As the game FSW is now once your catch is anywhere close to the boat or shore you've pretty much landed it. It would be much more immersive if there was a 'land your catch' feature with this game. I'll refer back to a fishing sim that was on the Original Xbox & PS called Pro Fishing Challenge. While this title wasn't feature rich by any means it had a lot going for it with it's core fishing aspects. One of the things that would keep you focused intensely until your fish was in the boat was a circle that would appear when your fish was close that would flash various shades, yellow, red, & green being the 'land it' color. With this circle flashing predicated on the fish's movement, if you didn't press the button at the right moment you could still risk the chance of losing your haul. Call it a 'virtual net' if you will. A feature that keeps you in the catch up to the very last moment. This series could most certainly benefit from an added feature like that imo!
Blast from the past! Pro Fishing Challenge was a solid game. Here's hoping we see a mechanic like that for landing them in this new one.
