Disclaimer

TideBrief publishes informational content about freshwater and saltwater fishing in the United States. The content is generated with the help of artificial intelligence from public data. Read this page before you use the Service to make any decision that affects your safety, your wallet, or the environment.

Not a safety, navigation, or weather-warning service

Briefs are nota marine-navigation aid, a coast-guard advisory, a NOAA Weather Radio replacement, or a flood, storm, or lightning warning system. Do not rely on a Brief to decide whether it’s safe to be on the water. Always check the official forecasts, warnings, and tide/current data from weather.gov, the U.S. Coast Guard, and your state’s emergency management agency before heading out.

Not legal or regulatory advice

Fishing regulations change frequently and vary by state, water body, and species. We do our best to summarize current rules, but you’re responsible for verifying license requirements, season dates, slot/length limits, bag limits, and gear restrictions with your state fish-and-wildlife agency before you fish. A Brief is not legal advice, and we’re not liable for citations, fines, or loss of license arising from your reliance on it.

Not professional, medical, or financial advice

Briefs may mention boat handling, rigging, or gear choices. They are general information, not professional advice. Consult qualified instructors, guides, or marine technicians for your specific circumstances.

AI-generated content

Briefs are produced with substantial assistance from a large language model (Anthropic’s Claude). The model can and does occasionally produce inaccuracies, fabricate details (“hallucinate” non-existent regulations, water bodies, gear, or scientific facts), present stale or outdated information, transpose numbers, or misattribute data to the wrong source — despite our automated checks against public data. Treat every Brief as a starting point, not a final answer. Verify anything that matters with the official primary source before you rely on it.

No reliance / assumption of risk. By using the Service, you assume the risk that any specific statement in a Brief may be wrong, and you agree to verify any material fact (weather, water levels, regulations, license requirements, season dates, slot/length limits, bag limits, gear restrictions, public access, and emergency conditions) with official primary sources before acting. We expressly disclaim any duty of care with respect to the substantive content of any Brief.

Not a copyrighted work as to AI-generated portions.Per U.S. Copyright Office guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 16190, March 16, 2023), purely AI-generated material is not subject to copyright protection. We do not claim copyright in those portions; we do claim copyright in our editorial selection, arrangement, prompts, schemas, and the overall compilation.

Third-party data and links

We rely on USGS, NOAA, state DNRs, solunar tables, and other public sources. We do not control those sources and don’t guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or availability of their data. External links are for reference; we don’t endorse the destination sites.

No guarantee of fish

Fishing is fishing. A favorable forecast doesn’t guarantee a catch, and a poor forecast doesn’t guarantee a skunk. Use Briefs to improve your odds, not to set expectations of outcome.

Service availability

The Service may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance, due to infrastructure issues at our sub-processors, or because a public data source we depend on is down. We aim for high uptime but do not commit to a specific SLA on free or trial plans.

Limitation of liability

Our liability is limited as described in Sections 13 and 14 of our Terms of Service. Nothing in this Disclaimer limits any liability that cannot lawfully be limited under the law of your jurisdiction.

Conservation

Practice catch and release where appropriate. Respect closed seasons, protected species, and public-access rules. Pack out what you pack in. Fish exist long after we don’t.