Fishing.
Search TWKAN on Google
The trick was to bait the water first—uh, not with your own body.
You had to lure the fish together in one spot. That made them much easier to catch.
Otherwise, if you cast blindly into a pond this big, who knew when a wandering fish would finally bite?
Baimu had made a huge assortment of bait yesterday, tailored to aquatic Pokémon. He'd packed it with water plants and algae.
"The relief funds have arrived. Now let's see whether you count as disaster victims."
He muttered from the kayak while Blissey paddled.
The pink Big Egg had naturally low Physical Attack, but she worked the paddle at a furious pace. Before long, they reached the island in the middle of the pond.
They didn't land.
They waited beside the island for word from the three ghost dragons.
With nothing else to do, he and Blissey scattered bait as they circled it.
Normally, you'd bait one patch of water and cast there. Then you either hauled fish up one after another or caught nothing at all.
But Baimu had a clear goal.
He wanted to draw the fish Pokémon scattered throughout the pond into one area, leaving the Wishiwashi plenty of room.
That was right.
Even if Wishiwashi in School Form ruled Brooklet Hill, he figured individual Wishiwashi were still near the bottom of its pecking order.
Why only near the bottom?
Because Magikarp were even lower.
When the other aquatic Pokémon fought over food falling from above, the timid Wishiwashi surely wouldn't go near them.
That gave the three ghost dragons a chance to find and herd them.
Unlike in the games, where a single Wishiwashi could change into School Form, the anime's Wishiwashi needed a genuine, massive school.
What was more, there was no