Does A Snagged Bass Count?

[SirSnookalot]

What if you are sight fishing and the fish goes to bump the lure. I.E. toget a devil horse to go away. Is that considered a snag? Ive caught quiet a few fish this way (not in tournaments)

Having a fish miss the lure and get snagged in another part of the body is anything but unusual.  A foul hooked fish can be and probably most of the time is more difficult to land.  If I land a hard fighting fishing I'm always proud of that accomplishment.  I lose track of how many fish I catch after about 1, whether they are 15 inches, 15#.

[slimshad]

If you hold the fish in your hands, it is a caught fish.  Worrying about a bed fish or tournament rules are crazy.  If you are fishing and catch a fish, I say good for you.  Write the whole deal in your log and it will be remebered forever.

[lmbfisherman]

Nope, sight fishing fish must be hooked inside the mouth. Whole different story if a fish swats at a topwater or jerkbait and gets side swung, that fish counts. 

What if like I have a happened a few times now, that when I was fishing my swim jig the bass comes out of nowhere near the shore and I "see them" swipe at it and I set the hook and foul hook'em.  Is that considered sight fishing?  lol

[SirSnookalot]

What if like I have a happened a few times now, that when I was fishing my swim jig the bass comes out of nowhere near the shore and I "see them" swipe at it and I set the hook and foul hook'em.  Is that considered sight fishing?  lol

IMO no.

Sight fishing is seeing the fish or some kind of activity like a ripple then throwing your lure at, not too close as not to spook it.  Casting at fish busting bait may or may not be considered sight casting, each has their own opinion. Mine would be no because I'm not casting at one specific fish.  In the end all that matters is a fish on your hook.

[lmbfisherman]

IMO no.

Sight fishing is seeing the fish or some kind of activity like a ripple then throwing your lure at, not too close as not to spook it.  Casting at fish busting bait may or may not be considered sight casting, each has their own opinion. Mine would be no because I'm not casting at one specific fish.  In the end all that matters is a fish on your hook.

Thanks for input, good to know.  In the end i don't have an issue either, it happens.  I did however felt bad the other day when I did it to a small pike.  The spinnerbait hook foul hooked him in the eye, it was pretty tough to not try to damage its eye further.