How fish bite
The bag decides who looks
Every second, the water rolls a shuffled bag of 14 slots. A fish that likes your lure family fills 4 of those slots; every other fish fills 1. The right lure family doesn't add luck. It takes four times the floor.
Nibbling and hooking
Nibbling and hooking use a shuffled bag whose size depends on the fish's chase behavior and any applicable lure bonus. Keep the line wet: the same fish can approach again.
Senses and spooking
Fish see 30 m, gain +30% vision per level and swim +20% faster per level. Spooked fish back off, so switch to a smaller rod or a Fluoro line.
Ten minutes under the water
Every fish respawns 600 s after it's landed. A legendary spawn stays empty for 20 hours once you land its trophy size. See Rusty's trophy tales.