Great fishing app for finding new water
I’ve been using onWater to find new places to fish and plan trips closer to home. The maps make it easy to check access, public and private land, water conditions, and save spots before heading out. I especially like having streamflows, weather, and offline maps all in one place. Really useful for both quick after-work missions and bigger fishing trips.
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There is no free version
Upgrades should be paid, but can't even get basic info on a fishing spot for free.
Overpriced AI Slop
Former pro member here. You know the anglers that blow ludicrous amounts of money on flashy gear that doesn’t actually work very well and they’re insanely proud of it? Those are the people running OnWater. Their massive push to make everything revolve around AI shows that they give zero F’s about protecting fisheries or for local fly and tackle shops. On top of that, for $90/year you can access satellite imagery that’s more grainy and out of date than what you can get for free on Google Maps. They’re also really trying to push the integration of social media aspects into the app, which raises serious concerns about whether points you save are actually private or if it’s available for every angler that wants to use barbed treble hooks to snag trout in your favorite hole. Do yourselves a favor. Go to the search bar, type in TroutRoutes, download it, buy the one state annual membership for 1/5 of the cost, and know you won’t have AI slop popping up every 2 seconds when you’re trying to digitally scout fishing spots.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the detailed feedback, and for having been a Pro member. A few quick responses: our AI features are meant to speed up scouting, not replace local knowledge or shop relationships and we're always working to make that balance better based on feedback like this. Regarding satellite imagery, resolution and recency varies by region but we're actively improving coverage. And to be clear, your saved waypoints, journal entries, and routes are private - nothing you save is shared or visible to other anglers unless you explicitly choose to share it. We'd genuinely like to understand more about what's not working for you; feel free to reach out at support@onwaterapp.com so we can dig in!
Overpriced AI Slop
Former pro member here. You know the anglers that blow ludicrous amounts of money on flashy gear that doesn’t actually work very well and they’re insanely proud of it? Those are the people running OnWater. Their massive push to make everything revolve around AI shows that they give zero F’s about protecting fisheries or for local fly and tackle shops. On top of that, for $90/year you can access to satellite imagery that’s more grainy and out of date than what you can get for free on Google Maps. They’re also really trying to push the integration of social media aspects into the app, which raises serious concerns about whether points you save are actually private or if it’s available for every angler that wants to use barbed treble hooks to snag trout in your favorite hole. Do yourselves a favor. Go to the search bar, type in TroutRoutes, download it, buy the one state annual membership for 1/5 of the cost, and know you want have AI slop popping up every 2 seconds when you’re trying to digitally scout fishing spots.
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Free flow data from the government put behind a paywall
Trash app money grab
