Bird Watcher Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 Depends. If I am putting a fishing report on OA, none of them were catches and I was skunked. If I am giving a report to a buddy, every bite was a catch.
Terrierman Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 When I have to take the hook out of the fish, I caught it. That's normally accomplished boatside or at my feet when wading with the fish still in the water.
dennis boatman Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 ...my wife... A strike indicator is just a bobber...
Ham Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I have to touch the fish. I lose dozens a year just before I touch them. They were not caught. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Quillback Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I make my own rules, but if it's a big bass, I have to get it in the boat so I can weigh it.
Greasy B Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 ...my wife... A man who has his priorities straight. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
ollie Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I count them only if I touch them. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
cnr Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 #3 - If it wasn't in your possession you did not catch it. When Steelhead fishing in Michigan we use a numbering system of hooked and landed. If I had a day of going 3/5 (3 landed and 5 hooked) I'm pretty happy with the day. Fish that take a lot of hours to pursue and hook-up are worth noting as a measure of success. I think anyone who fishes for Musky, Tarpon, Steelhead, Atlantic Salmon, etc. find success in just getting one of the darned things on the hook. But, there is nothing like holding a big fish in your hands while it gradually recovers in the water. When it finally starts to wiggle a little and then slowly swim away, man that's a great feeling.
Justin Spencer Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 I don't carry a net, so I count it as a catch if I could have netted it. With trout if I can let them unhook themselves right next to me, that beats grabbing them and disturbing their slime coat, can be easy to do if you fish barbless (which I do with certain flies). "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
fishinwrench Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 Until you have fish on your hands... you have SKUNK on your hands. A "good catch" means that you have to wipe your hands AND your sunglasses
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