# FishBoatPA — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of FishBoatPA by Executive Office of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, rated 1.92/5 from 25 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fishboatpa/id979681459/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fishboatpa/id979681459.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (14 of 36) ### 4/5 — Great app but some things can be fixed *2023-04-19* This is a great app but I think something that would be worth making is a filter for fish type ### 3/5 — Removed the fishing report *2022-05-07* My favorite part of the app was the fishing report. It’s now gone. I loved hearing info of the areas that I will be going to fish. ### 2/5 — Trout Stocking Schedule *2021-09-06, version 5.8* App locks up trying to do a county search. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-06-07, version 5.8* This app used to be great, now it won’t Load anymore, useless. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-06-06, version 5.8* Just says Loading…on cellular or WiFi, it doesn’t load anything. Another wonderful government project, using tax payer money, that doesn’t work…. ### 1/5 — Some information but very glitchy *2021-05-26* The app requires lookups that don’t work. The app is hard to move around in as it does not respond when you tap on the done button. Seems like a great idea but needs lots of work. Have the developers ever tested it? ### 4/5 — Few Small Glitches *2021-01-28* There are a few small glitches, but not bad overall. When purchasing a license, it defaults your DL expiration to year 1900. It’s not a big deal, but you have to scroll through the years until you get to the current calendar year (why is this even an option?). Others have mentioned that you cannot print your license from the app which is sort of annoying. I have heard that you can now show an officer your license on a smartphone—it would be nice if they made this a simple part of the app to pull up a full screen image of the license. Finally, it doesn’t combine your trout stamp with the standard resident fishing license. I assume that as long as you have the trout/Lake Erie stamp available you don’t need to carry the standard one as well since you can’t purchase the trout permit without a standard license. It used to be an added permit to the standard; now for some reason they are two separate licenses. ### 1/5 — No stocking dates *2020-06-18, version 5.5* I downloaded this app to see the stocking schedule. All trout stocking dates have shown 1/1/1900 for the past two months. Uninstalled. ### 2/5 — Mostly a pass through app *2020-04-08* Overall I was disappointed with app. When purchasing a license you are redirected to the web store. After purchasing the license, you cannot print from iOS. The normal share icon is not available to print to a connected network printer. The only options are to email and print the receipt and to screenshot the license for printing. I could not find a place to create a login for the app. It would be helpful to sign in and be able to retrieve the license image no that the license display requirements have been changed. ### 4/5 — I love this app but : *2020-03-31* When I go to download this app from the App Store instead of downloading or installing it opens it as if I already did download it but it’s not anywhere on my screen??? ### 2/5 — Frustrating app to use *2019-06-18* I was trying to find specific lakes and whether I could use a motorboat and they never came up in the lists. Using a map where are you could click on where you wanted information, would be much more helpful than a list of names that I don’t know where they are. No search feature where you can inquire about a specific lake or body of water. ### 1/5 — Inoperable *2019-02-05, version 4.7* This app won’t work for me.....just loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads and loads.......and loads. ### 1/5 — Won't Load *2016-09-19, version 4.1.0* Needs an update again. It only loads to a white screen and that's it. ### 1/5 — No good *2016-06-09, version 3.0.1* New version keeps locking up ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2024-10-15* Couldn’t create an account to do anything. Kept receiving “ We could not create a new account with the information you provided. Please try again. If you continue to experience problems in creating your account, please contact customer support.” ### 1/5 — Green drake *2024-02-28* Can’t open anything. It used to work great. What happened??? ### 1/5 — Links *2023-04-16* Hope folks have better luck finding fish than they do finding information son this app. ### 1/5 — Poorly made app *2023-04-09* Every time I click on something under the more tab doesn’t work. It takes me to the webpage and says, “The page you are looking for doesn’t exist.” That is 25 percent of the app that just doesn’t work. You can view your license, get a license, and see what streams are stocked. ### 1/5 — This app is still not working properly!!! *2023-03-14, version 6.6* Links lead to a message that reads “The page you’re looking for does not exist”. Don’t waste your time downloading this app. If you want up to date information go directly to the Pa Fishing and Boating web site = fish and boat.com ### 1/5 — Can’t open trout maps *2022-05-13* Do not pay the developer of this app until it’s fixed! It public tax money … this isn’t difficult! ### 1/5 — Crap *2022-04-03, version 6.5* Faster to go to the website. ### 1/5 — Dysfunctional pass-through app. *2021-08-29* As other reviews have noted, much of this app simply connects the user to various PFBC webpages. Many pages are stuck on “loading” and brick the app. Others load and say “this page does not exist.) Accessing stocking schedules freezes the app. (Same thing has been happening on the PFBC website for months.) Even accessing a list of stocked waters or boat accesses freezes the app and leaves a “loading” square stuck on the screen. Region reports barely contain info for a third of the covered areas. These reports are coming from paid PFBC staff members who have Conservation/Waterway Officers to tap for pics and info. Not sure why this is not more robust. Fish ID section stinks too. Basic panfish like pumpkinseed or redbreast sunfish aren’t even pictured. Bass don’t exist. Catfish don’t exist. Shad don’t exist. Despite the law changing 18 months ago, the app still doesn’t have the ability to display your current license electronically. ### 1/5 — Needs to be better *2021-07-29, version 5.8* I’m trying to see the trout stocking map and it just loads forever and then when I go on the website it says try again later 🤷🏻‍♂️ ### 1/5 — Loading *2021-07-04, version 5.8* Useless ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Stocking information *2023-06-08* I mean what else do you want, I don’t know why everybody is crying about this app, it gives you all the stocking information, can’t imagine you’d need this for much more than the stocking schedules. ### 5/5 — Had success finding stocked trout locations *2019-12-28, version 5.2* I used this app to locate trout stocking areas near me and had great success! ### 5/5 — Good PA Fishing App *2018-04-14* Useful information like stocking locations and times. Uses your GPS to help you locate things near you. ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2017-04-06, version 4.2.1* Thank you, now I know where and when to fish. Lol ### 5/5 — Standard bearer *2015-06-13* Now this is what a fishing app should be. In my opinion, lack of information keeps many from getting started and enjoying the sport we all love. This breaks down those barriers. I live out of state and downloaded this because it was so fantastic. Take heed departments of natural resources around the country. ### 5/5 — Very impressive and thorough app *2015-05-21* Great job PAFBC! Everything from what I wanted (regs, rules & locations) to so much more. Especially like the Trophy Case and fish ID. There's a lot of information and resources packed into this well designed and user friendly app. ### 5/5 — Great app/Very User Friendly *2015-05-03* This is probably one of the best thing the Fish Commissioner has ever came up with. I use this app all the time because it's so easy to use!!! ### 5/5 — Best thing! *2015-04-21* I never write a review for apps but this seriously shocked me. Making This app may be the best thing the state has ever done! So useful and user friendly! ### 5/5 — Really useful app! *2015-04-12* Easy access to tons of great info while on the go. ### 5/5 — Well done! *2015-04-10, version 1.0.1* Incredibly useful app. Look forward to using it outdoors. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*