It really take to long catching Bass, I Fish all the time and it doesn't that long reel in Bass even if they are Huge.
Unfortunately it's still a massive issue with all the species. Spending 15 mins, sometimes longer to reel a fish in seems massively excessive for a video game. Even more frustrating when its a small /non boss/trophy fish. Just keep the boss fish (relative to species and size) the ones that take the longer time!