Animal Crossing Golden Rod Route
Made by Nick_
This is a route for Golden Rod, made by me with a few tips from golderzoa.

-----September 1st, 2015 @ 5:30 PM-----
When looking for a desirable town, make sure the river runs east to west with the waterfall facing either right or left
At the beginning, just do the first debt route but make sure to pick up a few extra fruit so you can buy the rod
FISH:
Soft Shelled Turtle (3/River)
Pike (5/River)
Salmon (3/River/waterfall)
King Salmon (Waterfall)
Dorado (5/River, if you catch pike before do this in August)
Gar (6/Lake)
Arapaima (6/River, can be caught in July Night if needed)
After catching all these fish, sell your entire inventory at re-tail. If you have 39,800 bells, then pay off your debt. If not, wait until after July Night to do so.

-----July 1st, 2015 @ 9:00 PM-----
Yay time for dumb fish :)
FISH:
Dace (3/River)
Koi (4/River, can be caught in May night if needed)
Catfish (4/Lake)
Eel (Narrow/River)
Black Bass (4/River, can be caught in May night or actually any time lol if needed)
Sweetfish (3/River)
Arowana (4/River)
Saddled Bichir (4/River)
After this you should definitely be able to pay off the 39,800 bell debt. Do that then talk to nook and upgrade your home.

-----June 1st, 2015 @ 2:00 PM-----
TALK TO TORTIMER ON THE BEACH!!! Make sure this is the first thing you do so you don’t forget! Also, this is where we hunt for rain. Just turn the day back slowly until you get rain, then catch coelacanth
FISH:
Pale Chub (1/River)
Barbel Steed (3/River, can be caught in May night if needed)
Goldfish (1/River, can be caught in May night or September 15th AM if needed)
Popeyed Goldfish (1/River)
Giant Snakehead (5/Lake)
Bluegill (2/River)
Guppy (1/River)
Nibble Fish (2/River)
Neon Tetra (1/River)
Piranha (2/River)
Coelacanth (6/Ocean/Rain)

-----May 1st, 2015 @ 5:00 PM-----
Make sure you get all the pond fish in this month. Also, if you get rain, make sure you go for coelacanth.
FISH:
Crucian Carp (2/River)
Killifish (1/Pond)
Crawfish (2/Pond)
Tadpole (1/Pond)
Frog (2/Pond)
Freshwater Goby (2/River)
Loach (2/River - Can be caught in March at 7:00 PM if needed)
Cherry Salmon (3/River)
Char (3/Waterfall)
Rainbow Trout (4/River)
Angelfish (2/River)
Oarfish (6/Ocean)
Most of the island fish can be caught here too, but don’t worry too much about getting them because that’s why we go to the island!

-----January 15th, 2015 @ 9 PM-----
Not much on the mainland, but this is the first time we go to the island!
FISH:
Bitterling (1/River)
Yellow Perch (3/River)
Pond Smelt (2/River)
Stringfish (6/River)
Sea Butterfly (1/Ocean)
Blowfish (1/Ocean - this can also be gotten in November Night)
Some of the other ocean fish from May can be caught here, so make sure to grab some if you still need them. Otherwise we’ll catch them on the island
Dab (3/Ocean - Can also be caught in November Night)
Football Fish (4/Ocean)
Tuna (6/Ocean)

--Island Night--
Here will be the first instance of going to the island, one of only two times in the entire run.
FISH:
Barred Knifejaw (3/Ocean)
Red Snapper (3/Ocean)
Sea bass (5/Ocean)
Seahorse (1/Ocean)
Clownfish (1/Ocean)
Surgeonfish (2/Ocean)
Butterfly fish (2/Ocean)
Zebra turkeyfish (3/Ocean)
Horse Mackerel (2/Ocean)
Olive Flounder (4/Ocean)
Squid (3/Ocean)
Moray Eel (5/Ocean)
Puffer fish (3/Ocean)
Ribbon Eel (Narrow/Island)
Blue marlin (6/Ocean)
Giant Trevally (5/Island)
Hammerhead Shark (Fin/Ocean)
Shark (Fin/Ocean)
Saw Shark (Fin/Ocean)
Whale Shark (Fin/Island)

-----November 15th, 2014 @ 11 pm-----
Finishing up the Run! And if you’ve caught a coelacanth, you’ll end perfectly on the day of a fishing tourney!
FISH:
Mitten Crab (2/River)
Also make sure to catch the other ocean winter fish if you haven’t already!

-----November 15th, 2014 @ 2 pm-----
Getting the daytime fish from the island then we’re done!
--Island Day--
FISH:
Napoleonfish (6/Ocean)
Ray (5/Ocean)
Ocean Sunfish (Fin/Ocean)
That’s it! Now you can talk to Chip and get the Golden Rod.