Fishing

Overview

Fishing is one of two skills in PokeNexus. If you have a fishing rod, press F while facing a body of water to fish. Hooking a wild Pokemon will initiate the fishing minigame*, where you'll need to try and press spacebar at the right time to land the hook within the success zone. Landing in the green (perfect hook) grants 1.5x Pokemon and fishing exp.

* Unless you have an AFK Rod, in which case the hooking minigame is skipped.

Fishing Rods

Each rod gives a slightly faster fishing speed than the previous one.

Old Rod

Fishing level required: 1
Source: Purchased from the Fisherman in the house west of the Pokemon Center in Vermilion City for $5,000.

Good Rod

Fishing level required: 5
Source: Purchased from the Fisherman in a house east of the Pokemon Center in Fuchsia City for $12,000.

Super Rod

Fishing level required: 20
Source: Purchased from the Fisherman on Route 12 for $35,000.

Steel Rod

Fishing level required: 50
Source: Crafted by combining Metal Coat, Steel Wire and Super Rod.

Master Rod

Fishing level required: 100
Source: Crafted by combining Master Ball and Steel Rod.

AFK Rod

Fishing level required: 50
Source: Purchased from Lance, after defeating Kanto E4, for 50 Elite Tokens.

Common Leads

Here are some Pokemon that are best suited for maximising exp gain in the higher level fishing areas.

Note: Pokemon with the Suction Cups or Sticky Hold abilities increasing hook speed, however they typically aren't fast or strong enough to OHKO in the higher-level areas. They can still be useful if you're running from encounters.

Flail users

Slaking

Diggersby

Watchog

Flail is an extremely strong move, reaching 200 Base Power when its user is at 1 HP. An easy way to get to 1 HP is by using the move Endure. It also has great neutral coverage being Normal type.

Note that due to a bug Watchog/Diggersby cannot currently learn Endure, so you'll need to lower its HP another way (such as a friend using False Swipe) or use another move such as Return.