Spinefish Alpha

Have I turned in all the different kinds of fish today?

Quickly modified the Nalak/Oondasta macro

/run for k, v in pairs({Flying_Tiger_Gourami = 31443, Mimic_Octopus = 31446, Spine_fishAlpha= 31444}) do print(format("%s: %s", k, IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and "\124cff00ff00Yes\124r" or "\124cffff0000No\124r")) end

This is one of three quests you can get from fishing quest starters in Pandaria.

Usually I catch the [item=86544] around Inkgill Mere near Binan Village in the Southeast of Kun-Lai Summit.

The other two rare fishes are:

[item=86545] and [item=86542]. They are unique and you can complete the quests once per day to increase your reputation with Nat Pagle and The Anglers. By now this is the only way to make Nat Pagle your Buddy and get his special faction rewards. After giving away your rare catch of course you can try to get a new one for next days turn in.

You'll also need these 3 rare fishes for Pandarian Angler.

Build 15929: At the moment only Flying Tiger Gourami is working. When trying the other two you only loose your quest starters :-(

If you're anything like me you may run into a situation where you can't remember if you've done this quest today (as it's a daily) or not, or if it was an alt who caught the Spinefish Alpha. I found a quick way to find out without spending time fishing up the Spinefish Alpha just to get the "You have completed that daily quest today." error message.

All you have to do is copy/paste the following into your chat log and hit enter. It will tell you if (and only if) you still need to catch one. If nothing shows up you have already turned in your Spinefish Alpha today.
/run if IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31444) ~= 1 then print("Go catch a Spinefish Alpha.") end

For the Flying Tiger Gourami use
/run if IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31443) ~= 1 then print("Go catch a Flying Tiger Gourami.") end

For the Mimic Octopus use
/run if IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31446) ~= 1 then print("Go catch a Mimic Octopus.") end