YOU SAID:

I caught a fish and ate it

INTO JAPANESE

私は魚を捕まえて食べた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I caught a fish and ate it.

INTO JAPANESE

私は魚を捕まえて食べた。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I caught the fish and ate it.

INTO JAPANESE

私は魚を捕まえて食べました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I caught the fish and ate it.