fish catch
What nets bring
A fish catch is the quantity of fish taken in a single fishing effort or over a period: The day's catch exceeded expectations.
In fisheries management, catch refers to the total harvest from a body of water: Annual catch limits protect declining populations.
The phrase emphasizes fish as quarry successfully obtained rather than merely pursued.
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- netFinal amount remaining
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- trawlDrag net for fish
- bycatchNon-target species caught accidentally
hook · live bait · trout · salmon · bass · big one · angler · rod · line · seine · deep sea · harvest · snag · lure · tackle · tackle box · fillet · scale
- fish tradefishmonger, market price, auction price, frozen seafood, landing
- animal remainsbones, bone, skeleton, carcass, carrion
- herring industryherring, pickled herring, salted herring, smoked herring, kippered herring
capture outcome
fish catchthe one that got away
Romanticized past near-miss
missed catch · broken line · skunked · empty net · near miss
fish, catch, fishes, fished, fishing, fisher, fishers, fishery, fisheries