FishDonkey Fishing Tournaments

The Future of Tournament Fishing®
We are the inventors of Catch Photo Video Release® and the Digital Livewell®.
It's not only better for fish, but it is also prevents cheating and works without Internet.
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To join a tournament get the
"FISHDONKEY" app

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Join & View Leaderboards
Still need App to enter fish!
The FishDonkey App
Online payments & tournament registration.
Send messages (text/email) to anglers.
Use your own tournament rules.
Flexible system with infinite species.
Anti-cheating technology for recording fish.
Live Leaderboards.
Works without Internet - Digital Livewell®
Catch Photo Video Release® also known as CPVR^(TM) makes fishing tournaments more sustainable and it's better for fish.
*It is FREE to host a tournament. Fishermen pay a service fee. Subscriptions and direct billing also available.
How It Works
Use our website to HOST and publicize your tournament.
Fishermen JOIN the tournament by using our app.
The mobile app is used to RECORD all fish.
Fish can be immediately released back to their natural environment.
You VERIFY the fish and announce the winners.

Host
Fishing Tournaments
Set your tournament up online in minutes. We help invite participants from our database, your website, and via email.
Join
Download the App
Your participants will join and pay online. Participant lists are managed automatically by the app, making it easy to see who has joined.
Record
Live Leaderboard
The app uses Catch Photo Video Release^(TM)to document catches and submit them for verification. The Leaderboard can be viewed throughout the day.
Verify
Authentication
Specialized technology helps authenticate fish, prevents cheating, and enforces tournament rules. The tournament director verifies leaderboard results.
Protect Your Fishery

Traditional tournaments are a thing of the past.
Our services protect the fish in your lake while making it easier to run a tournament.
The Future of Tournament Fishing®
Make it easier to run your traditional tournament.
OR
Use the digital platform to change the boundaries of space & time.

Traditional Tournaments
Run tournaments by length, weight or length translated to weight. Run Multi-Day tournaments (Day 1 + Day 2 + Day 3).

Keep participants honest with anti-cheating technology and boat video check-ins while allowing participants to start from the boat launch of their choice.
Leagues & Clubs
Set up a weekly or monthly tournament for your team practices or club event. When you want to run the same event again, just use the "re-host" feature and pick your new dates.

Fishing clubs can track their entire league and the app will automatically track the overall leaders.
Promotional Tournaments
Tournaments are easier to manage and cover larger geographical areas. This enables businesses to run and manage promotional tournaments that last all summer, all winter, or all year.

Coupon and promotional codes are available. Tie the tournament into your retail channel.

Nontraditional Time
Fish when and where you want to fish!

Set up a tournament that lasts an hour or a month or pick specific fishing times during a month: weekly leaders, daily leaders, random winners, so many options
Run Any Style Tournament
Our bracket-style fishing where participants face off head to head are a huge hit with anglers. Run it with a stinger of 2 fish and the tournament is very easy to run while participants are always just one fish away from taking the lead.

Grand slam tournaments where the anglers fish for the largest fish of any three species. These are very exciting as an angler.

Mixed bag tournaments where the angler fish for a total of many different species.

Team tournaments, points tournament, we can run almost any type of tournament with live leaderboards and our patented anti-cheating technology (TM).

Conservation Tournaments
Catch and record any size fish. Immediate release allows you to ignore the slot limits.

Anger's don't have to be back (and race across the lake) at a certain time. The ability to enter fish automatically starts and stops at a defined time.

Use video to record the immediate release of live healthy fish. This eliminate the delayed mortality that exists when fish are kept in a livewell and then released after a live weigh-in.
Our app is proven, robust and accepted in the fishing industry.
157,704 registered anglers*
16,099 Tournaments created*
1,511,603 fish photos submitted*
230,990 fish release vidoes*
10 different countries*
*Note - As of 3/02/2025

"Everyone has been doing a great job documenting their fish. FishDonkey app makes it pretty easy." - Darren T.

"This app is pretty amazing. I think it is going to be the future of tournament fishing going forward." - Jeff B.

"Everyone had a great time and we will begin planning the next one very soon." - Kevin R.
“Our anglers really had a good time and expressed their desire for additional derbies through FishDonkey,” -Brooke G, Director of MID Parks and Recreation.
"I had an absolute blast doing the contest, it motivated me to fish in places I never thought I would fish and catch species I've never caught before (goldeye, white bass). "
FishDonkey.com
Tournaments that are easier to run and better for fish.

About the Founders
Darren Amundson - Co-founder, CTO, CEO Darren invented the Digital Livewell® and the Catch Photo Video Release® process when he developed FishDonkey. He leads business strategy, product development, technology roadmap, and company finance. He works on key promotional accounts that drive user growth and company recognition. He works on all aspects of the business including sales, customer service, and key account management.

Bonnie Amundson - Co-founder, CSO, Instrumental in creating fishdonkey and a co-developer of the Catch Photo Video Release® process, Bonnie leads sales, customer service, and on-boarding. She is driving growth for FishDonkey. She reviews tournaments for quality and brings in larger events and higher revenue events. Her leadership and experience in sales is a valuable skill set for FishDonkey. Bonnie works on all aspects of the business including technology, product management, and business strategy.
The Future of Tournament Fishing®
We love the outdoors and we love fishing and so we decided to make fishing tournaments sustainable. We strive to create products and services that allow us to enjoy nature while leaving our natural resources as good or better than they were when we found them.
CATCH PHOTO VIDEO RELEASE®
Running a "kill" tournament or gathering all the biggest fish and transporting them to one end of the lake for a weigh-in is now a thing of the past. We will help you run a competitive fishing event, successfully benefit your brand, your charity or cause, and immediately return all fish to their natural environment.
Contact Us
Contact us with your tournament ideas.

Reach us by email through the form below.
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The Future of Tournament Fishing®

We are the inventors of Catch Photo Video Release® and the Digital Livewell®.

To join a tournament get the"FISHDONKEY" app

The FishDonkey App

How It Works

Use our website to HOST and publicize your tournament.Fishermen JOIN the tournament by using our app.The mobile app is used to RECORD all fish.Fish can be immediately released back to their natural environment.You VERIFY the fish and announce the winners.

Host

Fishing Tournaments

Join

Download the App

Record

Live Leaderboard

Verify

Authentication

Protect Your Fishery

Traditional tournaments are a thing of the past.Our services protect the fish in your lake while making it easier to run a tournament.

The Future of Tournament Fishing®

Make it easier to run your traditional tournament.ORUse the digital platform to change the boundaries of space & time.

Traditional Tournaments

Leagues & Clubs

Promotional Tournaments

Nontraditional Time

Run Any Style Tournament

Conservation Tournaments

Our app is proven, robust and accepted in the fishing industry.

157,704 registered anglers*

16,099 Tournaments created*

1,511,603 fish photos submitted*

230,990 fish release vidoes*

10 different countries*

FishDonkey.com

Tournaments that are easier to run and better for fish.

About the Founders

The Future of Tournament Fishing®

CATCH PHOTO VIDEO RELEASE®

Contact Us

Contact us with your tournament ideas. Reach us by email through the form below.

To join a tournament get the
"FISHDONKEY" app

Use our website to HOST and publicize your tournament.
Fishermen JOIN the tournament by using our app.
The mobile app is used to RECORD all fish.
Fish can be immediately released back to their natural environment.
You VERIFY the fish and announce the winners.

Traditional tournaments are a thing of the past.
Our services protect the fish in your lake while making it easier to run a tournament.

Make it easier to run your traditional tournament.
OR
Use the digital platform to change the boundaries of space & time.

Contact us with your tournament ideas.

Reach us by email through the form below.