Requirement
9. Catch one fish and identify it. Start this first
Required Often forgotten
The only requirement on this badge you cannot finish by deciding to. Every trip you take while working on the rest is a chance at it, so begin it early rather than in numerical order.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Start this one first, whatever the numbering says. It is the only requirement on the badge you cannot finish by deciding to finish it, and every trip you make while working on the other nine is a chance at it. Leaving it until ninth is how a badge that was otherwise done sits open for a season.
Where this step comes from
- Fishing Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 9 · One sentence: catch one fish and identify it.