Mode 01 · Claim check · optional side check
State the conditions you fish, then see whether the claim was ever tested in anything like them. Where a spec sheet does not say what it was tested in, this says so rather than filling the gap in for it. Not a buying guide, and not a step in the trip.
What the claim leaves out
Naming more conditions makes the check narrower, not more certain. Conditions never become bite scores, hotspots or catch guarantees, and nothing here tells you what to buy. Local-only by default.
01Device & claim
Catalog 49 devices across 18 maker groups, each with cost of ownership and technique fit. Condition envelopes densify field tests without ever becoming bite scores.
Your job shapes priorities, checklists, and which findings rise first. Nothing is required — but a job makes the check smarter.
01bThe conditions you fish · optional
Conditions densify field tests and risk notes. They never become bite scores, hotspots or catch forecasts. Named public stations only; no coordinates.
Timing context only.
Timing context only.
Label only — no GPS.
Paste a third-party rating. It is calendar math — not a field measurement. Rig Signal records it and will not score it.
As written by the other app — we do not score it
01cThe unit and the sentence
49 devices on record. Loading one seeds every field below — then you correct it.
What the maker says it does — paste it, or paraphrase it honestly.
Comma-separated, for anything not listed above.
02Evidence records
Each record stays on this device. Recording a source does not independently verify it — it only means you looked.
No evidence yet. Nothing will be treated as proven.
—Privacy & export reminders
Ten questions that decide whether a claim can be treated as documented at all. If you cannot answer them, Rig Signal will not either.
A measurement names a physical quantity, units, method, and limits. Marketing names benefits — catch more, never miss, perfect. Only measurement belongs in evidence supports.
If account, cloud, location or retention is unclear, Rig Signal will not treat the claim as documented-usable. Convenience features never override privacy uncertainty.
Fish icons and Fish ID modes simplify acoustic or model outputs. They are interpretation layers unless an independent method establishes species performance — and even then, not legal ID.
0–100 evidence completeness measures documentation coverage you entered. It is not battery life, not accuracy, and not how much you will enjoy the device.
Write what a human and a simple instrument would record before trusting automation. If the device cannot beat or match that baseline under stated limits, it is noise.
Bite detection, species ID, fight class, catch prediction, absolute guarantees and AI inference require independent evidence that specifically supports those words — or a rewrite.
Firmware, apps and privacy policies change. Sources older than a year force a stale state until you re-open them and update the information-check date.
On an ice flasher or digital ice sonar, color / TrueColor is return strength at a depth, not a species. Maker Target ID and target separation are echo-size thresholds. Cone angle, gain, interference rejection, hole diameter, and battery voltage decide what you see. Camera video is observation only. Vision live sonar and MarCum Ultra Live 360 are different instruments.
Ready integration requires documented-usable state plus a real export you can open outside the maker app. Everything else is manual bridge or not ready.
—Teaching claims
Use any set as a first-run walkthrough. These are teaching claims only — not validated device events, and not fishing advice.
Handheld thermometer
Maker says accurate to ±0.5°F after recent calibration — under stated conditions.
Bounded manufacturer documentation, local privacy, commercial maturity. Still one time, one reading — run the field checklist under your water temp band.
Live / forward-facing sonar (family)
Marketing claims live sonar lets you see every fish, ID species, and never miss — ladder rewrite required.
Species and catch language has no independent support, and the account requirement fails closed before that. Live acoustic imaging stays an interpretation layer until someone publishes a test.
Networked chartplotter / sonar family
Charts and advanced mapping features require a recurring subscription — confirm what freezes when it lapses.
Fails closed until account and subscription defaults are mapped. Cost of ownership has to price the stack, not the glass.
Older console family
Information check date is more than a year old.
Refresh sources and the information-check date before trusting the claim.
FL / FLX-series flasher (family)
Depth and return intensity as color bands. Color is signal strength, not species.
Bounded manufacturer language, clear local privacy, offline core. Still one hole, one pack — run the ice-flasher checklist under cold soak. Inclusion is not validation.
FL / FLX-series flasher (family)
Marketing reads the red band as a walleye and Target ID as species — rewrite required.
Color bands are intensity. Maker Target ID is an echo-size threshold. Privacy can stay local-only and the claim still fails as species language.
LX-series digital ice sonar (family)
Depth and return intensity on a digital ice display. Color is signal strength, not species. Camera is observation.
Bounded manufacturer language, clear local privacy, offline core. Camera combos stay observation. Still one hole, one pack — run the ice-flasher checklist under cold soak. Inclusion is not validation.
M-series TrueColor flasher (family)
Marketing reads TrueColor as a walleye and target separation as species — rewrite required.
TrueColor is intensity. Maker target separation is an echo-size threshold. Privacy can stay local-only and the claim still fails as species language.
Readout · nothing assumed without evidence
Nothing appears here until you run a check.
Declare what you know, record what you actually read, and the instrument will tell you what it can support — and leave the rest unproven.
Nothing checked yet. Add information to begin.
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