60/ 100 points
Is the trip worth taking?
Whether the fish are there, whether the water has a history of producing, whether the season is timed right, and what the weather is about to do.
Fish availabilityCatch historyRun timingWeather
Pacific Northwest · fishing intelligenceShould you
Should you
go today?
Most fishing advice tells you where the fish are. The Fishability Index Engine tells you whether the trip is worth taking — scored 0 to 100, before you burn a tank of gas and a day off.
The scale0 — 100
0–40Wait
40–55Watch
55–70Prepare
70–85Go
85–100Outside Edge
A worked example — Potholes Reservoir · walleye · calm morning. Every score breaks down into the factors behind it, so you can see why before you load the truck.
What it weighs
A hundred points, three questions.
Every trip gets scored against the same three questions. The weights aren't arbitrary — they're the engine's actual point allocation.
25/ 100 points
Can you actually fish it?
A perfect bite you can't launch into is worth nothing. Crowding, ramp conditions, and how hard the day will be on you and the boat.
PressureLaunchabilityRetrieval
15/ 100 points
Is it worth it to you?
Your species, your drive time, your tolerance for a slog — and what you'd be giving up by picking this day over another.
PreferencesOpportunity cost
Safety comes first — always
Two things can overrule a good score outright. If the air quality is hazardous, or the conditions are genuinely dangerous, the engine returns Wait no matter how well the day scored. A 27-mile lake full of hungry smallmouth is still a no in a 35-mph gust.
Out there
Every score starts as a real day on the water.
The engine isn't a lab project. It's built from trips taken across the Columbia Basin, Puget Sound, and the coast — logged, scored, and checked against what actually happened. New videos every other week.