I did string extracts direct from the eqgame.exe files in the
www.everquest.com.tw patch zips. They have many fishing messages.
https://github.com/dbsanfte/eq-archi...1.str.txt#L377
If you move into the parent folder they are sorted by date. Just CTRL-F and search for 'fish'.
I don't see any "you caught $item!" in the latest string file I have in the repo, which is April 2001.