It's one of my favorite games only because I owned it as a kid. I can't even tell you how many hours I sunk into this game growing up. Catching the "super bass" can be a little tough. My strategy is to immediately hold down A until they hit that 1st fatigue level, even if the line is about to snap, you have to get that fish fatigued. If it does snap, then oh well, you weren't gonna catch it anyway. Then tap A like 1,2 with little pauses in between. If you don't get them to that initial fatigue immediately after you hook them, you are pretty much fucked. There are certain spots on the lakes where you can get a natural barricade from having them run off which can help too.