Angler X Games

Welcome to the ANGLER X GAMES - BASS GAMES, an online ice fishing tournament for Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.  Award categories are subject to change from tournament to tournament, so check the details.

CASH AND PRIZES will be paid to the top finishers.  The number of paid top finishers will be determined based on the number of entrants.

All fish entered in the tournament will be photographed, measured, and recorded with the FishDonkey app.

Categories and leaderboards will update throughout the contest, so check the leaderboards on your phone or the website to follow the tournament's progress.

The standard award category is:

1. Stringer of 5 Largemouth or Smallmouth - measured by total length of 5 longest bass.

Awards are presented based on length determined through the mobile app and verified by tournament judges.  The categories, species, and official rules can be found in the FishDonkey app prior to the start of the tournament.

RULES

Fish must be caught by legal fishing methods using artificial lures anywhere within the state boundaries of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.  You must catch your own fish!

Angler Responsibility
Read the Rules!  Every angler is responsible for checking their Digital Livewell® at the end of the day to ensure all their fish submissions have been RECEIVED.  Tap on the Digital Livewell® (fish icon).  You will need a minimum of 2 bars of service or strong wifi.  If any entries have a message that reads NOT RECEIVED, leave that screen open until all fish read RECEIVED to the leaderboard.

FishDonkey App

All registration and payment must be completed using the app.  The FishDonkey App will be used to photo document fish and will generate live leaderboards. The leaderboards will update throughout the event as fish are submitted.  All entries will be considered unofficial until verified.

Measuring & Photo Documenting

All photos must be taken through the FishDonkey app, and measurements must be on a valid measuring board.
Fish should be recorded immediately, and measurements should be noted by length.
All submissions must include at least one photograph:  1) A pic of the fish on the measuring board (a selfie with the fish is optional)
Close the fish's mouth. The nose should touch the bump of the measuring board (the belly is facing you). The measurement photo needs to include the entire fish on the board.
If the fish tail is touching the graduation line on the board, then that is the exact measurement.  If the tail crosses a graduation line, round up ¼”.
All participants must have their fish submitted before the end of the tournament.
Practice the FishDonkey App ahead of time.

Watch a 1-minute tutorial on How to Enter a Fish

You can test the app before you get out on the water.

1.  Download the app

2. Join "Practice Entering a Fish"

FishDonkey in poor reception areas
The app will work without the internet.  Open the app before heading out to poorly covered areas.  Tap on the name of the tourney.  Once you see the button ‘Enter a Fish’, head out and fish away.  Fish should be entered as normal in bad reception areas.  Your Digital Livewell® (fish icon) will show you if there are fish waiting for an internet connection to get pushed into the leaderboard.  When you get back to a well connected area, open your Digital Livewell®  and leave that screen open/active until all fish are “Received”. If your pictures are missing from the leaderboard, this is what you need to do.  Until your pictures are received, do not delete or alter the photos on your phone, as the software will not accept your photos as originals.

Missing pictures on the leaderboard?
Open your Digital Livewell (fish icon) when you get back to an area with good reception.  Leave that screen open until all fish are “Received”.  Never delete anything from your Digital Livewell.

Measuring Boards
All measuring devices must be commercially made.  You are required to have a board with a 90 degree bend which marks 0, and at least ¼” lines.  No handmade measuring boards, stickers, or tape measures allowed.  No sliding, retractable, or foldable measuring devices are allowed unless approved by the tournament director.  If your measurement is not clearly readable in your submission photo, it may not be accepted, or could be penalized.

[DIRECTORS OPTION] Extra large fish are difficult to measure with a bump board and photographs.  For example, sturgeon can be measured more accurately by using video.  Bump the nose of the fish against a vertical surface and use a commercial measuring tape to measure the fish.  Video from nose to tail, covering the complete length of the fish.

Tournament Director
Your Tournament Director is Lance and Niki Bergler.  If you need to reach your director, their contact info is in the “ i “ Info icon within your tournament in the app.

The interpretation and enforcement of the rules is at the sole discretion of the director.  The tournament director may change rules or impose sanctions as they deem appropriate, including but not limited to: disqualifications, forfeiture of prizes, and prohibition from competing in future tournaments.  All decisions made by the tournament director are final.

Sportsmanship
All participants are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation. Any participant who displays poor sportsmanship, violates these rules or brings unfavorable publicity to the sport of fishing could be disqualified. Encroachment is considered a sportsmanship rule.

Body of Water
Participants must fish in the area specified for the event.  Fishing has to be legal and in public waters only:  no private ponds, streams, lakes or rivers.   Participants may fish in any water that is open to public fishing.

Inclement Weather/Cancelation
Keep mobile phones on throughout the tournament in order to receive communication from the director in the event of postponement or cancelation.  Due to the nature of tournament fishing, no refunds will be issued.  This is at the discretion of your tournament director.

Tiebreakers
The tournament director will consider options for determining a tie, which could be 1) time of entry  2) the exact measurement instead of the ¼” measurement 3) the next largest fish submitted by each angler.  A tie could also result in shared prizes.

Claiming Prizes
Please make sure that your correct address, email, and mobile number appear in your app profile for prize announcements and delivery.  Prizes are the responsibility of the winners.  Transportation, taxes, and incidentals are the winner's responsibility.

It is the tournament director's responsibility to disburse all prizes.

Fish on!