diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/PlayerListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/PlayerListener.java
index 9a7b52b73..3a3900dd4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/PlayerListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/PlayerListener.java
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public class PlayerListener implements Listener {
                     if(ExperienceConfig.getInstance().isFishingExploitingPrevented()) {
 
                         fishingManager.processExploiting(event.getHook().getLocation().toVector());
-                        
+
                         if (fishingManager.isExploitingFishing(event.getHook().getLocation().toVector())) {
                             player.sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Fishing.ScarcityTip", ExperienceConfig.getInstance().getFishingExploitingOptionMoveRange()));
                             event.setExpToDrop(0);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/skills/fishing/FishingManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/skills/fishing/FishingManager.java
index 6dde1330d..d4d147325 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/skills/fishing/FishingManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/skills/fishing/FishingManager.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class FishingManager extends SkillManager {
     private long lastWarnedExhaust = 0L;
     private FishHook fishHookReference;
     private BoundingBox lastFishingBoundingBox;
+    private boolean sameTarget;
     private Item fishingCatch;
     private Location hookLocation;
     private int fishCaughtCounter = 1;
@@ -127,12 +128,17 @@ public class FishingManager extends SkillManager {
 
     public void processExploiting(Vector centerOfCastVector) {
         BoundingBox newCastBoundingBox = makeBoundingBox(centerOfCastVector);
-        boolean sameTarget = lastFishingBoundingBox != null && lastFishingBoundingBox.overlaps(newCastBoundingBox);
+        this.sameTarget = lastFishingBoundingBox != null && lastFishingBoundingBox.overlaps(newCastBoundingBox);
 
-        if (sameTarget)
+        if (this.sameTarget) {
             fishCaughtCounter++;
-        else
+        }
+        else {
             fishCaughtCounter = 1;
+        }
+
+        //If the new bounding box does not intersect with the old one, then update our bounding box reference
+        if (!this.sameTarget) lastFishingBoundingBox = newCastBoundingBox;
 
         if (fishCaughtCounter + 1 == ExperienceConfig.getInstance().getFishingExploitingOptionOverFishLimit()) {
             getPlayer().sendMessage(LocaleLoader.getString("Fishing.LowResourcesTip", ExperienceConfig.getInstance().getFishingExploitingOptionMoveRange()));
@@ -147,13 +153,7 @@ public class FishingManager extends SkillManager {
             return false;
         }*/
 
-        BoundingBox newCastBoundingBox = makeBoundingBox(centerOfCastVector);
-        boolean sameTarget = lastFishingBoundingBox != null && lastFishingBoundingBox.overlaps(newCastBoundingBox);
-
-        //If the new bounding box does not intersect with the old one, then update our bounding box reference
-        if (!sameTarget) lastFishingBoundingBox = newCastBoundingBox;
-
-        return sameTarget && fishCaughtCounter >= ExperienceConfig.getInstance().getFishingExploitingOptionOverFishLimit();
+        return this.sameTarget && fishCaughtCounter >= ExperienceConfig.getInstance().getFishingExploitingOptionOverFishLimit();
     }
 
     public static BoundingBox makeBoundingBox(Vector centerOfCastVector) {