Public Spots

Places anglers chose to share

A public spot is a location somebody deliberately published for other anglers to find. Nothing becomes one automatically, and your own spots are never published by Reeliva.Nothing becomes a public spot automatically.

Recorded here
Public catches recordedHow many anglers contributedSpecies recorded, and how oftenWhen the last one was recorded
And what it does not

No rating, no score, no “good fishing”, and no claim that fish are there now.

Where the numbers come from

Spot activity comes only from catches anglers deliberately shared with that spot.Only catches deliberately shared with the spot.

Private catchStays in your logbook.Never counts
Friends-only catchVisible to friends, not to spots.Never counts
Public, not offeredAssociating a catch with a spot doesn’t share it.Never counts
Shared with the spotIts owner turned on “Share with spot”.Counts
10means ten owners each chose to add a catch here

Approximate and exact

Published rounded to about a kilometre. Shown as an area, drawn differently from an exact pin, and labelled “approximate location”. The original precise coordinate is not stored publicly and cannot be recovered from the map.

Whoever adds a spot chooses which. A well-known jetty is reasonably exact; a stretch of river you would rather not pin down is not.

Adding and looking after spots

Anyone signed in can add a public spot, with a name, a region and a precision.
Reeliva suggests possible duplicates before you add one, and merges nothing automatically.
The creator can edit or remove it; a spot others have linked catches to can’t simply be moved out from under them.
Anyone can report a spot that is wrong, misplaced or inappropriate.
How spots appear on the map Community rankings

A public spot is a place somebody shared. It does not mean anyone has permission to fish there — check local rules, access and licensing before you go.