Grumpy Fisherwoman

Ever since the distance-to-node was cranked way tight due to an exploit, fishing has become annoying.
I'm doing the trout quest now, and after visiting all the places I can fish trout (not a dragon), I have managed about 600 of the things for several hours work. Most of the nodes are unreachable from the docks or the shore, and the little pond in mia's edge has one spawn. After a half hour wait, it still hadn't re-appeared. I got one spawn off Lerena, one near Sakon, and the dralk stuff all looked too far away. Can we fix this please? I'm ready to give up on fishing. Shouldn't have to risk falling in and drowning to catch fish. The idea of the game is fun, right?
Thanks.