ExactAdults start here
Your real pin, right where you stood. For the public pier, the jetty everyone knows, or the day you want people to find it.
Others see the spot itself.
Spot privacy
Post the fish.
Post the fish.
Choose what shows.
Every catch you log in Cobia gets its own location setting. Exact shares your pin, Area moves the point off your spot, and Water body shows only the water. You choose on the log screen, before the catch posts.
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Others see your exact pin
Spot
Locked
Loxahatchee River
Saturday, Oct 24 · 7:42 AM
Who sees the exact spot
Tap a choice to see where the public point lands. Exact is where an adult account starts. The map is an illustration.
In short
Spot privacy in Cobia, the free fishing app, is a location setting on every catch you log. Exact shares your real pin, Area shows a point 100 to 500 meters off your spot, and Water body shows only the water and a point in its middle. Cobia's server makes that public point once and stores only it, and no paid tier shows anyone more.
Key facts
- The choices
- Exact, Area or Water body, set on each catch.
- Where you pick
- On the log screen, under Who sees the exact spot, before the catch posts.
- Where it starts
- Exact for adults. Water body for anglers under 18.
- Area
- The public point sits 100 to 500 meters from your spot, in a random direction.
- Water body
- The public point goes to the middle of the named water you fished.
- Under 18
- Exact isn't offered. Area and Water body are.
- Paid tiers
- None. Nobody can pay to see more of your catch's location.
Three choices
Decided one catch at a time
It isn't a setting you flip once and forget. The pier everybody fishes and the creek you found last week aren't the same thing, so every catch gets its own answer.
Area100 to 500 m off
The right stretch of water, with the point moved off your spot in a random direction. Close enough to be useful, never on the spot.
Others see the neighborhood, not the spot.
Water bodyName only
The name of the water and a point in its middle. People see you got one out of the Loxahatchee. They don't see where on it.
Others see the water, not the spot.
What other anglers see
The fish gets the credit, the spot stays yours
Whatever you pick, the catch still posts. The fish, the size and the water's name show in the feed. The choice only changes how close the map point sits to where you stood.
- The card names the water. Tap it and you land on that water's page in the app.
- Maps and searches get the public point. For Area and Water body, your real GPS is never sent to anyone else.
- A water's page centers on a catch only when that catch was shared exact.
flats_ana · 2h
Loxahatchee River
Sample
- Species
- Common snook
- Length
- 27 in
- Weight
- 7.4 lb
Made on our server
A point that can't be walked back
For Area and Water body, the public point is made once, on Cobia's server, the moment the catch posts. Your phone never decides it, and nothing about it can be run backwards to your spot.
An Area catch, drawn to scale. The band runs from 100 to 500 meters around the spot.
Your spot
It stays on Cobia's side, for things like your own catch log and that day's conditions. For an Area or Water body catch, it isn't handed to other anglers.
One public point, made once
The server draws it with a random seed that's used once and thrown away. Only the finished point is stored, so there's no formula to undo.
Searches see the same point
Zooming the map or searching around a place only ever finds the public point. Asking again returns the same point, so there's nothing to average.
Under 18
Younger anglers don't get a pin
For anglers under 18, the Exact choice isn't there at all. Their catches start on Water body, they can switch to Area, and Cobia's server holds every catch they post to the same rule.
Spot
Locked
Juno Beach Pier
Sunday, Oct 25 · 4:18 PM
Who sees the exact spot
Sharing a pinpoint location is only available for anglers 18 and older. You can still share this catch by general area or water body.
Verified
Caught live in Cobia, so it counts.
- Locked inThe photo, time and spot can't be changed.
- Counts in SlamsWhen it matches the Slam's fish, place and dates.
- Full Strike Points100 base, plus discovery and streak bonuses.
- Your spot stays yoursShare the general area or water body instead.
Nothing for sale
Your pin isn't the product
There's no paid tier, add on or upgrade in Cobia that shows another angler more of your catch's location than a free account sees. A Verified catch locks its spot so it can't be changed, and it still shows only as much as you chose.
Goes with
Fish in public, keep your water
Questions
Questions about spot privacy
What is the default location setting?
For adults, the picker starts on Exact. It sits on the log screen under Who sees the exact spot, so switching to Area or Water body is one tap before the catch posts. Anglers under 18 start on Water body, and Exact isn't offered to them.
How far does Area move my spot?
The public point lands 100 to 500 meters from where you caught the fish, in a random direction, and never on the spot itself. Cobia's server picks it once when the catch posts and keeps only that point.
Can someone work out my real spot from the public point?
No. The random seed behind the point is used once and thrown away, and only the finished point is stored, so there's nothing to run backwards. Maps and searches only ever see that same point, so zooming in or asking again doesn't get anyone closer.
What is the most a catch can hide?
Water body is the broadest of the three choices. Other anglers see the name of the water and a point in its middle, and nothing closer to where you stood. On water with no name, the point is a coarse one placed away from your spot.
Can somebody pay to see where I caught a fish?
No. There is no subscription, add on or paid tier in Cobia that shows more of another angler's catch location than a free account sees.
Show the fish.
Keep the spot.
Download Cobia, log a catch, and pick what the map shows before it posts.
