Guest app · Sydney Lake
A free app for your phone with the lake map, GPS, your catch log, group tournaments and an SOS button. Add it to your home screen before you fly in, and it works on the lake with no signal.
Free
no account, no app store
Open it in your phone’s browser and add it to your home screen.
No signal
needed on the lake
Once it’s installed, the map, GPS and catch log work offline.
SOS
with your GPS position
Writes a text to camp you can send by cell or satellite messaging.
Group cup
tournaments for your group
Share a code, log your fish and get an alert when someone lands one.
Install it in a minute
There’s nothing to download from an app store. Open the app in your phone’s browser, add it to your home screen, and it opens from its own icon like any other app. Do it at home or on camp Wi-Fi, before you head out on the lake.
sydney-lake-app.web.app
On a computer? Scan this with your phone’s camera.
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Open the app on your phone
Scan the code, or type sydney-lake-app.web.app into your phone’s browser. On an iPhone, use Safari.
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Add it to your home screen
iPhone: tap the Share button (a square with an arrow) at the bottom of Safari. Don’t see it? Tap the ••• button at the bottom right, then Share. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen (tap View More if it isn’t listed), make sure Open as Web App is on, then tap Add. Android: tap Install when Chrome asks, or open Chrome’s ⋮ menu and tap Install app.
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Open it from the icon
From now on, open the app from the gold walleye icon. It runs full screen and saves the lake map on your phone, so it works with no signal.
What’s in the app
Lake map. Sydney, Kilburn and the portage lakes with depths, fishing spots, rocks to watch for and boat times from camp. Your GPS position shows on the map, even with no signal.
Catch log and tournaments. Log each fish with its length, species and spot. Start a tournament for your group, share the code, and everyone gets an alert when someone logs a fish. Catches sync when your phones are on camp Wi-Fi or have signal.
Going-out plan and SOS. Before you leave the dock, tell the app where you’re headed and when you’ll be back, and it reminds you to head in. If you need help, hold the red SOS button: it writes a text to camp with your GPS position and your plan, ready to send.
See the lake map →FAQ
No. It’s free, and you don’t need an account or a sign-up to use it.
No, and you don’t need it to be. Open sydney-lake-app.web.app in your phone’s browser and add it to your home screen. After that it opens from its own icon, full screen, like any other app.
Yes, once it’s on your home screen. Open it once at home or on camp Wi-Fi so it saves the map. After that the map, your GPS position and your catch log all work on the lake with no signal.
Hold the red SOS button for about two seconds. The app finds your GPS position and writes a text to camp at 1-780-660-7171 with where you are and your going-out plan. Send it by cell, or by satellite messaging if your phone has it. If you’re in a tournament, the rest of your group gets an alert too once their phones sync.
Before you leave the dock, tell the app which part of the lake you’re heading to and when you’ll be back. It reminds you when it’s time to head in, and it adds your plan to any SOS text so camp knows where to look.
One person starts a tournament and shares its code with the group. Everyone joins with the code and logs their fish. When phones are on camp Wi-Fi or have signal, the catches sync, the leaderboard updates and everyone gets an alert.
Your catch log stays on your phone. Fish you log in a tournament are shared only with people who have that tournament’s code.
Before you fly in
Add the app at home, where the signal is good, and open it once so it saves the map. Then it’s ready on the dock, in the boat and on the portage trails. Questions about it? Text me at 1-780-660-7171. — Jeb
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