Actually the most annoying thing is that you can't get any skill-up during the quest because you need to be at 225 to get it and can't go above 225 until the quest is completed.
So if it took you 20 casts to get a specific fish, those were wasted unless you caught something else of value.
So if it took you 20 casts to get a specific fish, those were wasted unless you caught something else of value.