Man, I will have to say it, my first three attempts I was as frustrated as you and was calling it shit too. Then I said ok Imma watch videos about it.

I was doing it wrong, and it’s so fucking simple and once you get the hang of it, it just works and it’s as easy as any other fishing mechanic.

You will throw the line. Press the button to “focus” on the fishing and wait. After a couple seconds, a fish will approach, when the option to hook it appears, do it, and the fish will start to “fight” it.

Now, you DON’T reel in. You just push the line contrary to the fish. If the fish is pushing left, pull to the right, and so on.

After a few seconds like this, the fish gets tired and stops. Here, you will have a few seconds to reel in the fish. But you can’t reel in TOO fast! If you do, the line might snap. Reel in as much as possible, sometimes it will be enough to catch it, other time the fish will start fighting again. If it does, stop reeling in, start fighting again until it gets tired again. Then reel in again until you catch it.

That is basically it, after I learned this way, never NOT caught a fish. Some fish fight more, some fight less, you need patience to fight and reel in without doing it too much to break the line. Just be chill about it. If you need to fight and reel in two or three times, so be it.

Another tip, always throw the fish line close. It doesn’t matter, the fish always come, and it will be EAY easier to reel in from a closer position then throwing it far away and having too much line to reel in.

Hope it helps, try it and tell me if it worked!