TLDR;
This video presents five mobile apps that can significantly improve a fisherman's success in 2023. It covers apps for weather forecasting (wind direction and intensity), bathymetric maps, radar, tide prediction, and fishing regulations.
- Fish Weather provides live wind maps and forecasts, crucial for planning fishing trips and finding sheltered spots.
- Navionics offers detailed bathymetric maps, GPS functionality for saving waypoints and routes, and information on marinas and boat put-ins.
- My Radar delivers a clean, ad-free radar interface for tracking rain.
- Tides provides tide information and moon phases.
- Fish Rules helps anglers stay informed about fishing regulations, size limits, and seasonal closures, especially useful for fishing in different states or counties.
Fish Weather App [0:12]
The Fish Weather app is a free tool available on both the App Store and Google Play, designed to provide anglers with essential weather information. It features a live wind map that displays both the direction and intensity of the wind, aiding in trip planning and identifying protected fishing spots. The app also forecasts wind conditions for several days, and for saltwater anglers, it includes wave height and frequency predictions.
Navionics App [1:26]
Navionics is a free app that offers bathymetric maps for freshwater lakes, inshore waters, and offshore areas. These maps display underwater contours, ridges, and drop-offs, similar to topographical maps. The app provides creek names, marina locations (including gas availability and phone numbers), and boat put-in information. Additionally, Navionics functions as a GPS system, allowing users to save waypoints and routes directly on their smartphones or tablets, which is particularly useful for anglers with smaller fish finder screens.
My Radar App [3:48]
My Radar is a weather app that provides a clean and straightforward radar interface without the clutter and advertisements found in other weather apps like Weather Channel. It allows users to quickly see if it's raining in their current location or where they plan to fish, offering accurate and ad-free weather tracking. While it offers a subscription service, the free version is sufficient for most users.
Tides App [4:32]
The Tides app is designed for saltwater anglers, providing tide information without unnecessary features. It displays high and low tide times for the current day, as well as future days, and includes moon phase information on the same screen. The app is user-friendly, allowing users to swipe through days to view tide predictions.
Fish Rules App [5:04]
The Fish Rules app is particularly useful for traveling saltwater anglers who fish in different states or counties with varying regulations. It provides information on length requirements, slot lengths, and daily limits for different fish species. The app also keeps users informed about seasonal closures and red tide closures, marking off-limits fish in red to ensure compliance with local regulations.