Deepening a gesture that is already half physical, instead of adding one more station.
The vision
Few modules gain as much from adding nothing. The rod already exists, the gesture already exists: Fishing deepens them instead of replacing them with an interface. It reuses Animals' foundations along the way, the ecosystem and the butchering, and the same procedural approach as the rest of the suite.
Fish variety becomes unlimited, each catch having its own length and weight, and its nutrition indexed on that weight. A catch is looked at, compared, and worth showing: a big fish is an event, not an inventory line.
The moment the fish bites becomes a real interactive tug-of-war, its difficulty following the catch's weight and species. Striking too early or pulling too hard costs you, and landing a big one is a story.
Bait, depth, time of day and temperature, provided by Season and Weather, steer the species and sizes likely to bite. Fishing stops being a lottery and becomes a decision: the right bait, in the right place, at the right time.
Procedural shoals move with the currents provided by Water and with the seasons, and can be spotted at the surface before even casting. Fishing starts with observation.
Rods, lines and hooks have distinct properties, strength, range, forming a small gear tree consistent with Smith. Depending on the spot, you also bring up crustaceans, algae or debris.
And the water remembers: overfishing a body of water empties it temporarily, exactly as overhunting empties an area on land.