How does chain fishing work?
How exactly do I chain fish in Pokemon X and Y? Do i have to talk to the super rod fisherman, or what. I fish every time after the last, but I have no way to know if it is working or not. I run at the end of every battle instead of KO'ing due to limited PP.
Simply pick a spot and use any rod.
These actions will cause the chain to break*:
Reeling it in too late/early
No fish biting (use a pokemon with Suction Cups / Sticky Hold ability in the first party slot to reduce the chance of this)
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Loading/reloading a map
Entering a building
Using Fly
Ending the game / switching the 3DS off
These actions will not cause the chain to break*:
Running from battle
Catching/Fainting the pokemon
Fishing up a different pokemon
Using Potions / Repels / PP restore from menu
Using a different fishing rod
Equipping the Bicycle / Dowsing Machine / Skates
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Moving to another spot on land (within the same map)
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Encountering other Pokemon in grass.
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Crossing a map boundary as long as it does not involve doors and/or loading a map. (e.g. it is okay to move along the coast of Cyllage City, Lower Route 8, Ambrette Town)
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Using Surf and Waterfall
Moving from land to water using Surf
Moving on water
Encountering Water pokemon by moving on water
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Using Rock Smash
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Encountering pokemon from the Rock Smash
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Saving the game (but this doesn't matter because the chain breaks if you switch off the game, so you can't load a save file that maintains the chain).
Closing the 3DS lid (sleep mode)
Pressing the home button (suspended game)
*A Summary on how this information was verified:
Started with a fishing record of 5 consecutive.
Fish 6 consecutive times
Perform the alleged action that will break the chain
Fish another 2 consecutive times
Check against the fisherman in the fishing shack on Route 16
If he reports 6 as the longest chain, then the action that was investigated breaks the consecutive chain. If he reports 8 as the longest chain, then that action does not break the chain.