They say fishing in the World of Warcraft can’t bring in gold. Those who say this probably don’t know about the daily fishing quests available.
If you’re one of those who leveled their fishing skill to the max then you can easily make gold doing the daily fishing quest. Having good fishing gear can also be an advantage because the fishes that are required for the daily fishing quests are difficult to catch.
There are five daily fishing quests but only one would be available each day. Just like the daily dungeon and daily battleground quests, the daily fishing quest would be randomly selected. You can only do one daily fishing quest per day.
The quests are given by Old Man Barlo in the lake just outside Shattrath City. Each fishing quest has the same chance to be chosen. That means that a quest will be available once in five days. Though there might come a time that a quest would be available twice or thrice in a row. There’s also the chance that you might not see the quests in a week.
The five fishing quests are:
You have to catch fish in Zangarmarsh and obtain shrimp from them.
You have to catch a Blackfin Darter from the Terokkar Forest and bring it back to Old Man Barlo.
You have to catch the World’s Largest Mudfish from Nagrand.
You have to catch a Montrous Felblood Snapper. This can be found from Shadowmoon Valley or Hellfire Peninsula.
You have to find a Baby Crocolisk. Horde can find one in Orgrimmar and the Alliance can find one in Stormwind.
The reward for the daily fishing quests is a Bag of FishingTreasures. The contents are treasure indeed. You get not only gold from the bag, but you’ll find essential items that you might use with your fishing. The Crocolisks in the City would randomly reward vanity pets.
If you’ve checked with Old Man Marlo and the daily is one that you don’t like, then don’t do it. Daily fishing quests are made so that avid fishermen of the World of Warcraft can enjoy fishing while earning gold. The gold is not just from the reward. The fishes you’ll catch while doing the daily could be sold for gold in the Auction House as well.