Hi Neal
All club comps are fished on trust. If you say you caught it then you did. There isn't any money involved just points and gongs so if anyone cheats they are only fooling themselves. You should record any reasonable fish even when freelancing as you may qualify for the fish of the month,
When you have caught your fish you do need to record them with the fish recorder. You can do this either via the catch report page in the forum or by phone or at the following club meeting. These are the only sure fire way of your fish being recorded. Whatever happens fish must be recorded by the following meeting or they are not allowed
Martin