Internet archive is currently down, but the following EQTC guide was updated in 2002, so slightly out of era. It sounds like it was written far earlier. It is one of the very first guides on the site (g=3)
"When I had a couple hours of fishing under my belt, and about 20 ranks in fishing, I made a profit of over 6 gold in half an hour. "
My character is now at 50 skill and he is still operating at a big loss due to broken rods, excessive bait loss and lack of catches, let alone fish.
https://www.eqtraders.com/articles/a...php?article=g3