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Putting specimen swim depths on the venue map

This article explains how specimen anglers can link feature-spot depths to the venue map in CatchMate, creating a personal depth chart of the lake bed that persists across every session.

Why peg pins matter

Saving depths during a session stores them in your peg profile, but to see those depths as visual markers on the lake map you also need a peg pin at the right location. Once the pin is dropped, every future depth save syncs to the map automatically — your personal depth chart grows with each session.


Dropping a peg pin to link your depths

Steps

  1. Open the venue map — from Venues → [your venue] → Map, or tap Open Map in the depth-save toast that appears during a session.

  2. Tap the location on the map where your peg or swim is. The Add Pin sheet slides up from the bottom.

  3. Peg is selected as the pin type by default.

  4. If you arrived via the Open Map toast from a session, the peg number is already filled in for you.

  5. If you have saved depth readings for that peg number at this venue, a cyan preview card appears — for example:

    ≋ 3 saved depths will be linked
    Gravel bar · 54in (1.37m)    Island margin · 24in (0.61m)    Open water · 66in (1.68m)

  6. Confirm or edit the peg number; add an optional swim name and notes if you like.

  7. Tap Drop Pin.

What this gives you: A peg marker on the map with individual depth marker pins at the same location — one per saved depth entry, each labelled with your feature-spot name and measurement.


Viewing depths on the map

Once a peg pin is in place:

  1. Open the venue map.
  2. Tap the peg marker (the fishing-rod icon with the peg number).
  3. The peg info popup opens.
  4. The ≋ Swim Depths section (cyan card) lists all your saved depth entries — feature names and measurements in your chosen unit (ft/in or metres).

This works at any time, including between sessions — the depths are read from the permanent peg profile, not from the most recent session.


Auto-sync after the pin is dropped

You never need to re-drop the pin. Every time you save depths via Update peg profile — Peg X in the Swim Depths panel, or use the per-rod Save to peg profile toggle, the map pins update instantly. Over multiple sessions you build up a detailed depth chart of the lake bed without any extra steps.

Last updated: 12 July 2026

Try this in the app

Open CatchMate Specimen on your phone to follow the steps above.

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