Minnow

Minnow
Level required	82
Fishing XP	26.1 xp
Bait	N/A
Fishing spot	Fishing spot (minnow)
Required tool	Small fishing net

Minnow
Released	6 July 2017 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Noteable	No
Options	Drop
Examine	A tiny fish.
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	0 coins
Low alch	0 coins
Weight	0 kg
Advanced data
Item ID	21356

A flying fish gobbles up the player's minnow.

Minnows are members-only fish that can be caught at Kylie Minnow's fishing platform at the Fishing Guild. They require a small fishing net and 82 Fishing to be caught, which cannot be boosted, granting 26.1 Fishing experience per catch of minnow. Boosting does however increase the rate at which they are caught. These catches consist of between 10-14 minnow, dependent on the player's Fishing level.

The platform may only be accessed after showing Kylie the full angler's outfit and having completed the Fishing Contest quest.

Minnow can be exchanged for noted raw sharks by trading with Kylie Minnow at a rate of 40 minnows for one raw shark.

Minnow fishing spots move around in a consistent 1-tile clockwise rotation at a fixed rate of 15.6 seconds, or 25 ticks. This is more rapid than other forms of net fishing. Players can use a synced interval timer for an auditory signal notifying the player of the spot moving, or simply count a total of 10 experience drops, which is the maximum that can be received from a fishing spot before it moves.

In addition, there is a 1/10 chance that a fishing spot will spawn a flying fish instead of providing minnows after rotating; flying fish will eat 16-26 minnow directly from the player's inventory as long as they keep fishing there, forcing them to move to another spot. A flying fish appears only after a fishing spot has changed, and can continue to eat the player's minnows until the fishing spot changes position once again.

Equipping the Rada's blessing from Kourend & Kebos Diary gives up to 8% chance to catch twice the amount of minnows (no experience is given for the additional catch). This works well with the stackable nature of minnows in the inventory.

Using spirit flakes will increase your minnows caught by 50%, e.g. a 13 minnow catch becomes 20 when a spirit flake activates.

While the fishing platform can only be accessed via the Fishing Guild, Minnow fishing does not benefit from the Guild's +7 invisible level boost.

Fishing info[edit | edit source]

Money making[edit | edit source]

The following money making guide is available for Minnow:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Catching minnows	103,500	82

Catch rates[edit | edit source]

Rada's blessing increases minnows per hour by 2% per tier of diary completed.

Level	XP/h	Minnows/h		Sharks/h		GP/h
Level	XP/h	No blessing		No blessing		No blessing
82	40,000	15,000	16,200	375	405	103,125.00	111,375.00
85	43,000	17,000	18,360	425	459	116,875.00	126,225.00
90	45,000	19,500	21,040	487	526	134,062.50	144,650.00
95	48,000	22,000	23,760	550	594	151,250.00	163,350.00
99	56,000	25,000	27,000	625	675	171,875.00	185,625.00

Item sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Fishing spot (minnow)	82	10–14	Always

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
13 July 2017 (update)	The inventory icon was reduced in size due to player complaints that the number of minnows they had in their inventory was difficult to see. Ghasts can no longer turn a stack of minnows into rotten food.