Terms of Use
Last updated: September 18, 2026
Please read these terms before using the app or joining a tournament. By creating an account, joining a tournament, submitting a catch, or using COUNT THE CATCH, you agree to these Terms of Use and the rules published by the applicable tournament organizer.
1. What COUNT THE CATCH provides
COUNT THE CATCH provides software for discovering tournaments, registering participants, recording catch videos, reviewing submissions, displaying results, and tracking CTC Score. We provide the technology; each tournament organizer is responsible for the tournament they create, including its rules, eligibility, schedule, entry fees, prizes, judging decisions, and communications.
2. Eligibility and account responsibility
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or use COUNT THE CATCH. You must provide accurate information and protect your login credentials. You are responsible for activity performed through your account and may not share, sell, or impersonate another account.
3. Tournament rules and acceptance
Every tournament may have additional rules, deadlines, species requirements, measurement standards, locations, fees, prizes, and liability conditions. Those rules appear in the tournament details or are supplied by the organizer. You must read and accept them before participating. If a tournament rule conflicts with these Terms, these Terms control the use of the app and the organizer rule controls the competition, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
4. Catch videos and truthful submissions
A catch submission must be recorded with the device camera through COUNT THE CATCH when the fish is being documented. The app does not authorize external, pre-recorded, edited, substituted, or manipulated videos. You must submit truthful information, use the required species and measurement method, and follow the tournament deadline. A video may remain queued on your device when offline, but submission is not complete until the app confirms that it has been uploaded and received.
5. Review, rejection, and disputes
Submissions may be reviewed by the organizer or authorized reviewers. A submission can be rejected, removed, or marked ineligible when the video, content, species, timing, location, identity, or other entry requirement cannot be verified. Review and dispute deadlines are governed by the tournament rules. COUNT THE CATCH may keep the technical record but does not guarantee that an organizer decision will be changed.
6. Fair play and prohibited conduct
You may not cheat, manipulate a video or measurement, use another person's catch, spoof location or device data, submit the same catch more than once, interfere with another participant, abuse the review process, scrape the service, attack the service, upload malware, or use the app for unlawful activity. We may remove submissions, reverse points, suspend accounts, or block access when we reasonably believe these Terms or tournament rules were violated.
7. CTC Score and achievements
CTC Score and achievements are reputation and participation features inside the app. They have no cash value and do not guarantee prizes, ranking in a particular tournament, sponsorship, employment, or other benefit. Verified activity may add points under the published scoring legend. Points may be corrected or reversed after a rejection, deletion, fraud finding, duplicate submission, technical correction, or other legitimate review. We may update the scoring model prospectively and will show the applicable scoring information in the app.
8. Content and license
You keep ownership of videos, images, and other content you submit. You grant COUNT THE CATCH a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable license to host, process, review, transmit, publicly display, distribute, and reproduce that content as necessary to operate the app, administer tournaments, provide support, prevent fraud, show the features you choose to make public, and promote COUNT THE CATCH and its tournaments, including on our website and social media channels. When your content is used in promotions, you grant us the right to use your name, Angler ID, and likeness in connection with that content without additional compensation. You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit the content and that it does not unlawfully show another person.
9. Privacy and device permissions
The app may request camera, storage, internet, notification, and—only when a tournament requires location verification—location permissions. These permissions support recording, uploading, alerts, and tournament verification. Location is never used to record a catch's GPS position. We handle personal information according to the applicable Privacy Policy. Do not submit private information about another person unless you have permission and a lawful reason to do so.
10. Fees, prizes, and organizer obligations
Unless the app clearly states otherwise, COUNT THE CATCH is not the seller, holder, or guarantor of tournament entry fees or prizes. Payment, refunds, taxes, prize delivery, cancellations, and promotional promises are the responsibility of the organizer or payment provider identified in the tournament. Participants should review those terms before paying or joining.
11. Safety and legal compliance
Fishing involves risks, including water, weather, boats, equipment, wildlife, traffic, and physical injury. You are responsible for your own safety, supervision of minors, licenses, permits, conservation rules, boating and all other applicable laws. Do not fish, drive, ride a boat, or handle equipment while distracted by the app. The app does not replace local authorities, legal advice, or emergency services.
12. Availability and technical limits
We work to keep the service available, but internet coverage, device storage, battery, camera hardware, operating-system restrictions, maintenance, and third-party services may affect uploads or access. Offline storage helps preserve a pending video, but it is not a guarantee against loss, damage, corruption, theft, or an expired tournament deadline. Keep your device charged and follow the tournament submission window.
13. Disclaimers and limits
To the maximum extent permitted by law, COUNT THE CATCH is provided without guarantees that every feature, submission, review, tournament, result, prize, or upload will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available in every location. We are not responsible for an organizer's rules, decisions, conduct, payments, prizes, fishing conditions, personal injury, property loss, unlawful conduct, or disputes between users. Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or protections that cannot legally be excluded.
14. Changes and account termination
We may improve, change, suspend, or discontinue features and may update these Terms. We will show the new date when the Terms change. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms. We may suspend or terminate access for violations, security risks, fraud, abuse, legal requirements, or protection of the service and its users. Provisions concerning content, disputes, liability, and amounts already owed continue as locally applicable.
15. Contact and review
Questions about a specific tournament should first be directed to that tournament's organizer. Questions about the COUNT THE CATCH service should be sent through the support contact published in the app or on the official website.
16. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the service shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.