BetterFish

iOS app by Lindsey Dewart. Sports · Lindsey Dewart

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0 / 5
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0
Download price
Free to download
In-app purchases
Unknown
Version
1.0
Listing last refreshed
2026-09-07

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Know the rules before you cast. BetterFish is your offline field guide to British Columbia fishing regulations. Tap any lake, river, creek or tidal area and read exactly what applies right there: seasons, catch and size limits, gear and bait rules, and the closures in force today. EVERY WATER'S RULES, ONE TAP AWAY 15,000+ lakes, rivers and creeks across all eight regions. Where a closure has a mapped boundary it is traced on the water itself, so you can see where it starts and ends. Where a closure exists only in writing, BetterFish says so rather than drawing a line it can't stand behind. BUILT FOR NO SIGNAL The regulations, the waters and the synopsis are bundled on your device, so the rules work in a canyon or in airplane mode. Download map imagery, including satellite, for the area you're headed before you leave. SALMON AND TIDAL, COVERED Non-tidal salmon rules from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, plus tidal regulations for all 48 Pacific fishery management areas, with tidal closures, rockfish conservation areas and other protected zones drawn on the map. THE OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS, BUILT IN The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis (2025-2027) ships inside the app as an offline reader. A water with its own listing in the book opens straight to that page; everywhere else opens the region's chapter. Either way you can check the printed source without a connection. REGULATIONS UPDATED MID-SEASON Openings, closures and variation orders change all season long. BetterFish updates its own regulation data over the air, signed and verified before it is trusted, so the app corrects itself without waiting on an app update. A What's New screen lists what moved, filtered by region or tidal area, by distance from you, or by searching for a water. TIDES AND RIVER FLOW See the seasonal flow pattern for a river and jump to the live gauge that covers it. Tidal waters hand off to official tide predictions, so you can time the trip as well as follow the rules. PUT A NAME TO YOUR CATCH Photograph a fish and an identifier that runs entirely on your phone suggests the species, with illustrated ID guides for the lookalikes. Suggestions, not verdicts: the guides show you what to check. TACTICS AND GEAR How to fish for 21 BC species by water type and season: proven setups, lures and presentations, plus knots and the basics of reading a river. PLAN THE WHOLE TRIP Map layers for stocked lakes, boat launches, campgrounds and provincial parks, and a private-land layer so you know what's off limits. Keep your licence details and documents on hand, and see what each water requires. YOUR SPOTS STAY YOURS Save spots with catch logs and photos. Your photos never leave the phone, and nothing else does either unless you choose to make an account and back it up. Share a spot with a friend as a file; nothing is shared unless you send it. COVERAGE All of British Columbia SUBSCRIPTION BetterFish is free to download. Full access is one annual subscription, CA$24.99 per yea

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