So you can better understand which fish are used in the Cooking Profession, I assembled a table of all fishing-related recipes from skill level 1 to 450, as a handy and free resource guide. I believe this is the best guide of its kind in the Warcraft community.

Additions to this Guide
In addition to the seafood guide, I've added a speed leveling guide for those of you in a hurry to raise your cooking skill. My speed leveling guide is based entirely on seafood recipes and includes relatively common and easy-to-get recipes and fish you can usually find in the auction house. The fish are generally among the cheapest and most common in the AH. I've also added a Quick Reference List of both Cooking & Fishing Profession Trainers.

Leveling Fishing 1 - 450
Fortunately, fishing skill will increase ANYWHERE you fish. With every 25 skill-ups, fishing will generally require an additional "catch" per point of skill level increase. This means there is no way to speed level your fishing skill. However, the Fishing Buddy Add-On from www.curse.com is quite handy. It shows you how many fish need to be caught for each subsequent skill level increase. It also shows your catch rate statistics for every place you've fished.

Speed Leveling for Cooking: If you're in a hurry to level up your cooking skill, consider fishing in the Auction House to find the fish you need. Often times, fish are listed way below their normal market price. Unless you're a purist, or completely broke, this can be a great way to get the ingredients you need to follow the seafood cooking guide and power level your cooking skill. For those of you short on time, here is a brief list of fish and seafood recipes to look for in the Auction House if you are speed leveling / power leveling your cooking skill from 1 to 450: Speed Leveling Seafood Guide 1 - 150 (Apprentice thru Journeyman) Recipe Fish Levels Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish Raw Brilliant Smallfish 1 45 65 85 Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper 50 90 110 130 Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish 100 140 160 180 Notes: You'll need approximately 60 Smallfish, 60 Mud Snappers, and 60 Catfish to get your cooking skill to 150 before visiting your local cooking trainer and becoming an "Expert" Chef. Cost: Average Auction House expenses for this step are 75gp (60gp for fish and 15gp for recipes). Before you can advance beyond cooking skill of 150, visit a cooking trainer and learn "Expert" cooking skill. Then, continue using the Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish. Speed Leveling Seafood Guide 151 - 225 (Expert) Recipe Fish Levels Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish 100 140 160 180 Recipe: Mithril Head Trout Raw Mithril Head Trout 175 215 235 255 Notes: You'll need approximately 60 Catfish and 60 Trout to get your cooking skill to 225 before visiting your local cooking trainer and becoming an "Artisan" Chef. Costs: Average Auction House expenses for this step are 45gp (40gp for fish and 5gp for recipes). To advance beyond Cooking Skill of 225, visit a cooking trainer and learn "Artisan" cooking. Speed Leveling Seafood Guide 226 - 300 (Artisan) Recipe Fish Levels Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail Raw Spotted Yellowtail 225 250 262 275 Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon Raw Sunscale Salmon 250 275 285 295 Recipe: Baked Salmon Raw Whitescale Salmon 275 300 312 325 Notes: You'll need approximately 25 Raw Spotted Yellowtail, 25 Raw Sunscale Salmon and 25 Raw Whitescale Salmon to get your cooking skill to 300 before visiting a Master cooking trainer and becoming a "Master" Chef. Costs: Average Auction House expenses for this step are 105gp (75gp for fish and 30gp for recipes). | Once you reach a cooking skill of 300, visit a master cooking trainer and learn "Master" cooking. Speed Leveling Seafood Guide 301 - 375 (Master) Recipe Fish Levels Recipe: Blackened Trout Barbed Gill Trout 300 320 330 340 Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks Golden Darter 325 345 355 365 Trainer: Pickled Fangtooth Fangtooth Herring 350 382 415 Notes: You'll need approximately 30 Barbed Gill Trout, 30 Golden Darters and 50 Fangtooth Herring to get your cooking skill to 375 before visiting a Grand Master Cooking Trainer and becoming a "Grand Master" Chef. Costs: Average Auction House expenses for this step are 140gp (110gp for fish and 30gp for recipes). Once you reach a cooking skill of 375, visit the Grand Master Cooking Trainer in Northrend and learn "Grand Master" cooking. The Grand Master Cooking Trainers in Northrend will teach you several recipes which can advance your cooking skill to 415. You will have to use recipes purchased with Dalaran Cooking Rewards from completing Dalaran Daily Cooking Quests in order to advance your cooking skill all the way to 450. Speed Leveling Seafood Guide 376 - 450 (Grand Master) Recipe Fish Levels Trainer: Pickled Fangtooth Fangtooth Herring 350 382 415 Recipe: Spicy Fried Herring Fangtooth Herring 400 420 460 Notes: You'll need approximately 400 Fangtooth Herring to get your cooking skill to 450. Costs: Average Auction House expenses for this step are 400gp (400gp for fish and 3 Cooking Award Points for recipes).

Leveling Cooking AND Fishing together:
Cooking and fishing are two professions that go together like chocolate and peanut-butter. I put this list together to to help you better understand the logical order of seafood recipes and the fish needed as you work on improving your skill levels as a chef. The list is sorted by required cooking skill and might be handy if you want to level your cooking skill with fish you can catch in the waters all over the World of Warcraft. It is also a logical way to level up your fishing skill from as low as 1 to 450 while leveling your cooking skill.

This Fishing Guide and Cooking Guide includes:

• The Food,
• The Recipe,
• Minimum level to eat,
• The required fish,
• Range of possible skill-ups (including the minimum skill needed to learn the recipe),
• Where the recipe can be found.

Please enjoy, and I hope you find it useful.

Food	Recipe Name	Lvl	Fish	Cooking Skill	Recipe Location
	Recipe: Brilliant Smallfish	1		1 45 65 85	Vendors
	Recipe: Slitherskin Mackerel	1		1 45 65 85	Vendors
	Recipe: Loch Frenzy Delight	5		50 90 110 130	Khara Deepwater A H Loch Modan
	Recipe: Longjaw Mud Snapper	5		50 90 110 130	Vendors
	Recipe: Rainbow Fin Albacore	5		50 90 110 130	Vendors
	Recipe: Smoked Sagefish	10		80 120 140 160	Vendors
	Recipe: Savory Deviate Delight	1		85 125 145 165	Zone Drop The Barrens
5 5	Recipe: Captain Rumsey's Lager |	1		100 105 110	Daily Fishing Quests: Reward Shattrath (Old Man Barlow) Dalaran (Maria Chase) Contained in: ( | )
	Recipe: Bristle Whisker Catfish	15		100 140 160 180	Vendors
	Recipe: Mithril Head Trout	25		175 215 235 255	Vendors
	Recipe: Rockscale Cod	25		175 190 210 230	Vendors
	Recipe: Sagefish Delight	30		175 215 235 255	Vendors
	Recipe: Cooked Glossy Mightfish	35		225 250 262 275	Kelsey Yance A H Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale
	Recipe: Filet of Redgill	35		225 250 262 275	Kelsey Yance A H Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale
	Recipe: Spotted Yellowtail	35		225 250 262 275	Gikkix A H Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris
2 2	Recipe: Undermine Clam Chowder	35	2 2	225 250 262 275	Jabbey A H Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris
	Recipe: Grilled Squid	35		240 265 277 290	Gikkix A H Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris
	Recipe: Hot Smoked Bass	35		240 265 277 290	Kelsey Yance A H Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale
	Recipe: Nightfin Soup	35		250 275 285 295	Gikkix A H Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris
	Recipe: Poached Sunscale Salmon	35		250 275 285 295	Gikkix A H Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris
	Recipe: Baked Salmon	45		275 300 312 325	Vivianna A | Sheendra Tallgrass H Feralas
	Recipe: Lobster Stew	45		275 300 312 325	Vivianna A | Sheendra Tallgrass H Feralas
	Recipe: Mightfish Steak	45		275 300 312 325	Vivianna A | Sheendra Tallgrass H Feralas
Burning Crusades Expansion
	Recipe: Stormchops	55		300 320 330 340	Daily Cooking Quests: Reward Shattrath (The Rokk A H) Dalaran ( | ) Contained in: ( | | )
	Recipe: Broiled Bloodfin	55		300 320 330 340	Drop (Barrel of fish) Shattrath Cooking Daily
	Recipe: Blackened Trout	55		300 320 330 340	Doba A H | Gambarinka H Zangarmarsh
	Recipe: Clam Bar	55	2 2	300 320 330 340	Mycah A H Zangarmarsh
	Recipe: Feltail Delight	55		300 320 330 340	Doba A H | Zurai H Zangarmarsh
	Recipe: Blackened Sporefish	55		310 330 340 350	Juno Dufrain A H Zangarmarsh
	Recipe: Grilled Mudfish	55		320 340 350 360	Uriku A H | Nula the Butcher H Nagrand
	Recipe: Poached Bluefish	55		320 340 350 360	Uriku A H | Nula the Butcher H Nagrand
	Recipe: Skullfish Soup	65		325 335 345 355	Drop (Barrel of fish) Shattrath Cooking Daily
	Recipe: Golden Fish Sticks	55		325 345 355 365	Innkeeper Biribi A H | Rungor H Terokkar Forest
	Recipe: Spicy Crawdad	55		350 370 375 380	Innkeeper Biribi A H | Rungor H Terokkar Forest
Wrath of the Lich King Expansion
5 5	Recipe: Bad Clams (Emotion food: Achievement)	1		350 357 365	Drop Northrend
5 5	Recipe: Haunted Herring (Emotion food: Achievement)	1		350 357 365	Drop Northrend
	Trainer: Grilled Bonescale	1		350 365 380	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Sauteed Goby	1		350 365 380	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Smoked Rockfin	1		350 365 380	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Baked Manta Ray	1		350 382 415	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Grilled Sculpin	1		350 382 415	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Pickled Fangtooth	1		350 382 415	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Poached Nettlefish	1		350 382 415	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Smoked Salmon	1		350 382 415	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
6 6	Trainer: Fisherman's Feast	1		350 375 380 385	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
2 2	Trainer: Hot Buttered Trout	1		350 375 380 385	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Trainer: Black Jelly	1	3 3	400 412 425	Grand Master Cooking Trainer
	Recipe: Blackened Dragonfin	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Cuttlesteak	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Dragonfin Filet	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Firecracker Salmon	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Imperial Manta Steak	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Poached Northern Sculpin	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Snapper Extreme	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Spicy Blue Nettlefish	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Spicy Fried Herring	70		400 420 460	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Gigantic Feast	70	2 2 2 2 2 2	425 450 475	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Small Feast	75	2 2 2 2 2 2	425 450 475	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (3 Dalaran Cooking Award)
	Recipe: Fish Feast	75	2 2 2 2 2 2	450 455 460 465	Derek Odds A H | Misensi A H Dalaran Mera Mistrunner A H Icecrown (5 Dalaran Cooking Award)

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Name	Skill	Location	React
Alegorn - (level 35 Night-Elf Darnassas) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Darnassus Craftsmen's Terrace [49.2,21.2]	A H
Aska Mistrunner - (level 45 Tauren Thunder Bluff) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Thunder Bluff High Rise [51.1,52.9]	A H
Cook Ghilm - (level 8-11 Dwarf Ironforge) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Dun Morogh Gol'Bolar Quarry [68.4,54.5]	A
Crystal Boughman - (level 22 Human Stormwind) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Redridge Mountains Lakeshire [22.8,43.6]	A
Daryl Riknussun - (level 35 Dwarf Ironforge) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Ironforge The Great Forge [51.1,52.9]	A H
Duhng - (level 18 Orc Orgrimmar) <Cook>	1 - 300	The Barrens The Crossroads [55.3,31.8]	A H
Eunice Burch - (level 35 Undead Undercity) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Undercity The Trade Quarter [62.3,44.6]	A H
Gremlock Pilsnor - (level 35 Undead Ironforge) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Dun Morogh Kharanos [47.6,52.3]	A
Mudduk - (level 40 Orc Orgrimmar) <Superior Cook>	1 - 300	Stranglethorn Vale Grom'gol Base Camp [31.4,28.0]	A H
Pyall Silentstride - (level 12 Tauren Thunder Bluff) <Cook>	1 - 300	Mulgore Bloodhoof Village [45.5,58.1]	H
Stephen Ryback - (level 35 Human Stormwind) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Stormwind City Old Town [78.2,53.2]	A
Tomas - (level 10 Human Stormwind) <Cook>	1 - 300	Elwynn Forest Goldshire [44.3,66.0]	A H
Zamja - (level 35 Troll Darkspear Trolls) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Orgrimmar The Drag [57.5,53.7]	H
Zarrin - (level 13 Night-Elf Darnassas) <Cook>	1 - 300	Teldrassil Dolanaar [57.1,61.3]	A H
Burning Crusade Expansion
Baxter - (level 60 Undead Thrallmar) <Chef>	1 - 375	Hellfire Peninsula Thrallmar [56.8,37.5]	A H
"Cookie" McWeaksauce - (level 8 Human Stormwind) <Cooking Trainer & Supplies>	1 - 300	Azuremyst Isle Odesyus' Landing [46.7,70.5]	A H
Celie Steelwing - (level 65 Dwarf) <Cook>	1 - 300	Shadowmoon Valley Wildhammer Stronghold [37.2,58.5]	A
Cooking - (level 60 Bookcase The Scryers) <Loremaster Skosiris' Library>	1 - 300	Shattrath City Scryer's Tier [43.6,91.1]	A H
Gaston - (level 60 Human Honor Hold) <Chef>	1 - 375	Hellfire Peninsula Honor Hold [54.1,63.5]	A H
Jack Trapper - (level 65 Human) <Cook>	1 - 300	Shattrath City Lower City [63.0,68.5]	A H
Master Chef Mouldier - (level 14 Blood Elf Tranquillien) <Cooking Trainer & Supplies>	1 - 300	Ghostlands Tranquillien [48.3,30.9]	A H
Mumman - (level 30 Draenei Exodar) <Cook>	1 - 300	The Exodar Seat of the Naaru [55.6,27.1]	A
Naka - (level 60 Tauren Cenarion Expedition) <Cooking Supplies>	1 - 375	Zangarmarsh Cenarion Refuge [78.5,63.0]	A H
Quarelestra - (level 14 Blood Elf Silvermoon City) <Cooking Trainer>	1 - 300	Eversong Woods Falconwing Square [48.6,47.1]	A H
Sylann - (level 30 Blood Elf Silvermoon City) <Cook>	1 - 300	Silvermoon City Wayfarer's Rest Inn [69.5,71.5]	A H
Wrath of the Lich King Expansion
Awilo Lon'gomba - (level 75 Troll The Sunreavers) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Dalaran Sunreaver's Sanctuary [70.2,37.3]	A H
Bethany Cromwell - (level 75 Human Argent Crusade) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Icecrown Argent Tournament Grounds [72.4,20.8]	A H
Katherine Lee - (level 75 Human The Silver Covenant) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Dalaran A Hero's Welcome [41.7,64.6]	A H
Orn Tenderhoof - (level 75 Undead Warsong Offensive) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Borean Tundra Warsong Hold [42.0,54.2]	H
Rollick MacKreel - (level 75 Human Valiance Expedition) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Borean Tundra Valiance Keep [57.9,71.5]	A
Thomas Kolichio - (level 75 Undead Hand of Vengeance) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Howling Fjord Vengeance Landing [78.7,29.5]	A H
Brom Brewbaster - (level 75 Dwarf Valiance Expedition) <Grand Master Cooking Trainer>	1 - 450	Howling Fjord Vengeance Landing [58.2,62.1]	A

Name	Skill level	Location	React
Androl Oakhand - (level 37 Night-Elf Darnassas) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Teldrassil Rut'theran Village [55.9,93.5]	A H
Armand Cromwell - (level 35 Undead Undercity) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Undercity The Magic Quarter [80.9,31.2]	H
Arnold Leland - (level 35 Human Stormwind) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Stormwind City The Canals [55.1,69.5]	A H
Astaia - (level 35 Night Elf Darnassas) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Darnassus The Temple Gardens [47.6,56.7]	A
Brannock - (level 52 Night Elf Darnassas) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Feralas Feathermoon Stronghold [32.2,41.6]	A H
Clyde Kellen - (level 16 Undead Undercity) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Tirisfal Glades Brightwater Lake [66.8,50.2]	A H
Donald Rabonne - (level 31 Human Stormwind) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Hillsbrad Foothills Southshore [50.7,61.0]	A H
Grimnur Stonebrand - (level 35 Dwarf Ironforge) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Ironforge The Forlorn Cavern [50.7,6.5]	A
Harold Riggs - (level 25 Human Stormwind) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Wetlands Menethil Harbor [8.1,58.5]	A H
Kah Mistrunner - (level 45 Tauren Thunder Bluff) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Thunder Bluff High Rise [56.1,47.0]	A H
Katoom the Angler - (level 42 Troll) <Fishing Trainer & Supplies>	1 - 300	The Hinterlands Revantusk Village [80.4,81.5]	A H
Kil'Hiwana - (level 30 Troll Darkspear Trolls) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Ashenvale Zoram'gar Outpost [10.9,33.7]	A H
Lau'Tiki - (level 14 Troll Darkspear Trolls) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Durotar Darkspear Strand [53.2,81.5]	A H
Lee Brown - (level 8 Human Stormwind) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Elwynn Forest Crystal Lake [47.5,62.3]	A H
Lui'Mala - (level 30 Troll Darkspear Trolls) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Desolace Shadowprey Village [22.8,72.4]	A H
Lumak - (level 35 Orc Orgrimmar) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Orgrimmar Valley of Honor [69.7,29.5]	A H
Matthew Hooper - (level 10 Human Stormwind) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Redridge Mountains Lakeshire [27.0,50.1]	A H
Myizz Luckycatch - (level 43 Goblin Booty Bay) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Stranglethorn Vale Booty Bay [27.5,77.1]	A H
Paxton Ganter - (level 10 Dwarf Ironforge) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Dun Morogh Iceflow Lake [35.5,40.3]	A H
Uthan Stillwater - (level 14 Tauren Thunder Bluff) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Mulgore Stonebull Lake [44.5,60.7]	A H
Warg Deepwater - (level 15 Dwarf Ironforge) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Loch Modan The Loch [40.6,39.5]	A H
Burning Crusade Expansion
Diktynna - (level 9 Draenei Exodar) <Fishing Trainer & Supplies>	1 - 300	Azuremyst Isle Ammen Ford [61.1,54.2]	A H
Drathen - (level 30 Blood Elf Silvermoon City) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Silvermoon City Walk of Elders [76.5,67.8]	H
Erett - (level 30 Draenei Exodar) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	The Exodar The Crystal Hall [31.6,14.8]	A
Fishing - (level 60 Bookcase The Scryers) <Loremaster Skosiris' Library>	1 - 300	Shattrath City Scryer's Tier [43.5,91.5]	A H
Juno Dufrain - (level 60 Human Neutral) <Master Fishing Trainer>	1 - 375	Zangarmarsh Cenarion Refuge [78.0,65.3]	A H
Zurjaya - (level 62 Troll Darkspear Trolls) <Fishing Trainer>	1 - 300	Zangarmarsh Zabra'jin [32.3,49.6]	A H
Wrath of the Lich King Expansion
Angelina Soren - (level 71 Undead The Hand of Vengance) <Grand Master Fishing Trainer>	1 - 450	Howling Fjord Vengeance Landing [79.2,27.2]	A H
Byron Welwick - (level 71 Human Valiance Expedition) <Grand Master Fishing Trainer>	1 - 450	Howling Fjord Valgarde [60.3,64.0]	A H
Fishy Ser'ji - (level 71 Troll Warsong Offensive) <Grand Master Fishing Trainer>	1 - 450	Borean Tundra Warsong Hold [41.8,54.5]	H
Marcia Chase - (level 75 Human Kirin Tor) <Grand Master Fishing Trainer & Supplies>	1 - 450	Dalaran The Eventide [52.8,64.9]	A H
Old Man Robert - (level 71 Human Valiance Expedition) <Grand Master Fishing Trainer>	1 - 450	Borean Tundra Valiance Keep [51.8,71,6]	A

Salute to Wowhead!
Many thanks to all the awesome Elves, Orcs, and Gnomes at WowHead.com for the great data I've reorganized to make this quick-reference cooking guide and fishing guide above. All the links in this fishing and cooking seafood guide will take you to "WowHead.com" for detailed item information. All the cool roll-over info bubble popups are courtesy of Wowhead as well.

-Trader Wow