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I know this sounds like a pointles idea, but its just an idea for improvement Much later int he future.

How about if you can cast futher into the water? The futher you cast, the more chance that you will lose your rod, but the better chance you will catch a fish. And if other fish are put into the game, you would have to cast very far out to catch them. Skill would lower your chances of losing a rod. eg a master fisherman would have a 2% chance of loosing his rod if he cast 5 spaces out, where as a fisherman with no experience would lose it 30% of the time.

It's just a bit strange that the fish dont swim away when they feel the footsteps of someone. And all the other jobs have had small upgrades to them, like woodcuting which i found out the other day

Well fishing poles back then did not have casts and reels like those of today. They were simply just string, with bait, a hook (poorly made) and a stick which was fletched I think and they could only fish as far as the string would go. But I'm not sure if this is true or not but I think the reel wouldn't have been around back then. This is just my imput. Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

There could be a simple fishing pole, and a reeled fishing pole that's alot harder to make. and a tailor can make short/long fishing line. Sounds fair to me.

I disagree with Croktin, I think they had the skill and they had rods, and i think they could cast out. But I just have to say....Why? You said pointless in your first sentence and i have to agree with you. It just seems so trivial to bother wasting time on implementing it.
Gro'bul's idea would just require more work for such a small and well...uesless (sorry) idea.