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Fishing, and why it’s lame.

Normally I make it a point not to come onto the blog and start complaining about parts of the game that I just don't like. However today I just can't keep this rant to myself.

In the past I've always admired people with the highest level of Fishing. I personally do not believe that I have the patience to really do Fishing. I think it's time consuming, tedious, and all around not fun.  For that reason I've always given respect to people tossing down Fish Feasts, especially back when they were Soulbound. It meant that the guy putting it up for the raid had managed to level both his Fishing and his Cooking to 450, which is awesome.

So today I figured out that I was stuck. I have decided to finish out my Cooking on my Paladin, since I'm tired of having to buy up raid food (Not that it's expensive, but this is my main). I'm also in the mindset of getting all the achievements as well as getting all my skills maxed out. This includes Fishing. After some real pondering, I decided that Fish Feats could sell for quite a bit in the Auction House, and being able to make them is a small badge of honor.

So I grabbed a fishing pole and starting leveling in the pond in Ogrimmar. From levels 25 to 150, it was a breeze. However now it's starting to have less points for effort, and I'm slipping into that zone of just not even wanting to do it, regardless of the rewards and the respect. How do I make this not feel like a waste of time? I've already got the DVD player minimized sitting on top of the WoW window, or listening to podcasts.

What else can I do to make this seem less tedious?