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GuideHour: Fishing Forecastv1.1.3

Released September 10, 2026Major

iOS Android

What changed

  • New featureImplemented email verification for new and existing accounts
  • RetentionImproved onboarding with location permission explanation and map centering
  • UXUpdated Guide to open ready for user input
  • UXMaintains sheet size state when returning from Guide or reports
  • ContentImproved species matching logic for stocking records with different naming conventions
  • UXFiltered out bait species from lake fish lists and Guide suggestions
  • UXFixed abundance filtering logic for lake search results
  • UXReplaced technical error codes with plain language sign-in explanations
  • UXRedesigned sign-in screen with a cleaner, centered layout

Original release notes

Email verification for new accounts, a first launch that opens where you are, and cleaner fish lists.

• New email and password sign-ups now send a verification link and hold the account until you open it. Signing in with Apple or Google is unchanged.
• If you already have an email and password account, you'll be asked to confirm your address once, the next time you open the app.
• The first launch explains why the app wants your location before asking, then opens the map on you. Without a location, the map opens zoomed out to your region.
• The Guide opens ready for your question instead of asking one for you.
• Coming back from the Guide or the report returns the sheet to the size you left it.
• Species pages show recent stockings even when the state's records spell the fish differently — a Michigan "Steelhead" is a Rainbow Trout.
• Lake fish lists and the Guide no longer suggest minnows, shiners, darters, suckers and other bait species as fish to catch.
• Filtering for a fish at "abundant" no longer returns lakes whose own page lists it as merely present.
• Sign-in problems are explained in a plain sentence instead of an error code.
• The sign-in screen has a cleaner, centered layout.

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