Bahamut Lagoon - Fishing Faq SNES

I read all the game faqs for the Bahamut Lagoon SNES game on some third party sites, and realized not a single one had solved the conondrum of how to win the fishing minigame that occurs during Chapter 11 of the game.

At this point during bahamut lagoon, you’ll encounter Bikkebakke over to the northeastern side of the town, who says you can go fishing.  If you attempt it, you’ll see an octopus, it tends to crop up in the right and move from there to the left, down, left , down, and up towards you.

Basically, if it’s on the right, mash your right direction on your pad or keyboard right real fast several times (3-10 maybe), then when it’s down, mash down real fast, then when it’s left mash left.  The trick is when it comes up, you still have to mash down until the game prompts you to press A to reel the octopus in.  If it goes say right, and you keep pressing down or left, you’ll lose your hook, so just remember to switch up dirs promptly everytime it moves.

Your prize for winning? A bastard sword and an Aurora.  you can sell these by the merchant hidden in the tree over towards sendak, but you’ll also find that upon catching the fish that Bikkebakke is over beside him, and you can buy mushrooms and quickly (and cheaply) max out your poison and dex stats on everyone, with the bastard sword providing enough PR to buy about 50-100 mushrooms.

Feel free to use this info in any faqs/faq site but linkbacks are probably appreciated.