The Alaska Department of Fish & Game realizes that people are now accustomed to carrying a lot of information and credentials on their mobile device. This mobile app is designed for anglers and hunters in Alaska and designed to enhance pre-trip planning and in-field experience. It provides access to the information and services needed to follow applicable hunting and fishing regulations. Currently, that includes the following:
• Display licenses, permits and big game locking-tag records – The mobile app allows you to purchase and view your hunting, fishing, trapping, and most combination licenses. You can also obtain big game locking-tag records, commercial crewmember licenses, hunting permits, harvest tickets, and some personal use fishing permits. All licenses, permits, and big game locking-tag records are valid to carry and display to enforcement in the field on your mobile device.
• View Hunting and sport fishing regulations – The mobile app allows you to view all current hunting regulations (including some personal use regulations) for the entire state. Additionally, you can view hunting regulations based on your physical location, search locations statewide, and download maps and regulations for offline use. In the future, the mobile app will include support for sport fishing regulations.
• Record Harvest – The mobile app allows you to record hunting and fishing harvests in the field and report some personal use fishing harvests.
• Sport fish species identification – Additional features include separate sections for a species identification guide complete with images and text descriptions of commonly targeted sport fish species; definitions, regional and statewide methods and means, prohibited acts and other necessary regulatory content that is not displayed at site specific or sub-levels.
I love that I can access the regs and get current updates. I love that they try to provide all the information in an app. But it crashes every time I try to submit a harvest report. I now have an empty report for a day I didn’t fish sitting in it that I can’t do anything with because it crashes every time I try to edit it. Same with any of the maps. I get an error or the app crashes. Fix the multitude of bugs and crashes and it will be a great app.
Hobby Fisherwoman
516kjl
Last year the SO and I were bemoaning the fact that it is so hard to try to figure out the fishing regs based on location, that he should develop an app and sell it to ADF&G. We talked about the features it should have and so on. Well, I just found out it now exists! My first challenge (after signing in twice) was that I have a permanent senior license and I couldn’t figure out how to upload it. So I poked around the “store” of tags and licenses and it is available for “sale” with a zero dollar cost. I entered my info and when the transaction was complete it reflected the original date I got my permanent ID card. Pretty slick! Especially since the physical card is pretty worn. Looks like it has the right features- time will tell when we go to use it later this year.
Developer Response
Thank you for downloading our app! We are looking for ways to improve it, so if you have any suggestions please contact us at adfg.license@alaska.gov.
I legitimately love this app
CaribouCrossing
I know I rated it 4 stars, and I’ll get into why, but I legitimately love this app. I love that the troopers count the app as proof of a license when fishing and dipnetting so you no longer need paper copies or duplicates or have to worry about them getting wet. As long as your phone has charge and turns on, you’re good to go. Same for the hunting license. My only complaint, really more of a hopeful suggestion, is that hunting draw tag information isn’t imported so you still need to carry paper tags for any hunts that aren’t general season tags. I’d love for that to be an added feature in the future. Aside from that, the ease of reporting fishing, dipnetting, and general season hunt results - even when offline - is so nice! Solid work by ADF&G.
So Far OK, Time Will Tell
AK_DAV_0311
Downloaded onto a current generation iPad Pro. Tablet is up to date with all apps and the OS. The app developer contacted me regarding my 1 star review. They resolved the issue with logging in both on the app and on the AK F&G website. Messing around with the app, the only immediate thing I see is I can't upload documents to it. By this, I mean my permanent hunting and fishing license. It shows me an option to buy one, and then I assume it will display a new license, but folks like me that due to age or disability have been issued permanent ones no longer have to buy them. How do we display these in the app? I will revise my review as needed. So far, I'm glad the state is stepping into current times with this option.
Developer Response
Thank you for downloading and using the ADF&G mobile app. This is a newly developed app that will continue to improve over time. Please contact us and we can help you get your account linked to the app 907-465-2376 or e-mail us at adfg.license@alaska.gov
This update adds support for VoiceOver, updates the color scheme for better readability, and includes new mapping features. It is recommended for all users.
Version v1.12.3+3430
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Information
Seller
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Size
166.9 MB
Category
Sports
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
