Animal Crossing: Wild World
Fishing Tutorial
By Royall
Started August 12, 2006
Fishing Tutorial Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. How To Fish
II.I Getting Started
II.II The Fishing Spots
II.III Fish Shadows
III. Tips
IV. The Golden Fishing Rod
INTRODUCTION
So you just started the game, and you heard about this cool money-maker called fishing. You have no idea how to get started, so you think "I better go to gamefaq!" Or, you could just be an average experienced player looking for some tips. Either way, this tutorial will provide knowledge for beginners and experts alike.
II. How To Fish
Fishing is pretty easy once you get the hang of it. But first there's the getting the hang of it part.
II.I Getting Started
You don't need anything to fish but some empty spaces in your pockets and a fishing rod. Fishing rods are sold at Nook's store for only 500 bells. To catch a fish, cast the line out in front of one. THe fish will "poke" the line a few times. On the last poke, the bobby thing will go under the water and there wil be a plopping sound. Quickly press A or touch the touch screen to draw the line in. If you react fast enough, you will catch the fish. Every fish comes with a pun that you will learn to hate, such as: "I caught a Red Snapper! Ooh, snap!" I told you it was bad. Now, lets go to the beach!
II.II Fishing Spots
There are two main fishing spots and three minor ones. The major ones are the river and the ocean. The minor ones are the waterfall, lake, and stream areas of the river. The lake area of the river is the large, fat area that the stream area goes into and out of. The waterfall area is where are waterfall is. Just follow the river north (up) to find it. The ocean has no minor areas.
II.III Fish Shadows
There are six (yes, six) types of fish shadows: Tiny, small, medium, big, huge, and other. Clownfish and seahorses are examples of tiny shadows. Bluegills are an example of a small shadow. Red Snappers are examples of medium shadows. Sea Bass are examples of large shadows. Hammerhead and regular sharks are examples of huge shadows (see tips). Eels are examples of other shadows. Eels are probably the only example. Their shadows are long and thin, like you would expect an eel's shadow to look like.
III. Tips
This is the biggest part of the tutorial.
*Basic Fishing Skills - Catching a fish may be tough at the beginning. First of all, the fish will only go to your net if you cast the line in front of the fish. Otherwise it will just swim off in another direction. To increase your chances of reacting fast enough to catch the fish, turn on your sound and listen for the plop sound.
*Different fish come at different times of the day, and different months of the year.
*More coming soon!