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That first fishing excursion I pretty much succeeded at randomly. Don't worry. You'll beat several more dungeons before you have to fish again.

The secret:

1) cast line
2) wiggle controller a little
3) wait for bobber to start sinking
4) pull up real hard
5) don't touch any buttons. Link'll pull it up automatically.

Here, I was wiggling the controller constantly or on and off, not realizing that you actually had to yank the controller when the bobber sank to hook a fish.

And the actual reel fishing later on is pretty fun, surprisingly. Don't get turned off to the concept entirely.