Community

Rules of the Water

Catch 'N Bake is where anglers show off a catch, trade what worked, and cook it right. Every dock has its unwritten rules; here they're written down. They apply to everything you share: posts, photos, recipes, comments, group activity, usernames, and profiles.

Effective date: July 3, 2026 · These guidelines are part of our Terms of Service.

The short version: post your real catches and real cooking, treat other anglers like you'd want to be treated at the ramp, and keep it something you'd show your kid. We have no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behavior. Report it when you see it, and we'll act, typically within 24 hours.

1 · Be genuine

Post your own catches, your own photos, your own cooking. Don't pass off someone else's fish, stolen photos, or another site's recipe as yours. Exaggerating the fight is tradition; faking the fish isn't.

2 · Respect other anglers

Disagree about tactics all you want, but leave the person out of it. No harassment, bullying, threats, name-calling, or hate toward anyone, including on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or anything else. One warning at most; repeat behavior loses the account.

3 · Keep it family-friendly

Kids learn to fish here too. No sexual content, nudity, gore beyond the normal reality of cleaning a fish, glorified violence, or shock content. If you'd hesitate to show it at a family fish fry, don't post it.

4 · Fish legal, post legal

Don't post content that celebrates or encourages illegal activity: out-of-season or undersized harvests, protected species kept, trespassing, or anything else that breaks fishing regulations or the law. Know your local rules. In Florida, that's the FWC. When in doubt, release it and check.

5 · No spam or self-dealing

The feed is for fishing and cooking, not advertising. No repetitive posting, engagement bait, pyramid schemes, scams, or link-dropping. Charter captains and guides: the Charters section is your storefront, so keep the community feed about the fish.

6 · Protect privacy, yours and theirs

Don't post other people's personal information (names, phone numbers, addresses, boat registrations) without their say-so. We strip GPS data from your photos automatically, and honey holes are sacred: don't burn someone else's spot without permission.

7 · Cook smart

Recipes and cooking advice are shared angler-to-angler, not professional guidance. Don't post recipes or advice that are unsafe: undercooked preparation of species that require full cooking, unsafe preservation methods, or misidentified species presented as table-fare. When sharing, note safe cooking practice; fish is done at 145°F.

Enforcement: report, block, and what we do

Every piece of community content has a ⋯ menu with two tools:

Report: flag content that breaks these rules and tell us why. Reports are reviewed and violations are acted on, typically within 24 hours: content removed, and depending on severity, a warning, feature restriction, or permanent ban for the author.
Block: instantly hide a user's content from your feeds and stop them from interacting with you. Manage your blocked list in Settings → Blocked Users.

Serious violations (threats, sexual content involving minors, doxxing) skip the warning and go straight to a permanent ban, and where appropriate, a report to authorities.

If you believe we removed something in error, reply to the notification or contact jordan.hoth99@gmail.com and a human will take a second look.