Question about the regs. If a pike takes my fish and i net it can i keep it?

[bushman]

What happens if??? I am fly fishing and, a frog takes the fly,a small bass takes the frog,a small pike takes the bass, a decent walleye takes the pike, and then a musky takes the walleye???? Just thinking, wouldn't that be awesome, amazing and heavy. And if it happened I would run out and buy a lottery ticket, lol. If nothing else you could sing it to your kids to the tune of , farmer in the dell. Or add a few more words and make it a bedtime story for our little fishing buddies to dream about .

[uv2021]

Well,I am a newbie to this site.But not to fishing.I always thought the definition of a legally hooked fish was "forward of the gills" .That way if a fish takes a swipe at your offering ,it was a legitimate attempt to bite ,and not a fowl hook or attempted snag.

And yes this is a very interesting topic .It shows that even the ministry ,in writing the regs cannot possibly think of all of the different situations that can develop while angling.

[toronto_guy]

My thoughts are illegal since that isn't angling. I would never keep a fish that did that personally - when in doubt, just release it.