Chain Fishing Guide

Chain fishing consists of reeling in multiple Pokémon consecutively with a fishing rod, while continually fishing at the exact same spot for the duration of the chain.

While you’re chain fishing, your odds of finding a Shiny Pokémon will improve slightly every time you reel in a Pokémon. The longer your chain goes on, the higher your odds will be.

However, the following actions will break a fishing chain:

• Getting the “Nothing seems to be biting…” message
• Getting the “No! You reeled it in too fast!” or the “No! You reeled it in too slow!” messages
• Catching a Pokémon. You must either defeat them or run away
• Moving away from your current spot, or simply facing a different direction
• Finding a Shiny Pokémon
• Using the PokéNav Plus
• Turning off/restarting your Nintendo 3DS, or closing/restarting your emulator

Improving Fishing Odds

The abilities Suction Cups and Sticky Hold will improve your chances of fishing a Pokémon, avoiding the “Nothing seems to be biting” message.

Below is a table listing the Pokemon that have these abilities:

Chain Fishing Spots

The table below lists all spots for chain fishing, and the Pokémon that can be caught at each fishing spot.