Do You Have the Fishes of Montana App on Your Phone? What is it and How Does it Work? Learn About it and a Whole Lot More from Christopher Guy, Ph.D.
This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Dr. Christopher Guy, Assistant Leader of the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Affiliate Professor at Montana State University. Chris is one of the creators of the Fishes of Montana App. This is a great App that everyone who loves to fish or just wants to learn more about the fish we have in Montana should have on their phone. It truly is a wealth of information, and the best part is it is super user friendly and describes the fish in normal language and not science speak. No this isn’t your daddy’s Field Guide by any stretch! Don’t get us wrong if you want to get into the technical jargon the app has that too but for most anglers, we just want to have up to date info that can quickly help us out when we reel in something and wonder “what the heck did I just catch?”. Yeah, when you click here and listen to the Podcast you will hear Dr. Guy give a step-by-step example of how to quickly identify any fish in Montana. Another cool thing is it can help you find where a species of fish that you are looking for can be found in all the lakes and rivers it swims in Montana! Once you start using it you will have it at the top of your Apps list on your phone. SPOILER ALERT: when you click here you will also learn that the app is totally free to anyone that wants to download it and use it. Now how the heck did Chris and his fellow App developers pull that off? Well, just click here and listen and you’ll learn all about that and who else was on the App development team. Rigger did not stop at just finding out about the Fishes of Montana App. He also asked Dr. Guy a bit about his 30+ years of research that he has been doing on the fish in our great State! He really knows his stuff when it comes to fish in the Big Sky Country! One interesting question that Rigger asked Chis was what his favorite fish is to catch. His answer will likely surprise you, it sure surprised Rigger, he was kind of thinking it would be one of Montana’s famous trout but he was not even remotely close! Another super interesting thing you will learn when you click here and listen, is of all the fish that Dr. Guy has come across in Montana during his 30+ years of research is the fish that he has found to be the most interesting. What do think it is? You guessed it…click here to listen and find out!
Links
- Click here to learn more about Dr. Christopher Guy.
- Click here to download the Fishes of Montana App for your iPhone or other IOS device.
- Click here to download the Fishes of Montana App for your Android device.
- The FWP has an interesting video about the App as well which also features Chris in it along with others that were involved with developing the APP. Click here to watch that.
