Primitive casting rod?

[DaJovialJove]

I recently upgraded to the primitive casting rod, and when I went fishing was presented with a weird minigame where I can either pull left, right, up, or down. It seems completely random, and I only caught two fish after half an hour. Is there a specific way to do things, or should I just use the beginner fishing rod?

[ydex]

there is a specifik way, unknown tho. so either try figure it out or just give up like everyone else.

[FictionRyu]

Taken from the wiki:

How to Fish

Fishing with casting rod can be tricky, because instead of a timer that displays when fishing with Bushcraft Fishingpole, you have to play a minigame of sorts. When the fish bites, a pop-up will show with text "A fish bites!" and four options - Pull up, Pull right, Pull down, Pull left. After you click one of them, your character animation may change, there is 3 fishing animations: when you got fish on hook, when you choose wrong and when you choose right. Right one is when the character pulls his pole up. You need to get this animation three times in a row in order to catch fish. Right options change randomly.

It has a verification tag on it, so, take it as you wish..
Personal experience has revealed a similar experience to yours. So, I quit trying to fish...well..actually I just became busy with baking...but yea..

[MagicManICT]

It's actually a puzzle/maze minigame. The solution you come to will be based on the lure you're using, time of day, etc. Your location will be a factor, too, as fish seem to be in nodes. One choice should always be a step forward, one a step back, and the other two can be either of those or neutral. From my past experience with it, a particular fish will always have the same path to catch it, if you can find the pattern. As with any maze, though, there will be dead ends, and the path to a fish isn't always all positive steps from what I can tell.

I'll note my primary past experience with this minigame was from Salem. I played with it a bit here, but I honestly found the mechanic more annoying than just sitting and using different baits.

[tyrtix]

i tried a lot, made a bait and noted ALL the combo for that bait, with other conditions all the same. Besides the fact that is a really annoying system, i thought it was useful if i could "select" the fish to get in a specific area, so to get best fishes, and possibily, the ones with better ql.
I gave up again when i found that the path you select is specific for the fish that baits...so, substantially, was impossible to really use a route to get a fish, as you need to know wich fish is baiting, and that is not possible.
Recently i dug a large area, got more than 500 worms. Just so easy to cast a line and fish so, and also works afk...do not bother in using the other rod, believe me.