The guide change was a huge quality of life improvement. 100 fish per page, searching, impactful filters. Preferred bait was a massive add, and the conditions are what we've been using, and with the exception of Big Fish, give you what you need to know. Most of them are going to be any time/weather fish, so it would be excessive to add weather icons when they could just say "None" like they have been.

Special condition fish, like Petal Shell, is going to give you the information you need in the quest when you have to catch it. Wouldn't make sense to put it in the guide.

With a huge part of fishing's design being about exploring the world and its waters, these changes make sense and help preserve it.