Which lakes does Anglers Edge cover?

Anglers Edge covers lakes across Canada and the United States: 70 today, spanning Ontario from Muskoka and the Kawarthas to Temagami and the Northwest, plus Quebec's Eastern Townships, Laurentians and Lanaudière. New provinces and states are added every month; every lake has its own page at anglersedge.fishing/lakes.

What data does the app collect?

Nothing. There is no account. Location is used on the phone to show your position on the map and never leaves the device.

Will features be paywalled later?

No. Nothing that is free today will ever move behind a paywall. Any paid extras would only ever be things that did not exist before.

Anglers Edge — Offline Fishing Maps for Lakes Across Canada & the US

Why Anglers Edge

Every other app shows you a map. This one gives you an answer.

Depth charts leave the hard part to you: reading structure, wind, season and temperature together to decide where fish hold today. Anglers Edge does that reading — and then shows its work.

Scores, not just charts

An eleven-factor model rates every square of the lake for your species, season, date, wind and pressure, then ranks the best spots.

Shows its work

Tap any spot for a plain-language breakdown: which factors drove the score and by how much. No black box, ever.

Works where the fish are

Maps, structure layers and the model ship inside the app. Zero signal, zero problem — it runs entirely on your phone.

How it scores a lake

Eleven things a great angler reads at once.

Each factor is weighted for the species and the season. Hard rules come first: unsurveyed water scores zero rather than guessing, and water below the oxygen limit is out.

Depth bandthe range they hold at right now

Breaks & ledgessteep drops fish travel along

Humpsunderwater hills — ambush points

Saddleslow crossings between humps

Pointsstructure jutting into the lake

Inside turnsbends in the contour that gather fish

Flatseven feeding shelves

Wind fetchwhere today's wind pushes bait

Bottom typerock, sand, muck or weed — satellite-measured where we can

Lightdawn, dusk and shade

Thermoclinethe temperature layer, modelled per lake

Anglers Edge spot breakdown: a 0.76 Excellent score with depth, hump, break and point factors explained

Anglers Edge lake switcher listing lakes by province and state with survey-grade data badges

Honest by design

We tell you what we know — and what we don't.

Bad data costs you a day on the water. So the app never pretends.

Unsurveyed water is marked, never guessed.
Measured versus inferred data is labelled everywhere.
Every lake publishes its survey year, sounding count and measured model error.
Your own sonar logs can improve your map — and are credited back to you.
Analysis only, not a navigation aid. It says so, in the app.

Pricing

Free stays free. We only ever sell more.

You've seen what happens when a fishing app locks the good stuff behind a monthly fee. We're not doing that — and we've written it down.

$0forever

Everything the app does, free.

The full scoring engine and every breakdown
19 bundled lakes, more downloadable
GPS, tracks and waypoints
One-tap catch log
48-hour bite window
No account. No ads. No tracking.

Want more water? Province & state packs unlock every lake we've mapped there — one-time, and you own it.

For brands, lodges & guides

Partners pay. Anglers don't.

The lure that works at this spot, in these conditions — labelled, useful, optional
Lodges and guides get packs of their own water to hand to guests
Never your data. Never required.

Talk to us

"Nothing that is free today will ever move behind a paywall."

Compare

Everyone has maps. Nobody has the answer.

	Anglers Edge	Fishbrain	Navionics	onX Fish
Scores spots with a model	Yes	Paid tier	No	No
Explains why	Yes	No	No	No
Works fully offline	Yes	No	Paid tier	Yes
Canadian lakes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No
No account required	Yes	No	No	No
Core features free	Yes	No	No	No
Price	Free · one-time province packs	$10–13 / month	~$50 / year	$35 / year

Questions

Straight answers.

Does it really work with no signal?

Yes. The lake maps, structure layers and the scoring model are all inside the app. The only things that need a connection are optional live weather and the 48-hour forecast — and the app tells you plainly when they're unavailable.

Which lakes?

Anglers Edge is a North American app: 19 lakes are built in, with 51 more downloadable free inside the app — 70 today across Ontario and Quebec, with lakes across the rest of Canada and the United States being built now, from Muskoka to Temagami — and packs are being built for the rest of Canada and the United States. Missing yours? Request it from inside the app.

Is it a navigation app?

No. Anglers Edge is an analysis tool. It never routes you anywhere and the source bathymetry is not navigation-grade. Carry official charts.

What do you collect about me?

Nothing. There's no account. Your location is used on your phone to show your position on the map and never leaves it. Waypoints and catches are stored on the device.

Will you paywall features later?

No. Nothing that is free today will ever move behind a paywall. If we ever add paid extras, they will only ever be things that didn't exist before.

Where to fish today —
and why.

Three casts each. Who read the lake better?