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Your first tackle
Rod, reel, line, float, weights, hooks, net and unhooking tools — with what each part actually does.
Fishing made easier for beginners & families
Learn. Fish.
Catch. Build.
Learn the basics, fish safely, discover new species, log every catch and build your lifetime fishing log. Then turn your catches into your own Fishling Catch Card collection — and play with the deck you build.
No account required to get started. Fishling is built to stay simple, practical and family-friendly.
Learn by seeing it
Fishing makes more sense when you can see what you need.
Fishling uses pictures and simple explanations so a beginner — or a child learning with an adult — can look at the tackle, bait or rig and recognise what they are trying to build.
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Hooks that make sense
See the common shapes and understand why hook size should match the bait, fish and method.
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How bait should look
Maggot, worm, sweetcorn and bread shown on proper fishing hooks so beginners can see what a sensible starting presentation actually looks like.
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Step-by-step skills
Simple casting, floats, rigs and the 5-turn grinner — one useful skill at a time rather than a wall of jargon.
Learn a Fish
Know the fish before you try to catch it.
Fishling has a beginner-friendly guide for every species in the collection. Learn what it looks like, where to look, starter bait and hook sizes, simple methods and useful weather or tide clues — without drowning in jargon.
Freshwater
Perch
A brilliant first species for learning how predators use margins, shade and structure.
Freshwater
Roach
A classic beginner fish for learning light tackle, floats and small natural baits.
Freshwater
Common Carp
Learn how tackle, bait size and patience change when the fish get bigger and stronger.
Saltwater
Bass
Learn the basics of moving tides, safe coastal access and where sea fish may feed.
59 species in the Fishling guide. Each guide gives starting clues, not guarantees — the fish still get a vote.
Privacy by default
Your fishing spots are yours.
Fishling lets you keep a useful lifetime record without automatically publishing your exact catch location. A favourite spot should not become public just because you logged a fish.
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Catch Cards
Your catch. Your card.
Your collection.
Every catch can become a Fishling Catch Card. Download it free, keep your memories together and gradually build a collection that is completely yours.
FishlingLearn. Fish. Catch. Build.
Pike
Freshwater•Uncommon
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OFFICIALCATCH CARD
Fight9/10
SizeXL
RarityUncommon
Catch Difficulty6/10
Weight8.4 lb
Length32.5 in
MethodSpinner
Date27 Aug
Fishling
Learn. Fish. Catch. Build.
Build your collection · Build your deckAdd your catch
Use Fishling in the app, or create a card here on the website with your own photo and catch details.
Download your card free
Create a high-quality front and back so you can keep a digital copy of the catch.
Build your collection
Every new species and fishing trip becomes part of a growing record of what you have learned and caught.
Printed cards
Order personal Catch Cards for £1 each + £2.17 postage & packing per order. Multiple cards share the same P&P; for more than 10 cards, email us for a discounted quote.
Build your deck. Play Fishling.
Your cards can become a simple family game. Compare Fight, Catch Difficulty, Rarity — or the weight and length on your own catch cards.
Built for learning
Fishing makes more sense when you know what to try next.
Fishling is designed around progress, not jargon. Start with the basics, learn why a session worked — or did not — and gradually build confidence.
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Learn
Understand tackle, knots, casting, species and simple rigs in beginner-friendly language.
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Fish
Use the guide at the water to choose a sensible place, bait, hook size and approach.
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Catch
Save catches, photos and details so your fishing story does not disappear into your camera roll.
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Build
Build knowledge, skills, species, Catch Cards, your lifetime log and a deck you can actually play with.
No fish? Still progress.
Fishling helps you learn from a blank.
A blank should not finish with “nothing worked”. Fishling asks simple questions about bites, fish signs, bait, depth, position, disturbance and what you changed — then gives you one sensible thing to test first next time.
1What probably happened?Location, depth, presentation, disturbance or simply a difficult day.
2What did you do well?Finding fish, getting bites or testing a new zone still teaches you something.
3What should you change first?One controlled change instead of rebuilding everything.
“I caught nothing.”Good. What did we learn?
Fishling turns that session into a plan for next time — because every angler blanks.
Fish safely
The fish can wait. Safety comes first.
Fishling encourages people to get outside and fish — but never to take a risk for a fishing spot or a lost piece of tackle.
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📍Tell someoneWhere you are fishing and roughly when you expect to return.
🔄Changed spots?Update them if you move to another venue or mark.
🌦Check weather & tidesSea anglers should know whether the tide is rising or falling and keep a safe route back.
📱Take a charged phoneKeep it protected from water and easy to reach.
🧒ChildrenChildren should always fish with appropriate responsible-adult supervision.
🛟Choose safe accessUse suitable clothing, footwear and appropriate flotation where the activity or conditions call for it.
Coastal emergency: call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
For beginners and families
A fishing app that does not assume you already know fishing.
Fishling is intentionally straightforward. It is for the child asking “what fish is that?”, the parent trying to help, and the adult learning from scratch.
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Start without an account.
Use the core app locally first and create an account only when cloud sync is useful.
Use the core app locally first and create an account only when cloud sync is useful.
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Privacy first.
Exact catch locations are not intended to be public by default, and child profiles sit under an adult or guardian account.
Exact catch locations are not intended to be public by default, and child profiles sit under an adult or guardian account.
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Progress over pressure.
Fishling celebrates learning, trying again and adding a new species — not just catching the biggest fish.
Fishling celebrates learning, trying again and adding a new species — not just catching the biggest fish.
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A lifetime record, not a throwaway feed.
Catches, photos and species build into your own fishing story rather than disappearing into a public timeline.
Catches, photos and species build into your own fishing story rather than disappearing into a public timeline.
Official Perch Merch
Coming soon.
We are developing a small Fishling range around the Pike and Perch characters — designed to feel like part of the same world as the app and Catch Cards.
Product artwork will only appear here once the final designs have been approved. The shop is being built so new Fishling ideas can be added without redesigning the site.
Help shape Fishling
We'd love to hear your ideas.
Found something confusing? Got an improvement idea? Want a new feature? Your feedback helps us make Fishling better for beginners, families and anglers of all ages.
Ready to become a Fishling?
Open the app, learn something useful, fish safely and start building your lifetime log and Catch Card collection.