Not necessarily. We released all the fish we caught. Which was only like one or two but still. LOLNothing, I might catch something! Then I would have to kill, clean, cook and eat it.I'd like to just walk around a lake, or up a river, casting and reeling and enjoying nature, and nobody would stop me and ask, What are you doing? Because obviously I'd be fishing but darn it, I just can't seem to get a bite or even a nibble for some strange reason ...