diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/entity/type/FishingHookEntity.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/entity/type/FishingHookEntity.java
index 9a85a14a2..3bfa0ee53 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/entity/type/FishingHookEntity.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/entity/type/FishingHookEntity.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class FishingHookEntity extends ThrowableEntity {
     private boolean inWater = false;
 
     @Getter
-    private final boolean isOwnerSessionPlayer;
+    private final long bedrockOwnerId;
     @Getter
     private long bedrockTargetId;
 
@@ -66,14 +66,8 @@ public class FishingHookEntity extends ThrowableEntity {
         // so that it can be handled by moveAbsoluteImmediate.
         setBoundingBoxHeight(128);
 
-        isOwnerSessionPlayer = owner.getGeyserId() == session.getPlayerEntity().getGeyserId();
-        this.dirtyMetadata.put(EntityData.OWNER_EID, owner.getGeyserId());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void spawnEntity() {
-
-        super.spawnEntity();
+        this.bedrockOwnerId = owner.getGeyserId();
+        this.dirtyMetadata.put(EntityData.OWNER_EID, this.bedrockOwnerId);
     }
 
     public void setHookedEntity(IntEntityMetadata entityMetadata) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/entity/JavaEntityEventTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/entity/JavaEntityEventTranslator.java
index ce08d8287..00bea4908 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/entity/JavaEntityEventTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/entity/JavaEntityEventTranslator.java
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ public class JavaEntityEventTranslator extends PacketTranslator<ClientboundEntit
                 // Player is pulled from a fishing rod
                 // The physics of this are clientside on Java
                 FishingHookEntity fishingHook = (FishingHookEntity) entity;
-                if (fishingHook.isOwnerSessionPlayer()) {
-                    Entity hookOwner = session.getEntityCache().getEntityByGeyserId(fishingHook.getBedrockTargetId());
+                if (fishingHook.getBedrockTargetId() == session.getPlayerEntity().getGeyserId()) {
+                    Entity hookOwner = session.getEntityCache().getEntityByGeyserId(fishingHook.getBedrockOwnerId());
                     if (hookOwner != null) {
                         // https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Fishing_Rod#Hooking_mobs_and_other_entities
                         SetEntityMotionPacket motionPacket = new SetEntityMotionPacket();