I've been fishing all day now with unenchanted rods and all I've gotten is regular fish. I was wondering if you have like blockers to keep players from getting loot from fishing. Thanks for your help Major Eyewater
EMC has not updated to 1.7 yet. You can access the server with 1.7, but we are still running on 1.6.4. Because of this, you won't be getting anything other than normal fish.
If your particles are on decreased or higher you can see little splash particles going towards your bobber once it reaches there it goes down reel it in right as it goes down.