Talk:Fish/@comment-46064335-20200611201040

This table is tremendously helpful, but I have two corrections/additions to make:

First off, the event fish (Carp, Giant Barb, Zander, etc.) are listed as having "small" circle size. That's actually not accurate. The event fish have their own circle size, which is close to but slightly bigger than the normal "small" circle. I'd call it "smallish" for lack of better description. This information is actually quite valuable, because once you learn to notice the special event size, it's very easy to catch event fish only for their increased weight during fishing events.

Secondly, I think there needs to be a column about how the fish "moves". This info is quite a lot harder to gauge exactly, but there are very noticable differences between how the fish move. For instance, the Golden Trout and Speckled Dace (both gold lure and small circle) both move extremely fast and a very jittery, making "skips" and "darts", where they'll suddenly zoom off in one direction, often causing you to lose them. On the other hand, the Rudd which also bites golden lures small circle is very slow in its movement, almost making no resistance at all to being caught. Again, this information is very important, because it can help you avoid wasting valuable lures on common fish that you don't want. The Greater Redhorse, which is my arch nemesis, also moves fast, but not quite as fast as the "rare" fish - you may confuse the Greater Redhorse with one of the rare fish when you have him on the line, but once you get the real deal, you're rarely in doubt.

Below is a list of fish which I can say the speed of with reasonable certainty. I have quantified them as:

- Slow (prime examples: Rudd, Sockeye Salmon)

- Medium (prime example: Copper Redhorse)

- Fast (prime example: Huchen, Greater Redhorse)

- Very fast (prime example: Quillback, Golden Trout, Speckled Dace, Bitterling)

Notice that pretty much all the "rare" fish, i.e. the ones that only live in one or a few spots, are "very fast". The exception is the Coho Salmon, which for whatever reason is NOT a fast mover (very similar to the Rudd), and perhaps the Goldfish, which I can't really wrap my head around - I'm not convinced it moves as fast as, say, the Golden Trout, but I've seen others report that it does, so maybe my sample size is just too small, I admittedly have not caught a lot of Goldfish.

Bitterling: Very fast Black Bullhead: Unsure (presumably very fast) Brook Trout: Very fast Carp: Slow, heavy pull Coho Salmon: Slow Copper Redhorse: Medium Giant Barb: Slow, heavy pull Golden Trout: Very fast Goldfish: Very fast? Not sure. Grass Carp: Very fast Huchen: Fast Lake Sturgeon: Medium/fast, heavy pull Lake Whitefish: Very fast Quillback: Very fast Rainbow Smelt: Very fast Rainbowfish: Fast Rudd: Slow Salmon: Very fast Sockeye Salmon: Slow Speckled Dace: Very fast White Catfish: Very fast Yellow Bass: Slow Zander: Slow, heavy pull

Note: All of the remaining fish, that are not on this list, move either slow, medium or fast - but not very fast. If the fish moves very fast, it's one of the rare fish included on my list above.