Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 10:29 pm
i Fishing – Simulation Game Review
i Fishing is a Simulation/Entertainment/Sports game from Chris Egerter, first launched in 23rd October 2008.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 760+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes i Fishing Stand Out
The #1 Fishing game on the App Store
Welcome to iFishing, the mobile fishing simulator by Rocking Pocket Games. This is THE MOST REALISTIC AND IN-DEPTH fishing game for the iPhone. This is not an arcade game like the other fishing games… it's a fishing simulator written by an avid fisherman.
This blows the other fishing games away in terms of realism and gameplay depth! In iFishing, location, lure, lure depth, jigging and your reeling speed makes a difference about what fish you catch. It is the only fishing game that lets you drive a boat around a lake and fish structures.
FEATURES:
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Unique Create a photo feature lets you superimpose your catch over an existing photo on your device and email it to your friends for bragging rights.
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15 unlockable lakes with 3 difficulty levels will keep you playing for a long time
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Variety of lures with different actions (jigs, topwater, spinnerbait, divers)
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Many species of freshwater fish to catch (perch, black crappie, bluegill, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye, pike, carp, catfish, and musky)
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Use the accelerometer to cast, jig, aim your lure, and fight fish.
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Exciting fish fights while keeping the line tension in check, even see them jump!
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Use the fish finder and drive your boat to seek out the best places on the lake.
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Advanced fish AI, including schooling behavior, lure preferences, and hotspots based on structure such as dropoffs, weeds, lilypads, logs and rocks.
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Practice or Tournament modes in 3 difficulties.
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See over 40 real life backdrops and different ambient sounds based on where you are in the lake.
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Trophy room to keep track of your biggest fish ever caught.
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Fishing guide gives you audible advice and encouragement!
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Multiplayer Tournaments over the internet using Game Center Matchmaking
DEVELOPER NOTES:
-To unlock more lakes you need to win cash in the tournaments. Check the lake screen to see how much cash you've earned and need to unlock the next lake.
-You can't keep fish that aren't considered sports fish, like perch or bluegills.
MORE GAMES:
For more games, visit www.RockingPocketGames.com
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, i Fishing is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd June 2022
Recent improvements include:
-Updated to play within safe area on newer devices.
-Adjusted reeling input area to reduce chance of switching apps by mistake
Download & Availability
i Fishing is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Will not let us cast no matter what we bought the salt water version and the regular version and they both wont let us cast or have any control of the pole.
This game is our first download and still have it.
Have had this for awhile now it never gets boring.
Keeps trying to switch apps when trying to increase reel speed. Would be nice if hints were easier to pull up when in tournament play. Otherwise great game have had it through several iPhones now. Keep going back to pull up the big one. To put all others to shame! Very fun.
Great way to loose track of time.
Hoping some one is paying attention. Love the game except the sound keeps going out. Wish that could be fixed to make a perfect game.
Awesomeness game just wish had more variety of fish and tackle.
Very addictive . We love the playing the multiplayer against our friends.
Great games! Challenging but not frustrating, loads of fun with great visual features and plenty of variety. Both the fresh and salt water paid games are more than worth the price. Highly recommended.
Love this game! We have a stressful and busy job leaving us little time to get to our place of therapy (the lake). This game serves as a perfect temporary escape! Plus the fishing models real-life, down to bait selection, how it moves in the water, which works with which species of fish, and where a particular species of fish can be found. We highly recommend it if you fish (or have ever fished).
Have had other fishing game apps, this one seems to have the edge on the others.
This game is fun. No, it's not "real" fishing…really? But it is fun and. Little challenging and we've paid much more for much, much less.
We really enjoy this game. We love that we can play a quick 5 min tourney to kill some time. A lot of fun.
This is the most realistic fishing game we've played….by far our favorite.
This is one of the best fishing games out there. Simple to use, challenging tournaments, and hasn't crashed on us once! Twelve stars.
Best game on the App Store love it five stars.
We like the game but it wont let us play multiplayer mode. It keeps telling us that there is a version mismatch.
Pretty doggone good. Enjoy competing with our son.
Five stars if you have the scenery change more.
Love this game! But when are they ever going to add new maps or update.
We would have given this game a five star rating but for some strange reason its crashing a lot. It never did before. Its an awesome game.
This is the best way to fish when you can't go to the lake. We love the tournaments.
Excellent. Fun and realistic how the fish fight.
We had this game years ago and just got it again for our 5. We love it but it keeps crashing here and there. PLEASE FIX.
EVERY update is over 50mb. Even the smallest updates. That's ridiculous! We don't have any other apps that consistently have updates that are that big. We've had the paid version of this game for over 4 years and yes, it's fun but… We won all the awards in all the tournaments within a month or two. They have not added any new lakes or tournaments.
Love the game but it keeps crashing, please repsir.
Game keeps crashing when selecting the third lake for either practice or tourney. Please fix and we will reset the stars to 5.
It kept crushing on us in turnaments at level three. Why is that.
Very fun game can't wait for summer to be able to do the real thing.
This app now crashes everytime we "TRY" to play it.. Plus the iPhone 5 has been out for a while now when is an update going to occur to fit tha new ios6 operating system.. GEEEZ.
We're no longer able to update!!It keeps saying it's installing but never does. We're going to delete it if we can.
Fun realistic fishing for walleye, muskies, pike, largemouth, smallmouth, rock bass, sheephead, catfish, bluegill, and perch.
Greatest game to hit the iPhone.
We can fish forever on this app even when we can't hit the pond we can fish on our iPhone.
Love this app we can fish all day!!!!!!! Our buddy and we have tournaments, hours of fun.
Keeps us fishing when we can't be on the water.
Been using this app for a long time and still loving it.
This game is definitely awesome!!! The only thing we would add, is a pre-fishing segment, so you can kinda relate it to real life where you have to find your spots the day before, and then fish them in the tournament the day after. Other than that, great game.
Kids love it got ours first when it was free never had a problem.
Good game to play when you're bored at work.
Great game alotta fun though it'd be even better if u were able to get more lures and diff rods somehow. Perhaps by using the tournament winnings to upgrade ur gear n tackle selection.
Great game but would be better if the money you win gets you better tackle.
The game works now because if the Update.
We bought the lite version and our son asked us to install it on his ipad and we bought the full version and it starts up and everything but it wont let him go fishing or anything. It only loads the front page. And we didnt buy the HD one we bought the one for the ipod/ipad.
Ever since last update it shuts down as soon as we get a fish up to the boat. Love the game so please fix.
This used to be a fun game. Not sure if it is do to some sort of update or what, but now in a tournament, once you get the fish to the boat, the app crashes. Not sure what broke, but please fix. How can you progress in a tourney if you can't get the fish in the boat.
Worked great before. Now after updating nothing works. Please fix.
DONT BUY THIS APP IT DOES NOT WORK we PAID 6BUCKS FOR TWO APPS THE SAME ONE THAT DON'T WORK!!!! We want our money back.
It was a good app and we paid money for it. Make sure it works first before you go selling it to people!!! Good app people if it works?? Hurry up and fix it, we want to go fishing.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 6.3
- Size: 120.13 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Chris Egerter
Last updated: 2nd June 2022 | Genre: Simulation, Entertainment | Developer: Chris Egerter