GoatboyJ
I know you covered this somewhat with Sefyrion but I'm wondering what it would look like if you listed the fish in the order of "Difficulty to Catch".
It seems like some of the Gambino fish are easier to catch then the Larges of Baskin and so on.
Also, is it your advice to not jump to the next lake until you can consistently bring in the larges of the previous lake? I'm asking because I've been playing around at Gambino a bit after getting bored of bringing in almost everything in Baskin.
Junk move differently in all 3 lakes so it depends.
Difficulty would be (in my view):
Guppies/Goldfish
Seedkin/Balloonfish
Bass/Koi
Trout/Jellyfish
Striper/Catfish*
Tuna/Ironjaw*
Biters/Racer
Boldur/Hellfish*
Catfish/Ironjaw/Hellfish: These "new" large fish are harder than the "old" fish larges.
Your 2nd question is a great one. Yes, once you get bored/great at one lake, move on up. You won't be used to the new lake but you won't be failing completely at it, and then you'll get used to it eventually to move on again. Obviously this will only happen 2 times, the last place being Durem, the toughest place.