Fishing for money?Follow

What fish should I fish for cash? Im talking relative ease of catch combined with gold per stack. What is the most profitable fish too catch?

On Burning Blade, stonescale eels go for 1g a pop. Firefins and Oily Blackmouths go anywhere from 80s-2g per stack of 20. Deviates i'm not sure, as the price ALWAYS varies. Depending on the time of day (yes it does matter), you can increase your catches of Stonescale eels. I started fishing these up for skill and cash at 200 in Steemwheedle port (tanaris).

I make about 20g an hour fishing stonescale eels, which is reasonable cash. You would prob get more mining thorium or mithril, but competing with other people is also hard. If you get to fishing 300 (not all that hard, obtainable in level 1 zones), and you have a high level char, head to Azhara(sp?) Bay of Storms. Theres places in the bay where you wont get aggro. This is a great place for stonescale eels. You get a 20% drop rate. My record is about 32 in an hour. But people have told me they've gotten a 45 record. If you do start fishing stonescale eels, the best possible time is 12am-6am server time. Might suck, but your % of eels caught will be higher, making you more cash.

Fishing may be boring, but up to 32g an hour can't hurt either. Either this or running around IF throwing snowballs, i'd rather make the money. Happy fishing^^

Shhhh, you're going to have fishfarmers stealing our phat lewtz with a loose tongue like that.

Edit: By the way, does anybody know if the belt and the trinket stack for swim speed?

Edited, Thu Jan 5 16:45:25 2006 by TheEngine

Even Albacore and Mackerel will sell at the AH if you list them. And Rockscale Cod and spotted yellowtail will sell for a gold easy pre stack.
'Course, none of those sell like Blackmouths and Firefins, but hey, it's better than cooking them and eating them.

Don't forget that meduim-level land-based recipies give better stamina/spirit buffs. The only thing among those that actucally sell are Squid (rogues pay for agility), Nightfin Soup (casters pay for mana during long fights), and Salmon (melee pays to regen health).
Among those, noone knows about the nightfin so they dont buy it and the salmon doesnt give enough of a bonus to be noticed in big fights. The squid, on the other hand, is a gold mine in large quantities because rogues/hunters will burn through the stuff for the decent AGL bonus but they wont pay a whole lot for it...not to mention you catch it while going after stonescale eels. You may as well throw those junk fish in the AH for a little silver because they make excellent pet food.

Edited, Tue Jan 17 16:45:21 2006 by brinebold

where would anyone say is best place to fish for Stonescale EEls ?

i normally fish in fereals but they are about 1 in 10-15 so have to be there awhile to get 10.

Or perhaps its me i normally give raid aprty members potions before we start if they stay alive so do I.

any help would be much appreciated.

Of course, I can't be sure (not being a hunter). After catching several stacks (and being unable to sell them at the AH) and checking all the threads here and on Thott about them, I came to the conclusion that they are either unuseable, reserved for future use, or a combo of both. I can fish for them any time and all they were doing was cluttering up my bank slots waiting for a use, which is why I finally gave them to someone who needed pet food. I didn't get any complaints, so the pet must have eaten them.

We really should get that word added to the profanity filter...