Best Intro Bass App
I bought the pro subscription immediately for the tackle warwhouse gift card back then but remained the subscription fot the rest of the features. Im happy to support this young ambitious youtuber on his entrepreneurial journey.
All in all, this is a great infoproduct and software made by a good spirit that’s helped my fishing skill.
William
Response from developer
Hi William! A huge thank you for your support and for sharing your experience with BassForecast. It’s awesome to hear how it’s helped improve your fishing skills. Your understanding of the app's purpose—to serve as a starting point and adapt to conditions—is exactly what we hoped to convey, and it's great to see it resonating with you. Thank you for believing in BassForecast and for sticking with us past 4 years. Your support, especially as a Pro subscriber, means the world to us. I hope we can continue to help you get more bass in the boat in the future. Tight Lines!!
Glitchy and not helpful
The app is incredibly glitchy and the majority or ratings on here, even the 4 or 5 star ratings mention how glitchy this app is.
I paid 20 dollars for the pro membership and I have not caught a single bass based on the suggestions of this app. I recently started using Fishbrain and I have found it much more helpful and have caught bass using the apps information. This app is not helpful.
Response from developer
Hi there! When the ratings change this just means BassForecast is working perfectly by adjusting to changing weather forecasts. Don't let that stop you. If you want to know why it changed, click on the little blue fish icon upper right. Also, look at the Adapted Patterns for ideas on adapting your game plan to changing conditions. We hope to earn 5 stars from you.
No x for pop ups
Why full screen ad whith no x
Just terrible
To too it all off, the Tackle Warehouse “gift card” isn’t a gift card. It’s a coupon. What the difference? Instead of having to spend $50 for free shipping and getting your order in less than a week, you have to spend $70. If not, then you are charged $6.75 in shipping and delivery is pushed back to almost a month. Tackle Warehouse chat support confirmed they are aware of this false advertising but said basically they won’t honor it as a gift card and it’s my problem to deal with.
So I have an app that doesn’t work and a gift card that is going to cost me more in the long run than it’s worth.
Thanks Bass Forecast. I’m done with you and Tyler’s reel fishing. For a guy who claims to be a strong man of faith, this is a HORRIBLE way to do business.
Response from developer
Dear Eaglewings, Since you said you are already a PRO customer, you must have an old gift card that you are trying to redeem. The new improved gift cards that began 1/1/24 is exactly as advertised. A $20 gift card and only a $20 minimum order. Please email us at support@bassforecast.com and we will send you a new gift card right away. Regarding your comment about AccuWeather, all of ours match because it is a direct feed from AccuWeather. There may be some device specific glitch. Please email us screen shots from both AccuWeather and BassForecast and we will have the tech team take a look at it. Thanks
Was enjoying but something is wrong now
$20 a year for info you can get online and changing forecasts!
Response from developer
Glad to hear that you think most of our recommendations are obvious. That is because you are an experienced angler. When the weather forecast changes, our ratings and recommendations change with it. I think you are being harsh and unfair by blaming us for changing weather forecasts. We can't control the weather, but we can adapt to it. Even super experienced tournament anglers have challenges adapting and our app can even help them track how changing weather affects the bite. For example, in this year's Bassmaster Classic aka "The Super Bowl of bass fishing" Justin Hamner switched the final day of the tournament to a faster presentation speed and won the $300,000 grand prize. Most other anglers were still fishing slow...because slow worked yesterday. Guess what presentation speed BassForecast predicted for the final day of the tournament? >> "Fish Fast" Adjusting to ever changing weather forecasts is super tricky....You should use us for the entire season (or at least 10 trips) and then write us back your observations. Happy bassin
Frustrating
Response from developer
Hello. Happy to help clear up your confusion. The outputs are not "basic and general," There are 9 bass seasons, 22 categories of baits, 4 different bite mood ratings and 15 possible lake structure (depth and contours) locations producing 11,880 possiblilites. That is why the sport is so challenging and fun. The BassForecast Adapted Pattern outputs (top 5 recommendations) are adapted to forecast weather based on real time weather and bass industry data. We tracked 6 top flight tournaments this year and our "Adapated Pattern" recommendations matched the winning pattern baits and locations with 86% accuracy! Sounds like you have great intuition...Keep using your intuition. I do too. I use the app as an indicator of what game plan to use...NOT how many fish you are going to catch becuase there are many variables not in your control (fishing pressure, local lake conditions, etc). The Adapted Pattern recommendations usually match and reinforce my game plan...Where they DO NOT, I use the bait, location and presentation ideas as Plan B. There have been many days where I used something BassForecast Adapated Patterns suggested I was not planning on using and it made a big difference. So, it is a gut check and plan B tool. And, since it only takes 2 minutes to look at and absorb before each trip, why not? I hope this helps and Happy Bassin. Note. After you use Adapted Patterns on at least 10 trips/days, please write us at support@bassforecast.com. We hope to earn a 5 star rating from you after you do so. Thanks
More features
For example, open the app, and you have options to choose if your fishing a lake, a pond creek whatever it may be, then being able to choose if the fish have been biting, if they’re difficult or if they’re just all over the place. And then another category that asks you about the water clarity with a variety of options because I think all that information calculated could make all the difference especially for bass fishers that are just now getting into the game.
Most people can catch on fast, most wanna just do it for the sport, and I think this app could help people learn more if it just had more to it!
It really would be so helpful with those types of features! All in all, I’m a pro member and use it daily!
Response from developer
UPDATED 9-21-23 by the founder. Just read your suggestions and want you to know that they have been in our plans for a while now...So, great suggestions. Like any product, the more $ we have the more we can spend on product innovations. So, please support our contiuous improvement efforts by subscribing to PRO. At $1.66 month, it is literally, the cost of one simple restaurant meal per year...and it really helps us. Hi!! Thank you for sending in your feedback on how we could improve the app! Users like you taking the time to write in help us to keep making the app better in the future. I'll be sure to pass this along to the rest of our team.
