Miscatch

/ˈmɪskætʃ/ · noun

Meaning

(fishing) A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released..

Definitions by Sense

1. (fishing) A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released.
2. The act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble.
3. An act of catching in which something is caught wrongly, such as in the wrong position.
4. A misperception or misidentification.
5. To make a miscatch (any sense).
6. To stutter or break the flow of words when speaking.

Example Sentences

Forty-five vessels had, during the whole fishing time, fished 3266 times and caught 21,623 barrels of herrings, consequently on an average 6.66 barrels every time the nets were laid; however, there having been 882 times a miscatch, the above-named number really has been caught in 3266-882=2,384 times fishing. Hence the catch of every time of fishing amounts to 9.1 barrels.

At temperatures below fifty, the proportion of catch to miscatch is almost equal ; between fifty and sixty degrees the proportion is about four catches to one miscatch.

Investigating types and number of fishing gears; catch per unit of effort by different fishing gears; miscatch amount and bycatch ratio of fish banned.

On dealing with a shot which is coming rather higher he should stand square to the kicker with his body well behind his hands, in the event of a miscatch or fumble.

We regret the slip, but then we take consolation in the fact that the best of jugglers sometimes make a miscatch.

Children are sometimes poor sports simply because they have never been told exactly how to be a good sport. Role-playing or teacher demonstration of misthrows or miscatches is often helpful and fun.

They caught him after a couple of miscatches and falls in the grass and dirt.

It is necessary to jet the water of about 50-100mm at the end of free flying, as lower/ smaller than this limit to instabilise the weft causing mispick or miscatch problems on the other side thus causing the machine to stop.

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• miscatches
• miscatching
• miscaught

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