Collapsed Ruins

Collapsed Ruins is a diver-themed zone, with eight Divers (Billy, Jimmy, Percy, Perry, Rudy, Sammy, Timmy and Tommy) as its inhabitants and a crab cage on site, though no bait crate and no rod shop.

Nine fish are documented: one Secret, one Mythical, one Legendary, one Rare, two Unusual, two Uncommon and one Common. The best payer is Ancestral Pliosaur, a Secret at C$45,500, which is just over seventeen times the Mythical Black Scabbardfish at C$2,675. Below that, the order gets interesting: Bigeye Houndshark, an Unusual, averages C$1,650 and edges out Blackfin Barracuda, a Legendary, at C$1,493.8. Opah, a Rare, comes in at C$312.

That Unusual-over-Legendary result is worth remembering, since rarity labels do not always match sale value. Species like Copper Rockfish, Rough-head Grenadier and Atlantic Halosaur are also listed locally, though they carry no documented price.

Verdict: if you want one big payout, aim at the Ancestral Pliosaur and accept that it is rare. For steady money, Black Scabbardfish and the two next-best catches form a reasonable middle tier. Bring your own rod, because nothing in this zone sells one.