StrikeIQ Field Notes
Fishing knowledge built for real sessions
Practical reads on Bite Maps, tides, weather, species movement, gear choices and better trip planning.
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From Guesswork to a Game Plan: How StrikeIQ Live and Depth View Change the Way You Fish
Fishing rarely comes down to a single piece of information. The difference between a slow day and a productive one is often the quality of a series of small decisions: which stretch of water to try, where the bottom changes, how deep to work a lure, what colour and profile to choose, and when to change tactics.
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Beneath the BiteMap How StrikeIQ builds Puget Sound’s fishing heatmaps
Puget Sound’s underwater landscape is a network of deep basins, narrow passages, shelves and steep edges. A kelp-fringed shoreline and a channel only a short distance away can present very different opportunities. The surface tells only part of the story. StrikeIQ’s Puget Sound BiteMap brings that underwater landscape together with habitat records, surface and bottom ocean forecasts, and regional species profiles. The result is a changing assessment of where the available evidence points to stronger fishing opportunities for your chosen target.
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Beneath the BiteMap How StrikeIQ builds Tampa Bay’s fishing heatmaps
A grass edge, a mangrove shoreline and a channel shoulder can sit close together in Tampa Bay and offer very different fishing opportunities. Add changing water levels, current, temperature and the species you are targeting, and the picture becomes more interesting still. StrikeIQ’s BiteMap brings those layers together. Its Tampa forecasts combine mapped underwater terrain and habitat with environmental forecasts and species-specific rules, helping you choose where to investigate and when. The detail comes from connecting the shape of the bay to the conditions moving through it.
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Beneath the BiteMap: How StrikeIQ Builds Galveston’s Fishing Heatmaps.
A shallow flat, a channel edge and the mouth of a bay can be close together on a map yet offer very different fishing. Change the tide, the water temperature or the species you are targeting, and the most promising option can change again. StrikeIQ brings those relationships together in Galveston Bay’s BiteMap. We combine seabed mapping, regional habitat information, ocean forecasts and species-specific modelling to help anglers decide where to focus and when to fish. The result is a changing picture of fishing opportunity built around the water beneath you and the conditions around it. Here is what goes into that picture.
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Lure Match: Why the Right Lure and Retrieve Catch More Fish
Most anglers have had the same frustrating session. You know fish are there. The tide looks good. The spot looks right. You might even see bait, boils, follows or fish on the sounder. But no matter how many casts you make, nothing commits. Often, the problem is not the location. It is the match.
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How StrikeIQ Predicts Fishing Hotspots
Fishing apps can easily show a map. The harder job is showing a map that actually helps anglers make better decisions. That is what StrikeIQ is built to do.
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Soft Plastics Fishing Guide: Types, Jigheads, Weights and Species
Soft plastics are one of the most versatile lure styles an angler can use. They can imitate baitfish, prawns, worms, crabs and injured prey, and they can be fished shallow, deep, fast, slow, around structure or along the bottom.
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When Is the Best Time to Fish on the Gold Coast?
Most anglers know the feeling. You finally get a few spare hours, grab the gear, get to the water… and nothing happens.
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Why Scent Matters: Using S-Factor to Catch More Fish
Most anglers think about lure colour, size, action, tide, wind, structure and time of day. Those things matter, but there is one factor many people still treat as optional: scent.
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