iAngler Tournament

 In 2014, Elemental Methods partnered with the Snook & Gamefish Foundation to develop a system for the management of “Catch and Release” fishing tournaments. The system was designed with the assistance of recreational anglers, fishing guides, and marine biologists from the Florida Wildlife Research Institute. 
In 2015, Elemental Methods became sole owner of the iAngler Tournament product. It was later assigned to “iAngler Tournament Systems”, an independent corporation.

The "iAngler Tournament System" (www.ianglertournament.com) is a cloud and mobile-based system for the operation and management of fishing tournaments and other outdoor competitions. The system also collects vital angling data for marine research. The "iAngler Tournament" mobile application allows anglers participating in registered fishing tournaments to log their catch data while still on the water.

The iAngler Tournament system has two components - the Web Portal and the Mobile Application.

The web portal is used to handle all aspects of tournament management:

  • Catch logging

  • Scoring

  • Live Leaderboard

  • Tournament Schedules

  • Weather

  • Tournament hosting

  • Promotion/Advertising

  • Registration

  • Crew assignments

  • Messaging and Announcements

The mobile application is used by the tournament participants and remote viewers.

  • Live Leaderboard

  • Weather

  • Registration

  • Catch logging

  • Messaging

The mobile apps are available for free download on iTunes and Google Play app stores.  

During tournaments, the anglers use the mobile app to photograph or video their catch and record basic information while on the water. The catch record is immediately transmitted to the web portal for review by the Tournament Director (if there is an active internet connection). The transmission takes seconds. If an internet connection (usually cellular) is not available, the catch record is saved for transmission later.

The Tournament Director is immediately notified when an angler logs a catch. He can review the catch photo and/or video and information, then accept or reject the submission. Accepted catch records are immediately scored and posted to the Live Leaderboard. Anglers are immediately notified, via email and within the app, when a catch record is rejected. The rejection notice contains a message from the Tournament Director on why the record was rejected. If possible, the catch record can be corrected and resubmitted.

The iAngler Tournament system allows Tournament Directors to very quickly finalize tournament results. The tournament audience also is increased by allowing online monitoring of the leaderboard.