Apps for Fishing and Fly Fishing

My iphone has several apps for fishing on it. I’ve tried many. Of course I’m a sucker for trying free apps for fishing but I usually delete them pretty quickly. The pay for apps for fishing range from .99 to the he Orvis fly fishing app which costs  a hefty $9.99 .

The apps for fishing that I currently have on my phone are:

• WindAlert â€" Shows the windspeed and direction from searchable locations. Either enter your curent location or where you want to go and the app will display all weather recording stations nearby. It shows current speed and gusts as well as predictions.
• Oakley Surfline accesses wave height and swell for ocean areas. Similar search function to WindAlert. I use this app to get an idea what kind of water conditions I can expect. Valuable on the West Coast where there can be a swell on calm days.
• Fishing Calendar - Giive So-lunar information on a calendar view for specified locations. Page detail shows the minor and major fishing times for the day as well as an oaverall rating. The app has data recording sections for pictures and notes.
• More Apps for Fishing [1]  are available at the Itunes store. There are a ton of games but also some apps for fishing.

How to use our Pocket Guides on your Iphone

Each page becomes a High Definition full screen image and best of all you  can zoom in on any part of the page for even better detail.

The First picture is a full page screenshot from my Iphone. The second is a zoomed in version from the same page. The zoom resolution was excellent.

It’s easy â€" I did it. There are two methods for viewing our guides as apps for fishing. as an I phone App. The simplest is to use a PDF file viewer app for your phone. This will work for any android phones as well. For Mac users the second method is to convert the PDF file into a Iphoto album and sink the album with your Iphone.  This requires a few more steps to but avoids downloading another App.

PDF Method:

1. Download PDF Reader Lite (free version) to your Iphone
2. Attatch the phome to your computer with the USB cable.
3. In Itunes there is a tab on top “apps” â€" click on that. Your apps will show on the screen
4. Scroll down the screen until you see the “file sharing” section. Click on the app you are using as a pdf viewer.
5. On the right click on drag the file from your computer. I recomend saving the file to the desktop.
6. Once the file show click Apply

Iphoto Method:

1. Open the file in “Preview”
2. Click on print
3. Locate the PDF button on the bottom left of the screen and click
4. Select “save pdf to iphoto”
5. Open Iphoto and scroll to Albums. There should be an Album named “Album”. Right click and change the name.
6. Open Itunes and select the “photos” tab from the top of the screen.
7. Click on your new album in the albums section and sync.
8. The file will show in your photos icon on the Iphone.

I am totally paranoid about getting my phone wet so I’ve looked at some cases that I can use when on the water. I try and sneak off during work hours and when my daughter is at school; Having my apps for fishing handy is an additional; benefit if I have to take my phone. I’ll review some of these soon.

Try these apps for fishing the next time you are out. I would love to hear what apps for fishing are on your phone.

 

Links

1. ^{^} Apps for Fishing (www.apple.com)

source: www.thefishinggeek.com