A basic guide to fishing in Breath of Fire II. I've embedded some videos which show you the basics of fishing here. There are four different kinds of bait you can get, three of which are available in Hometown - worms, urchins, and shrimp. Different fish go for different kinds of bait. The fourth kind of bait is Coins, which can be found in some treasure chests, and are dropped (rarely) by K.Goblins near Windia, Mimics near Namanda, and Poltergeists near Simafort.
There are eight different kinds of fish you can catch, as follows.
It's theoretically possible to catch all of these before you head to the Witches Tower, but it's a lot easier to do it with a better rod. There are four in the game - the Treepole, which young Ryu can take from his chest of drawers in the church, the Stickrod which can be bought in Hometown, the Delux Rod, which you'll be able to find in the bookcase after Petape rescues you from drowning in Simafort, and the Charm Rod (more accurate details once I reach that point).
Certain fishing spots in Breath of Fire II contain Manillos, who will sell you special weapons and items. In all fishing spots, you can find fish, and in some, you can also find treasure. It's generally best to wait till you've got the charm rod to go for these. It's possible to fish them up with Coins as bait, it's just insanely hard. I've mentioned where the manillo and chests are in the list below, and I'll include a more direct list either below that or in another post.
These fishing spots are in the order in which you can reach them.
Near Hometown
This fishing spot is just to the west of Hometown, and will pretty much always appear after a battle in the area. You can catch sardines and unagi here, using worms.
I'd highly recommend buying a lot of worms, and catching a lot of fish here, enough to buy all the good equipment in hometown and the StickRod from the item shop. Worms cost 4 zenny, while Sardines and Unagi sell for 30 zenny each.
Near Coursair
This fishing spot is just to the northeast of Coursair. You should be able to see it when you're standing near the town.
A lot of people have trouble making this spot appear. Generally, fishing spots will appear after random battles, or after reloading the game from a quicksave (although, admittedly, that may have been an accident - I may not have noticed the spot was there when I saved). Just be really patient. I had some luck with it appearing when I fought directly to the west of it, where the land narrows, but, from there, you need to walk all the way south and then back north to reach it. Using a Smoke might help. Again, you can find sardines and unagi here.
There is a Manillo here, with equipment from Simafort. To catch him, you'll need the Coin from Tag Woods. Be very careful - like with all other bait, the Coin will disappear once the Manillo is caught, or should he escape. Make sure you have enough zenny to purchase whatever you wish to. I'd recommend about 5000 zenny per character. Personally, I spend a happy few hours slowly fighting my way up to Windia, for the levels and the cash, which helped quite a bit.
His stock is as follows;
SilverDR - 1200Z
IronSH - 1200Z
SilkGL - 1200Z
IronML - 1400Z
KnightHT - 790Z
I generally just go ahead and find him after completing Tag Woods, to equip Ryu, who can use everything except the SilkGL.
Northwest of Windia
This one is pretty easy to find. It appeared right after my first battle in the area. The K.Goblins in this area sometimes drop Gold, for catching treasure chests and manillos.
You can catch Tuna, Minnows, and Porgies here, all with the urchin bait. You can also catch Sardines and Unagis, but you're probably sick of those. There is Bait here too (which is a kind of fish), who like the worm bait. You have to let it sink a bit. Porgies are very strong, and difficult to catch with your current rod. There was also another fish in here (that looked a lot like the Bait, and was probably a Mackerel) which wouldn't bite at all.
If you run out of bait, then head south. If you put Sten in the lead where you see the broken bridge, and hit 'A', he'll pull you over to the other side, and you can walk back to Hometown to buy some.
North of Capitan
Again, this one appears easily. You can catch Sardines, Tuna, Unagi, Bait, Porgies, and Mackerels (I think they're Mackerels) here.
East of Simafort
South of the woods to the west of the harbour, where you first meet Jean, that is. Northeast of W.Cape, east of the hut where you can rest for free. This is another one that appears easily.
There's only one fish here, the Snapper, who will bite on a shrimp or an urchin, eventually. I found him pretty easy to catch, when he did. They sell for 1500 zenny, so it might be worth hunting down a few of them.
South of Wildcat Cafe
Wildcat Cafe being the cave near the waterfall, near Simafort and the witches tower. You can catch several varieties of fish here, which I won't list. You already know at least one place to find all of them.
You can catch a manillo here, whos stock is as follows;
BusterSD - 2200Z
WiseRB - 3000Z
NationHT - 1800Z
You can easily do without these, especially if you invited Hekeller to live in the Township.
Northwest of W.Cape
There's just a sardine here. I gather there's also a manillo, but I have no gold atm.
Tunlan
There are eight different kinds of fish you can catch, as follows.
| Fish | Lure | Description | Use |
| Sardine | Worm | A small, slim fish that stays close to the surface. It's blue, if you look very closely. | Heals some HP. |
| Unagi | Worm | A small slim fish that stays close to the surface. It's a pale lilac shade, but, again, it's hard to tell. | Heals some HP. |
| Bait | Worm | A medium sized fish, that lives at a medium depth. | Described as "look[ing] awful". Reduces HP to 1. |
| Mackerel | Worm | A slim, grey, fish that lives at a medium depth. | Described as "look[ing] tasty". |
| Minnow | Urchin | Description | Recover AP. |
| Tuna | Urchin | Description | Treatment for poison. |
| Porgy | Urchin | A large fish that stays at the bottom of the sea. A kind of grey shade. | Use |
| Snapper | Urchin/Shrimp | A large fish that stays at the bottom of the sea. It's pink. | Recover bad status. |
It's theoretically possible to catch all of these before you head to the Witches Tower, but it's a lot easier to do it with a better rod. There are four in the game - the Treepole, which young Ryu can take from his chest of drawers in the church, the Stickrod which can be bought in Hometown, the Delux Rod, which you'll be able to find in the bookcase after Petape rescues you from drowning in Simafort, and the Charm Rod (more accurate details once I reach that point).
Certain fishing spots in Breath of Fire II contain Manillos, who will sell you special weapons and items. In all fishing spots, you can find fish, and in some, you can also find treasure. It's generally best to wait till you've got the charm rod to go for these. It's possible to fish them up with Coins as bait, it's just insanely hard. I've mentioned where the manillo and chests are in the list below, and I'll include a more direct list either below that or in another post.
These fishing spots are in the order in which you can reach them.
Near Hometown
This fishing spot is just to the west of Hometown, and will pretty much always appear after a battle in the area. You can catch sardines and unagi here, using worms.
I'd highly recommend buying a lot of worms, and catching a lot of fish here, enough to buy all the good equipment in hometown and the StickRod from the item shop. Worms cost 4 zenny, while Sardines and Unagi sell for 30 zenny each.
Near Coursair
This fishing spot is just to the northeast of Coursair. You should be able to see it when you're standing near the town.
A lot of people have trouble making this spot appear. Generally, fishing spots will appear after random battles, or after reloading the game from a quicksave (although, admittedly, that may have been an accident - I may not have noticed the spot was there when I saved). Just be really patient. I had some luck with it appearing when I fought directly to the west of it, where the land narrows, but, from there, you need to walk all the way south and then back north to reach it. Using a Smoke might help. Again, you can find sardines and unagi here.
There is a Manillo here, with equipment from Simafort. To catch him, you'll need the Coin from Tag Woods. Be very careful - like with all other bait, the Coin will disappear once the Manillo is caught, or should he escape. Make sure you have enough zenny to purchase whatever you wish to. I'd recommend about 5000 zenny per character. Personally, I spend a happy few hours slowly fighting my way up to Windia, for the levels and the cash, which helped quite a bit.
His stock is as follows;
SilverDR - 1200Z
IronSH - 1200Z
SilkGL - 1200Z
IronML - 1400Z
KnightHT - 790Z
I generally just go ahead and find him after completing Tag Woods, to equip Ryu, who can use everything except the SilkGL.
Northwest of Windia
This one is pretty easy to find. It appeared right after my first battle in the area. The K.Goblins in this area sometimes drop Gold, for catching treasure chests and manillos.
You can catch Tuna, Minnows, and Porgies here, all with the urchin bait. You can also catch Sardines and Unagis, but you're probably sick of those. There is Bait here too (which is a kind of fish), who like the worm bait. You have to let it sink a bit. Porgies are very strong, and difficult to catch with your current rod. There was also another fish in here (that looked a lot like the Bait, and was probably a Mackerel) which wouldn't bite at all.
If you run out of bait, then head south. If you put Sten in the lead where you see the broken bridge, and hit 'A', he'll pull you over to the other side, and you can walk back to Hometown to buy some.
North of Capitan
Again, this one appears easily. You can catch Sardines, Tuna, Unagi, Bait, Porgies, and Mackerels (I think they're Mackerels) here.
East of Simafort
South of the woods to the west of the harbour, where you first meet Jean, that is. Northeast of W.Cape, east of the hut where you can rest for free. This is another one that appears easily.
There's only one fish here, the Snapper, who will bite on a shrimp or an urchin, eventually. I found him pretty easy to catch, when he did. They sell for 1500 zenny, so it might be worth hunting down a few of them.
South of Wildcat Cafe
Wildcat Cafe being the cave near the waterfall, near Simafort and the witches tower. You can catch several varieties of fish here, which I won't list. You already know at least one place to find all of them.
You can catch a manillo here, whos stock is as follows;
BusterSD - 2200Z
WiseRB - 3000Z
NationHT - 1800Z
You can easily do without these, especially if you invited Hekeller to live in the Township.
Northwest of W.Cape
There's just a sardine here. I gather there's also a manillo, but I have no gold atm.
Tunlan
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