Forgetful
Angler

I can’t remember.

"First trip of the first day I can't remember my bass count past two. I spend more effort trying to remember my fish count than fishing."

Four days of intense fishing. Multiple trips per day. “How many did you get?” I don’t remember… I needed an app designed to count, but not track me, or sell to me, or pop-up something when all I need to do is press a plus button.

I decided to make one using Claude Pro. Forgetful Angler started as a simple counter project that grew as I decided to add longer term memory.

As big as you need it to be

Create one when you arrive — or days before. It holds all your days, trips and catches in one place. A morning on the water or a full week at the cabin.

One day on the water

Each day within an expedition has its own totals: fish caught, time on water and a timeline of everything that happened — weather, lure changes, trip starts and ends.

A single fishing session

Start a new trip each time you pick up a rod. End it when you set it down. Multiple trips a day are normal. Each trip tracks time, catch count and conditions.

• —Expedition → Day → Trip catch hierarchy
• —One-tap quick log by species
• —Tap any catch to add length, weight, lure and photo
• —Weather: manual entry or live NWS pull by ZIP or city
• —Log mid-trip weather changes and lure changes
• —End-of-day journal for notes and fish tales
• —Built-in camera shortcut on every fishing screen
• —Favorites tab to mark your best catches
• —Statistics tab: lifetime numbers at a glance
• —Configurable species list, lures and colors
• —Export all data (settings, catches, notes)
• —5 app themes — including WCAG AAA high-contrast

Fishing shouldn't involve ads.

This app was built to remember fish counts — not to hand secret fishing holes and favorite lures over to an ad network. Two dollars and you own it outright.

No account required. No tracking. No algorithms deciding you need a targeted ad for crankbaits because you logged a good day on smallmouth.