When you 'go fish' you can take any card from the pool. If Kathy doesn't have any nines, then she says 'go fish'. If Kathy has any nines, then she must give all of her nines to the player. For example, the player may ask Kathy if she has any nines. This can be called the pool of cards.Įach player gets a turn in clockwise order (to the player's left).ĭuring a turn the player asks another player if they have a particular rank of card. The rest of the deck is then spread out in the middle of the players face down. If there are more than three players, deal 5 cards each. For 2 to 3 players you deal each player 7 cards. The first thing you do is deal cards to the players. Go Fish is a fun card game that uses a standard 52 card deck.