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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 Chipinators

Go sit at Nalak spawn, two birds one stone.

Comment by Wownomo

First bubble after I zoned in had the fish, didn't even leave Dawnseeker Promontory. Same thing just happened with the Thin Air Flounder. Was there a hotfix? I thought these were supposed to be rare drops?

Comment by blackleafdragon

Apparently you can get the nat pagle fish from the Bubbles :O !
A great spot as mentioned above is indeed the spawn location for the Nalak world boss

Comment by DebL

Also got the Elusive Moonfish at Nalak spawn location at 23:50 sever time.

Comment by Billyjack

Since it's left out, you Post MOP players, you can NOT get to Isle of Thunder by flying there you must fly to Shado-Pan Garrison in Townlong Steppes and take the Portal there, MC are 50.70 I'll post a SS...

Comment by Sipder2

Thunderous Flounder drop in Pandaria > Isle of Thunder, good location: Nalak spawn /way 59,33, 37,05
i got it after 3 trys
Video guide: https://youtu.be/jyntkeNCKnE

Comment by Lilyoptra

Friend and I each got Mimic Octopus, Nat Pagle rep quest item, from the bubble.

Comment by Sarthorius

Just got Mimic Octopus from a bubble while waiting for Nalak and the rare fish.

Comment by Krusti98

Got it after 8 tries, while waiting at Nalak.

Comment by Aerastoe

But how do I get there? Head to 50, 69 and accept the quest The Storm Gathers from Vereesa Windrunner. She'll fly you right over. I would recommend doing the 2 quests Jaina Proudmoore has for you on the boat when you land. They will take you less than 5 minutes and you'll get a toy you can use to port back there and open the garrison portal to travel freely back and forth. I tried a few different spots to find the fish, skip that and do what other people suggested and wait where Nalak spawns.

Comment by Kalados

The Nalak location works perfectly and the bubbles also spawn other MoP fish. If you have never been to the Isle of Thunder at all, on anyone toon, I highly recommend doing all of the scenarios to unlock the entire island's content, it takes roughly an hour and is all very easy solo instanced content, you will not only unlock a toy to teleport you back to the Isle, you will also unlock a portal back to Townlong Steppes. There's tons of achievements, battle pets, and stuff to do on the island not even including the raid.

Comment by dawn22868

The fish wouldn't drop for me around Nalak after A TON of tries (got to the Isle by queuing for the LFR version in the Vale and using Sunreaver Beacon once inside the instance).

Decided to take the portal in the Sunreaver camp to Townlong Steppes and used it again to get back to the Isle and got the fish first try right inside the camp.

Might also just be a coincide / RNG.

Comment by linda535

Hehe, looking for the Thunderous Flounder, just found the Golden Sunsoaker at Nalak. Still looking for the Thunderous Flounder...
Finally got it after Nalak appeared and died 3x.

Comment by Zuckerguss

I got mine during one of the solo scenarios you have to do to unlock the Isle of Thunder.

Comment by Bearsalot

Came to Nalak spawn and literally looted three bubbles and got the Thunderous Flounder.

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