Getting Started
Make sure the POWER switch is OFF. Insert the Rapala® Pro Fishing™ Game Pak into the Game Boy® Advance slot as described in your Nintendo Game Boy® Advance instruction manual. Turn the POWER switch ON.
Note: The Rapala® Pro Fishing™ Game Pak is for the Game Boy® Advance only.
Title Screen
When the Rapala title screen appears, press START to proceed to the Profile Selection screen.
Profile Selection
Up to three different people can keep a record of their best catches and progress in Challenge Mode. The three slots on the Profile Selection screen represent the three different profiles. When you start the game for the first time, the slots will all be empty.
Create
Move to any empty profile slot and push the A Button. Next, you need to choose a name to identify your profile. A profile's name has five characters.
Use +Control Pad Up and +Control Pad Down to select a letter or number. Push the A Button to confirm each selection. After the fifth character is confirmed, your profile is created.
If you would like to create a new profile, but the three slots are already occupied, you will need to Delete one of them.
Load
Selecting any previously created profile will load that profile and allow you to resume fishing. All of your previous record catches are available for viewing in the Aquarium. Your progress in Challenge Mode is resumed.
Delete
Deleting a profile erases all record of fish caught and progress in Challenge Mode. Follow these steps to delete a profile:
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Select the profile you wish to delete.
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Select the erase button.
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A confirmation box will appear to confirm your decision.
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Choose YES in the confirmation box to delete the profile.
Main Menu
After you have created or loaded a profile, the Main Menu appears. From the Main Menu, you can Quick Fish, enter Challenge Mode, or view your record catches in the Aquarium.
To select an option, use A Select. To go back, press B.
Quick Fish
Choose Quick Fish and begin fishing wherever you like, with no specific requirements to meet. You must choose the location, time, map position, and lure.
Follow these steps to start fishing:
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Choose the location where you would like to fish.
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Choose the time (AM or PM).
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View the map of the location you chose and move the boat to the desired position.
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Choose the lure you would like to use.
When you first begin the game, Lake Castaic is the only available location. To unlock other locations, you will need to complete challenges in Challenge Mode.
Challenge Mode
In Challenge Mode, you are fishing to meet a goal. You must catch a certain weight, amount, or species of fish, possibly within a time limit. There are three challenges in each location, but you can only work toward one of them at a time.
Follow these steps to begin a challenge:
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Choose the time, map position, and lure.
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Pick one of the location's three challenges.
Keep the challenge you chose in mind while fishing. After completing all three challenges at a location, another location is unlocked. Try to unlock all the locations!
Aquarium
All of your record catches are kept in the Aquarium. Here, you can view a picture of your record fish. You can also see information on their weight, the location where you caught them, and what lure you caught them with. Only the biggest fish of each species is kept in the Aquarium.
Fishing
Casting
To begin casting, push A Button. Determine the power of your cast by looking at the Power Gauge. After pushing A Button, the bar on the Power Gauge begins to move back and forth. Pushing A Button again will complete the cast. The farther the bar is to the right, the more powerful your cast will be.
As you are reeling in a fish, the left part of the Power Gauge displays the distance the fish is from the boat. Once you've reeled the fish in close enough to the boat, the fish is caught!
If the fish breaks any of your records, or if it is the first fish of a certain species you've caught, you will be informed of the new record. It will be added to your Aquarium. Record or not, the size of the fish is displayed, and you can get right back to fishing.