I have found if you bath them & get them used to water when they’re kittens, they don’t mind it, and some even like it when they’re adults. I had a cat that used to jump up on the kitchen counter and wait for me to put an inch or 2 of water in the sink and he would sit in it. Another used to like to jump into the shower with you.
Our late cat “Vincent” liked to walk along the rip rap shore here at the lake. He would wade in and hook minnows with his claws, bringing them into the yard for a fresh fish meal.