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Fishing Tourney #5 Complete Event Guide

The fifth Fishing Tourney event has begun in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for iOS and Android! It runs from August 14th, 2018 to August 18th, 2018. Learn how to catch tournament fish, win cute clothing, and claim free Leaf Tickets in our complete guide!

How to Catch Fishing Tourney Fish

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In this tournament event, travel to the Lost Lure Creek location on your map and meet the friendly NPC Chip when he welcomes you on your first arrival to the river. (later, you’ll find him standing north of the dock) After beginning the event by speaking with him, just start fishing in the nearby river by throwing your fishing rod towards sparkling shadows in the water. Those sparkles indicate a tourney fish ready to catch!

For Fishing Tourney #5, there are three special tournament fish to catch during the event: Guppy, Piranha, and the Golden Koi. These fish will always be caught when you go after a sparkling shadow.

Sadly, the special sparkling tourney fish are only available in limited amounts before they disappear until the next respawn time. After catching about seven of these fish, a notice will pop-up indicating there are no more left to catch right now. Thankfully, the respawn is directly tied to the 3-hour villager cycle meaning that every time your villagers cycle around the  map, there will be new tourney fish to catch!

Don’t forget to take the time to speak to your villagers at the campsite often too as they can offer you tourney fish as gifts when speaking to them. This is a great extra method to progress and happens during interactions where they share materials or bells with you!

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Win Cute Event Clothing And Furniture

After catching all of the special tourney fish available in your river for a fishing cycle, scoot over to Chip north of the dock and speak with him to collect your rewards. Chip will ‘assess’ your inventory of tournament fish and add up the measurements to your total-size goal. Then you’ll receive prizes according to your total-size goal milestones reached so far!

Here’s the full list of the special event prizes you can win during Fishing Tourney #5 and how to unlock them:

Photo	Item	Unlock
	Wood Fish Trophy	Reach total-size goal of 10cm.
	Purple Kurta	Reach total-size goals of 250cm.
	Guppy Tank	Reach total-size goals after 500cm or complete the Catch 16 Guppy Chip Challenge.
	Tropical Sandals	Reach total-size goals after 500cm.
	Bronze Fish Trophy	Reach total-size goal of 1200cm.
	Lotus Hairpin	Reach total-size goals after 1300cm or complete the Catch 32 Guppy Chip Challenge.
	Piranha Tank	Reach total-size goals after 2200cm or complete the Catch 12 Piranha Chip Challenge.
	Orange Sari	Reach total-size goals after 3100m or complete the Catch 24 Piranha Chip Challenge.
	Silver Fish Trophy	Reach total-size goal of 3800cm.
	Golden-Koi Tank	Reach total-size goals after 4000cm or complete the Catch 8 Golden Koi Chip Challenge.
	Grand Elephant Statue	Reach total-size goals after 5400cm.
	Gold Fish Trophy	Reach total-size goal of 7000cm.
	Chip's Hat	Reach total-size goal of at least 7200cm. There is a random chance of receiving this item at 7200cm and every 400cm after. It could take up to 10,800cm if you are very unlucky.
	Chip's Vest	Reach total-size goal of at least 7200cm. There is a random chance of receiving this item at 7200cm and every 400cm after. It could take up to 10,800cm if you are very unlucky.

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Chip Challenges: Free Leaf Tickets, Treats, and Throw Nets!

Don’t forget to keep on top of the Chip Challenges during this event — they’re the Event Goals for Fishing Tourney #5 and are a fantastic way to earn bonus rewards! The highlight is a total of 40 free Leaf Tickets available if you complete all the relevant challenges. Other rewards include free tourney throw nets to help you complete the event, treats to level up your villagers, extra duplicates of some event items, and a free sparkle stone.

Here’s the full list of Chip Challenges available to complete during Fishing Tourney #5 and their associated rewards:

This table has two pages, click Next to access the second page of chip challenges!

Complete the Fishing Tourney Easier and Faster with the Golden Rod

If you don’t have much time to play and want to be sure to get all of the items from this event, there’s another option. For 80 Leaf Tickets, you can purchase the Golden Rod from Chip to guarantee double catches for all of your tourney fishing for the duration of the event.

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With the regular silver fishing rod, there’s only a small chance of about 13% for catching two fish at once. This means you have the chance to make almost twice as much fishing progress with the Golden Rod in the same amount of time.

Generally, we don’t consider it to be necessary to purchase the Golden Rod to obtain the vast majority of rewards assuming you are an active player. We can consider being an active player to be someone participating in around four fishing cycles every single day during the event. If you don’t have as much time to play though, you may find the Golden Rod to be worth purchasing!

Notice that we said the vast majority of rewards, not all of the items. In Fishing Tourney #5, there are two new items particularly difficult to obtain: Chip’s Hat and Chip’s Vest. Securing these two items is highly reliant on good luck as they are awarded at random in a pool of items alongside duplicates, only after obtaining the Gold Trophy. We estimate it will be pretty unlikely to obtain both of these items without the Golden Rod unless you play in the vast majority of cycles every single day, which is impractical if you value sleep and productivity!

Is the Golden Rod Worth It and Do You Need It?

Ultimately, we do recommend purchasing the Golden Rod if the Chip’s Hat and Chip’s Vest items are very important to you, but otherwise skip it. You can expect to get everything else using the regular silver rod if you’re actively playing every day.