Catch Album

Add/Edit Catch

Adding and editing a catch uses the same screen, so once you've added a catch, you can always come back and add to or edit the information you've recorded.

To add data simply fill out the fields required and click 'Save Catch' at the bottom of the page.The minimum required data for a catch is the species. Attempting to save the catch without completing this field will result in a validation error shown in red at the bottom of the page and the catch will not allow the save until it has been completed.

Select Catch Image
To add a main image for the catch which will be displayed on the lists and the catch page, select the 'Select Catch Image' button and select an image from a valid source.
  • For Apple Devices: this function only supports existing images saved to your camera roll, if you wish to use an image from a different source, load the image on your phone, take a screenshot and then you will be able to select the image from your camera roll.
  • For Android Devices: you can select an image from your camera roll, or a third party cloud service such as dropbox, google images, google drive etc.
Take Catch Image
Alternatively, you can use the 'Take Catch Image' button to use your devices camera to take a picture and use that instead.

Rotate Image
Once an image has been selected, a 'Rotate Image' button will appear below. Clicking this will rotate the image by 90 degrees each click. This is so you can adjust the orientation of the selected image. Click on the heading text to show the help popup.

Main page tabs:
  • Details (holds general information about the fishery):
    • Name: creates a name for this catch, this is intended for named fish. If completed, this will be the catch label when viewing your catch lists.
    • Weight: creates the weight of the catch, this is defaulted to lbs but can be changed to kg in Settings > App Settings > Catch Weight Units.
    • Species: creates the catch species i.e. Carp [Mandatory field]
    • Sub Species: creates the catch sub-species i.e. common / mirror. If completed and name is left blank, this will be the catch label when viewing your catch lists.
    • Caught On Date: creates the date of the catch.
    • Notes: creates any additional notes you would like to record about the catch.
    • Session Label: if adding the catch from a session, this will display the label of the session the catch will be added to.
    • Add to Catch Album? if adding the catch from a session, this checkbox will control whether the catch is added to your catch album (Checked), or just added to the session and not displayed in your catch album (Unchecked).

  • Location (holds location details for where the fish was caught):
    • Fishery: select from a list of your fisheries. Once selected, this will populate 'Swims' with a list of swims associated with the selected fishery.
    • Swim: select from a list of swims for the selected fishery. Once selected, this will populate 'Spots' with a list of spots associated with the selected swim.
    • Spot: select from a list of spots for the selected swim.
    • Weather: logs the weather report at the time of capture. This is automatically populated by using the selected fishery's location (city + region) to download the current weather data.
    • Moonphase: logs the moon phase at the time of capture. This is automatically populated with the current moonphase.

  • Method (holds the method used to catch the fish):
    • Rig: logs the end tackle rig used to catch the fish.
    • Hookbait: logs the hook bait used to catch the fish.
    • Ground Bait: logs the ground bait or 'free offerings' used to draw the fish in for capture.
    • Hook Pattern: logs the hook type used to catch the fish.

  • Gallery (holds additional gallery images for the catch allowing you to save all of your best photos for the catch).
    To add additional images select the 'Add additional image' button and select an image. These images follow the same source restrictions as mentioned for the main catch image.
Other buttons
  • Save Catch will save any changes you have made to any of the catch's tabs.
  • Delete Catch will delete the catch and all of its images. This cannot be undone!
  • Back will take you to the last valid page you visited.

View Catch

The catch page allows you to view all of the previously recorded information for a given catch. Click on the main image to display it in fullscreen mode. Click on the heading text to show the help popup.

Pin Button
pins the catch to your home screen. Indicates this catch is already pinned, clicking again in this state will unpin it from your home screen.

Edit Button
takes you to the edit screen to allow you to change information stored against your catch

Back Button will take you to the last valid page you visited

Main page tabs:
  • Details (shows all of the general entered information you've entered for the catch, a key functions is):
    • Session Log if fish was caught in a session, the linked session label will be shown here. Click the 'View' link to go to that session page

  • Location (shows the location information for the catch, some key functions are):
    • Fishery if completed will show the fishery where the fish was caught. Click the 'View' link to go to that fishery page
    • Swim if completed will show the swim where the fish was caught. Click the 'View' link to go to that swim page
    • Spot if completed will show the spot where the fish was caught. Click the 'View' link to go to that spot page

  • Method (shows the method used to catch the fish).

  • Gallery (holds a gallery of additional images associated with the catch):
    Use the left and right buttons to cycle through your additional images. Clicking the image will display the image in full screen mode.

Catch Album List

The list of catches shows all of your saved catches which have been added to your album. Clicking on the catch tile will open the catch's view page. If more than 3 (default) catches are saved, a page counter will appear at the bottom which will let you browse through all of the recorded catches a page at a time.

The number of catches displayed before using pagination can be altered in settings > app settings > No rows to include in a page. The total number of records which can possibly be loaded is 30 (default), this can be changed in settings > app settings > Maximum No. of rows fetched.

Add Catch
Clicking the add icon will allow you to add a new catch to your album. For more information about adding catches see Adding a Catch

Find Saved Catch
Clicking the search icon will display a search box which that allows you to search your saved catch by weight and/or species/subspecies e.g. 31 common. Simply add all, or part of the text you would like to search for in the search box and either click return on your keyboard, or click the search icon within the search box.

Order By
When the search button is pressed, the order icon will be displayed in addition to the search box. Clicking the order by icon will replace the search box with a list of possible order categories. Pick an option from the dropdown to reorder the list by that category. Your selection will be saved until changed again. Click the order icon a second time to switch back to the search view. Ordering can be used in addition to the search box, i.e. once you have selected an order, you can then search and the results will be displayed according to that order.

For further support, click on the heading text to show the help popup.