CA Hunt & Fish Guide — version 2.3, effective September 16, 2026
CA Hunt & Fish Guide (the "App") is published by Antonio Esquivel, an individual ("the Developer"). The App is an independent, unofficial reference. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the Fish and Game Commission, or the State of California.
IN SHORT. Here is what this document does, in plain words, before the detail. This App is unofficial, and the State's own published regulations are the only legal authority. Every value in the App is a quotation or summary of a named source with the date it was checked — never a promise that the value is correct or in force today. The maps are a reference drawing, not a navigation device, and the App never tells you that you may hunt, fish, dive, or take anything anywhere. Section 8 is a release of legal claims against the Developer and section 10 limits what the Developer can be made to pay; read both before you agree. Section 14 covers the subscription and how to cancel it. Sections 15 to 20 cover disputes: there is no arbitration clause, no class-action waiver and no jury-trial waiver in this document, and your right to go to small claims court is preserved. These terms apply to your use of the App from the moment you accept them onward — they do not reach back over anything that happened before. Nothing here takes away a right California law says you cannot give up.
1. INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. The App summarizes and reproduces hunting and fishing regulations, seasons, fees, and related information from official public sources. The App is not legal advice. The California Code of Regulations and Fish and Game Code, as published by the State, are the sole legal authority. Statements attributed to lake or facility operators are those operators' published positions, not legal determinations.
2. WHAT THE APP ASSERTS AND WHAT IT DOES NOT. Every regulation value in the App is presented as a quotation of, or a summary of, a named official source, with a citation and a date. The App asserts only this: that on the date shown, the Developer compared that value against the cited source and recorded what the source said. "Verified" and the date beside it are statements about the Developer's checking. They are not a promise that the value is correct, complete, or currently in force. The App does not assert that any value is the law today.
Regulations change, official sources contain errors, and sources are sometimes revised without notice. Some of what the App shows is not a quotation at all but an answer it computes: whether a season reads as open or closed today, what is listed as open now for the interests you chose, which licenses or tags a described trip appears to require, what your saved documents appear to leave outstanding, how far a boundary lies from a point, which boundaries a location falls inside, which places it sets aside and the reason it read for doing so, and the order in which it lists the places it shows you. Every one of those is the output of rules the App applies to dated source values and to information you entered. A status the App computes — including the words "Open now" and "Closed now" — is a reading of a source on a date, not a statement that anything is lawful for you today. All of it is a starting point for your own verification, not a determination of your legal obligations.
3. REGULATIONS CHANGE. Seasons, limits, closures, fees, and license requirements change — sometimes on only a few days' notice. Information in the App may be outdated, incomplete, or contain errors, including errors present in official sources. You are solely responsible for verifying current regulations with CDFW and any applicable operator before hunting, fishing, diving, or taking any wildlife.
4. MAPS AND BOUNDARIES. The App's maps are a reference drawing. They are not a navigation instrument, not a survey, and not a legal description of any parcel. The App does not route, does not give directions, does not track you along a course, and does not fix a position at sea or underwater. Where the App displays a coordinate you may copy, it is showing you a reading you may carry to whatever tool you choose; what that other tool does with it, and how accurate that tool is, is between you and that tool. Do not treat the App as the instrument you navigate by, and do not use it as the basis for entering or crossing any land or water.
Boundaries are simplified for display and are drawn from agency datasets that the publishing agencies themselves describe as not being legal documents or surveys and as subject to change without notice. Near any edge, treat the drawing as an approximation and confirm on the ground with the managing agency. The App's own coverage screen lists which boundary layers it draws and what it leaves out; that list, not this paragraph, is the current statement of what the maps contain.
The App draws only the boundary layers it names, and no others. It does not carry every boundary in California. Ground with no line drawn through it has not been checked and found open — it has not been checked at all, and land with no line through it is more likely to be private than anything else. Being inside, or outside, a boundary the App draws is not a statement that any activity is permitted there: season, license, tag, method, closure, and statewide rules all apply regardless. The App never tells you that you may hunt, fish, dive, or take anything anywhere.
Where a map graphic and the App's words disagree, the words control. Distances, containment results, and proximity readings are computed on your device from simplified geometry and from a location fix of limited accuracy. They are estimates, not measurements.
In the water, read the App with particular care. Marine protected area boundaries are drawn in the water and the App's shore access points are on land, so a distance the App gives you is measured from a point on the beach and not from wherever you swim to. A reading that an area lies some distance away is a statement about that distance and nothing else. The App does not know where you are in the water, does not warn you when you cross a line, and cannot tell you that a place you are diving is open.
5. LIVE INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES. Some screens show information fetched live from government servers while you are looking at them — weather forecasts and active alerts from the National Weather Service, tides, buoy readings and ocean data from NOAA, and elevation and base map imagery from the U.S. Geological Survey. That information is those agencies' content, published by them and displayed by the App substantially as they publish it. The Developer does not verify it before it appears, cannot correct it, and does not control whether it is current, complete, or available at all.
Water-quality and bacteria readings come from the State the same way. The App fetches them while you are looking at them, from the California Open Data Portal at data.ca.gov, and keeps a copy on your device so the screens still work with no signal — so what you are shown may be a cached reading rather than a fresh one, and the App prints beside it both when it last asked the State and when the water was actually sampled. What the App's own dataset carries is the list of monitored beaches, which station speaks for which beach, and the published standards a reading is compared against; the readings themselves are the State's, fetched from the State. Where the App sorts a reading into a band the State does not itself draw, it says so on the screen and shows the measured number and the published standard beside it. Every reading describes one sampling point on the day the State sampled it. It is not a health determination about you, about anyone else, or about whether it is safe to enter the water, eat a fish, or make any other decision. Treat every reading as one input among several, and follow the issuing agency's own advisories.
6. ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS. If you believe something in the App is wrong, tell the Developer — the App provides a way to report a problem, and reports are read. The Developer does not promise to correct any particular item, to correct it within any particular time, or to notify you if it is corrected, and has no obligation to monitor or re-verify any value between published dataset releases. Your report does not change your responsibility to verify current regulations with CDFW and any applicable operator before you act.
7. ASSUMPTION OF INHERENT RISK. Hunting, fishing, diving, boating, and travel on public land carry inherent legal and physical risks that exist whether or not you use the App. You accept those inherent risks.
8. RELEASE OF THE DEVELOPER. This is a release of legal claims. Read it before you agree. To the fullest extent the law allows, you release the Developer from all claims, demands, and causes of action for any citation, fine, penalty, license consequence, property damage, or personal injury that arises from your reliance on the App or its content — including claims that the Developer was negligent, that information in the App was wrong, incomplete, or out of date, that a map layer was inaccurate or incomplete, or that the App failed to warn you of something. This release does not apply to fraud, to willful injury, to violation of law, or to gross negligence, and it does not waive any right that California law says you cannot waive.
This release looks forward, not back. It covers your use of the App from the time you accept these terms onward. It does not release, and is not asked to release, any claim that had already arisen when you accepted them.
9. NO WARRANTY. THE DEVELOPER PROVIDES THE APP AND ALL CONTENT "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
In plain language: the App is sold on an "as is" and "with all faults" basis. The entire risk as to its quality and performance is with you. If the App proves defective, you — and not the Developer, any distributor, or any retailer — assume the entire cost of any necessary servicing, correction, or replacement.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEVELOPER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, NOR FOR ANY CITATION, FINE, PENALTY, OR LOSS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE APP OR RELIANCE ON ITS CONTENT. WHERE LIABILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, IT IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APP IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS OR EXCLUDES ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW. IN PARTICULAR, NOTHING HERE LIMITS LIABILITY FOR FRAUD, FOR WILLFUL INJURY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY, FOR VIOLATION OF LAW (CIVIL CODE SECTION 1668), FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR FOR ANY RIGHT UNDER THE CONSUMERS LEGAL REMEDIES ACT (CIVIL CODE SECTION 1751). IF ANY PART OF THIS SECTION IS HELD UNENFORCEABLE, THE REST REMAINS IN FORCE.
11. LICENSE TO USE THE APP. The Developer grants you a personal, non-transferable license to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and as may be accessed by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing or volume purchasing. The App and its content remain the Developer's, except for material quoted from official sources, which remains those sources'.
12. SUPPORT. The Developer, not Apple, is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the App. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish maintenance or support services for it. Support is provided by email at svpguru@gmail.com, by mail at 7410 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, CA 91901-2276, and through the App's support page.
13. THIRD PARTY TERMS. You must comply with any applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
14. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND AUTOMATIC RENEWAL. The App itself is free. An optional subscription, CA Hunt & Fish Pro, unlocks planning conveniences. Every regulation, safety notice, health advisory, citation, and consequence-bearing date stays free for everyone.
Pro is offered at $34.99 per year or $5.99 per month. Those are the prices in effect on the date these terms take effect; the App always shows the current price for each plan, taken from Apple, before you subscribe, and the price shown to you at that moment is the price that applies. There is no minimum number of terms, no minimum purchase obligation, and no cancellation fee.
New subscribers may be offered a free trial. Whether you are eligible is decided by Apple, and the App shows the trial only when Apple says you qualify. The trial offered as of the date these terms take effect is two weeks, and the App always shows the actual length before you subscribe. When the trial ends your subscription begins and your Apple Account is charged for the plan you chose — $34.99 for the annual plan, or $5.99 for the monthly plan, at the prices in effect on the date these terms take effect — unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
Your subscription continues until you cancel it. At the end of each term it renews automatically for another term of the same length, and your Apple Account is charged the then-current price for that term. Annual plans renew once a year; monthly plans renew once a month.
How to cancel. Cancel at any time, with no steps beyond these: open Settings inside this App and tap "Manage or cancel subscription," or on your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, and cancel there. Either route cancels the subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the term you have already paid for, and you keep the plan you paid for until then. If you are in a free trial, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends to avoid being charged. Questions about a subscription may be sent to svpguru@gmail.com, or by mail to Antonio Esquivel, 7410 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, CA 91901-2276.
Reminders before an annual renewal. For annual subscriptions, the App will remind you in advance of each renewal — between 15 and 45 days before it happens — showing the plan, the amount that will be charged, the renewal date, and how to cancel. Because the App has no account and the Developer holds no email address or phone number for you, that reminder is delivered inside the App and, if you have allowed notifications, as a notification on your device.
Price changes. Prices may change. If the price of your plan changes, Apple will notify you and ask you to agree to the new price before your Apple Account is charged it. If you do not agree, the subscription does not renew at the new price.
Who bills you. All subscription payments are processed by Apple through your Apple Account, under Apple's terms, in addition to these. The Developer never receives your payment details. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Founding users. If the App tells you that you have full access as a founding user, that is a promise and this is where it is written down. Founding access was given to Apple Accounts that first obtained the App during the launch window, it costs nothing, it does not expire, it covers every paid tier of the App, present and future, and the Developer will not withdraw it or make it conditional on a payment. It is decided from Apple's own signed record of when your account first obtained the App, so it survives reinstalling the App and moving to a new device. If it is ever shown to you and later stops being shown, that is a fault and not a decision — write to svpguru@gmail.com and it will be put right.
Licenses and tags. The App never sells hunting or fishing licenses, tags, or permits. License purchases link out to the State's own system.
15. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG BETWEEN US. Before either of us starts a legal proceeding about the App or these terms, we each agree to try to sort it out directly first. Send a written description of the problem, what you would like done about it, and how to reach you, to svpguru@gmail.com. The other side then has 30 days from receiving it to respond and to try in good faith to resolve it.
This step takes nothing away from you. It does not stop you from going to small claims court at any time, it does not stop either of us from asking a court for an order to prevent immediate harm, and time spent on this step does not count against the time limit in section 18. If California law gives you a specific notice procedure — for example the 30 days' written notice by certified or registered mail that Civil Code section 1782 requires before a damages action under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act — that procedure controls over this section. If you need to send such a notice, the address for it is Antonio Esquivel, 7410 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, CA 91901-2276; the Developer will also treat a copy emailed to svpguru@gmail.com as actual notice, received on the day you send it.
16. SMALL CLAIMS COURT. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court instead of any other court, and nothing in these terms limits that right. In California, small claims court hears claims up to the limits set by Code of Civil Procedure sections 116.220 and 116.221, attorneys generally may not take part in the hearing (section 116.530), and where a small claims case may be filed is decided by the ordinary venue rules — nothing in these terms changes any of that. Those sentences are here to point you at the statutes and to make clear what these terms do not take away. They are a description, not legal advice, they may be out of date, and the statutes themselves govern; the court's own self-help materials will tell you more than this paragraph can.
17. GOVERNING LAW AND WHERE A CLAIM IS BROUGHT. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. A claim not brought in small claims court may be brought in a state or federal court located in California. These terms do not require any particular county and do not override any statute that says where a case must or may be filed — including Civil Code section 1780(d), which allows a Consumers Legal Remedies Act action to be filed in the county where the person sued resides, has a principal place of business, or is doing business, or where the transaction or a substantial part of it occurred.
18. TIME LIMIT FOR BRINGING A CLAIM. To the extent California law allows a limitations period to be shortened by agreement, a claim arising out of or relating to the App or these terms, and arising on or after the date you accept these terms, must be brought within two years after the claim arises. This section does not shorten the time for any claim that had already arisen when you accepted these terms; the ordinary statutory period applies to those. This section does not apply to any claim that California law does not allow to be shortened by agreement — including a claim under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, whose own three-year period is set by Civil Code section 1783 and whose provisions cannot be waived by a consumer under Civil Code section 1751 — and it does not apply to a claim for fraud, for willful injury to person or property, or for violation of law, which Civil Code section 1668 places beyond the reach of a contract.
19. RIGHTS THESE TERMS DO NOT AFFECT. Nothing in these terms waives, limits, or gives up any right that California law says cannot be given up. In particular: nothing here waives the right to seek public injunctive relief in any forum; nothing here waives any right or remedy under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act; nothing here limits liability for fraud, for willful injury to person or property, for violation of law, or for gross negligence; and nothing here waives your right to a jury trial or your right to bring or take part in a class action. There is deliberately no arbitration clause, no class-action waiver, no jury-trial waiver, and no "loser pays the other side's fees" clause anywhere in this document.
20. IF PART OF THESE TERMS CANNOT BE ENFORCED. If a court decides that any part of these terms cannot be enforced, that part is to be limited, or removed, only to the smallest extent necessary, and the rest stays in force. No section of these terms is a condition of any other. This paragraph is a statement of what the parties intend and a request, not a direction: Civil Code section 1670.5 gives the court the choice of refusing to enforce the whole agreement, striking the offending clause, or limiting its application, and that choice is the court's to make.
21. APPLE. This agreement is between you and the Developer only, not with Apple, and the Developer alone is responsible for the App and its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App. If the App fails to conform to any warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App. The Developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claim relating to the App, including product liability, failure to conform to legal requirements, and consumer protection claims. In the event of any third-party claim that the App, or your possession and use of it, infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, the Developer, not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as terrorist-supporting, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.
22. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS. These terms will change as the App changes and as the law changes. When they change in substance, the App will ask you to read and accept the new version before you continue using it, and the new version and its effective date will be published on the terms page. Earlier versions stay published, so the text in force on any past date can be checked. Accepting a new version applies it from then on; it does not change what applied before, and it does not release, shorten the time for, or otherwise affect any claim that had already arisen.
You do not have to accept a new version. If you do not, you stop using the App — and if you are paying for a subscription at the time, that choice takes nothing away from you: you may cancel through your Apple Account and ask Apple for a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com, exactly as you could before. The Developer will not treat declining a new version as a reason to refuse anything, and the App will show you how to do both at the moment it asks.
23. ASSIGNMENT. The Developer may assign or transfer the App and these terms, in whole or in part, to a successor — including a business entity later formed by the Developer — without notice to you. These terms continue to apply to any successor. You may not assign your rights under these terms.
24. CONTACT. Questions about these terms or the App may be sent to svpguru@gmail.com, or by mail to Antonio Esquivel, 7410 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, CA 91901-2276. Both reach the Developer and are the contact addresses for user inquiries and complaints.
By tapping "I Understand & Agree," you acknowledge that you have read these terms and agree to them — including the release of claims in section 8 and the limitation of liability in section 10 — acknowledge the Privacy Policy, and agree to verify all regulations with official sources before you go.
This page mirrors the Terms of Use presented inside the app. It is generated from the app's own terms text so the two can never drift apart. Earlier versions stay published alongside it.