Get Hooked!
Fish.Track.Analyze.Repeat
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
New Season Report: your year on the water as a shareable Yearbook + photo cards. Plus iCloud backup, offline Watch logging, and AI forecasts that learn your catches.
Your AI-Powered Fishing Intelligence System
Stop guessing. Start catching. Get Hooked! doesn't just show you fishing data—it learns from YOUR catches and teaches you WHY conditions matter and WHEN to fish.
SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
Get Hooked! is subscription-only—$29.99/year, auto-renewable, with no free tier. After a brief onboarding (drop your first spot), you subscribe to use the app. Full terms at the bottom.
LEARN FROM YOUR OWN SUCCESS
Your best spots hold patterns you can't see. Get Hooked! finds them:
- Import GPS tracks from Garmin, Lowrance, Humminbird—the app reads 10+ factors against your actual catches
- Patterns AND anti-patterns: what's working for you, and what to quit wasting time on
- Heat maps reveal where you really produce; trends show how moon, pressure, and temperature moved YOUR fish
AI FORECASTS THAT TEACH
Numbers, explained—personalized 12-factor scoring (0-100) tuned to your species and spots:
- Pressure as a front signal, wind that stacks baitfish, tides, moon, and solunar major/minor windows
- A daily verdict that grades the best usable on-water window for your boat
ANGLER DNA
A six-dimension read of how you fish—eight archetypes, radar charts, and forecasts that adapt to your style.
BITE WINDOW & DIVE CHARTS
Hourly bite probability from solunar, weather, and your catch history—plus trolling dive-curve charts that highlight where your own catches landed.
TROLLING & DRIFTING
Track every troll and drift pass with live speed, heading, and distance. The run line auto-logs, ties catches to the pass, and is yours to review afterward.
APPLE WATCH COMPANION
Log catches without your phone—Catch, Voice, Waypoint, Depart, and Return all work offline and sync to your phone later. A catch counter tallies your fish like a clicker.
THERMOCLINE
Log temp at depth by hand or snap a Fish Hawk TD screenshot—the app reads the table. See the trip's water column with your catches and the temp band your fish came from.
SHARE YOUR CATCHES
Photo-forward share cards put your best fish front and center—share your whole season or any single trip, with stats and boat. Captains can hand clients a branded trip postcard.
SEASON REPORT
Your year on the water as a year-in-review Yearbook (PDF)—species, what worked, a catch map, your Angler DNA, and a next-year playbook.
CAPTAIN'S MODE
Built for charter captains:
- Sea-time logbook with historical trip import—paste, photo OCR, or by hand
- Certification and endorsement tracking with expiration reminders
- Yearly PDF formatted like a CG-719S, plus client trip postcards
RIVER EXPLORER
Your entire upstream watershed on the map—every tributary's gradient, thermal character, and where cold-water feeders enter.
GREAT LAKES STRUCTURE
8,000+ offshore Great Lakes features—wrecks (including famous named ships), obstructions, and dump sites.
FLOAT PLAN SAFETY
Auto depart/return by geofence, live GPS tracking, and SMS to your emergency contacts if you're not back on time. Built for solo anglers.
BUDDY SHARE
Share your live position and spots with fishing partners—end-to-end encrypted, so only buddies can read them.
YOUR DATA. PERIOD.
- 100% local storage—your spots never leave your device
- No account required—completely anonymous
- Automatic iCloud backup with two-slot rotation, plus manual .ghb archives
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
- Get Hooked! Pro: $29.99/year, auto-renewable
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
- Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period
- Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase
- Any unused portion of a free trial (if offered) is forfeited when you purchase a subscription
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more This app is so helpful. It has so many convenient and unthought of features that other apps don’t. It’s an all in 1, and it’s not complicated. It is super easy to use. If you are planning on fishing in any kind of water this year, it’s a must need!!!
This app is so helpful. It has so many convenient and unthought of features that other apps don’t. It’s an all in 1, and it’s not complicated. It is super easy to use. If you are planning on fishing in any kind of water this year, it’s a must need!!!
Just an absolutely brilliant app, it literally has everything a fisherman could want, throw out the other apps they don’t compare this one is a game changer
Just an absolutely brilliant app, it literally has everything a fisherman could want, throw out the other apps they don’t compare this one is a game changer
THE BIGGEST GET HOOKED! UPDATE YET
SEASON REPORT - YOUR YEAR IN REVIEW
• New on the Stats screen: a full year-in-review Yearbook (PDF) — executive summary, a this-year-vs-last scorecard, species and what worked, month-by-month, a map of where you caught them, your Angler DNA, and a season-by-season next-year playbook.
• Share cards are photo-forward now — your catch photo leads, with your stats, boat, and Angler DNA below. Share your whole season or any single trip — your best fish front and center — and tweak the photos and caption before it goes out.
• Captains get the same year-in-review treatment in a branded PDF.
THERMOCLINE - TEMPERATURE AT DEPTH
• New Thermocline tool on every trip. Punch in your temp-at-depth readings, or snap a Fish Hawk TD screenshot and we read the table for you.
• See the water column for the trip — depth vs. time with your catches plotted on it — plus a plain-talk read of where the break sits and the temperature your fish came from.
• Drops roll into Stats and the Captain's yearly PDF, and a Last Thermocline card on Conditions recalls your latest drop.
GREAT LAKES UPWELLING
• Conditions now flags when wind shoves cold water up nearshore on the Great Lakes — the cold push that flips a bite off or on. It's a measured buoy temperature drop, not a guess.
AUTOMATIC iCLOUD BACKUP
• Your data backs itself up to iCloud after trips and on a safety schedule — two copies, on iCloud and your phone. New phone? It finds your backup and restores in two taps, with an in-app restore browser.
APPLE WATCH - REBUILT
• Catch, Voice, Waypoint, Depart, and Return all work offline — every tap grabs GPS and saves locally, then syncs when your phone's back in range.
• A count badge on the Catch button tallies your fish for the day like a clicker, even with no signal.
• Redesigned home with a live trip/drift/troll card, a full activity log, and watch-face complications.
GREAT LAKES STRUCTURE
• 8,000+ offshore features across all five lakes — wrecks (including famous named ships), obstructions, and dump sites. Filter each independently to find fish-holding cover.
SMARTER CONDITIONS & DISCOVERY
• The daily verdict now grades the best usable on-water window instead of the whole day, and factors in your boat's size.
• Fewer false storm warnings — the forecast no longer calls thunderstorms on dry, unsettled days.
• The pressure card now reads pressure as a front signal — falling vs. rising, and what that means for where fish sit.
• Tips surface features you haven't found yet, and a new Help & Tips hub gathers every guide plus a Fishing Wisdom library.
FASTER & STEADIER
• My Profile and Angler DNA load in a blink. Rain radar holds at every zoom and opens framed on the weather. Dive-chart matching reads both Gear and Bait. Batch log gains 'Fill from last entry.'
Plus reliability and crash fixes throughout. Tight lines!
26.6.28 Jul 1
**BUDDY SHARE — END-TO-END ENCRYPTED**
• Your location, boat photo, and shared files are now sealed with Curve25519 + ChaCha20-Poly1305. Even we can't read them on the server.
• Auto-generated PINs (XXXX-XXXX) — no more picking a handle.
• Map updates buddy pins in place when their state changes.
• Trip start and end fire immediate pushes; idle-at-dock burns no bandwidth.
**MAP — NAMED SPOTS & FRESH BUOYS**
• 84 Lake Erie Western Basin spots seeded as cyan star pins under Fishing POIs — Sputnik, McDonalds, Toledo Light, Camp Perry range cans, every named reef and shoal.
• NDBC buoy + NOAA tide-station data refreshed (three-month-stale layers brought current). Six Old Woman Creek stations are on the map, including the newest one.
**ROUTES vs TRACKS**
• Chartplotter routes (RTE) now import alongside waypoints — were being silently dropped before.
• Routes render dashed (point-to-point plans), recorded tracks render solid (GPS logs).
• Track simplification eased so gentle curves don't flatten on long sessions.
**DRIFT / TROLL**
• Start flag appears the moment you tap Start (was End-only before).
• No more phantom Spots dropped at session-start coords.
**DIVE CHARTS**
• Crankbait charts now capture line type (Mono / Braid / Fluoro / Lead Core), line test, and trolling speed — renders as '10#M · 2.0 mph' on cards and list rows.
• New PWCL+2 reference chart under Divers (Bill Lewis PWC Lite + 2oz snap weight). Pick line class, read depth at 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 mph.
**APPLE WATCH**
• Faster GPS first-fix on non-Ultra watches.
• Complication tap-to-launch fixed when watchOS offloads the app.
• Sync fixes for trip context and end-of-session handshake.
• New menu → Support → Diagnostics → Send Watch Logs button — one tap sends diagnostics to support if you ever hit a watch issue.
**POLISH**
• Captain Stats PDF share no longer goes black.
• NOAA marine alerts wait properly instead of hanging.
• Forecast badge fires only for forecasts you've added — no more spurious dots.
• Catch counts in forecasts and stats now correctly exclude GPX track points.
• CrossScope draws sun + moon together with the real phase glyph.
26.4.29 May 20
**PLAN MY TRIP**
Tap Plan on the forecast overview map. GetHooked reads every pin and hands back a 3-leg plan drawn on the map with a narrative — tightest consensus cluster, virgin-water corridor (fires with zero catch history), reliable sustained-bite fallback. Plus a window read of which days are open.
**TRIP PHOTOS**
Up to 10 photos per Trip Report that belong to the trip itself, not a specific catch. Boat shots, sunset, group pics, hero photo a customer texted you. Set hero, location stripped on import, bundled with .ghb backups.
**TRIP POSTCARDS FOR CHARTER CAPTAINS**
If you run charters, generate a branded shareable web page summarizing one trip — hero photo, stats, conditions, narrative. Single Generate / Update button on the Trip Report. New Postcards reference list on the Captain dashboard with year/month grouping and search. Updates overwrite at the same URL — your customer's link doesn't change.
**CAPTAIN DASHBOARD AVAILABLE TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER**
USCG license dashboard, sea-time stats, certifications, and trip log all available to every angler — no separate purchase, no activation. Track your hours and credentials whether you charter or not.
**WATCH RELIABILITY REBUILD**
Stuck on Loading, bouncing to home, unresponsive buttons — fixed. Removed the offline-command queue that was crash-looping. Instant gray Sending toast on every tap, green when phone acknowledges, red if out of range. Watch buzzes when a session auto-ends.
**FIXED: APP HANGS AFTER RETURNING FROM BACKGROUND**
If you ever had to force-quit because the app froze coming back from background — fixed. Background timers no longer pile up.
**FORECAST BADGE MEANS SOMETHING AGAIN**
Map forecast badges fire only on spots in your active forecast list — spots where you dragged the radius slider, or Suggested forecasts you promoted. Auto-generated suggestions no longer claim map real estate until accepted.
**NO MORE INFLATED CATCH NUMBERS**
Forecast scoring, X catches within 2 mi, Conditions wisdom, virgin-water checks, and catch-aware alerts now correctly exclude waypoints that belong to drift/troll GPX tracks. Legacy track files auto-fixed on this build.
**DIVE CHART REFERENCE DATA FIXED**
Field-validated every seed crankbait against the physical precision trolling chart — 13 of 15 had wrong depth/line-out values. All corrected. Added missing Rapala DHJ 12. If you were running depths off the in-app chart, this is the build you want.
**SMART AUTO-END BY WATER TYPE**
Speed sustains above ceiling for 30s and the session ends silently — Inland/River 5 mph, Great Lakes 6, Coastal 10. Starting a new session auto-ends any prior troll/drift; catches attributed to the tightest-fitting session.
**TROLL + DRIFT DETAIL**
Tap any session row to see the track, stats, and catches during that window. Green flag marks Start, checkered flag marks End on completed tracks.
**BACKDATE A TRIP YOU FORGOT**
Tap + on the Trip Log to manually add a past trip. Pre-fills boat / passengers / water type. Existing waypoints in that window auto-attach.
**TRIP CARDS**
Clean two-row layout (identity + stats). Boat / water type / passengers visible on expand and editable after the fact. Same-day duplicate trips no longer collide.
**POLISH**
CrossScope draws sun + moon together at real bearings with actual moon phase. Hourly weather grid auto-scrolls to current hour. Speed units unified mph/kts everywhere. Trip Report and forecasts auto-refresh when waypoints change. Voice catch failure stays on-screen until dismissed.
26.4.26 Apr 29
DIVE CHART REFERENCE DATA FIXED
Field-validated every seed crankbait against the physical precision trolling chart. 13 of 15 charts had wrong depth/line-out values — all corrected. Added missing Rapala DHJ 12. Fixed Reef Runner 44 Mag and 800 Series label/data swap. If you were running depths off the in-app chart, this is the build you want.
BACKDATE A TRIP YOU FORGOT
Tap the + on the Trip Log to manually add a past trip. Defaults to yesterday evening, pre-fills your boat, captures passengers + water type. Waypoints in that window auto-attach.
TRIP CARDS — TWO-ROW LAYOUT
• Identity row: date, source (Watch / Float Plan / Auto / Manual), duration
• Stats row: time, Trolls/Drifts/Sessions, Spots, Catches
• Boat, water type, passengers (captain-mode) visible on expand
• Edit sheet adds boat / passengers / water — fix data after the fact
• Same-day duplicates now expand the right card
WATCH RELIABILITY REBUILD
If your Watch was stuck on Loading or had unresponsive buttons — fixed.
• Removed crash-looping offline command queue
• Instant gray "Sending…" toast on every tap
• Green when phone acknowledges, red if out of range
PLAN MY TRIP
Tap Plan on the forecast overview map. GetHooked reads every pin and hands back a 3-leg plan: tightest consensus cluster, virgin-water corridor, reliable sustained-bite fallback — plus a window read for which days are open.
START + END FLAGS ON TRACKS
Completed drift and troll tracks now show green Start + checkered End flags.
FORECAST MAP COLD-START FIXED
Saved pins appear immediately. Suggested spots cap to 10 nearest your home dock. Live progress indicator. No more minute-long hang.
TROLL + DRIFT DETAIL SHEETS
Tap any session row (Activity or Trip Log) to see the track, stats, and catches during that window.
NO MORE OVERLAPPING TROLLS
Starting a new session auto-ends the prior one. Catches attributed to the tightest-fitting session.
SMART AUTO-END BY WATER TYPE
Sustained speed above the water-type ceiling for 30 seconds ends the session silently. Inland/River 5mph, Great Lakes 6mph, Coastal 10mph.
RELIABILITY + UI POLISH
Speed units unified across HUD/plan/troll detail. Trip Report auto-refreshes. Hourly weather grid auto-scrolls to current hour.
26.4.25 Apr 25
WATCH RELIABILITY REBUILD
If your Watch was stuck on Loading, bouncing to home, or had unresponsive buttons — fixed.
• Removed the offline-command queue that was crash-looping the app
• Instant gray "Sending…" toast on every tap
• Turns green when phone acknowledges (Catch saved, Trip started)
• Turns red with "iPhone not reachable" if out of range
• Catch + Voice buttons show "Sending…" state while in flight
START + END FLAGS ON TRACKS
Completed drift and troll tracks now show where each session ran:
• Green flag marks the Start
• Checkered flag marks the End
• See at a glance without hunting the polyline
UI POLISH PASS
• Waypoint detail: timestamp + DMS moved to a "When & Where" card on the Catch tab — title bar stays clean
• Activity "Needs Data" filter now catches every waypoint without catch data (not just photo-sourced)
• Trip Log session pill reads Trolls / Drifts / Sessions based on actual type mix
• Hourly weather grid auto-scrolls to the current hour with a teal highlight band
PLAN MY TRIP
Tap the Plan button on the forecast overview map. GetHooked reads every pin and hands back a 3-leg plan drawn on the map with a narrative:
• Leg 1 — tightest consensus cluster
• Leg 2 — virgin-water corridor (fires with zero catch history)
• Leg 3 — reliable sustained-bite fallback
Plus a window read telling you which days are open.
FORECAST MAP COLD-START FIXED
• Saved pins appear immediately on first open
• Suggested spots cap to the 10 closest to your home dock
• Live progress indicator shows scoring as it fills in
• No more minute-long hang
TROLL + DRIFT DETAIL SHEETS
• Tap any session row (Activity or Trip Log) to see the track, stats, and catches during that window
• Stuck-at-dock sessions now show a clean empty state instead of drawing a polyline over a house
NO MORE OVERLAPPING TROLLS
• Starting a new session auto-ends any prior troll/drift
• Orphaned records from crashes are cleaned up automatically
• Catches attributed to the tightest-fitting session — nested trolls no longer steal each other's fish
SMART AUTO-END BY WATER TYPE
The old Keep Going prompt is gone. If your speed sustains above the water-type ceiling for 30 seconds, the session ends silently:
• Inland / River: 5 mph
• Great Lakes: 6 mph
• Coastal: 10 mph
No more 36 mph "trolls" from forgetting to stop the run-out.
RELIABILITY + SYNC
• Speed units unified — mph/kts preference carries across HUD, plan sheet, troll detail, session stats
• Trip Report auto-refreshes when waypoints change under it
• Forecasts re-score immediately when you drop a catch inside a radius
• Activity feed syncs in real time with Watch pins, voice catches, Conditions, heat map, Cross-Spot
• Forecast Map quick-measure FABs for spot-to-spot distance checks
26.4.24 Apr 24
Plan My Trip — Tap the map icon in Forecasts, then the Plan button on the overview map. GetHooked reads the whole map and hands back a 3-leg fishing plan drawn on the map + narrative sheet. Leg 1 = tightest consensus cluster. Leg 2 = virgin-water corridor (fires where you have zero catch history — the captain's pivot play). Leg 3 = reliable sustained-bite fallback. Window read tells you which days are open and which close hard. One tap, full pre-trip briefing.
Forecast Map Cold-Start Fixed — Opening the forecast overview map used to hang for a minute on first open. Now saved pins appear immediately, suggested spots are capped to the 10 closest to your home dock, and a live progress indicator shows how many forecasts have scored. Cold start is usable again.
Troll + Drift Detail Sheets — Tap any troll or drift row (in Activity or in the Trip Log) to see the recorded track on a satellite map, session stats, and every catch logged during that window. Degenerate sessions (GPS never captured real movement) now show a clean empty state instead of drawing a polyline over a house.
No More Overlapping Trolls — Starting a new troll or drift now auto-ends any prior session and cleans up orphaned records from earlier launches. Catch counts per troll are accurate: each catch belongs to the tightest-fitting session that contains it, so nested trolls don't steal each other's fish.
Smart Auto-End by Water Type — The old "Keep Going" prompt is gone. If your speed sustains above the water-type ceiling for 30 seconds (5 mph inland/river, 6 mph Great Lakes, 10 mph coastal — drift ceilings are lower), the session ends silently with a notification. No more 25-minute "trolls" at 36 mph because you forgot to stop recording during the run-out.
Speed Units Unified — Your mph/kts preference now carries across every surface that shows boat speed: live HUD, plan sheet, troll detail, session stats. Toggle once in Settings or My Boat and every screen follows.
Trip Report Stays Fresh — Drop a new catch or batch-edit waypoints while the Trip Report is open? Counts and narrative refresh in place instead of showing stale numbers until you close and reopen.
Forecasts Refresh After You Catch a Fish — When you drop a waypoint inside a forecast's radius, that forecast's score invalidates immediately. Next time you open Forecasts it recalculates with your new catch factored in.
Activity Feed Stays in Sync — Drop a Watch pin or voice catch during a trip, and the Catches tab + Trip Log both update in real time. Same for Conditions history, the heat map overlay, and Cross-Spot intelligence.
Watch Reliability Sweep — Ended a troll on your phone? Watch clears the active state immediately. Started a Float Plan trip on your phone? Watch shows it without a refresh. The complication crash-loop was a concurrent-write race; now serialized through a single queue. Watch also requests fresh state from your phone on launch.
Forecast Map Pulsing Dot — The forecast overview map shows your boat's current location with the standard blue pulsing dot, plus the native recenter-on-me button.
Forecast Map Measure Tool — Quick tap-measure FABs (ruler + clear) with total-distance banner when 2+ points are dropped. Spot-to-spot distance checks without leaving the plan view.
26.4.23 Apr 23
Forecast Bird's-Eye Map — New map icon in the Forecasts top bar opens a single map with all your active forecasts + top 3 suggested. Score-colored pins, radius circles, and hotzone markers where two high-scoring forecasts overlap. Tap a hotzone marker for the Hotzone Detail sheet: which forecasts agree, shared top day, prime bite-window consensus, bearing and distance from home dock. The "At This Location" card queries your catch log within 0.5 mi of the centroid — zero catches? A bold green VIRGIN WATER callout says the model is endorsing untested water. The charter-saving pivot play. Filter pills cycle each pin's 2nd/3rd-best days, show only top 5 spots, or lock to triple-consensus hotzones. Every pin carries distance/bearing from home dock + star badge for spots scoring 75+ three days running.
Faster App Launch — Fishing forecasts no longer freeze the map at cold start. Splash loads only needed POI layers. Map screen stays responsive even with thousands of waypoints. Trip Report edits are instant; anti-pattern cards appear right away.
Faster Map Layers — Toggling is instant. Panning stays smooth. Buoys only fetch live NDBC data for the stations you've favorited; any other buoy loads on tap.
Forecast Tabs Polish — "Upcoming" renamed to "Active" with catch-count badges. Pinch-to-zoom on the forecast card scroller fixed.
CrossScope Sun & Moon — Bigger celestial icon with a glow and ambient arc on the outer ring at the sun/moon's azimuth. Moon shows its actual phase. Arc brightness reflects elevation and illumination.
Captain's Mode Dashboard — Full USCG license tracker with 8 tiers, animated progress bars, endorsements, and 14 supporting credentials with expiration alerts. Export yearly sea service records as PDF formatted like CG-719S. Track sea days, hours, trips, passengers, and fish with year-over-year breakdowns.
Captain's Log Import — Backfill years of trip history by photographing paper logs, pasting from Notion/Excel, or manual entry. Smart parser handles dates, hours, notes, catches, and vessel names.
Custom Dive Charts — Add your own crankbait charts or edit the built-in ones. Long-press any crank to customize. Your catch history highlights work on custom charts too.
Quick Ref Polish — Emergency Instructions box for crew safety. Captain and boat photos print on the Quick Ref PDF. Phone numbers formatted. Drag marine services into order; reorder crank chart rows.
Watch Reliability — Tap Mark or Voice once and get instant "Saved (syncing…)" feedback even if the phone is in your pocket with a flaky Bluetooth handoff. The Watch stores commands locally and flushes them to the phone the moment reachability returns.
Species Tactics Card — New Conditions card reads the nearest buoy's water temp and shows the right bait + presentation for your target species. 12 species shipped. Tap to expand for the full temperature ladder.
Activity Feed — Batch-log multiple catches at once. Tap Select in Catches, choose empty drops, enter Species/Bait/Gear/Depth once, commit to all. Tab order now Today / All / This Week / This Month. "Today" means the calendar day. Buddy-shared waypoints no longer appear here. Watch drops reliably display the Watch origin icon.
Watch: Fishing Intelligence — Conditions verdict and solunar bite-window countdowns on the home screen. Haptic alerts when a major bite window starts. Smart complication shows bite countdown during trips.
Float Plan Safety — Major reliability pass. If iOS misses the dock-entry event, opening the app near your dock after 30+ minutes ends the trip automatically. A missed dock-exit no longer blocks auto-return. New banner if "Always" location permission is missing. Auto-starts when you begin a drift if the dock geofence was missed. Stale trips end at your last waypoint time.
26.4.21 Apr 22
Custom Dive Charts — Add your own crankbait charts or edit the built-in ones. Long-press any crank to customize. Your catch history highlights work on custom charts too.
Emergency Instructions — New text box on the Quick Ref Services tab for crew safety instructions. Prints in large text on your Quick Ref PDF for posting on the boat.
Captain Credentials — Enter your USCG license, drug testing, and first aid certifications in Captain Mode. Prints alongside your boat info on the Quick Ref PDF.
Watch: Fishing Intelligence — Conditions verdict (Fishable/Marginal/Rough) and solunar bite window countdowns on the home screen. Full conditions detail page. Haptic alerts when a major bite window starts. Smart complication shows bite countdown during trips.
Float Plan Safety — Auto-starts when you begin a drift if the dock geofence was missed. Stale trips now end at your last waypoint time, not when you tap End the next day.
Trip Accuracy — Catch and spot counts only include activity within the trip's actual time window. Favorite chart sync to Watch fixed.
26.4.13 Apr 14
v26.4.10 — Your first spot, faster
NEW USER EXPERIENCE
- Streamlined onboarding: three screens instead of five. Drop your first fishing spot on a live map before you've even reached the home screen — no more scrolling past marketing slides.
- Automatic forecast pre-fetch: your first spot comes with a 7-day personalized forecast already loaded. Tap your pin and it's right there.
- Post-purchase guided tour: we walk you straight to your forecast so the app earns its keep in the first 30 seconds, not the first 30 days.
- Feature tips: the first time you tap Layers, open a forecast, or use CrossScope, a brief tip explains what it does. Each tip shows once. Turn them off in Notifications settings if you'd rather explore on your own.
- Post-paywall second chance: if you skipped dropping a pin in onboarding, we offer once more after you subscribe. After that, we stop asking.
SMARTER MAP LAYOUT
- Your logged catches moved to the Layers sheet as "Catches" with a fish icon, next to the map tools that show them — not buried in the menu.
- Fishing POIs and Catches tiles now use distinct icons so you can tell them apart at a glance.
CLEARER CONDITIONS
- Conditions verdict now clearly separates weather go/no-go from your personalized bite forecast. Two answers to two different questions — no more confusion when they disagree.
POLISH
- Fixed an onboarding map layout bug where the crosshair and skip button overlapped.
- Crosshair redesigned as a proper circle-with-plus for clarity.
- Haptic feedback on feature tips.
- Tighter analytics under the hood so we can measure what's working and fix what isn't.
26.4.10 Apr 11
v26.4.9 — Our biggest update ever. 14 new features, 9 enhancements, and the intelligence layer that makes Get Hooked! unlike anything else on the App Store.
NEW INTELLIGENCE
- Proactive Alerts: push notifications when real-time conditions match YOUR personal catch patterns — not generic weather alerts
- Arrival Intelligence: arrive at a spot you've fished before and your catch history pops up automatically — species, baits, conditions
- Cross-Spot Intelligence: AI discovers new fishing spots by matching your species fingerprints against live conditions at gages you've never fished
- Sun Position Intelligence: see how sunrise, sunset, and golden hours correlate with your actual catches across 8 surfaces
ON THE WATER
- Drift & Trolling Mode: real-time drift physics engine shows bearing, speed, and breadcrumb trail. Trolling mode monitors your pace with auto-alerts and post-session analysis
- Anti-Pattern System: log what DIDN'T work — baits, techniques, conditions that failed. Eliminates survivorship bias in your data
- Float Plan Automation: auto-depart and auto-return via geofence with SMS alerts to emergency contacts
REFERENCE & PLANNING
- Dive Charts: 19 lure profiles with species-specific depth, color, and retrieval data. Catch history highlights, favorites synced to Watch, 3-page PDF with QR codes
- Trip Planner: plan multi-day trips with scored forecast cards, routed navigation from Home Dock, and hotel/food/ramp discovery along the route
- Quick Ref: VHF radio channels and marine services with 18 defaults and offline PDF export
- UV Color Vision: see which lure colors walleye can perceive at different depths with science-backed dichromatic vision charts
CONDITIONS WISDOM
- Walleye Colors, Pressure, Wind, and Feed Times cards now show what worked (and didn't) for YOU in similar conditions
- Great Lakes wave data replaced with accurate SMB wind-wave estimation — matches Windy.app within 0.1 ft
- Weather Location Picker: save named locations on open water so you always get weather for your fishing spot, not the dock
PLUS: inline radar preview in Conditions, daily waypoint management, electronics-compatible GPX export, pinned GPX files, wind gust color scale, autocomplete field manager, trip comparison engine, and dozens of fixes.
26.4.9 Apr 10
- Flow Alerts: set CFS thresholds on any USGS gage and get notified when river conditions are ideal for your species
- Waterway detail sheet favorite toggle restored — heart icon works again
- Float Plan geofence now persists through app termination — your safety net stays active
- Improved wave data display and weather service reliability across all conditions
26.3.1 Mar 3
- Captain Mode: charter captains can now create and share branded trip postcards from your outings
- Trip Reports grade every outing: see how you performed AND how accurate the forecast was
- Forecast Report Card tracks accuracy over time — see which factors to adjust
- Activity Feed loads instantly with trip discovery that groups catches into meaningful outings
- CrossScope crosshair now respects your active filters — no more ghost pins
- Dozens of fixes: faster loads, smarter weather lookups, and polish across the board
26.2 Feb 27
- Captain Mode: charter captains can now create and share branded trip postcards from your outings
- Trip Reports grade every outing: see how you performed AND how accurate the forecast was
- Forecast Report Card tracks accuracy over time — see which factors to adjust
- Activity Feed loads instantly with trip discovery that groups catches into meaningful outings
- CrossScope crosshair now respects your active filters — no more ghost pins
- Dozens of fixes: faster loads, smarter weather lookups, and polish across the board
2.9 Feb 26
- Charter captain logos now appear on the map — tap any pin to see details, book a trip, or get directions
- Rename any waypoint directly from the map — not just manual pins
- Photo scan now correctly handles fish photos with no GPS data assigned
- Float Plan pre-fills your Home Dock automatically once it's set in My Boat
- Crosshair overlay redesigned with a cleaner 3-ring layout and live coordinate readout
2.8 Feb 21
- Personalized fishing forecasts score every spot 0-100 based on 12 real-time factors — weather, pressure, solunar, and your own catch history
- River Explorer maps entire upstream networks from any USGS gage so you can find tributaries worth fishing
- Apple Watch companion tracks your trips and shows live conditions from your wrist
- Heat map overlay reveals your hotspots at a glance, and weather radar keeps you ahead of incoming storms
2.7 Feb 19
- My Boat: Launch Notifications (fun!)
- My Stats
- FIX: Waterways CFS not showing consistently
2.4 Jan 22
- Captain's option, we are allowing captains to have logos and pins in the app
- My Boat, helps with measure and display
- EXPERIMENTAL: Float Plan: Let family/friends know when you leave the dock and return
2.3 Jan 20
What's New:
New Layer: Fishing POI - Discover fishing spots, fish cleaning stations, and fishing-related points of interest
New Layer: Recreation - Find campgrounds, picnic areas, and other recreational facilities near the water
Enhanced Layers - Boat ramps, marinas, and fuel stations now include additional data and details
Offline Layer Support - All map layer pins are now cached for offline viewing
Fixes:
Fixed iOS map pan "bounce" issue for smoother scrolling
Bug fixes and stability improvements
2.2 Jan 13
Beautiful new animated splash screen:
- Pin-drop animation showing your fishing network
- Smooth DNA burst transition effect
- Dark theme launch - no white flash
- Performance improvements
Your data. Your patterns. Your edge.
2.1 Jan 10
Get Hooked! 2.0 - Complete Rebuild
NEW: AI-Powered Fishing Forecasts
- Best days to fish YOUR spots, ranked
- Personalized recommendations based on your catch history
- Prime time windows with conditions explained
NEW: Angler DNA Profile
- Discover your fishing identity
- Radar chart showing your tendencies and strengths
- Archetype matching (Dawn Patrol, Structure Surgeon, etc.)
NEW: NASA Satellite Imagery
- Sorted by cloud cover for clear views
- 90-day temperature trends
- Chlorophyll and turbidity data
NEW: Onboarding Experience
- Interactive tutorial for new users
- Learn the app in under 2 minutes
IMPROVED: Everything
- Rebuilt from the ground up
- Faster performance
- Better battery life
- Cleaner interface
All existing data and subscriptions carry over automatically.
2.0 12/19/2025
- Fixed icon label/description when on Home Screen, desktop
1.3 11/14/2025
- Fixed some issues with iCloud Sync
- Fixed backup/restore when photos are attached
- Fixed state in filter/pin display with photos attached
1.2 11/12/2025
THE BIGGEST GET HOOKED! UPDATE YET
SEASON REPORT - YOUR YEAR IN REVIEW
• New on the Stats screen: a full year-in-review Yearbook (PDF) — executive summary, a this-year-vs-last scorecard, species and what worked, month-by-month, a map of where you caught them, your Angler DNA, and a season-by-season next-year playbook.
• Share cards are photo-forward now — your catch photo leads, with your stats, boat, and Angler DNA below. Share your whole season or any single trip — your best fish front and center — and tweak the photos and caption before it goes out.
• Captains get the same year-in-review treatment in a branded PDF.
THERMOCLINE - TEMPERATURE AT DEPTH
• New Thermocline tool on every trip. Punch in your temp-at-depth readings, or snap a Fish Hawk TD screenshot and we read the table for you.
• See the water column for the trip — depth vs. time with your catches plotted on it — plus a plain-talk read of where the break sits and the temperature your fish came from.
• Drops roll into Stats and the Captain's yearly PDF, and a Last Thermocline card on Conditions recalls your latest drop.
GREAT LAKES UPWELLING
• Conditions now flags when wind shoves cold water up nearshore on the Great Lakes — the cold push that flips a bite off or on. It's a measured buoy temperature drop, not a guess.
AUTOMATIC iCLOUD BACKUP
• Your data backs itself up to iCloud after trips and on a safety schedule — two copies, on iCloud and your phone. New phone? It finds your backup and restores in two taps, with an in-app restore browser.
APPLE WATCH - REBUILT
• Catch, Voice, Waypoint, Depart, and Return all work offline — every tap grabs GPS and saves locally, then syncs when your phone's back in range.
• A count badge on the Catch button tallies your fish for the day like a clicker, even with no signal.
• Redesigned home with a live trip/drift/troll card, a full activity log, and watch-face complications.
GREAT LAKES STRUCTURE
• 8,000+ offshore features across all five lakes — wrecks (including famous named ships), obstructions, and dump sites. Filter each independently to find fish-holding cover.
SMARTER CONDITIONS & DISCOVERY
• The daily verdict now grades the best usable on-water window instead of the whole day, and factors in your boat's size.
• Fewer false storm warnings — the forecast no longer calls thunderstorms on dry, unsettled days.
• The pressure card now reads pressure as a front signal — falling vs. rising, and what that means for where fish sit.
• Tips surface features you haven't found yet, and a new Help & Tips hub gathers every guide plus a Fishing Wisdom library.
FASTER & STEADIER
• My Profile and Angler DNA load in a blink. Rain radar holds at every zoom and opens framed on the weather. Dive-chart matching reads both Gear and Bait. Batch log gains 'Fill from last entry.'
Plus reliability and crash fixes throughout. Tight lines!
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