Fish an Anime RNG Places to Fish: Ponds, Access, and What Changes Between Them

Fishing in Fish an Anime RNG happens at ponds in the hub area — walk up and click or tap a pond to start fishing. Ponds open as you progress, and newly available ponds offer different pools of obtainable characters. Beyond the open ponds, two fishing stations matter: official Auto Fish at the dock for overnight sessions, and the Fishing Dock at your base, where an equipped character fishes for you.

Where to fish: ponds in the hub area

The how-to-play text is direct: "Click on a Pond to start Fishing!" and "Catch Anime Characters and place them in your Base!" The full route from arriving at a pond to banking the catch:

Roadmap

1. 1

   Walk to a pond

   Get to a fishing spot.

   • Head to a pond in the hub area.
2. 2

   Click or tap the pond

   Start the fishing sequence.

   • Clicking or tapping the pond begins fishing.
3. 3

   Wait for the catch animation

   Let the catch resolve.

   • Animation speed depends on your rod and upgrades.
4. 4

   Receive the character

   Collect the catch.

   • The anime character you catch goes into your backpack.
5. 5

   Place, store, or sell

   Put the catch to work.

   • Place it on a base platform, store it, or sell duplicates if the game allows.

Pond access and what changes between fishing areas

Pond access is progression-gated, and the stated difference between areas is the catch pool:

Comparison

Comparison

System	Requirement	Rewards	Recommendation
Fishing	Available from core progression	Anime character catches	Keep fishing consistently to expand your collection and replace weaker characters.
Ponds	Progress through available fishing areas	Different pools of obtainable characters	Move into newly available ponds when they offer better progression than an earlier area.

Cash drives that progression: use the cash generated by your base to improve progression and gain access to stronger fishing opportunities.

Two things are worth checking in game rather than assuming. The pond count is currently inconsistent — the how-to text describes the pond in the singular, while progression guidance refers to multiple ponds and fishing areas — so open the map and see which ponds your account has unlocked. Per-pond unlock costs, rebirth gates, and exact catch lists also aren't confirmed in stable form, and pond tables and rod costs have shifted around the August 2026 updates; recheck a pond's requirement and catch pool after any map update before planning around it.

Auto Fish at the dock and the base Fishing Dock

Pond fishing continues automatically once started until you stop or your inventory fills, but for overnight sessions the working advice is to use official Auto Fish at the dock instead of logging out — and manage your backpack space, since rebirths grant extra slots.

Your base adds a second station: the Fishing Dock. It counts among the base farms you place characters into, alongside the lemonade stand, and you can equip a character to it so it fishes for you.

One observation stays unconfirmed: in a recorded playthrough, a player notices fishing seemingly working away from a pond ("You can just fish from here, I guess"). The how-to instructions consistently describe walking to a pond and clicking it, so treat away-from-pond fishing as an unverified remark and plan around ponds.

Next step in game: keep a fishing session running, push your base's cash back into progression, and switch to a newly unlocked pond the moment it offers better characters than your current one.