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Tom Birch

Co-Founder & Head of Engineering

15+ years fishing

Tom co-founded GilledIt and leads engineering. A Devon-based sea angler with 15 years on the south-west coast, he handles the technical backbone — pond data ingestion, GPS verification, and the catch-log app. Specialises in bass, pollack, and shore-mark wrasse.

Expertise

  • · UK sea fishing
  • · shore marks
  • · bass and pollack
  • · data engineering

Personal best

9lb bass (Chesil Beach, 2024)

Years fishing

15+

Elsewhere