Anyone got any advice?

[mangod/pikachu]

So I just got the Surf TM in Petalburg and I'm trying to get to Fortree City. The problem is I don't have any Pokemon that know surf, not even in my PC, and I have no idea where to get a fishing pole. Any advice for me?

 

[pnoiboi]

get a fishing pole in dewford (I think..) In the house far to the right

 

[ShinyManafi]

Gat a Zigzagoon/Linoone, they can learn Surf

 

[Aquarelle]

get a fishing pole in dewford (I think..) In the house far to the right

Yeah, you get the Old Rod in Dewford Town, though it pretty well only catches Magikarp, and occasionally things like Tentacool.

Or if you don't want to hassle with raising a Magikapr for evolution, or looking for a Tentacool, just catch a Marill or Wingull and teach it surf.
EDIT: Just checked the main site, Wingull doesn't learn surf, sorry. >_>
Maybe just catch a Zigzagoon like the above poster said.

Then once you have surf, if you surf across the water on Route 118, a fisherman there will give you a Good Rod, and later on in Mossdeep, a guy there gives you a Super Rod, by the way.

~Aquarelle

 

[Dre]

since you're still in petalburg, go to the grass near briney's house (the guy with the wingull you saved in whismur's cave) .. there's wingull right near lady cindy in the two grass patches .. since pelipper is pretty bad, you can teach it fly later on as well.

the only pole you can get before surfing is the old one, in dewford. talk to the fisherman on the south side and he gives it to you.