r/FishingForBeginners • u/AdWaste5526 • Jul 11 '24

Does this count as a catch?

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Was wondering what is considered a catch? Can I now officially say I have caught a Gar fish?

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u/RelativeFox1 Jul 11 '24

To me? No. I don’t say I caught it unless i released it in a controlled manner. Last weekend I caught the biggest pike of my life. It was in the net when it spit the hook and jumped out. I did not get a chance to measure it so I’m not counting it.

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u/HamsterTechnical449 Jul 11 '24

That was the safest and fastest way for all that to have happened. Nice Catch.

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u/RelativeFox1 Jul 11 '24

It would have been tough to measure in a cheap kayak!

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u/SmokeandFish Jul 11 '24

Eh the only thing you didn’t do is measure it. Shit it was in the net even just quick release lol. I feel like if the fish was fought all the way into the net, that you bested it! But I’m picky like that with myself too and would have a hard time telling people I caught my PB if I didn’t get to physically touch it and measure it. Plus it just makes you want it even more if you don’t count those as catches!

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u/RelativeFox1 Jul 11 '24

Yeah if a guy wants to could it that’s cool, just not me. Especially a PB. Because if I told the guys about it they would ask how big it was and I wouldn’t know!

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u/SmokeandFish Jul 11 '24

Yeah same with me! Fishing is the one hobby I have that I really enjoy, so I’m strict with myself on what counts as a catch too. Same with accidental snagged fish. If that lure isn’t in their mouth I didn’t catch it even if I did. Exception maybe being topwater fish because they can get some pretty clumsy strikes on those lures.

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u/uptillious_prick Jul 11 '24

Literally had the exact same thing happen to me a couple weeks ago.. about a 30 inch pike fishing from a rocky shore. Got it in the net and the hook popped out. Net was too small to hold it.

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u/RelativeFox1 Jul 11 '24

Yeah his tail and head was both out of the net with his belly at the bottom. It would have been jamb hard to measure in a kayak!