Premium Membership
Free membership is open right now and always will be, no credit card needed. The paid plans below are not built yet, so there is no way to buy one and no payment is being collected anywhere on this site. This page is here so you can see exactly what is planned and what it will cost when it opens.
If a plan below interests you, leave your name at the bottom and we will tell you the day it actually opens. That is the only thing this page asks of you.
Priced from what it actually costs FFN to run, plus a fair margin, not copied from what other fishing apps charge.
Up to two adults and every child living in the household. Not defined as a mother and a father. That covers a mother and father completely, and it also covers a single parent working two jobs, a grandmother raising her grandkids, an aunt, a foster family, or anyone else standing in as the grown-up in a kid's life. Nobody has to read this page and wonder if they qualify.
The Family Plan, Worked Out
| Situation | Cost |
|---|---|
| Two adults, two kids, buying Premium individually today (4 × $7.99) | $31.96/mo |
| Same household on the Family plan | $14.99/mo: saves $16.97/mo, or $203/yr |
| Same household, one child matched to a mentor | $24.99/mo |
| A second child matched to a mentor | +$9.99/mo |
Premium, In Full
Sixteen real reasons to upgrade, on top of everything already free. Not built yet. This is the roadmap for the next real build, once accounts and login exist.
Ask it anything. What is biting, what to tie on, how to read the water.
Depth, structure, and conditions beyond the free basics.
Real NOAA/USGS data, run through the AI assistant.
Every record you have set, all in one place.
Your own notes, kept private, trip by trip.
What worked, where, and under what conditions, searchable later.
Pick a date, get weather and condition suggestions.
Family, church, or crew circles, not just one public feed.
Gear talk, tips, and general fishing chat. Public posts only, same safety rules as everywhere else. No private messaging, ever.
Facebook-style posts like "heading out later" or "got skunked." A place name you type in yourself, never your GPS location.
Tied to your skill tier: Goober, Club Member, Semi-Pro, Pro.
A cosmetic badge or title tied to your skill tier.
Post a question, a real mentor answers it publicly. Premium revenue tied directly to the mentoring mission.
A shareable summary of your whole season.
The best of the fishing & outdoor jokes bank, pushed straight to you first.
Free membership opens the first 15. Premium unlocks the other 49, one new one a week from the day you subscribe, not all at once.
Pre-fills your Community Fishing Day permission slips automatically, so no retyping emergency contacts or medical info every time. The permission slip itself is always free for every family; this just saves you time if you come back often.
Same safety rules apply everywhere on FFN, free or Premium: no home location or GPS is ever shown publicly, and a "report a post" button is on every feed from day one.
Where Your Money Goes
Published in rounded shares, not exact dollar figures. This is the same honesty standard as the giving pledge: real, but not an open ledger.
Mentoring, In Detail
| Fee | Who pays | What it actually covers |
|---|---|---|
| Mentor signup, $20–25 | The volunteer, once | Processing the application. Not the background check itself. |
| Mentoring membership, $13.99/mo (or bundled into Family + Mentoring, $24.99/mo) | The parent, monthly | The shared pool: matching, oversight, and rechecks for every mentor in the program, on Pennsylvania's clearance renewal cycle. |
| The background check itself | Funded by the pool above | Runs on every mentor who applies, regardless of any one family's payment status that month. |
Get Started
FFN's payment system is still being built. Leave your information here and we will reach out the moment premium and mentoring are ready to activate. No charge today.