Fishing is a recreation that is commonly seen in the Pokémon world.
In the games
Fishing is a way to catch Pokémon in the water. In fact, some Pokémon can only be caught by using a fishing rod. There are three fishing rods that are given out throughout the course of each game, and each one is given out by a Fishing Brother. The exception is in Generation V, where only the Super Rod is available, obtained from LookerBW or Cedric JuniperB2W2.
Equipment
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Old Rod ボロのつりざお Worn-out Fishing Rod
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Cannot be bought
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Cannot be sold
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Allows the player to fish in bodies of water.
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Description
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Use in front of the sea, a river, etc., to fish for Pokémon.
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GSC
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Use by water to fish for Pokémon.
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RSE
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Use by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
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FRLG
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An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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BWB2W2
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An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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XY
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An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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Note: In the Generation II games and HeartGold and SoulSilver, all Pokémon encountered with this rod are level 10.
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This item was featured in the TCG.
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Good Rod いいつりざお Good Fishing Rod
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Cannot be bought
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Cannot be sold
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Allows the player to fish in bodies of water. Better than the Old Rod.
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Description
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Stad
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Use in front of the sea, a river, etc., to fish for Pokémon.
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GSC
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A good Rod for catching Pokémon.
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RSE
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A decent fishing rod for catching wild Pokémon.
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FRLG
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A new, good-quality fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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A new, good-quality fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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BWB2W2
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A new, good-quality fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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XY
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A new, good-quality fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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This item was featured in the TCG.
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Super Rod すごいつりざお Amazing Fishing Rod
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Cannot be bought
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Cannot be sold
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Allows the player to fish in bodies of water. The best Rod of all.
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Description
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Stad
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Use in front of the sea, a river, etc., to fish for Pokémon.
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GSC
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The best Rod for catching Pokémon.
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RSE
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The best fishing rod for catching wild Pokémon.
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FRLG
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An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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BWB2W2
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An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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XY
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An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
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This item was featured in the TCG.
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Catching Pokémon
Generation I and Generation II
In Generation I and II, fishing is simply a matter of standing next to water and using the rod. Sometimes, it will hook a Pokémon and start a battle. Other times, it will catch nothing. There is a random chance of either happening, so if the rod catches nothing, players can cast it out again.
Generation III
Starting with Generation III, the fishing mechanic became more complicated, as the player would have to pay attention and confirm as soon as the rod hooked a Pokémon, or else it would get away. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, this required a series of confirmations to reel in better Pokémon. Generation III also introduced the ability for Pokémon Trainers to fish off the back of a surfing Pokémon, which may be required to catch Feebas. This also made fishing on Route 4 possible.
Generation IV
In Generation IV, when the player uses the rod, an exclamation mark-like sign would pop up above the player, noting that they should push the A button to start the battle with the Pokémon they've encountered. As with Generation III, the Pokémon will go away if the player takes too long.
Generation V
Super Rod's key item obtain sprite from Generation V
In Generation V, fishing mechanics are mostly unchanged from Generation IV. However, by fishing in rippling water, different Pokémon can be caught, generally being rare Pokémon or the evolved forms of the Pokémon normally found. As such, this allows certain Pokémon such as Milotic and Poliwrath to be caught in the wild, while normally they would not. Furthermore, the Old and Good Rods are no longer available, making the player have a single rod to fish Pokémon with.
Generation VI
In Generation VI, fishing mechanics remain mostly unchanged, with the removal of rippling water and the addition of consecutive fishing, which can be done by fishing repeatedly without moving from the same spot and always hooking a Pokémon. Consecutive fishing will raise the probability of hooking a Shiny Pokémon in long, uninterrupted fishing streaks with any Rod. The Old and Good Rods return in this Generation.
PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS
- Main article: PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS
Fishing in PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS
PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS is a game focused on fishing for Pokémon. Points are earned for the size, rarity, and species of the caught Pokémon. Up to five Pokémon can be stored at once, and high scores could be seen at Pokémon Centers, while the game was still available for download.
In the anime
In the main series
Cilan holding a fishing rod
Numerous episodes of the anime have featured the group fishing.
At the Safari Zone, a fishing rod is distributed with the Safari Balls, as seen in EP035.
Rather than using bait, lures with Pokémon designs are used. In Whiscash and Ash, a fisherman believed that the secret to catching the Whiscash he was looking for, was finding the right lure. Misty has a collection of lures, including a special lure based on herself that she believes is the best. She sent it to Ash as a gift in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing. Ash used this lure in Buizel Your Way Out of This to try to catch a powerful Buizel.
In Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!, Cilan used his fishing skills to catch a Stunfisk that was preventing Ash and Oshawott from retrieving plants at the bottom of a lake to cure their poisoned Pokémon. Like others before him, Cilan uses a fishing lure based on himself. In A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, Cilan showed his fishing skills again by catching a Basculin in Team Rocket's fake fishing competition.
A Super Rod made its debut in the anime in Climbing the Tower of Success! as the item Iris had to find for a scavenger hunt.
In [[XY022}Going for the Gold!]], Ash and his friends met a fisherman named Louden, who was trying to fish up a Shiny Magikarp with a Magikarp-shaped lure. Ash, Serena, and Clemont decided to try fishing too, with Ash giving the unexperienced Serena instructions of how to do it correctly. While fishing, Serena hooked up a Corsola, which she tried to battle with her Fennekin, but it simply hid itself behind Serena when Corsola tried to use Water Gun on it, causing the Coral Pokémon to get away.
Red fishing with a Super Rod
In Pokémon Origins
Fishing was featured several times during the Pokémon Origins mini-series.
Red obtained an Old Rod from the Vermilion Fishing Guru in File 2 - Cubone, and a Super Rod from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru in File 3 - Giovanni. Soon after obtaining it, he was seen using the latter to capture himself a Psyduck.
Red was also seen fishing with the Super Rod in File 4 - Charizard, although he did so merely to get some time to think about the mysterious Pokémon in Cerulean Cave.
Trivia
In other languages
Old Rod
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Good Rod
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Super Rod
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