-Lai Summit. (Credit to Qaccy and Pungyo).
21. Well Lurker - Mount Hyjal, in the lake under Nordassil.
22. Drowned Goldfish - Drowned Lands (46, 50) in Stormsong Valley. (Credit to Bobins666).
Note: With the exception of the Tank Deweller (Fish 19), these are confirmed locations and may not be the only location within the zones where they can be caught. For the Tortollan Tank Deweller, I was only able to catch it once I was in the very specific sub-zone (where the name changes above the minimap).

For those suffering from woeful luck with the rarer fish, like the Thin Air Flounder, this was discovered by Asmundr.

To everyone who is having trouble looting some fish. You need to approach the places like Neverest and Nordrassil on foot without a flying mount (There is a small path just before the Neverest peak) Then the 100% dropchance Fishes don't bug out and are lootable once more (Thin Air Flounder and Well Lurker) Alternatively just use the goggles when standing at those places when they are off CD.

If you're still having issues, clearing your bags of all secret fish (vendor or delete them) may also fix it.

The time scheduled:
These fish can only be caught within certain times, while one is active, the other is not. Whichever fish is active at the time can be caught in any zone.
23. Elusive Moonfish - Night only. 9:30pm to 8am.
24. Golden Sunsoaker - Day only. 8am to 9:30pm.
Note: We're not sure on the specific day/night switch over time, the above is just based on the times we've been catching them. If you catch these outside of the posted times let me know. Make sure its server time, not your local time.

The dead:
These fish can only be caught while the player is dead. Once you're a ghost these fish can be caught in any zone. (Credit to FenixInfinito).
25. Veiled Ghost
26. Deadeye Wally
27. Quiet Floater
28. Spiritual Salmon
Best place to catch these on any floating island, like the one directly behind the southern bank of Broken Isles Dalaran. Suicide by flying up and dismounting. This zone has ghost flying and if you stand on the edge of the island the fish will spawn in an arc around your character, shown here in green: https://i.imgur.com/vrIYGgB.jpg

The buffed:
29. Green Roughy - Requires the Painted Green buff from the Mechagon mechanocat painting station (63, 42). This can be applied by walking over the green puddle on the station or having another player throw a Green Paint Filled Bladder at you. (Credit to Sishrot).

The sporadic:
30. Displaced Scrapfin - Can be caught in the "future" version of Mechagon that Chromie sends you to for the quest The Other Place. Unfortunately this daily is only available sporadically. (Credit to Lacrit).

That's all folks!
Thanks to everyone who helped with the hunt :)

Comment by Grepster

This one took me 47 secret fish to get. I got no other secret fish while trying to get this either.

Comment by Ribbl3r

Was my 1st fish while waiting for Rustfeather @ /way 65.7 78.8.

Edit: I've been waitig in that area for ~40 min. and got 20 Great Sea Catfish, 19 Tiragarde Perch and 4 Mechanized Mackerel.

Comment by Xerevil

So what other use do the fish have?other than give credit towards the achievement.

Comment by MouseD

The just had to put in a PVP one lol...and can other players doing can they see your fish bubbles or not?

Comment by pattycakes

Found a nice quiet place for this one. On the western shoreline at 34, 78 . Got my Mackerel in 3.

Comment by obbig

As of 4th July 2019 now vendors for 10 silver. Happy Independence Day little fish lol.

Comment by Zeheve

If you have the ability to breathe underwater (druid, warlock, underlight angler) the ocean floor at /way 34, 38 is nice and open.

Comment by Caolynn

Got this fish while in Chromie's "future reality" along with the Displaced Scrapfin in the same bubble. I was standing up on the plateau where Rustfeather would normally spawn in Mechagon.

Comment by gumby760

So what exactly do we do with them after we catch them? Vendor?

Comment by Sipder2

My progress getting Mechanized Mackerel:
I got this fish two times (normal mechagon and alternate mechagon)
Location: /way 35,69, 78,52
Time spent: 22min in normal mechagon and 2min in alternate mechagon
Video guide: https://youtu.be/lyf1Qy1LYcA

Comment by adabrowski

I got the Displaced Scrapfin and Mechanized Mackerel from the same bubble in future Mechagon using the Personal Time Displacer

Comment by dewald

For those that are saving these fish for last:
The common:
These fish can be caught anywhere at any time of the day, save these lot for last as you'll probably get most if not all of them hunting the others.
1. Camouflaged Snark
2. Deceptive Maw
3. Inconspicuous Catfish
4. Unseen Mimmic
5. Very Tiny Whale
6. Collectable Saltfin
7. Travelling Goby
8. Invisible Smelt

and have not caught the Tiny Blue Carp
or got the
Turtles-All-the-Way-Down Achievement

I suggest that you fish in Pandaria in the Townlong Speppes at location 55 86. The bubble spawns are very quick and you might just get lucky and get the carp or the turtle.
I found that fishing on the big rock that faces the little island to be the best spot.

Comment by caroleen

Try for the Mechanized Mackerel at same time you're looking for a Green Roughy. After painting myself green at Mechanocat Station paint puddle (63, 42), got two Mackerel before finding a Roughy just south of there. Noticed from forum comments that others have found the same thing.

Comment by Tyrimm

Holy ^&*!, Blizzard managed to create the most toxic achievement of all time.

Comment by deadmemories00

For this one I found it in Bondo's Junkyard I ended up with 6 of them while i was trying to find Green Roughy. So if having touble with it try here might have some luck.

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