You were alerted by the sudden weight shift in your net that you had caught something large.

You struggled to lift your catch up, falling backwards when the net eventually came up— the gasp you heard that hadn't come from your lips shocked you.

There was a.. merman in your net..? You didn't even know those existed. The merman looked terrified, trashing what appeared to be a shark tail and struggling against the net he was tangled in.

"Let— let me go!" He cried, looking up at you.