There is a actual dedicated Playdate fishing game, yes:

• Reel-Istic Fishing, and here’s the game page

But in relation to my article, and their work on CrankBoy…you can watch how they added the crank to the fishing part of the original Link’s Awakening fishing section. This kind of thing is why I think Sodium and Stonerl are doing amazing work, because it’s so different!

Link to the crank being used for fishing in Link’s Awakening here!