In WoW you can choose fishing as a secondary gathering profession in addition to your 2 primary professions. Fishing allows you to improve your hunting skills and lets you fish the various forms of aquatic life beneath the waters in WoW.

Some items that you get through fishing can be consumed, while others can be cooked to further enhance their effects. If you’re a hunter, you can use your catch to feed your pets. Reagents can also be found through fishing, and so can treasure chests.

If you have a character that is level 5 or above you’re able to fish. The first thing you need to do is get trained by your races fishing trainer. You’ll find this trainer at your races beginning fish pond.

You can find trainer located at various other spots throughout the game, but the following locations are where you must begin.

Humans begin Fishing at Goldshire, Taurens near Bloodhoof Village, Gnomes to the North of Brownall Village, Dwarves also start just north of Brownall Village. The location where Orc’s and Trolls start out is just south of Sen’jin in the Sea, and the Undead begin in the lake east of Brill.

There are 3 different places a Night Elf can start from. The first is the water around Darnassus, then you’ve got the lake near Dolenaar, and they can also start in the sea near Rut’Theran Village.

High level characters that are just starting out with fishing are able to start anywhere they please.

You might find it useful to grow your characters fishing ability in line with your character leveling. In other words, space out the fishing skill leveling across different levels. One tip that has worked well for some players is to max your fishing ability out at 150 for level 10, you’ll then be a powerful fighter with the fishing pole.

In comparison to other professions in WoW, fishing is an extremely easy one to learn, the main hurdle may be finding the patience to spend time fishing. Fishing is an extremely useful profession and once your skill level is high, you can make massive amounts of gold by fishing in the waters of Azshara. If you take the time to become a master of fishing, you will get massive rewards.