... I feel certain that I played a browser based version of this game about 3 years ago (I know it was about 3 years because that's back when I had enough downtime at work to still play browser games).
*Runs to Wikipedia*
Ah, I did. Because they sold the adobe flash version of the game in 2010:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridiculous_Fishing
"The company sold the Flash game to a browser games website in 2010 but kept the rights to produce an iOS version, which they would call Ridiculous Fishing.[2] They began production on the iOS version on December 7, 2010, with the intention of a "2012/2013 equivalent" of the original.[3]"
http://www.bored.com/game/play/150995/
Interesting. They made a lot of graphical improvements but it's still the same game at the core. I'm glad they're doing so well.