The fishing pole emoji is your digital day at the lake: a rod, a line, and a freshly hooked fish mid-swish. On Apple/iOS, it’s a brown pole angled diagonally with a pale gray line arcing down to a blue fish on a silver hook—no water, just that satisfying “got one!” moment frozen in time. It radiates calm, early-morning-thermos energy and the timeless thrill of reeling something in.
Online, it’s prime bait culture. People use it to call out clickbait, thirst traps, or those “fishing for compliments” posts—basically, any time someone’s casting a line to see who bites. It doubles as flirty wordplay (caught feelings, anyone?) and as a gentle warning not to fall for trolls: don’t take the bait. Drop it when you’re actually going fishing, planning a chill weekend, or humble-bragging about that monster bass.
It also pops up in gamer chat thanks to cozy titles like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, plus Minecraft rod shenanigans. Think dad-core vibes, tackle boxes, and “gone fishin’” signs, but make it meme-ready. In group texts, it’s shorthand for patience, waiting for a reply, or reeling in a deal—equal parts serene and slightly chaotic, depending on who’s holding the rod.
Definition
A fishing pole with fish attached to the fishing line. An emoji often used when fishing is involved. Use of this emoji prior to a fishing trip can portray (represent) wishful thinking and optimism since catching a fish is the objective of fishing but is seldom guaranteed. Can be used to communicate excitement or success when used after a fish has been caught or at the conclusion of a fishing trip.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1232 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fishing_pole_and_fish:
Keywords
Fish, Fishing, Pole
Previous Names:
Fishing Pole and Fish
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Entertainment Symbols
Editorial Comment
Hook, line and sinker. Yep, it's a bluefin.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Entertainment Symbols
Names & Annotations
FISHING POLE AND FISH Old name: FISHING = fishing
Symbol Information
U+1F3A3 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7FF
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.70 'Fish' 魚 U+E751 SJIS-F9F6 JIS-7A60
KDDI
#752 釣り 「釣ri」 U+EB42 SJIS-F446 JIS-7B27
Softbank
#130 #old25 魚 U+E019 SJIS-F959
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🎣
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🎣
Decimal HTML Entity
🎣
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🎣
Hex Code Point(s)
1f3a3
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3A3
Decimal Code Point(s)
127907
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xA3
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E A3
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 243
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFA3
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfa3
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57251
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3A3
UTF-32 Hex
01F3A3
UTF-32 Dec
127907
Python Src
u"\U0001F3A3"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xa3"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFA3"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
