You caught it.Now cook it.
Snap a photo of your fish. Catch 'N Bake identifies the species, points you to the regulations that matter, and writes recipes for your exact catch, tuned to the way your region cooks.
Every app helps you catch fish. Then you're on your own.
Forecast apps find the bite. Regulation apps tell you what you can keep. But the moment that actually matters has always belonged to a frantic one-handed search and a decade-old forum thread: standing at the cleaning table with a fish you don't quite recognize, wondering can I even eat this?
Catch 'N Bake exists for exactly that moment.
Snap
Take a photo of your catch, or pull one from your camera roll. That's the whole input.
Know
Get the species and scientific name, how confident the ID is, habitat notes, and a regulations summary with direct links to your state's official rules.
Cook
Get a hand-picked spread of recipes written for that exact fish, from a quick weeknight pan to a proper fish fry with sides.
Know what's on the end of your line.
One photo. AI vision reads the fish and gives you a straight answer. When it isn't sure, it tells you that too.
- Species + scientific name from a single photo, with habitat notes.
- Honest confidence. A low-confidence ID never bluffs. You get the likely alternatives and pick, instead of trusting a guess.
- Regulations, summarized. Every ID includes a regulations overview and the app links out to the official rules for all 50 states.
10 free IDs every month · unlimited with Premium. AI identification can be wrong. Always confirm species and local rules before you keep a fish.
From this exact fish to dinner.
Not "fish recipes." Recipes for the fish in your cooler, written when you ask for them.
- Four to six recipes per catch, each with difficulty, a full ingredient list, and step-by-step instructions.
- Region-aware. Recipes lean into your local tradition across 11 American culinary regions. A redfish in Louisiana doesn't cook like a redfish in the Carolinas.
- The classic, always. Every spread includes a proper crispy fried fish with sides to match.
Your season, written down.
- One tap from ID to logbook. The photo and species carry straight over.
- The details that matter: spot, weather, temperature, bait, lure, weight, length, and your notes.
- Works offline. No signal at the flats? Entries queue and sync when you're back.
- Stats, a catch map, and a leaderboard to see your season take shape.
Show off what's biting.
- Share catches, cook photos, and recipes, with comments, likes, and saves.
- Groups for your species, your technique, your stretch of coast.
- Family-friendly by design. Every photo is AI-moderated before it posts, and report & block tools are one tap away.
The small things that add up.
Seasonal forecast
A monthly, location-aware read on what's biting, when to go, and what to throw. Free for everyone.
Rules at hand
Direct links to the official fishing regulations for all 50 states, right where you need them.
Badges & levels
Points for logging, cooking, and contributing. Climb from Newcomer to Legend.
Your spots stay yours
GPS metadata is stripped from photos before upload. Honey holes are sacred.
Straight answers, species by species.
Taste, cleaning, and cooking, starting with the Florida inshore fish everyone actually catches.
Sheepshead
The convict fish with human teeth, and some of the sweetest white meat inshore.
Read the guide →Snook
Superb on the plate, but one of Florida's most tightly protected gamefish. Know before you keep.
Read the guide →Redfish
The fish that made "blackened" famous. Taste, cleaning, and three ways to cook it.
Read the guide →Gag Grouper
The fish behind Florida's famous grouper sandwich, and its tightly watched seasons.
Read the guide →Red Grouper
Gag's sweeter Gulf sibling, the other half of the sandwich dynasty.
Read the guide →Black Drum
The redfish's humble cousin. Puppy drum eat like reds. Size is everything.
Read the guide →Spanish Mackerel
Florida's most underrated table fish, if you treat it right from minute one.
Read the guide →
Free where it counts. Premium when you're hooked.
Everything above works on the free tier. Premium removes the ceilings.
Free
Everything you need to cook tonight's catch
- 10 fish IDs every month
- 25 catch journal entries
- 10 saved recipes
- Full community access & seasonal forecast
Premium
For the every-weekend angler
- Unlimited fish IDs
- Unlimited journal entries
- Unlimited saved recipes & collections
- Unlimited groups & photo sharing
Premium pricing is shown in the app before you subscribe.
We fish. We cook.We built this.
The field guides below are open to everyone.