I note your macho fish was so F@@@@@g stupid that he got himself hooked onto some dead piece of bait.
BTW, did machofish go down with the boat?
I’m not expecting a fish to be smart. It’s a fish. But I do think the one who IS supposed to be smart would not equate his intelligence as measured by using fishing gear over catching a dumb fish.
The fish, instead of trying to prove his intelligence is merely trying to survive using all he has.