thanks so much for the constructive feedback!! i 100% agree with your points here - i restricted my dev time to the weekend only and originally planned to include a bait system where you could use the coins to buy stuff but as it often happens i ran out of time to implement :P hopefully in a future update i can include an actual use for the coins!!
i'm glad you enjoyed the fish, i saw this as largely an opportunity to improve on my pixel art and wanted to push myself in that area.
thanks again for playing and for the feedback!! let me know if you ever want me to check out any of your projects :D