Revolutionary App Calculates Best Fishing Days and Times Based on Science of Bass Feeding Behavior

BassForecast, the all-in-one planning tool to maximize bass fishing trips, now available for Android users

 

Arlington, TX – Monday, July 11, 2016. BassForecast, a mobile app custom designed for bass anglers to forecast bass feeding behavior, has launched in the Google Play store for Android devices. BassForecast launched for iOS devices in the Apple App Store in April 2016, where it is the fastest-growing, highest-rated app for bass anglers.

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 gives anglers all the information they need to assess bass fishing conditions.

“It was rewarding to work with one of the world’s most respected companies to build a product for bass anglers that provides all the relevant data in one convenient place and in a format that’s 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 user’s current GPS position or location of choice for 10 days in advance and automatically adjusts for changing forecasts 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.”

To learn more about BassForecast, please visit www.bassforecast.com, or follow @BassForecast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About BassForecast
Founded in 2016, BassForecast, LLC, is a Texas-based company dedicated to providing bass anglers the best, scientifically validated data related to bass feeding behavior so they can make the most out of their time on the water with an easy-to-use tool. The BassForecast app is available to download for iOS in the Apple App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store. Learn more at www.bassforecast.com.

About AccuWeather, Inc. and AccuWeather.com
Every day, more than 1.5 billion people worldwide rely on AccuWeather to help them plan their lives, protect their businesses and get more from their day. AccuWeather provides hourly and Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy™ with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smartphones, tablets, free wired and mobile Internet sites, connected TVs, and Internet appliances, as well as via radio, television and newspapers. It was established in 1962 by Dr. Joel N. Myers.