Teflon Ted's Fighting Fish

One mod, one job — no kitchen-sink configs or feature creep.

When a hooked fish starts fighting (escape phase), flash Stop reeling! in the center of the screen and play a short watery SFX — vanilla only shows subtle thrashing and silent stamina spike.

Behavior

Aspect	Detail
Trigger	Fish.Escape() while hooked (each fight cycle after the initial hook)
Who	Local player who owns the fishing float only
Message	Center HUD: Stop reeling! (skipped on hook so $msg_fishing_hooked stays visible)
Sound	sfx_land_water, then sfx_blob_jump, then sfx_blob_land
Config	None

flowchart TD
  Escape[Fish.Escape]
  Hooked{Hooked + local owner?}
  Msg[Center: Stop reeling!]
  Sfx[Instantiate blob/water SFX]
  Escape --> Hooked
  Hooked -->|no| Skip[Do nothing]
  Hooked -->|yes| Msg --> Sfx

Why these sounds

Prefab	Why
sfx_land_water (default)	Clear water splash — reads as fish thrashing the surface
sfx_blob_jump	Wet blob plop fallback
sfx_blob_land	Similar blob splash fallback

Other candidates if you want to fork the cue later: sfx_blob_attack (more aggressive), sfx_ship_waterimpact (heavier splash), sfx_fishingrod_linebreak (fishing-flavored but reads as failure).

What it does not do

Feature	Here?
Change stamina / reel speed / fish AI	No
Auto-stop reeling for you	No — cue only
Config / volume / custom message	No
Server requirement	No — client QoL

Tips

• Fight phases still alternate with idle; cue fires at the start of each fight after the first (hook keeps vanilla “Hooked”).
• Ease off block/reel while the message is up; reel again when the fish calms (no message).