Shakeepuddn

I'll say:

Sorry, no spoiler with phone. I go shovel.

Well done guys. Thought you'd get a grin out of that.

I'm kicked around both night and day By fellow inmate, locked away. The yarns of hope for him I spin Are simple tricks, his out is in. And yet my cellmate doesn't pout; He still endeavors to get out.

I'll go with . . .

THAT'S THE TICKET!

No relationship to an animal. Fish is just a metaphor.

All the word clues are there.

Ok, one last edit. Go for it, reel it in.

Ummm . . . Creative take. But no.

? No Last edit. Can't give any more away.

Nope

Nah. Bear in mind, skittish fish is not target answer but rather the narrator.