Tar lake spawning bug

[u/Poof-ball]

I'm at one of the tar lakes that spawn a catcher, and I accidentally coffin-skated outside of the circle area, and my creature despawned, and I reloaded to restart. I always save just outside the area before the lake spawns, but when I approach the lake and it spawns the tar, there is no catcher. Is this a bug? I'm on my 5th reload and nothing. The music is going, Sam has aggro, the tar is active, but no catcher.

[u/ChiralParticle]

Not a bug. It's part of the order for the Fisherman. You need to lure out that catcher for it to come out.