Overview
Everything you need to fish smarter
CatchVault puts AI species ID, LiDAR-accurate measurements, personalized gear, live spots, public-land maps, state regulations, and your own fishing assistant in one app.
Species Identification
Know what you caught, instantly.
Snap a photo and CatchVault's on-device AI identifies the species in seconds, then auto-fills your logbook. No signal required.
- ✓On-device neural net, works offline at the lake
- ✓335+ freshwater & saltwater species
- ✓Auto-tags your catch and its record
LiDAR + AI Measurements
Accurate length from one photo.
Measure your catch with iPhone LiDAR, or let AI estimate length on phones without it. Every measurement is tiered so the leaderboard stays honest.
- ✓LiDAR-accurate length on supported iPhones
- ✓AI length estimate on iPhones without LiDAR
- ✓Manual / AI / LiDAR tiers shown on every catch
Intelligent Gear Engine
The right setup for the fish you're after.
Answer a few quick questions, water, species, method, budget, and get complete, matched tackle setups instead of guesswork.
- ✓Guided builder: water → species → method → budget
- ✓Full setups: rod, reel, line, lures & accessories
- ✓Tuned to your target species and price range
Fishing Spots
See where the fish are biting.
Catch heatmaps and waterbody insights show you productive water, the species coming out of it, and named spots nearby.
- ✓Community catch-density heatmaps
- ✓Top species and recent catches per spot
- ✓Nearby named waters and points of interest
Public & Private Land
Know where you're allowed to fish.
A tappable map layer shades public land, parks, forests, WMAs, refuges, BLM and more, so you can spot open-access water at a glance and stay off private ground.
- ✓Public lands shaded across all 50 states + DC
- ✓Color-coded by owner: federal, state, and local
- ✓Tap any parcel for its name and managing agency
Regulations
Fish legal, everywhere you go.
State regulations, size limits, bag limits, and seasons, by species and state, with links to the official agency for the latest rules.
- ✓Per-state size & bag limits
- ✓Season open/close dates and closures
- ✓Direct links to state agency rules
Finn Fishing Assistant
Your AI fishing buddy, on call.
Ask Finn anything, what to throw, where to start, how to target a species in current conditions, and get tailored, practical advice.
- ✓Ask anything, in plain language
- ✓Species- and condition-aware tactics
- ✓Built on CatchVault's fishing data
Put it all in your tacklebox
CatchVault is free on iOS. Identify, measure, log, and outsmart the fish, all from your phone.