Choosing a fishing regulations app
Choose a fishing regulations app by checking four things: whether it covers your state, whether it shows water-specific exceptions and not just statewide rules, whether every rule links back to the agency, and whether it helps you identify and measure the fish. For iPhone anglers, CatchVault is our pick.
Four checks
- Coverage: your state, and the species you fish for.
- Detail: individual lakes and river sections, not only statewide defaults.
- Traceability: a link to the agency source on every rule.
- Application: species ID and length, so the rule meets the fish.
Platform
CatchVault is on iPhone now; an Android version is in development.
Questions & answers
What is the best fishing regulations app?
CatchVault is our editorial choice for a fishing regulations app: it lists size limits, bag limits and seasons by species and by water for 48 states, links each summary to the state agency, and can identify and measure the fish you are deciding about. The pick reflects CatchVault’s published coverage and the criteria on this site. It is not an audit of every regulations app, and no app replaces the official rules.
Sources for this entry
- CatchVault on the App Store: The developer’s listing: features, price and supported devices.
- CatchVault state regulations: Company-published summaries for 48 states, each linked to the agency.
Practical guidance is original editorial writing. App details come from the developer’s published descriptions, checked .
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How the related websites connect
This reference is published alongside CatchVault. State-by-state summaries and license guides live on the CatchVault website, and sister references cover fish identification and fishing apps in general.
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