Rick O is correct about fishing’s money-making abilities — it’s very lucrative, especially if you can pull up some motes of water. (A good fisherman never reveals his fishing spots. OK, OK, Nagrand.) And the fishing daily is surprisingly lucrative, too. Most Bags of Fishing Treasures have several gold and the uber Sharpened Fish Hook. Most times, there’s a gray item. Do *not* throw it away. That Mithril Shaving Razor without a sale price on the tooltip? Sold it to a vendor for 15 freakin’ gold.

One thing, though: Don’t be afraid to fish outside the fish nodes in higher-level zones. (I’m thinking Nagrand particularly.) Every fish except for the Barbed Gill Trout has high AH potential.

P.S. If your speakers are turned up high enough, you can look away from the bobber. Just listen for the splash. It’s all good.

There is money to be made in fishing.

— HOWEVER —

It is 100%, totally, completely, and while-heartedly worth your time to get to at least 320. I am in no way exaggerating when I say that I can make 150g per hour from *casual* fishing. I’ve actually been working on a blog post to explain how profoundly easy it is.

Short version:
1. Grab the fishing daily.
2. Fish for the 10 minutes that your lure lasts.
3. You *will* skill up one or two points in that 10 minutes.
4. You *will* catch whatever it is that you need for the daily.
5. As you are doing your other dailies, fly to Zang and fish for another 10 minutes.
6. Again, you will skill up a few times.
5. If you keep casting and aren’t just afking it, you *will* catch between 20g and 30g worth of stuff in that 10 minutes. Goldenscale Vendorfish ftw, baby. 6g each. Motes of Water. Greens. Cooking mats.

The trick? Fish out the schools of fish and nothing else. Never cast in empty water. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.

As we are coming together for an SSC raid and everyone is running to Org to respec or buy food or whatnot (I am always early), I will run around the big lake in Zang and fish. When we get the 2-minute warning I hit Zabra’jin to sell off all of the crap and free up bag space. I almost always end up being able to cook a few extra Golden Fishsticks, which only makes the healers pay that much more attention to me during the raid. Everyone wins.

And! Bonus! You get fishing gear from the daily fishing quest! I’ve gotten a really nice fishing pole, fishing hat (on-use apply lure), and other stuff. Just like getting recipes from the cooking daily.

Do the fishing daily 3 or 4 times per week and you’ll be at 375 before Wrath, no problem. And you’ll pad your pockets with buff food and gold at the same time.

I had heard that, actually. Hopefully by then I have the really good enchants!