(Provided by BassForecast)
BassForecast, a mobile app custom designed for bass anglers to forecast bass feeding behavior, has launched in the Google Play store for Android devices. It became available for for iOS devices in the Apple App Store in April 2016.New BassForecast App based on science and feeding behavior.
Unlike other fishing apps, BassForecast targets only bass, which prefer different water temperatures and environmental conditions than other freshwater species do. Powered by AccuWeather®, USPrimetimes and WeatherBank, BassForecast uses all relevant past, current and forecast environmental factors that affect bass feeding behavior to produce a BassForecast Rating (BFR) from 1 (least active) to 10 (most active) for each day over the next 10 days for any location in North America.
Mike Mehlmann, founder of BassForecast LLC, worked with AccuWeather® over a period of 18 months to develop a user-friendly tool that gave anglers all the information they needed to assess bass fishing conditions.
It was rewarding to work with one of the worlds most respected companies to build a product for bass anglers that provides all the relevant data in one convenient place and in a format thats easy to understand, Mehlmann said.
BassForecast developed its proprietary formula, the BassForecast Rating (BFR), using temperature transfer reports from water engineers and bass feeding behavior research reports from fishery biologists.
The water column takes time to adjust to the air temperature, Mehlmann said. Our algorithm targets the ideal water temperature range for peak largemouth bass metabolism using past actual and future forecast temperatures and applying our time lag data.
The BFR also adjusts for seasonal hours of daylight, wind speed and direction, moon phases, peak feeding periods and sky conditions. It even takes into account atmospheric frontal conditions because bass feed more actively during a rapidly falling barometer and less actively during a rapidly rising barometer, Mehlmann explained.
The BFR is calculated at the users current GPS or location of choice for 10 days in advance and automatically adjusts for changing forecast each time the app is opened. It even provides users alerts 10 days in advance when a good day is identified, so they can plan to get out on the water.
The BFR helps anglers pick the best days in the upcoming 10 that give them the best odds to have a great day of catching bass, Mehlmann said. On the other hand, users who are going to fish on a low-rated day receive the critical information on what times that day are more likely to be productive so they can adjust their schedule, patterns or presentations.
The three-day forecast is free. To get a 10-day its $30 a year. To learn more about BassForecast, please visit www.bassforecast.com.