Glass water

Fetch · Our Story

Started on one lake.
Built for every lake.

Fetch started from a simple frustration: checking wind apps and still not knowing whether Morse was worth the trip — or, once you were out there, where on the lake the water was actually runnable. Traditional forecasts give you wind speed and direction. They don't answer the question riders care about most: where is the water actually usable right now?

That answer depends on fetch — the uninterrupted distance wind travels across open water before reaching a given point. Short fetch means protected water. Long fetch means chop building. The same north wind that blows out the main channel can leave the southwest arm of the same lake completely calm. Every lake has both. Most tools don't know the difference.

Green means glass.
Go there.

So we built a model that does. Real shoreline geometry, bathymetric depth data, live wind — fused into a spatial layer that scores every part of a lake individually. Useful before you go, and useful when you're already on the water deciding where to move next. Morse Reservoir was the origin — the proving ground where the system was built and validated. It's live now. The same pipeline scales to every lake that follows.

6,226
Scored points · Morse
8+
Lakes in the pipeline
1–10
Session score range

How It Works

01
Shoreline geometry
Every lake is individually modeled from actual shoreline data. Each point on the water surface gets its own wind exposure calculation based on real geography — coves, channels, and open lanes all scored separately.
02
Live wind, applied point by point
Current wind speed and direction are pulled on every request and run through the lake model. Whether you're planning the session or already on the water, conditions update in real time — scored where you actually ride, not at a weather station miles away.
03
Depth context
Shallow water chops faster and holds rough longer. Deep water stays cleaner under the same wind. Bathymetric data modifies each point's score so the map reflects what you'd actually find on the surface.
04
Sport mode + session score
One number, 1–10, calibrated to how you ride. Sport modes adjust scoring thresholds for each discipline — useful for planning and for adjusting on the fly when conditions shift mid-session. The map shows exactly where the usable water is right now. No decoding required.

Built By

Jack Schulz

Jack Schulz

Cicero, IN · Founder, Fetch

I grew up on Morse Reservoir and spent years making calls based on forecasts that had no idea what the water actually looked like. Fetch is the answer to that problem — built because no existing tool was solving it, and designed to work on every lake it reaches. If you're interested in partnerships, beta feedback, marina integrations, or just want to talk about the water, reach out.

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