| Most people in World of Warcraft look at fishing | | | | by the difficulty of the node, product, or item you |
| as a waste of time. They would rather spend | | | | care gathering or creating. Leveling fishing skill is |
| time complaining about the gold they do not have. | | | | determined by the number of successful casts. At |
| Smart players think of fishing as an aquatic gold | | | | low skill you will get an increase with each cast |
| mine. | | | | and it gets progressively tougher. Above 350 |
| Unlike mining or herbalism, fishing at low skill is not | | | | fishing skill it may take as many as 15 to 20 |
| a great money maker. The thing about fishing is | | | | successful catches to gain 1 point, but you do not |
| that it can be leveled much quicker than any | | | | have to wander around looking for more fish. In |
| other gathering skill. To level mining and herbalism | | | | fact since skill progression is based on successful |
| you must spend time running around sometimes | | | | catches you can level from 1 to 375 in fishing and |
| dangerous zones searching out nodes and plants. | | | | never leave your home area. |
| Fishing on the other hand can be leveled | | | | Low level fishing will not earn you mounds of gold |
| anywhere there is water deep enough to cast | | | | but it will let you level your cooking skill. If you are |
| your bobber in. | | | | serious about putting mounds of gold in the bank |
| Leveling your fishing skill is different from other | | | | you should be leveling cooking as well. |
| trade skills. Leveling other trade skills is determined | | | | |