Private fishing journal for Mac. iPhone and iPad coming soon.

Remember where you fished, what you caught, and what worked.

Keep a record of your fishing trips, catches, favorite waters, gear, and notes. Look back before your next outing or revisit the whole season.

Ten trips free. Then $19.99 once. No account required.

See how it works

Trip detail in Cast Your Line for Mac: a September morning at Spinney Mountain Reservoir with Dad, a spinning combo, 4 fish of 3 species in 5 hours, the biggest a 15.7 inch brown trout, and each catch listed with its time, length, and whether it was kept or released

Record a trip

Every trip, with the details you’ll want next time.

Pick the water and start. Add the rest as you go, or when you get home.

The water: The lake, river, or reservoir, with every trip you have taken there.
Date and time: When you went and how long you stayed.
Catches and species: Each fish with its species, its length, and whether you kept it.
Tackle and gear: The lure, bait, or technique for a catch, and the setup you brought.
Weather: Sky and air temperature from Apple Weather, where you logged it.
Notes and photos: What you noticed, in your own words, with the photos beside it.

Blank days count too. Log the trip even if nothing bit.

Seasons already behind you? Add past trips and start with a history.

See the fishing journal

Catch detail for a 10.4 inch rainbow trout: a photo, the date and water, technique Streamer, released, clear sky and 50 degrees from Apple Weather, the trip it belongs to, and totals for all rainbow trout: 44 fish, longest 19.0 inches, first caught April 13, 2024 — One catch, kept with its technique, the weather that morning, and the trip it came from.

What worked last time?

You caught them here last May. On what?

Look back at the waters you’ve fished, the species you’ve caught, and the tackle recorded with those catches.

Where you catch themEleven Mile Reservoir, 28. Clear Creek, 7. Blue River, 5.
What they takePanther Martin, 17 fish. Olive Woolly Bugger, 10. Nightcrawler, 7.
Your bestsLongest 19.0 inches. First caught April 13, 2024.

These are your own catches, counted. No forecasts and no recommendations. In Trips, you can also search by water, species, person, or lure.

Species page for rainbow trout: 44 caught, longest 19.0 inches, first caught April 13, 2024. Where you catch them: Eleven Mile Reservoir 28, Clear Creek 7, Blue River 5, Spinney Mountain Reservoir 3. What they take: Panther Martin 17 fish, Olive Woolly Bugger 10, Nightcrawler 7 — Every rainbow trout in the sample journal on one page.

Explore your history

Find your way back through your fishing history.

Everything you log ends up in Explore, so you can come at it from whichever direction you remember.

By water
By species
By calendar
By catch
By who came along
By photo

Explore screen: 3 years on the water with 50 trips, 141 fish, 14 species, and 8 waters. Most visited water Eleven Mile Reservoir, most caught Rainbow Trout, and a list for browsing by calendar, mosaic, catches, places, species, and people — Explore: the whole record at the top, then a way in for each question you might ask.

Mosaic view answering What did I catch, with a tile for each species sized by how many were caught: rainbow trout 44, brown trout 35, brook trout 15, kokanee salmon 13, and smaller tiles for the rest — Mosaic: each species sized by how many you have caught. Switch to places, people, or memories.

Fishing calendar for August 2026 with six fishing days highlighted, the number of fish on each, and markers for personal bests and photos. Totals below: 6 days out, 6 trips, 18 fish — Calendar: the days you fished, how many fish, and which days have photos or a personal best.

Yearly recaps

See the year you had.

Your trips add up to a personal recap of the waters you visited, the fish you caught, the people who came along, and the moments you want to revisit.

18Trips
57Fish
60hOn the water
12Species

The waters you fished on one map, then the year in photos. Pins mark the general location of each water, not your spots.

Tap the screenshot to see it full size.

The same year as a single page you can save as an image, or share if you want to.

Tap the screenshot to see it full size.

See recaps and books

Make a Book sheet: choose a recap or a keepsake, which outings go in, whether to include trip notes and the people you fished with, a page size of 8 inch square, 10 inch square, Letter, or A4, and which photos to include, with an Export button — You decide what goes in. Trip notes stay out unless you turn them on.

Keepsake PDF

Turn the season into a book.

Choose the trips and photographs you want to include. Cast Your Line puts them into a keepsake PDF you can save or print.

Choose a recap or a keepsake.
Pick the outings and the photos.
Choose a page size: 8 or 10 inch square, Letter, or A4.
Export the PDF.

The app creates the PDF. Printing is up to you: at home, or through any print service.

Private by design

Your spots stay yours.

A fishing journal does not need an audience. Nothing you record is posted anywhere.

How privacy works

No account required
No feed, followers, or leaderboards
Your records are private to you
Works offline
Syncs through your own iCloud
No ads and no tracking

Pricing

Ten trips free. Then $19.99, once.

Free

10 trips

Every feature is included: catches, photos, maps, recaps, PDF books, and backups. Past trips you add count toward the ten.

Lifetime

$19.99 once

Keep adding trips with no subscription. One purchase through the App Store.

Monthly

$1.99 a month

The same unlimited trips, paid monthly instead. Cancel any time in your App Store subscriptions.

After ten trips, everything you saved stays open: viewing, editing, sharing, PDF exports, and backups.
Purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store.

Pricing details

Start with your next trip. Or your last one.

Available now for Mac. iPhone and iPad coming soon.