Hi there!
Thank you for your honest comment. You’re right that calling it a game, even a tiny idle one, might be stretching the meaning of the word game a bit. ;) The fishing part isn’t an exciting mini-game, but more of a “click at the right time” akin to simple fishing in Minecraft.
To be honest, the focus of this experience has always been the communication through messages with people around the world and the fishing is more of a means to an end.