If I had a smartphone I probably would use it if it put me into more fish. If a guy could plug in the lake/reservoir/river he was fishing, temperature, species, etc. and provide hot spots where historically these fish may be and at what depth I'd be interested.

I'm old enough to remember when "fish finders" where new to the industry. I remember the fierce debate that ensued between anglers. Some thought it was the best invention since sliced bread while folks on the other side of the fence had utter disdain for those electronics. Now, you cannot hardly find a boat without a fish finder.

I've already got a fishing game on my phone, to help pass the time. I've been looking for an app to check local water conditions for a while, but haven't been able to find one that will work for my area.

I started a message on the board section about F&S coming out with their own smartphone applications. I typically don't buy apps but I know I'd purchase any app that F&S came out with from fishing, hunting, survival, pics, recipes etc. Possibly even a line of apps for each topic? I do wish they had something that moved a little faster than trying to access the website from my Iphone when I don't have access to a computer.

There's an app for that??..Now I have a good reason to get an Iphone. But then I am notorious for dropping phones in the water or being clumsy and away I go down the Arkansas with a wet phone afterwards. Had one phone 1 day old and whoosh thru the ice with me. Maybe a waterproof Iphone??

And otterbox makes a waterproof box for the phone, although its kinda expensive.

Years ago, if you told me you used a GPS to get around; I’d probably would have called a Girly Man! Since then, I became wiser and my Father was giving hell to show him on the map where I would be at, that’s a Father who cares! Since then I’ve purchased two types of units I carry now regardless where I go and if not there in the truck. The first one is the Lowrance iFINDER® Hunt™ C Handheld GPS and the second is the “SPOT” “Emergency Positioning Locator Beacon” known to me years ago as “EPRB” and I’m sure they have changed the name to a much more fancier name. For years afield, I relied on my TOPO Maps and compass and yes it’s always in my pack a GI issue Model. But when I started using my Lowrance iFINDER® Hunt™ C Handheld GPS with the downloaded maps, I didn’t relies all the information I had at my figure tips I didn’t have another way. Places I’ve been all my life and been so close or passed right through a historical place, school house or cemetery which been there since Adam and Eve. As for my “SPOT”, don’t need to tell the Wife or anyone except I’m going out and be back at O’Dark Thirty! Jumps online and tracks my every movement and where I’ve been and if I’m headed home. If I need emergency help, press the HELP or 911 buttons and the Calvary is on its way!

So what’s my bottom line?

Ya ‘sure, all this WIZZ’BANG electronically gadgetry takes a lot of guess work out of getting there and back in one piece and what your best choices are. But the real truth to the BOTTOM LINE, you still must have the skill to make it all happen!

That Hell Bender can be sitting behind that rock giving you the fin! and when you cast? you got one shot! But are you sure your using the right lure for the conditions at hand???

My daughters got an ipod touch, which is basically an iphone w/o the phone, and she has a fishing app that she plays sometimes. If one comes out w/real time fishing conditions, you can bet I'll check it out before I head out. Why not?

I've got mixed feelings--I love the old school low tech stuff--I started scuba diving before most of today's "absolutly necessary" safety equipment was even invented. But sometimes the technology comes in handy. One night we took shelter in the truck to wait out a nasty storm that interrupted our gator hunt. One of the young guys picked up the satellite signal on his fancy high tech whatchamajigger thingy & showed me the line of thunderstorms behind the one we were enjoying at the time. We called it a night & went home to a beer & a warm bed instead of sitting in the truck all night like idiots.

I only have the ipod touch so I can only get online via wifi. However, if I had 3G I would use many apps outside of school buildings (if there was service). Most places I have gone hunting you are not going to get cell phone service. Fishing well depends where you are. Anyone who does use a smart phone while fishing should get a waterproof case. I have one for my ipod it is an otterbox. It is bulky but I can still use the touch screen with it.

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Speaking of scuba diving and technology. A fella went on vacation down in the Bahamas and his brand new high tech dive computer went TANGO UNIFORM! He filed a law suet against the company saying it ruined his vacation and wanted restitution and of course he lost hands down. Why? As a certified diver, he should have been able to use a capillary gauge and figure out his dives and bottom time using a certified dive chart that is readily available in any dive shop world wide!

My point?

Technology vs skill cuts both ways!

For the iphone

"The Hatch" (hatch charts), "Fishing knots", and "fish head" (weather, river levels, tide info)

I have an iPhone and use FishHead, which gives me real-time weather, water flow, water level sunrise/sunset/moonphase for locations I pre-determined (USGS level monitoring stations). It can also do tide information for saltwater fishermen.

I also use Bento, a database app that synchronizes with Bento on Macintosh. I created a basic fishing journal where I record weather and water data and the basics of what I caught and on what. The information can be recorded on the Bento app on my iPhone and then sync it on my home computer.

The idea, of course, is that I can track fishing results by time of day, weather, moon phase, fly, water conditions, etc. The reality is that I end up fishing and forgetting to record the stuff most of the time.

FisheHead is still a good app for having a central report of the stuff fishermen care about (except for what they're eating). It's a litle slow to load, though, because it loads info for every pre-saved location every time you launch it. 5 or 6 locations is OK, more than 10 and it's gets pretty slow.

no thank you for the i phone or the apps because of i would like to know the data on a interpretive level

If you want to see a GREAT Fishing Lure app for the iphone that showcases a bunch of good lure brands, check out "Fishing Lures" on the app store. You can see it in action here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Transeyemedia

FishNotes by Jimmy Houston is pretty kewl. I can save all my fishing information and create instant fishing reports for my friends while on the water. It shows me the best fishing times, moon phases and it even shows me where other people have caught fish. Very awesome IMO.
http://www.fishnotes.com

As an avid fly fisher I have produced a very helpful knot tying wallet sized booklet showing all the knots you will need from the reel to the hook.

These have been recreated as an iPhone app.
I have had many very positive reactions from the users..

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i fish all the time without technology and catch a lot of fish so i dont think that i would use it

Theres a cool fishing app coming out on both Andriod & iPhone.

Its called Boxfish. You can create a profile, make friends, share tips, show off catches, find current hot swims, rate and check into ponds via Googlemaps API, see whos visited, what fish have been caught on what baits. Chat to friends and anglers throughout the country. Theres even virtual trophys to be won!
theres a demo on the website

http://www.boxfishapp.com

I own an Android phone and am constantly searching for a great fishing app. There's a couple out there already, but none that were that great and easy to use.

I just came across a new app called My Fishing Companion, and it looks like it's going to be perfect. Will have to try it out on the water, but it looks to have great potential.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hookedroid.fishingcompanion

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I live in Missouri and do quite a bit of trout fishing. I recently found an app called Show Me Trout. It provides good information and gps info on spots to fish. It also has maps and weather which is nice.

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I was so interested in such applications that I wrote one that rolled all the features a serious fisherman wants into one...

fishing.smarttripmap.com

Google Map, GeoLocation, Weather, River Flows, Tide Predictions and Moon Phase.

Register free with no personal information and it saves waypoints, allows you to create notes on waypoints, set up trips, journal about the trips, and share journal entries on Facebook with a single click.

Hope y'all like it. Tight lines.

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