# Elevated Fishing

> Elevated Fishing is an Android fishing-log app for US anglers. Snap a photo of a fish; on-device AI identifies the species across 639 possibilities, and GPS, weather, moon phase, barometric pressure, and water-body name auto-fill in the background. The whole flow takes about 5 seconds. No account, no cloud sync, no analytics SDKs — all catch data lives in local SQLite on the device. Built solo by Scott McCarthy under SM Consulting LLC in North Dakota. Now live and publicly available on Google Play.

Key facts at a glance:

- Platform: Android only at launch (codebase supports iOS, macOS, and Windows but no shipping artifacts on those platforms)
- Pricing: First 10 catches free, then $2.99/month or $29.99/year (~16% annual savings)
- AI pipeline: 3-stage on-device — Fishial YOLO detection → FPN ResNet18 segmentation → BEiT v2 Vision Transformer classifier across 639 species, plus 5 rerankers (geographic plausibility, common-species priority, water-type, family aggregation, confusion-pair hints) and honest confidence calibration. Runs entirely on-device with no internet required
- Privacy posture: Zero analytics SDKs in the app — no Firebase, no Mixpanel, no Sentry, no Crashlytics, no Google Analytics. Verifiable in the project's package list. No account, no cloud sync, no telemetry, no ads. The only network calls are anonymous: National Weather Service (US weather), OpenStreetMap Overpass (water-body lookup), Esri map tiles, Google Play Billing. (The marketing website at elevatedfishing.app uses GoatCounter — a cookieless, privacy-friendly analytics tool that stores no personal data; the app itself contains no analytics.)
- Tech stack: .NET MAUI on .NET 10, SQLite, ONNX Runtime 1.24, SkiaSharp, Leaflet.js
- Geographic scope: US only operationally (uses US National Weather Service and US state fish records)
- Founder: Scott McCarthy, SM Consulting LLC, North Dakota
- Differentiators vs. Fishbrain / Fishidy / ANGLR / FishVerify: 5-second logging flow, on-device AI (not cloud-based), no account required, no cloud sync, GPS-stripped Brag Card sharing, US state-record alerts at 95% threshold, $29.99/year is roughly 60% cheaper than Fishbrain Pro's $74.99/year

Feature highlights:

- AI fish identification across 639 species, on-device, with honest confidence scoring
- 5-second logging flow with auto-captured GPS, weather, moon phase, barometric pressure, and water-body name
- Photo-based fish measurement using a reference object
- Hourly bite-time heatmaps, weather correlation, moon-phase patterns, seasonal trends
- Personal bests per species with sortable filters
- Interactive maps (Leaflet.js) with satellite, street, and topographic styles, no API fees or usage limits
- US state-record alerts when within 95% of a record fish
- Brag Cards: 1080×1920 PNG with photo, stats, and conditions, GPS coordinates deliberately stripped so secret spots stay secret
- Friend's Fish mode: log a buddy's catch under their name without polluting personal-best stats
- Backup and restore as a single ZIP file the user controls
- 4 themes: Light, Dark, System, and Outdoor (high-contrast palette tuned for water glare on the boat)
- Retention loop: a date-seeded daily fishing tip, a weekly momentum chip (catch streak / activity), and celebration moments when you land a new personal best, a new species, or a milestone catch
- Subscribe anytime: a "Go Premium" option in Settings and a dashboard prompt let anglers upgrade whenever they want, not only after the 10 free catches

## Product

- [Homepage](https://elevatedfishing.app/): Landing page with feature overview, founder story, and 10-question FAQ
- [Features](https://elevatedfishing.app/features): Full tour of every feature in the app
- [AI Fish ID](https://elevatedfishing.app/ai-fish-id): How the on-device 639-species AI identification pipeline works
- [Privacy-First Fishing App](https://elevatedfishing.app/privacy-first-fishing-app): The no-account, no-cloud, no-tracking design explained
- [North Dakota Fishing Log App](https://elevatedfishing.app/north-dakota-fishing-log-app): Local angle for North Dakota anglers
- [Elevated Fishing vs Fishbrain](https://elevatedfishing.app/vs-fishbrain): Factual comparison for anglers seeking a private, offline alternative
- [Field Notes (Blog)](https://elevatedfishing.app/blog): Answer-first articles on offline/private fishing apps plus the founder's story
- [Privacy Policy](https://elevatedfishing.app/privacy): Privacy practices and data-handling policy
- [Terms of Service](https://elevatedfishing.app/terms): Terms of service
- [Google Play Listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elevatedfishing.app): App download page (live and publicly available)

## Optional

- [Source Repository](https://github.com/TundraSkiBum/ElevatedFishing): App source code (.NET MAUI on .NET 10)
- [Contact](mailto:info@elevatedfishing.app): Email the founder directly