On Foot Angler

Time to register for a free fishing tournament! To celebrate Fishing Week, SGF is inviting you to join us in one of our two FREE fishing tournaments this weekend. It's an opportunity for you to explore the new iAngler-Tournament app, go fishing over the weekend, and possibly win a prize. The process is simple. First you download the free app, by searching "iAngler Tournament" in your Android  or apple mobile device. Then create a user profile - set up a username and password to ensure your private  fishing info stays private.  Then you can sign up for one of the free tournaments, called "Inshore Weekend Series, Round 1," and  "Freshwater Weekend Series, Round 1." After that, all you have to do is go fishing, and report your catches to the tournament using your mobile  device. For your catch to count in the tournament, be sure to submit them before "lines out" on Sunday  at 6PM. Not only will you be eligible to win a prize just for downloading the new app and registering for the  tournament, but this is a live data collecting event - you will be contributing much needed data to fishery  science. Throughout the weekend, you and your friends can check on the live leaderboard at  www.ianglertournament.com.  The tournament registration process is simple and fast. Grab the app, or visit the website, and click  the registration button. Follow a few easy steps and Voila - you are now ready to contribute data for  fishery science. It doesn't matter where you fish - anywhere on the world works! And it doesn't  matter what you target. There are points awarded for every species. There are a few key species in each  tournament, so target them if you can. But any species you catch has research value, so every species  you catch will get you some points. So log 'em all! Here are a few key points about the new system:      -iAngler Tournament is a subset of our original data collecting  app, "iAngler." If you don't have it yet, it is also free, is being used if state level stock assessments and is a very powerful personal  fishing logbook. Check it out!      -iAngler Tournament does not replace iAngler, but supplements  the data we've been collecting for the past four years. Keep both  apps on your phone, and continue to log your accurate fishing trip  data. We need data, and more of it, or we aren't going to be able to  save our fisheries.      -You can -and should- use the same username and password  for each system. You don't have to, but it makes things easier for  you down the road.      -The AAP system will automatically link your tournament catches  to your existing AAP catch list. In fact, if you visit  www.angleraction.org, you will notice the front page has some info  added about the tournament system. In the next round of upgrades,  the data will link more completely with your AAP data - just wait till  you see how our "gamefish cloud" ties all of this together!      -You can practice logging "fake" fish in the "iAngler Practice"  tournament. Register for that freebie and log away. This data is not  counted for any official stock assessments or research, it is just  there for anglers to familiarize themselves with the new technology. Please take the time to download the app today. Search "iAngler  Tournament" in your app store. Log a fish in the practicetournament  and let us know what you think! You'll notice right away that it is  much faster and very intuitive.  PS - Don't forget to log your non-tournament fishing trips in  iAngler or www.angleraction.org.  Your data is important,  logging it makes it count. Sincerely, Brett Fitzgerald Executive Director, SGF