Fishing Guide: How to Catch Fish

You can fish at the Somniel to complete your fishing guide and collect Bond Fragments. Learn about how to catch fish, how to unlock better rods, fishing rewards, and all fish in Fire Emblem Engage.

How to Catch Fish

Fishing Activity at the Somniel

2. Cast fishing line into the pond.

It does not matter where you cast your fishing line in the pond, whether it's on calm water or ripples of water. The type of fish that can be caught is determined by the time of day.

3. Press A when the bobber gets pulled underwater.

If you press too soon, you'll have to cast again. The minigame may mislead you by having the bobber only slightly dip into the water, which would lead you to pressing too soon. For this reason, it's better to use the audio cue of the character shouting "Now!" than the visual cue of the bobber dipping.

If you're fishing with Sommie and have a high interaction rate with it, it could provide assistance if you take too long to reel the line in.

4. Pull fish towards you then button mash A.

You don't exactly need to wait for the fish to reach the lightly colored bottom area of the triangle to stun it. You can button mash A at any point in the triangle to lower its health bar, but do so carefully. Mashing A when it's outside the lightly colored area, pushes the fish away from you and could cause you to lose it.

5. Press A again to confirm the catch.

Press A again when the outer circle meets the inner circle to confirm the catch. Don't worry about getting the timing exactly right, because the outer circle merely comes to a stop at the inner circle.

Up to Ten Times After Every Battle

Once you unlock fishing, you can fish up to 3 times after every battle, increasing up to 10 attempts once you own better rods. Note that the game says you can only fish a limited number of times a day, but that's not exactly correct. Fishing is not determined by in-game days or the days on the Nintendo Switch.

Fish for Bond Fragments

Along with various ingredients, you collect Bond Fragments from fishing! Each fish has a set amount of Bond Fragments you get alongside it and this is doubled if the fish has a fishing bonus (which is predetermined at the start of the minigame). You should get roughly 200 Bond Fragments for every 3 fish you catch on the Modest Rod (the lowest level rod).

▶︎ How to Farm Bond Fragments

How to Unlock Better Rods

Progress Through the Story

Two more rods can be bought at the Flea Market once you beat certain chapters later in the game. These rods will allow you to catch larger fish and increase the number of attempts you can fish after every battle.

▶︎ What to Buy at the Flea Market

All Fish in Fish Guide

List of Fish

There are 20 types of fish you can catch in Fire Emblem Engage.

This list is still being updated!

How to Unlock Fishing

After Clearing Chapter 8

You unlock fishing at the pond after clearing Chapter 8 in the main story. Afterward, fishing will become available at the pond in the western area of the Somniel.

▶︎ Things to Do at the Somniel

Fire Emblem Engage Related Guides

► Somniel Minigames and Things to Do

Things to Do at the Somniel