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.