Ninja Betta got ninja'd?

[Bebekurenai]

Months ago, I used to catch Ninja Bettas trying to desynth for the minion, never got the minion and kinda abandoned the project. Now I returned for my boredom moments in game and found last week and today that I'm not able to land a single Ninja. Weather and time are correct, bait aswell, my stats haven't changed from when I used to catch them, so I'm clueless. I even kept checking my fishing log in case I was at the wrong spot or hallucinating.
My current stats are gathering 529 and perception 406, lvl 60, just as it was months ago when I had no problem landing them. The routine now is: land an Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish HQ, mooch to an Assassin Betta HQ, mooch again just to "The fish gets away...".
Not a single Ninja landed, I find it hard to believe of all fishes its just a rng and I happen to have bad luck with all of them >_>
It still lists as a 3 star lvl 50 fish, do I need to be a 3 star lvl 60 to land it?

[Highwilds]

I know it's hard to believe, but that's still just RNG of the game. >_>;

[Marcellus_Cassius]

Nah, it def got nerfed. I went from catching 3-4 using "Patience" to feeling lucky if I could grab one. And this happened right after one of the patches, forgot which.

[Shadygrove]

My fisher alt has noticed no difference in Ninja Beta hookings, catchings, or landings. She goes after them 2 - 4 times a week.

Average is about 6 bites / window landing half. Yes, Patience is involved. Where the RNG has been hurting lately is the desynthsis. Haven't gotten the fry in over a month. Then again just before this dry spell she went 5/6 on fry.

Sometimes RNGsus givith and sometimes RNGsus giveth the finger.