A Minecraft: Java Edition datapack which improve the fishing system a lot.

I replace minecraft:gameplay/fishing with an empty loot table, and type stopsound @a * minecraft:entity.fishing_bobber.splash in spgoding:better_fishing/tick, so that players are not able to get any fish and hear the splash sound.

Before the player throws a fishing rod, the better_fishing will check if he/she has any bait(cookie) by function spgoding:better_fishing/check_bait.

If the player does have, the fishing rod will be thrown, and attract an random fish to come by function spgoding:better_fishing/attract_fish. A fish will be teleported to the player and be killed when it touches the fishing bobber by function spgoding:better_fishing/kill_fishes. Eventually, the bait will be spent.

I add treasure and junk in the loot tables of these kinds of fish also:

• minecraft:entities/cod
• minecraft:entities/pufferfish
• minecraft:entities/salmon
• minecraft:entities/squid
• minecraft:entities/tropical_fish

So never worry about your enchanted books!

It's very welcome to fork this repo, and send me a PR! If you are not familiar with GitHub, here's a nice tutorial