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Task · part of 7. Choose one fisheries task, from an afternoon to sixty days

7(c). Examine the stomach contents of three fish

Optional May not apply

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 7: which fisheries task?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

And record the findings. The requirement states that it is not necessary to catch any fish for this option, which makes it the one route here with no access problem, no equipment and no waiting.

Note. THE QUICKEST ROUTE THROUGH REQUIREMENT 7, and the requirement says so itself: it is not necessary to catch any fish for this option. No permit, no equipment, no lake, no waiting. Three fish and somewhere to work.

Where this step comes from

  1. Fish & Wildlife Management Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-05-05), Requirement 7(c) · The requirement states that it is not necessary to catch any fish for this option.

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