Lightning Eel — WoW Classic Fishing Locations & Uses

Lightning Eel is a fish caught with the Fishing profession in WoW Classic Era. The zones it is usually found in require around 300 Fishing skill to fish without constant getaways.

What Lightning Eel is used for

Lightning Eel has no crafting use of its own in Classic Era — it is mainly vendor trash or levelling filler for Fishing.

Where to fish Lightning Eel

67 stretches of water across 24 zones, from the game’s own fishing tables. The best of them is Plaguewood in Eastern Plaguelands at 100% a cast, which needs 330 fishing. Zones are ordered by their best water.

Eastern Plaguelands100%
Scholomance13.3%
Stratholme12.2%
Deadwind Pass11.9%
Burning Steppes11.9%
Zul'Farrak11.5%
Alterac Valley10.5%
Winterspring10.3%
Silithus9.6%
Un'Goro Crater8.3%
Stranglethorn Vale7.4%
Felwood6.9%
The Hinterlands6%
Feralas5.3%
Western Plaguelands4.8%
Durotar3.7%
Azshara3.5%
Moonglade3%
Dire Maul3%
Tanaris2.3%
Sunken Temple1.9%
The Temple of Atal'Hakkar1.9%
Maraudon1.6%
Ashenvale0.4%

Map of Eastern Plaguelands showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 6 named stretches of water — Eastern Plaguelands — fishable from 330 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Eastern Plaguelands that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Plaguewood	100%	330
Blackwood Lake	13.1%	330
Open water	9.2%	330
Northdale	9.2%	330
Stratholme	9.2%	330
The Noxious Glade	9.2%	330
Thondroril River	5.1%	330

Scholomance is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Scholomance that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	13.3%	330

Stratholme is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Stratholme that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	12.2%	330

Map of Deadwind Pass showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Deadwind Pass — fishable from 330 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Deadwind Pass that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Karazhan	11.9%	330
The Master's Cellar	8%	330
Deadwind Ravine	7.7%	330
Open water	7.1%	330

Map of Burning Steppes, where Lightning Eel is caught in open water — Burning Steppes — fishable from 330 skillNothing to mark here — Lightning Eel comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Burning Steppes that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	11.9%	330

Zul'Farrak is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Zul'Farrak that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	11.5%	—

Alterac Valley is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Alterac Valley that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	10.5%	—

Map of Winterspring showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Winterspring — fishable from 330 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Winterspring that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Frostfire Hot Springs	10.3%	330
Open water	8.7%	330

Map of Silithus, where Lightning Eel is caught in open water — Silithus — fishable from 330 skillNothing to mark here — Lightning Eel comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Silithus that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	9.6%	330

Map of Un'Goro Crater showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 3 named stretches of water — Un'Goro Crater — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Un'Goro Crater that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Fungal Rock	8.3%	205
Open water	2.5%	205
Lakkari Tar Pits	2.5%	205
The Marshlands	2%	205
Golakka Hot Springs	1.6%	205

Map of Stranglethorn Vale showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Stranglethorn Vale — fishable from 130 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Stranglethorn Vale that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Zul'Gurub	7.4%	130

Map of Felwood showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 5 named stretches of water — Felwood — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Felwood that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Irontree Woods	6.9%	205
Bloodvenom Falls	3.3%	205
Open water	3.2%	205
Felpaw Village	3.2%	205
Bloodvenom Post	2.9%	205
Bloodvenom River	1.9%	205
Talonbranch Glade	1.8%	205
Jadefire Run	0.9%	205

Map of The Hinterlands showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 7 named stretches of water — The Hinterlands — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in The Hinterlands that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Seradane	6%	205
Valorwind Lake	3.3%	205
Agol'watha	1.9%	205
Skulk Rock	1.9%	205
Quel'Danil Lodge	1.7%	205
Jintha'Alor	1.1%	205
Open water	0.7%	205
Shadra'Alor	0.4%	205

Map of Feralas showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 5 named stretches of water — Feralas — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Feralas that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Jademir Lake	5.3%	330
Camp Mojache	2.8%	205
The Twin Colossals	2.8%	205
Wildwind Lake	2.4%	205
Lower Wilds	2%	205
The Writhing Deep	2%	205
Verdantis River	2%	205
Open water	1.5%	205
Frayfeather Highlands	1.3%	205

Map of Western Plaguelands showing where to fish Lightning Eel: 5 named stretches of water — Western Plaguelands — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Western Plaguelands that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
The Writhing Haunt	4.8%	205
Ruins of Andorhal	3.5%	205
Open water	3.4%	205
Darrowmere Lake	2.7%	205
Caer Darrow	2.3%	205
Thondroril River	1.9%	205

Map of Durotar showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Durotar — fishable from 1 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Durotar that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Echo Isles	3.7%	1

Map of Azshara showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Azshara — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Azshara that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Lake Mennar	3.5%	205
Southfury River	3%	205

Map of Moonglade showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Moonglade — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Moonglade that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	3%	205
Lake Elune'ara	2.6%	205

Dire Maul is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Dire Maul that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	3%	—

Map of Tanaris showing where to fish Lightning Eel: one named stretch of water — Tanaris — fishable from 205 skillThe dashed outlines are the named parts of the zone whose water yields Lightning Eel — the game’s own boundary for each place, not the waterline, so look for the water inside one. No pools spawn here; it comes out of open water.

Water in Tanaris that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Zul'Farrak	2.3%	205

Sunken Temple is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Sunken Temple that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	1.9%	205

The Temple of Atal'Hakkar is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in The Temple of Atal'Hakkar that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	1.9%	—

Maraudon is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Maraudon that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	1.6%	205

Map of Ashenvale, where Lightning Eel is caught in open water — Ashenvale — fishable from 55 skillNothing to mark here — Lightning Eel comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Ashenvale that yields Lightning Eel
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Southfury River	0.4%	55