The good rod is in route 209, closer to Hearthome City. You answer "Yes" to fisherman question. He's easy to find because there is only one fisherman there, standing at the edge of the shortest dock on route.
You have to answer YES to the fishermans question and you "will" get the good rod.
Dewford town, Route east of mauville city, Mossdeep city.
For all of these apart from Dewford you have to have HM 03 Surf which you get after the Petelburg Gym ( your dad Norman tells you to go to wally's house in petalburg NOT his uncles house west of mauville city (forgot the name)) And Viola there you go you have surf and can get the rods that give you water type Pokemon other than a magikarp
With a fishing rod that you can obtain in Dewford.
There are three types of fishing rods in Pokemon Ruby. The Good Rod is found by talking to a fisherman on Route 118.
You get your first fishing rod in Dewford town and the best one in mossdeep city. :) !! cheers
you can catch a barboach in Pokemon ruby by fishing on the bridge to the west of Fallarbor town wit ha good or super rod
you just get a rod it doesnt matter what rod it is at the place where there are 2 gym leaders search around and a fisherman will give you one
You can get Horsea by fishing on routes 132, 133, or 134 in Ruby. You may be able to catch it with a Good Rod but a Super Rod would be your best bet.
Use a fishing rod to fish for Pokemon. This will allow you to capture a water Pokemon that you can teach Surf to.
In order to get a staryu on Pokemon ruby version you have to fish using a super rod on the coast of lillycove. just keep fishing and you will find one.
In dewford Island and Mossdeep city forgot about good rod though..
You can only get a Corsola by trading it from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. You can find Corsola in RSE by fishing in Route 128 (super rod), and by fishing at Ever Grande City (super rod)
1. defrot town. 2. mosdeep city. 3. near maiwle city.
Some water Pokemon can be found if you walk on grass. You can also trade with a friend to get one. Professor Birch will give you a mudkip if you choode it to rescue him.