Last updated: 30 July 2026.
FishRadar publishes fishing forecasts, water conditions, species information and fishing regulations. Some of that is model output, some of it is written by a person, and some of it is law. This page states which is which, how each is produced, and how to get an error fixed.
FishRadar is built and operated by Linkanlabs. Contact for corrections, data disputes and press: [email protected].
Forecast scores and live conditions (the 0–100 numbers, /fishing/...). Generated automatically, daily, from live ocean and weather model data and satellite products. No person writes or reviews an individual spot score. The inputs and weightings are described on our methodology page. Automation is disclosed on the pages themselves because a reader is entitled to know how a number was produced.
Tide tables (/tides/...). Astronomical tide predictions published by NOAA CO-OPS, a US government source, reproduced with the station identity and its distance from the named town stated on each page. Predictions are astronomical: real water levels shift with wind, pressure and river flow, which each page says.
Guides and explainers (/learn/...). Written by a person, not generated. They are general fishing and fishing-science guidance, reviewed when the underlying science or our data changes.
Fishing regulations and licence information (/fishing/regulations/...). Compiled by hand from official government and fisheries-agency sources. Every rule carries the source it came from and the date it was verified. Where coverage is partial, the page says so rather than implying completeness. Where a species is totally protected, that is rendered as a prohibition — never as a size limit.
Translations. The site publishes in 17 languages. Interface strings and guides are machine-translated and then reviewed for the languages where we have a reviewer; Turkish is hand-written. A translated page carries the same data as the English one.
A conditions forecast is a statement about water and weather, not a prediction that you will catch fish. Our own methodology page states the model's limits, and the guides repeat them where it matters. If you find a page that overclaims, that is a defect and we want to hear about it.
Regulations carry a harder warning. Fishing law changes, sometimes mid-season, and it varies by jurisdiction and often by individual water. Everything we publish about seasons, sizes, bag limits and licences is a convenience summary of an official source, not legal advice, and you remain responsible for checking the current rule with the authority named on the page before you fish or keep a fish. See also our regulations disclaimer.
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What happens next. We aim to acknowledge reports within a few working days. Reports that affect legality or safety — a wrong bag limit, a species shown as keepable when it is protected, a wrong closed season — are treated as urgent and take priority over everything else, including feature work. When we correct a substantive error on a page, we update the "last verified" date on it, and we fix the underlying data source so the same error cannot regenerate on the next build.
If we get something wrong at scale, we will say so. This site has previously published incorrect regulation figures and cross-jurisdiction data errors, found them in audit, and fixed them; the practice is to correct the pipeline and not just the visible page.
FishRadar earns money from app subscriptions. It does not sell advertising, sponsored spot placements or paid links, and no location or business pays to appear or to rank on this site. Where the site links to an external commercial page, it is because it is the official source for something we cite — most often a government fisheries agency.