I dunno, fished a lot in this game and I finally came to the realization that I catch way more fish if I snag them. They wander by bait, Snag them, they get near bait, Snag them. But on my current seed the fish must have gotten the message. There are almost no fish to be found, not in rivers, not by big rocks in open water, not near necks. All the places where fish should be there might be one crummy little one. So yup, gonna complain.
If you like fishing, New World which otherwise is a terrible game, their fishing is amazing. Whoever the dev is, should get an award. Rest of the game is trash but hey, nothing is perfect.