Why BaitLine exists

My wife and I fish most weekends - nothing serious, just time on the water. But between the two of us, and her family (who fish too), keeping track of gear got messy fast. Who has the good boilies? Did we already restock the tigernuts, or do we still need to? What actually worked at the dam last time we were there? We could not find a good solution that caters for South African anglers, so we built one ourselves.

We started with a shared Google Sheet - gear on one tab, a running shopping list on another, notes on what worked where. It did the job, just barely. At least we stopped buying duplicates, and we had a rough idea of what was actually catching fish versus what was just sitting in the box.

Sharing catches with her family turned into its own mess of WhatsApp photos and "wait, what did you use again?" messages. So the sheet grew: a catch log, then venue notes, then a proper way to share what worked with the people who'd actually appreciate it.

Eventually the spreadsheet couldn't keep up with what we were asking of it, so I built BaitLine to properly do what it was straining to do - track your gear, log your catches, and share them with the people you actually fish with. If your tackle box (or your spreadsheet) is in the same state ours was, BaitLine's built for you too.