That was 100% intentional but totally fair that it doesn't 'feel' good (you have to hold down the direction), the hit box was more visible but I made it more subtle to not be distracting so I see that was actually a mistake because it sounds like you couldn't see it. All of the fish are too easy for me but a play tester could never catch the hardest one so you're not alone, if you cast out far you will always encounter a 'difficult' catch so you were actually just casting out further and further naturally making the game more difficult lol.