Fishing

The gang was planning what to do next while they were camping out on a beach at Dewford Town. Ash was training his Ralts to help her get ready for the Dewford Gym; right now she was practicing her two new moves; Psychic and Magical Leaf.

"You are doing very well Ralts." Ash said. "In fact you grow stronger every day."

Ralts was happy with Ash's comment. May and Max were watching from the side.

"You should get some practice with battling too May." Max said. "Remember you battled your opponents in the Pokemon contest and you still don't understand a lot about Pokemon battles."

"You're right, I don't." May sighed.

"Not to mention you haven't practiced for the appeal rounds yet." Max said.

"Okay, you don't need to rub it in." May muttered.

It was true though; May hadn't really been practicing and training recently, she had just been watching Ash and Tomo train their Pokemon.

Just then Brock called everyone over.

"Is something wrong Brock?" May asked.

"No nothing's wrong." Brock said. "I just read in the guidebook that many different Pokemon roam in the sea around here."

That gave Ash an idea.

"If there are lots of water type Pokemon here, then let's do some fishing." He said.

"I agree." Tomo said. "We can all catch a new water type Pokemon then."

So everyone agreed to do some Pokemon fishing. May and Max didn't have any fishing rods, but Ash and Tomo said they could borrow theirs after they were done.

The gang found a fishing spot and Ash, Tomo and Brock cast their fishing lines into the ocean. May and Max could only watch and wait for their turn.

"What you have to know about Pokemon fishing are two things." Ash said. "One it takes patience to get a bite, which means you must always wait and two you must be quiet when fishing otherwise you'll scare the Pokemon away with noise."

May and Max remained quiet.

A few moments later Brock's line started to pull.

"Did you get something?" May asked.

"Yes, and now I reel in the Pokemon." Brock said.

He reeled in his fishing line and then a brown fish with a red spot on each side of it's body came out.

"Whoa, what's that Pokemon?" Tomo asked.

May took a look at the Pokemon on her Pokedex.

"Relicanth, the Longevity Pokemon. Relicanth is a Pokemon species that existed for a hundred million years without ever changing it's form. This ancient Pokemon feeds on microscopic organisms with it's toothless mouth."

"Wow what a catch." Max said.

Brock called out his Lotad and ordered it to use Razor Leaf on the Relicanth. As Relicanth was a water/rock type Pokemon, Razor Leaf was 4x times effective. Brock then captured Relicanth with a Poke Ball.

"So do you understand now how water type Pokemon fishing works?" Brock asked.

"We do." May and Max said at the same time.

Just then Ash's line started to pull and he lured in the Pokemon. A purple fish with grayish-blue fins, tail and dorsal fin came out.

"Hey that's a Feebas, but it's colored differently." Max said.

May looked Feebas up on the Pokedex.

"Feebas, the Fish Pokemon. Feebas's fins are ragged and tattered from the start of it's life. Because of it's shoddy appearance, this Pokemon is largely ignored. It is capable of living in both the sea and in rivers."

"Shoddy is right." May said.

Ash ordered Latias to use Dragon Breath on Feebas; but Feebas used Mirror Coat and the Dragon Breath attack bounced back.

"That Mirror Coat will be handy." Ash said. "Latias, use Steel Wing."

Latias struck Feebas with her wing and then Ash caught Feebas with a Poke Ball.

"Another new Pokemon for me." Ash smiled and the Poke Ball went to Prof. Oak's lab.

Then Tomo's line started to pull and he caught a Pokemon that looked like a seal, only chubbier.

May looked the Pokemon up on the Pokedex.

"Spheal, the Clap Pokemon. Spheal is much faster rolling than walking to get around. When groups of this Pokemon eat, they all clap at once to show their pleasure. Because of this, their mealtimes are noisy."

Tomo didn't need to weaken Spheal to catch it; because of it's chubby body it had trouble moving around on the land and it was easily caught by the Poke Ball. The Poke Ball went to Prof. Oak's lab because Tomo had six Pokemon on him.

Now it was May and Max's turn to fish. Ash and Tomo gave their fishing rods to May and Max to use.

"Remember nice and easy, and when you get a Pokemon don't panic." Brock said.

Just then May's line started to pull.

"Okay just relax now May and reel it in." Ash instructed.

May did as Ash instructed and then a Staryu came out.

"Oh I love Staryu because of the jewel in the middle." May said.

"Okay May use Bellossom to catch Staryu; grass type Pokemon are super-effective against water type Pokemon." Ash said.

May released Bellossom and ordered her to use Petal Dance. Staryu took a lot of damage from Petal Dance and then May caught it in a Poke Ball.

"This Staryu will be great in a Pokemon Contest." May suggested.

Just then Max's line started to pull.

"I wonder what Pokemon I've got." Max said excitedly.

He caught a Seel and thanks to his Shroomish using Stun Spore, he caught it in a Poke Ball.

Everyone was happy with their new captures and May and Max enjoyed their first fishing experience.

"Thanks for letting us borrow your rods Ash, Tomo." May said.

"Our pleasure." Ash replied.

May couldn't stop admiring her Staryu's red jewel and Max was hugging his Seel non-stop. Ash, Tomo and Brock could tell that May and Max were happy with their new Pokemon. Ash was about to go back to his Pokemon training, but then he saw a red Pokemon that resembled a lobster on the shore.

"What's that Pokemon?" He asked.

He looked it up on the Pokedex.

"Corphish, the Ruffian Pokemon. Corphish were originally foreign Pokemon that were imported as pets. They eventually turned up in the wild. This Pokemon is very hardy and has greatly increased it's population."

"Sounds like a cool Pokemon. I'm going to catch it." Ash said.

He ordered Latias to use Thunderbolt on Corphish, but it used Protect and then it hit Latias with Metal Claw.

"This Pokemon is tricky, but I like it." Ash said.

He called Latias back and sent his two Wurmple out.

"Okay Wurmple, let's use String Shot to trap Corphish." The two Wurmple fired String Shot at the Corphish and trapped it in the silk. Corphish tried to break free from the string shot. Ash quickly threw a Poke Ball at Corphish and captured it.

"Two new water type Pokemon in one day." Ash said.

He thanked his two Wurmple for their help.

Suddenly the two Wurmple started to glow and evolve. Both of his Wurmple evolved into cocoon like Pokemon with spiky limbs, but one was white and the other was pink.

"That white one is a Silcoon and the pink one is a Cascoon." Max said.

Ash looked both up on the Pokedex.

"Silcoon, the Cocoon Pokemon and the evolved form of Wurmple. Silcoon tethers itself to a tree branch using silk to keep from falling. There, this Pokemon hangs quietly while it awaits evolution. It peers out of the silk cocoon through a small hole."

"Cascoon, the Cocoon Pokemon and the evolved form of Wurmple. Cascoon makes it's protective cocoon by wrapping it's body entirely with a fine silk from it's mouth. Once the silk goes around it's body, it hardens. This Pokemon prepares for it's evolution inside the cocoon."

"Wow so Wurmple can evolve into either Silcoon or Cascoon." May said. "So what do Silcoon and Cascoon evolve to?"

"Silcoon will evolve into Beautifly and Cascoon will evolve into Dustox." Max answered.

May hoped her Wurmple will evolve into Silcoon because she wanted a Beautifly, not a Dustox.

By that time, the sun was starting to set and Brock fixed up some dinner.

"Well we've had quite the day." Brock said. "Especially with all the Pokemon that we caught."

"I'll say, I'm exhausted." Ash sighed.

"Then we'll have an early night after we've finished our dinner." Brock said.

The others saw nothing wrong with that.