# GuideHour: Fishing Forecast — Hourly Ratings, Lakes & DNR > Hourly Ratings, Lakes & DNR (iPhone/iPad app by BLOMBERG APPLICATION AND DESIGN LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guidehour-fishing-forecast/id6762526874 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [BLOMBERG APPLICATION AND DESIGN LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894528133) - Category: Sports, Weather - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 83 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-24 - Data updated: 2026-09-09 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guidehour-fishing-forecast/id6762526874/reviews.md ## What is GuideHour? The whole app is a map — every fishable water a tap away, with an AI guide that already knows what today looks like where you're standing. GuideHour puts 20,000+ Midwest lakes and rivers on one live map, backed by official DNR data, depth contours (where available), and real conditions. And wherever you fish in the US, the AI guide walks in already knowing the weather, the water, and the fish you're after. THE MAP IS THE APP No tab maze. Open the app and you're looking at the water. Pan to any lake, tap it, and everything — conditions, fish, rules, depth — slides up as a card over the map. Drop your own marks, flip on boat landings, and switch between outdoors and satellite views. A GUIDE THAT'S ALREADY CAUGHT UP No typing out your situation. The guide walks in knowing the forecast, water temp, sun and moon, the water body you're on, and the species you're chasing — so you get a real answer fast. And it's not buried in a chat tab: conditions, a lake, a fish, your log — wherever you are in the app, there's a one-line read on what it means for your trip. IT LEARNS HOW YOU FISH Every trip you log teaches it more. Over a season it stops guessing at what works for anglers in general and starts knowing what works for you. FIND YOUR NEXT WATER Search any supported lake by name, or filter the waters around you by the species they actually hold, depth, size, and public access — straight from official state survey data. DEPTH CONTOURS & 3D LAKE BEDS Depth contours draw right on the map, with full-color depth shading and a 3D lake bed you can tilt and spin — see the drop-offs, humps, and holes before you launch. Live on Minnesota lakes today, with more states on the way. CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE HOMEWORK Weather, wind, pressure trend, water temperature, sun and moon, and major/minor feeding periods — for wherever you're standing, anywhere in the US. AI FISHING REPORT A daily report that reads the whole day for your water and your species: conditions, timing, tactics, and what to expect out there. DNR DATA IN ONE TAP Open official DNR fishing regulations, lake surveys, water quality, maps, and depth charts — no more digging through the DNR website on the shore. LOGBOOK Log species, counts, bait, and the hours you fished. Watch your season build — trips, fish, top waters — and give your guide more to work with. WHERE IT WORKS Conditions, sun and moon, water temperature, the AI guide, the daily report, and your logbook work for freshwater lakes and rivers anywhere in the United States. Lake search, DNR regs, surveys, and lake data are live in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; depth contours and 3D lake beds are live on Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, and Nebraska lakes, with more on the way. All fishing regulation, survey, water-quality, and map data linked in the app is sourced directly from each state's own public wildlife agency website — the Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota Departments of Natural Resources (or that state's equivalent Game & Fish / Game & Parks agency). GuideHour links to this publicly published data — it does not host, publish, or modify it, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any state agency. GuideHour — every hour, guided. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.2 — 2026-09-08 A large data release for Michigan and Minnesota, a much faster water search, and a long list of fixes. • Tap a lake and its actual shoreline is drawn — 7,875 Michigan waters and 4,377 Minnesota waters now have real outlines instead of a circle around the pin. • Michigan stocking data arrives: 29,200 plantings on 1,376 waters, going back to 1979. • Michigan's fish lists name real fish instead of bucket words, and species data now reaches 2,507 waters, up from 811. • Minnesota's water finder gains the abundance bar Wisconsin has — filter for the lakes that hold more of your fish than most. • Filtering and radius search are substantially faster, and the search bar now tells you when it is working. • Choosing the 25-mile radius frames the circle on the map straight away. • Logging a trip asks the questions it was missing: which lake, the exact hours, the hour the fish turned on, and which fish was your best. • The Guide and daily report now tell silt-brown water from algae-green water when recommending lure color, and cite the research. • New Disclaimers panel under Account. The AI now declines questions about ice thickness and whether it is safe to go out, pointing you to the official sources instead. Fixed • The keyboard covered the length, weight and notes fields at the end of the log-a-trip form. • The lake nearest you could be missing from the map even while it was listed in the sheet below. • Cards on a trip's page ran together. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-04 Depth maps expand from Minnesota to Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Nebraska — contour lines, depth bands, and readings on every surveyed lake in those states. • View your lake in 3D! Available in Minnesota and Michigan so far, with more states on the way. • Two new layer switches let you turn depth shading and contour lines off independently, so you can see the lake underneath. • The "you are here" dot now tracks your position smoothly and in real time — no more lag while running to your spot. • Picking a lake from search while following your location now flies the map there correctly, instead of leaving you on the old lake. • Fixed lake pins that could flicker or disappear on the map. • Report generation now shows how long it usually takes, with a Cancel button. • Assorted fixes to Wisconsin lake data, DNR survey map links, and AI Guide reliability. ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-29 A new look and feel for GuideHour with map first design. • Open the app and you're on a live map of your water. Tap any lake and conditions, fish, and DNR rules slide up right over it — no more tab maze. • NEW: depth contours, full-color depth shading, and 3D rendered lake beds. Live on Midwest lakes (where available), with more states on the way. • Filter nearby waters by the species they actually hold, depth, size, and boat landings. • Fish pages built from official survey data, with bait guidance by season. • A simpler read on conditions: weather, pressure trend, water temp, sun and moon, and major/minor feeding periods. • The 0–100 scores and the trip planner are retired — in their place, feeding windows and a guide that reads the whole day for you. ### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-11 • Lakes is now a live map — scored pins, satellite/topo basemaps, Midwest waters search. • Optionally Invite fishing partners so the Guide learns from your circle too. Don't worry, your spots stay yours. • Minor Big fixes and optimizations. ### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-09 CurrentCast is now GuideHour — new name, new look, same account. Your trips, saved lakes, and subscription carry over untouched. This is our biggest update yet. TRIP PLANNER Pick a date and a water — today, next week, or months out — and get a scored verdict plus a day-by-day outlook. Search lakes nationwide, or type a city and state to scout somewhere new. Far-out days lean on historical trends instead of live forecasts, and we always tell you when we're estimating. LOGBOOK Log species, counts, bait, and your best hour, and watch your season build: trips, fish, top hour, top waters. Every trip you log also teaches your AI guide how you fish — so it learns your good days from your bad ones, and every condition that went into them. LAKE SEARCH, NO LOCATION NEEDED Search any supported lake by name without turning on location. Now covering more than 20,000 waters across Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. MY READ A one-line take from your AI guide, right where you're looking — on conditions, a lake, a species, your planner, and your log. Plus the core you already know: hourly fishing scores, the best window to fish, species-specific conditions, one-tap DNR data, and your daily AI report. ## Related topics [trip planning fishing](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/trip-planning-fishing) · [app for fishing regulations info](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/app-for-fishing-regulations-info) · [bass fishing forecast](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/bass-fishing-forecast) · [bass fishing app](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/bass-fishing-app) --- *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 2026-09-09.*