Thank you a lot for playing the game and giving precious feedback! Could you please tell me on what platform you played the game (of html, on which browser), to help me reproduce those issues?
For the lure scene, the sound is also moving, sometimes really slowly. Maybe that add too much confusion? Also there is a lot of inertia / floating movement due to high acceleration & friction. It adds difficulty but is maybe also confusing . (on the contrary of the gazing mini game where the movement respond immediately).
For the catching when you have to move to the opposite direction, that seems like a bug that someone had also found. I think I fixed it but I'll have to try on different platforms first!