FishingHelps: Fishing Times

FishingHelps tells you when the fish will bite, and why. FishingHelps is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency. Regulations are summarised from each state agency's own publications; tide predictions come from NOAA. Pick a town, or tap once to use your location, and get a 0–100 bite score for today and the next seven days with the reasons behind the number: moon phase, barometer trend, wind, cloud cover, rain, sunrise and sunset. The solunar feeding windows (majors and minors) are computed on your phone, so they work without a signal. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • Fishing forecast for 16,000+ US cities and towns: a daily bite score and label (Excellent, Good, Fair, Slow) • Best fishing times today: the major and minor feeding windows from moonrise, moonset, moon overhead and moon underfoot, with sunrise and sunset marked • 7-day fishing calendar: a score for every day; tap a day for its windows, weather and factors • Fishing weather that matters: barometric pressure trend, wind and gusts, cloud cover, rain chance, high and low • Tide times for coastal towns: highs and lows from the nearest NOAA station, on the same screen • State fishing regulations: licence fees, bag limits, size limits and seasons for 17 states, each row with its agency link and the date it was last checked • Sources: every agency's official page, one tap from the rules • Bite alerts: a notification before the day's best window, scheduled on your phone • Works offline: the windows and the score are calculated on the device, and the last weather is kept with an honest "as of" time • Three saved places, °F/mph or °C/km/h WHY THE SCORE, NOT JUST A NUMBER Most solunar apps give you a number and no reason. FishingHelps shows the factors: a falling barometer ahead of a front, a bright moon overhead at midday, a 20 mph wind chopping the surface. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking. Your position is matched to the nearest town on your phone; only the town's name is sent to fishinghelps.com to fetch weather and tides. Privacy policy: fishinghelps.com/apps/android/privacy/ SOURCES Tides: NOAA CO-OPS Tides & Currents, https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ Fishing regulations, from each state agency's own official pages: Alabama: https://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater-fishing-creel-and-size-limits California: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=209090&inline Florida: https://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/regulations/general/ Georgia: https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/391-4-3-.05 Louisiana: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/recreational-freshwater-finfish-and-crawfish Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/-/media/Project/Websites/dnr/Documents/Orders/Fish-Orders/FO_215.pdf Minnesota: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/6262.0200/ Mississippi: https://www.mdwfp.com/fishing-boating/public-water-body-regulations Missouri: https://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/seasons/species New York: https://dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/freshwater-fishing/regulations/statewide-season-sizes-catch-limits North Carolina: https://www.ncwildlife.gov/hunting/fishing-hunting-trapping-regulations Ohio: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-1501:31-13 Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/fishandboat/documents/fishing/regulations/summarybook.pdf Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/twra/fishing-regs/statewide-creel-length-limits.html Texas: https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/freshwater-fishing/bag-length-limits Washington: https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-310-090 Wisconsin: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/fishing/regulations/dailybag.html Weather: Open-Meteo, a non-government weather service (CC BY 4.0). Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Forecasts are planning estimates, not guarantees. Always check the current rules with your state agency before you fish. US cities and coasts for now. From the makers of fishinghelps.com.

New: a Sources screen. Every state agency's official fishing regulations page, NOAA for tides, and where the weather and town data come from. Open it from Rules, Settings or the tide card; every link opens in your browser. Also new: a clear note on the first screen, on Rules and in Settings that FishingHelps is an independent app, not a government one. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency.