Newsgroups have a reference to "caught a fish" message as early as April 1999:
Quote:
Apr 22, 1999
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Didn't catch a fish message
[click on Fish button]... wait...Caught a fish message
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