Verified 2026-10-04 · game version 1.1.3 · how we source things
Eel
Eel sells for $280 in How to Fish, and it is caught with the Professional Lure.
Sell price
Read from the in-game encyclopaedia screen.
Fish on this lure
Everything the Professional Lure reaches.
Currency
Coins — the base currency, earned by selling to island NPCs.
Fish to earn 10×
357 catches sells for about $100,000.
How to catch it
- Lure needed
- Professional Lure
- Where to get the lure
- 4th island — shop price $50
- Sell price
- $280
- Source
- Read off the in-game encyclopaedia (Steam Community guide screenshots)
Equip the Professional Lure before you cast — the bait decides the pool, not where you stand. Selling is done by throwing the catch into a shopkeeper's mouth (hold the interact key), so a full inventory is the usual reason a run stalls.
A mid-to-late-tier catch. It is worth targeting once you own the Professional Lure, but check the table above — several other fish on the same lure sell for more, so pick the most valuable one you can reliably land.
Other fish the Professional Lure reaches
| Fish | Value |
|---|---|
| Dripper | $380 |
| Parrotfish | $350 |
| Voxelfish | $340 |
| Flying Fish | $320 |
| Tigerfish | $310 |
| Dogfish | $310 |
| Halibut | $290 |
| Sengarat | $280 |
| Red Snapper | $280 |
| Eel this page | $280 |
| Bass | $250 |
Keep reading
- All 55 fish with prices — the full sorted table
- Bait & lure guide — what every lure costs
- All 11 bosses — the boss lures work differently
- The five islands — where each lure unlocks