🎣 Get Hooked! - Frequently Asked Questions

🧠 Understanding the App

What problem does Get Hooked! solve?

You already know weather affects fishing. You know moon phases matter. You've heard about solunar tables and water temperature. But knowing that stuff exists doesn't help you catch more fish.

The problem: Every fishing app shows you the SAME data, but none of them tell you what it means for YOUR fishing at YOUR spots.

Get Hooked! solves this by learning from your actual catches and correlating them with environmental conditions. The more you fish with it, the smarter YOUR forecasts become. It's not generic fishing advice—it's your personalized fishing AI.

How much does it cost?

Start free. Upgrade to Pro when you're ready for unlimited power.

What devices work with Get Hooked!?

iPhone or iPad running iOS 15 or later. Optimized for iPhone 12 and newer models.

🗺️ Tracking Your Fishing Spots

How do I stop forgetting where I caught fish?

You've probably experienced this: "I caught a bunch of walleye here last spring, but WHERE exactly was I?" GPS coordinates from your fish finder don't help if they're stuck in the unit sitting in your garage.

Get Hooked! solves this three ways:

Import from GPS devices: Export a GPX file from your Garmin, Lowrance, or Humminbird. Email it to your phone. Tap it. Done. All your waypoints are now in the app with you on the water.

Create spots on-the-fly: See fish on your sonar? Long-press that spot on the map. Name it. Add what you caught. The app saves it automatically. (Note: Free tier limited to 25 manual waypoints; Pro tier unlimited)

Get spots from friends: Someone shares their secret spot? They can send you the GPX file and you can import their waypoints directly.

Your spots sync across devices and live in iCloud. You'll never lose another productive location.

Why should I bother logging my catches?

Because your catch history IS your fishing intelligence.

Without your catch data, the app gives you generic forecasts. With it, you get personalized predictions based on YOUR proven patterns.

🌊 River Fishing Features

Why does Get Hooked! have dedicated river features?

Because rivers are completely different from lakes.

Lakes change slowly—water temperature shifts over days or weeks. Fish locations stay relatively stable.

Rivers change HOURLY. A rainstorm 50 miles upstream can double the flow rate in hours, changing everything about where fish hold, how they feed, and whether it's even safe to fish.

What river data do I get?

Get Hooked! integrates live data from thousands of USGS river monitoring stations:

• Real-time flow rates (measured in CFS - cubic feet per second)
• Flow trends (rising, falling, or stable)
• Historical flow data so the app learns YOUR optimal flow ranges
• River gauges on the map so you can see conditions before you drive there

What are river flow alerts?

Set custom CFS thresholds for your favorite rivers. When flow hits your target range, you get a notification. (Pro tier feature)

Example: You set an alert for 450 CFS on the Maumee River. When flow hits 450 CFS after a rain event, your phone buzzes: "Maumee River is now at 450 CFS—your target flow."

Can I track multiple rivers?

• Free tier: Can view rivers layer but cannot save favorites or create river-specific forecasts
• Pro tier: Unlimited river favorites with flow alerts

What if I fish both lakes and rivers?

Perfect! Get Hooked! handles both seamlessly. Your lake spots get satellite data, temperature analysis, and catch correlation. Your river spots get flow data, USGS station integration, and flow alerts. The AI learns patterns for both.

One app. All your fishing intelligence.

🛰️ Satellite Data & Scouting

How do I find productive water without wasting gas exploring?

You want to fish a new area of the lake, but you don't want to waste three hours running around blindly hoping to find fish. You need to scout BEFORE you go.

Get Hooked!'s Satellite Views let you see NASA satellite imagery showing:

• Water temperature breaks where fish stack up
• Mudlines and clarity changes (turbidity layer)
• Algae blooms—high chlorophyll = baitfish = gamefish (chlorophyll layer)
• 90-day historical analysis to track changing conditions

Instead of guessing, you're scouting from your couch. When you hit the water, you already know where the productive zones are.

Wide Area Satellite View (Pro feature) lets you see entire regions—up to 200 miles—to identify the most productive zones before you launch the boat.

What if I fish small lakes or rivers?

Satellites have a ~1 km resolution, so really small ponds and narrow creeks won't show data. But Get Hooked! still gives you forecasts, solunar tables, weather patterns, river flow data, and catch tracking for ANY body of water.

The satellite imagery works best on Great Lakes, large reservoirs, coastal waters, and wide rivers (300+ feet across).

🤖 AI Forecasts & Bite Times

When should I actually go fishing?

This is the million-dollar question. You've got limited time. You want to fish when they're actually biting, not when you HOPE they're biting.

Get Hooked! analyzes multiple data sources to predict optimal bite windows:

• Weather patterns: Temperature, wind, precipitation
• Barometric pressure: Rising, falling, or stable (fish feed hardest during specific pressure changes)
• Moon phase: Major and minor solunar feeding periods
• River flow rates: Current CFS and flow trends (for river anglers)
• Your catch history: When have YOU caught fish at this spot before?

The app gives you a daily fishing score: Excellent (drop everything, go fish), Good (plan your trip), Fair (fish can be caught), Poor (challenging), or Bad (maybe reschedule).

It's not magic—it's pattern recognition. And the more you fish with it, the more accurate YOUR forecasts become.

What notifications do I get?

Get Hooked! has two types of notifications:

Why the difference? Intelligence notifications tell you WHEN to fish based on patterns and conditions. They're the features that separate serious anglers from casual fishers—and they're part of what makes Pro tier worth it.

Free tier users still get full access to forecasts—you just have to open the app to check them instead of getting automatic notifications.

What are solunar periods and why do they matter?

Short answer: Solunar periods predict when fish (and all animals) are most active based on moon position. There are 2-4 peak feeding windows per day.

Why it matters: If you can only fish for 2-3 hours, wouldn't you rather fish during a major feeding period instead of hoping you picked the right time?

Get Hooked! shows you:

• Major feeding periods (90-120 minutes, strongest activity)
• Minor feeding periods (30-60 minutes, moderate activity)
• Hourly bite probability timeline (Pro only)
• Historical correlation with YOUR catches (Pro only)

🌊 Tides & Coastal Fishing

Does the app work for saltwater or tidal fishing?

Yes! Get Hooked! integrates tide data from 100+ NOAA stations.

For coastal anglers, the app shows:

• High and low tide times
• Tide heights
• Current moon phase
• Optimal fishing windows around tide changes
• Graphical tide charts

The app automatically finds the nearest tide station to your waypoint. No manual station lookup, no tide tables you forgot at home. Just open the app and see when to fish.

For inland anglers: No tides? No problem. You still get moon phase, solunar periods, river flow data, and weather forecasts.

📊 Heat Maps & Pattern Recognition

Where have I been most successful?

After logging dozens of catches across multiple spots, patterns emerge. But spotting them manually is tedious. You need to visualize success zones at a glance.

Heat maps show your catch density across all waypoints. Red/orange zones = lots of fish. Blue/purple = fewer fish. You can filter by:

• Specific years (compare this season to last)
• Specific months (find summer vs. fall patterns)
• Time of day (morning vs. evening producers) - Pro only
• Species, gear, bait, and depth - Pro only

It's your fishing data turned into visual intelligence. See the patterns you'd miss otherwise.

This is how you find the patterns that catch fish—like "walleye caught in the morning, using jigs, in 15-20 feet of water during May" or "smallmouth caught at 400-500 CFS in current breaks during June."

🎨 Organizing Your Fishing Data

How many colors can I use to organize my GPX files?

Get Hooked! lets you color-code your GPX files to visually organize your fishing spots:

• Free tier: 2 colors (enough to separate basic categories like "bass spots" and "walleye spots", or "lakes" and "rivers")
• Pro tier: 8 colors (organize by season, species, technique, structure type, productivity level, water type, etc.)

Pro anglers use the 8-color system to create sophisticated organizational schemes like:

• Red = summer bass
• Orange = fall walleye
• Yellow = spring crappie
• Green = river spots
• Blue = deep lake structure
• Purple = shallow weed beds
• Pink = tidal/coastal spots
• Gray = archived/inactive

💾 Data & Privacy

Who sees my fishing spots?

Nobody.

Get Hooked! stores your waypoints, catches, and data locally on YOUR device and in YOUR personal iCloud account. We don't upload your fishing spots to our servers. We don't sell your data. We don't have access to your secret spots.

Your fishing intelligence stays yours. Period.

Can I backup my data?

Yes! Protecting your fishing knowledge is critical:

• Free tier: No backup available
• Pro tier: Daily automatic backup PLUS manual backup on-demand

Never lose your waypoints, catches, or GPX files. Your fishing history is too valuable to risk.

What happens if I cancel my subscription?

You keep ALL your data. Every waypoint, every catch, every GPX file. You just lose access to Pro features like unlimited forecasts and satellite scouting. Your fishing history is yours forever.

🌐 Weather & Environmental Data

What weather data do I get?

All tiers get comprehensive weather information:

• Current conditions and 7-day forecasts
• Barometric pressure and trends
• Wind, temperature, humidity, UV index
• Hourly breakdown
• Precipitation probability

🔧 Getting Started

I'm new to fishing apps. Where do I start?

Week 1: Import your existing GPS waypoints (if you have them) or start creating a few spots on the map where you fish regularly. Mark your favorite lake spots AND river spots.

Week 2-4: Log every trip—catches, conditions, what worked, what didn't. Even the slow days. For rivers, note the flow rate. Build your baseline data.

Month 2+: The AI starts detecting patterns. Forecasts become personalized. You start seeing: "Conditions are similar to when you caught fish here before" or "Flow is in your optimal range."

Month 3+: You're planning trips around forecast scores, scouting new areas with satellite data, getting river flow alerts, and consistently outfishing your buddies who are still guessing.

The key: Get Hooked! gets smarter the more you use it. Start logging catches today. Thank yourself in three months.

Should I start with Free or upgrade immediately?

Start with Free to test the system. Import 2 GPX files, use your weekly forecasts to see how the AI works, and track some catches. If you like what you see and want unlimited everything—forecasts, satellite views, river favorites, advanced filtering, and auto-backup—upgrade to Pro ($29.99/yr).

Go Pro when you:

• Fish multiple bodies of water regularly (need unlimited forecast locations)
• Want unlimited river favorites and flow alerts
• Want the 8-color organization system for complex spots
• Need daily auto-backup for peace of mind
• Want unlimited satellite scouting and wide area views
• Need advanced filtering to find specific patterns

Most casual anglers are happy with Free. Pro is for serious anglers who want maximum intelligence.

📧 Still Have Questions?

For detailed how-to instructions on specific features, check the in-app help or view our full feature comparison at hookedonyutz.com/get-hooked-app-tier-overview

Need support? Email us at admin@hookedonyutz.com

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