I farmed (and bought dirt cheap while everyone was leveling fishing) over 300 mudfish and stock piled it. Between keeping what I get from the dailies in terms of mudfish I’m still over 200. The supply has gone down, but keep in mind mudfish on the AH are far cheaper than fish sticks, and because I keep the cheaper ones to use and sell (or give depending on if a guildy asks for some) of the higher priced fish I make a good profit.
I could sell 1 fish stick for about 1g on my realm, a mudfish is about 30s per. So I could sell 1 fish, and get enough gold for 2 of my fish.
You don’t seem to understand basic math here.
Even if I only get 5 fish a day and they average 50s for selling them, that’s 35 fish a week that sell for about 17g. That’s not including what I fished up while doing the fishing daily, the raw gold gotten from doing the fishing and cooking daily, the chance at the vendor items from the fishing daily, and anything I gathered from mining, could, and kills while doing them.
Also, it’s not uncommon for me to find the crap fish on the AH being sold for less than what it sells to the vendor for after cooking it.
I don’t count those afk cooking (and bandages and other craftables) sessions that I buy craft and vendor as game time because I am afk during it.
I have bought 500 stacks of the garbage fish from the AH before cooked them and vendors them for a 50%+ profit before. I don’t count that afk crafting session as me playing the game.
I’ve done the same with bandages. If you see neatherweave for under 15s per on the AH you can buy them, turn them into heavy bandages and vendor then for 30s per (takes 2 cloth, so under 15s per is a profit) I have found them on the AH for 8s before, I win bids on them as well to do this.
Some gems, heck I find gear on the AH under their vendor value before.
2 weeks ago I bought a fist weapon on the AH for 5g. Sold to the vendor for 5g and 70ish silver.
I’ve bought the old spell tomes from that vendor for 1-10g for cheaper than AH value and vendored them.
Again, learn to use your time more efficiently, and I don’t confine sider my afk crafting time sessions as play time.