Any Tips on Fishing in MySims Kingdom?

Basically what the title says. No matter how i move the bobble around, i barely get any biters. Slow, fast, circular, straight lines…. Sometimes it helps to reset the fishing spot, then i get like 2 biters and then.. nothing again. I‘m also having a hard time stopping instantly when i get a biter in general - this used to work great with the wii remote but with a joystick i find it to be incredibly difficult. Which is why i resorted to moving around super slow but then again… no biters.

It‘s really frustrating when i‘m trying to finish scrolls.