Probably one of the most disregarded yet profitable secondary professions in the World of Warcraft is fishing. Most WoW players think of it as a waste of time. All you do is to cast your bobber into a body of water and wait for it to bob. Most players don’t have the patience for it. If only they know that WoW gold is what they can catch with their hook and line. Don’t laugh at someone fishing the day away. He might have more gold than all of your characters combined.

The first thing you need to do is to look for a Fishing Trainer to get the Fishing Skill and buy a fishing pole. Don’t settle for the normal one. The bigger fishing skill you have, the better your chances of landing a catch. There are fishing poles that add points to ones fishing. It would lessen the chance of the fish to get away. You could also use lures or hooks to add to your fishing skill.

You might be wondering what would have after hours of fishing? Well, fish of course. But not only that, there are instances where you’ll fish out other items such as foot lockers that contain items you could vend in the auction house. These are rare and therefore the items tend to be worth something in the Auction House.

The fish could be eaten raw or you can cook it to give additional buffs. When cooked, the amount of health gained by eating it is far higher than the raw one. You’ll be leveling two skills in the process as well. Your fishing and cooking will level up at the same time. Now that’s good use of your time in the World of Warcraft.

If you’re a Hunter, you can feed the extra fish to your pet. If you’re not then you can convert the extra fish into gold by selling it in the Auction House. Food is always in demand and would definitely rake in a couple of gold for you.

Leveling up your fishing skill is easy. You just need a body of water and your fishing pole. But to make gold from your fishing, you must go to the higher level areas. The fish that would be caught there are more valuable than from the low level areas. Alchemists need some fish for their potions. So don’t throw anything you catch.

You’ll need an epic mount to fully maximize your faming potentials. This would make it easier for you to travel around the basin. With this farming method, you’ll be able to gather around 500 to 600gold per hour. That’s a lot more than any other method available in the World of Warcraft. But of course you need to have mining and jewelcrafting skills to be able to do this method of making WoW gold.

So how do you do it? Simply fly around the Sholazar Basin and get all the Saronite and Titanium ores you could gather. In about an hour, you’ll be able to get at least six stacks of Saronite ores. If you’re lucky you’ll also have some titanium ores as well.

The titanium ores can be turned in Titanium bars and sold in the auction house. It could be sold for at least 30gold each. Or you could make a Titansteel bar, which is sold at the AH for 200gold. That’s just the gold you can make from the titanium ores you gather.

Here’s where your Jewelcrafting will come into play. You should prospect your saronite ores. You’ll get at least one blue gem per stack. That would translate into six blue gems per hour. You cut these gems and place them in the auction house for at least 60 to 80gold each. You’ll get a minimum of 360gold per hour. Not bad for an hour’s worth of flying around the basin.

The extra Chalcedony, Shadow Crystal, and Dark Jade could be used to make Icy Prism. This has a twenty hour cool down but you’ll be lucky to get a Dragon’s Eye from it. Icy Prism can contain up to three rare gems. A single Icy Prism can bring you an additional 200gold.

If you add all the gold you can get from the Sholazar Basin, that’s at least 600gold per hour spent in the basin. Do this at least two to three hours a week and you’ll have enough gold for your WoW shopping sprees. If you have a toon that’s both a Miner and a Jewelcrafter then head to the Sholazar Basin and gather some ores.

I asked a guildmate about his Glyph business and he said that he has tons of unsold Glyphs in his mailbox. He misses the day when a Glyph could be sold for 50 gold. Right now Glyphs are in the range of 5 to 25gold each.

This is the current state of Inscription. When Wrath of the Lich King came out, people rushed to get Inscription as a profession. Thus there are a lot of Scribes in the World of Warcraft. That was the unwise choice. Instead of using the herbs, they could have sold it for a higher price than the glyphs.

The wiser choice was to take up Herbalism and profit on the demand of herbs. People might say that they farmed for their own herbs to use for their profession but what about the gold spent on parchments and recipes? And if they sold the herbs on the Auction House, they could have made a lot more gold during the Inscription rush. Glyphs might fetch a good amount of gold but then again it could be more.

But not everything about the Inscription profession is bad. What’s good about it is that it is useful for all classes. Therefore the target market for glyphs is huge, unlike other crafting professions that are limited to specific classes.

Maybe once you’ve maxed out your Inscription skills then you can balance and sell both herbs and glyphs in the Auction House. Just keep an ear out for what’s in demand in your server. Sometimes the Trade Channel is not just about senseless chatter.

If you’re thinking about switching to Inscription then I suggest that you don’t. But if you have an alt that doesn’t have a profession yet then you could try out the profession. But to maximize your gold making potential the best profession to take up would be the gathering ones such as mining, skinning and herbalism.

Fishing in the World of Warcraft can be frustrating, especially if you’re looking for a specific fish to catch. But did you know that you can actually do 5 Fishing Achievement in a single day and at the same time level your fishing skill in the process.

The five Fishing Achievements are:

25 Fish – You have to catch 25 different types of fishes.

The Old Gnome and the Sea – All you have to do is catch a fish from a school.

The Scavenger – You have to catch a fish from the different Wreckage schools. You need to have at least 305 fishing skill to accomplish this one. If by chance your fishing skill is low then you can go for 50 Fish. To earn this achievement, you have to travel around Azeroth. The five Wreckage Schools are:

1. Waterlogged Wreckage Pool

Found in Alterac Mountains, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Stranglethorn Vale and Arathi Highlands.

2. Schooner Wreckage

Found in Ashenvale, Stonetalon Mountains, Hillbrads, and Wetlands.

3. Bloodsail Wreckage

Found south of Grom’gol at the coast of Stranglethorn.

4. Floating Wreckage

Found in Tanaris, Feralas and Azshara.

5. Steam Pump Flotsam

This is where a fishing skill of 305 is required. This is found anywhere in Eastern Zangarmarsh.

Outland Angler – You have to catch various fishes in the different pools found in the Outland. You need to have a flying mount to accomplish this one. You need to fish in Terokkar, Nagrand and Zangarmarsh. Start fishing for Brackish Mixed Schools and Schools of Darters in Terokkar Forest. Then go on your flying mount and go to the lakes above Allerian, Stonebreaker or in the middle of Skettis for the Highland Mixed School. When you’re done with that, head to Nagrand where you can fish for Mudfish and Bluefish schools. Last stop would be Zangarmarsh for the Sporefish schools.

The Fishing Diplomat – This is probably the most difficult one to achieve. You have to catch a fish in both Orgrimmar and Stormwind. If you’re Alliance, you have to enter Orgrimmar from the Western gate going to the Valley of Spirits. Once you’re in the Valley, go to the shallow pool and start fishing. Try to hide under the building in that area. If you’re Horde, jump into the water around Stormwind. There’s a sheltered embankment where you can fish undetected.

Earning the achievements is not only fun but the fish you catch could be sold in the Auction House as well.

The best way to build up your crafting profession is to wait until you’ve reached level 30. At lower levels you might reach a point in which you need a certain item that is way beyond your strength. Yes, you might be able to gather mats while questing and reach up to around 110 of your crafting profession only to observe that you can’t get pass that because you don’t have the required mats.

Plus you can’t be an Artisan in a profession until you reach level 35. Plus you need to save your gold for the mount. It is essential that you must first get a mount and then level your crafting profession. Before level 40, you should spend your time on grinding for gold and leveling through questing.

Once you reach level 5, you can already choose to learn 2 professions. You should train in two gathering professions. You can choose skinning/mining or skinning/herbalism. You can’t be an herbalist/miner because you can’t use two trackers at the same time.

Then you have to decide on a crafting skill you would take in the future so that you can save the mats you might need for that profession. If you choose to be a skinner/miner then wishes to be a leatherworker in the future then you can sell the ores in the Auction House while keeping all the leathers you can gather.

By the time you reach level 30, you would have enough gold for the mount and class skills. This would be the right time to drop one gathering skill and train a crafting profession. Then head to your bank and start power leveling your chosen skill.

Depending on the number of mats you might have gathered, you’ll be going from Apprentice to Artisan quickly. You might hit a snag at 225 skill points because you lack the materials but at your current level you’ll be able to secure the mats easily. Or if you made a killing selling items you gathered then you can farm the Auction House for your requirements.

If you choose to be an Enchanter, then choose Herbalism as your other profession. That way it will serve as an additional income generator. Sell the herbs you gather. These are profitable at present because of Inscription profession.

If you want to be a Tailor, you must not be tempted to train for it right away. Keep in mind that cloths sell. There is demand for it. You could make a couple of gold from the cloths first and when you reach level 30 then you can train your Tailoring.