Originally posted by Lorska:

As a fisherman, how often did you see fish hover over the water, swimming in the air?

Well flying fish aside, this isn't a fishing gripe, its a game engine gripe, and since the fish are actual objects in the game they will be subject to the same quirks. I've seen it as often as grass growing under giant rocks, and animal heads poking through doors. I'll take magic fish at times over the usual fishing mechanics in game which is cast... wait... every tick has a random X% chance of there being a fish. This is what makes fishing in games like ESO awful.

In all seriousness though, if they want fishing to be taken seriously apart from what you mentioned about different loot from different fish, they really need to fix those physics.

Honestly feels like a very minor issue to me in that respect. It would be a really nice fix but not a priority.