Frequently asked questions

HOOX is a fishing tournament platform. Anglers find and register for tournaments, submit catches from the water and follow live leaderboards. Tournament directors use it to run their events, from registration to final results.

You’ll also find fishing clubs, expos and trade shows, and a calendar of what’s coming up near you.

A tournament is a single event you register for. A series is a group of tournaments under one name, like a season-long trail with several stops. A club is a group of anglers who share a type of fishing, such as a bass or trout club. Some clubs charge membership dues. Clubs aren’t tournaments or series, but many clubs fish them together.

Choose an Angler account if you fish in tournaments. Choose a Tournament Director account if you organize them. Judges sign up with a Judge account and are connected to their director. Brands and businesses can become a partner.

Not sure? Start at Register to compare them.

Creating an Angler or Tournament Director account is free. Each tournament’s director sets its entry fee, which you pay when you register. Optional promotions, like featuring a club or advertising, are paid.

Yes. Use “Sign in with Google” on the login page or when you create an Angler or Director account. If you forget your email password, use Forgot password.

Browse Tournaments or use Search to filter by state, species, status and dates. Search can also look near a ZIP code or your current location. The Tournament Calendar shows every tournament and series event by day.

Open the tournament, choose to register solo or as a team, and pay the entry fee in the same step.

As soon as a judge approves a catch, the standings update for everyone, on the web and in the app. You can follow any event on Leaderboards.

Your public profile collects your results, wins and tournament history in one place. You can also list your club affiliations and sponsors.

The Winners Circle on the home page features first-place catches from recent events.

The HOOX app is coming to the App Store and Google Play. It lets you submit catches from the water, get alerts when your catch is approved or you move up the board, and keep working with weak signal. See Download the app for details.

Photograph your fish on the measuring board and submit the photo from your phone during the tournament. Judges review it, and once it’s approved it counts on the leaderboard.

Lay the fish on the measuring board with its mouth against the stop. Hold it down with your hand so the back of your hand, with that tournament’s code written on it, is clearly in the photo.

The code ties the photo to this tournament and today’s fishing, so judges can verify it.

The director releases a unique code right before the tournament starts. Write it on the back of your hand in black marker before you begin fishing. Codes are not shared in advance, so a photo with the code was taken during the event.

Judges assigned by the tournament director check the code on your hand and the measurement before approving each catch. Approved catches update the leaderboard right away.

In the HOOX app, catches you submit without service are saved on your phone and sent as soon as you’re back in range.

Contact the tournament director. They set the event rules and make the final call on submissions.

Create a free Tournament Director account. You can set up single tournaments or multi-stop series with your own rules, dates, species and locations. Anglers and teams then register and pay entry fees online.

Judges create a Judge account and enter their director’s email. If you already have a director account, the judge waits for your approval before they can review catches.

When the event ends, final standings, big-fish winners and payouts are calculated and published for everyone to see.

Yes. Tournaments appear on the Tournaments page, Search and the Tournament Calendar, and can be featured on the home page and other pages. Contact us to ask about featured placement.

Browse the Clubs directory by location, fishing style and skill level, or switch to the club map to see clubs near you.

Use Submit a Club. You need an Angler or Tournament Director account. If you don’t have one, you can create it on that page as you submit. We review every listing before it goes live, and listing a club is free.

Featured clubs get a Featured badge, the top spot in the directory and search, a turn in the Clubs page banner and a spot on the home page. See plans and request it on Feature your Club. Nothing is charged online; we confirm your dates and email an invoice.

See Expos and Trade Shows for upcoming shows, or the Event Calendar to see them by month. Each show has dates, hours, admission prices and directions.

Send it through Submit your Event. Basic listings are free. You can also request featured placement, like the home page hero or banner ads. We review every request and reply by email with options and pricing.

Options include the home page hero carousel, banner ads, featured listings for tournaments, series, clubs and events, and “Presented by” sponsorships. To get started, become a partner or contact us.

Apply on Partner with us. Partner accounts are reviewed before they’re activated, and we’ll follow up by email.

Use Forgot password on the login page. If you signed up with Google, choose “Sign in with Google” instead.

Pending means your account is waiting for approval. Judges wait for their director, and partners wait for HOOX review. You’ll get an email once it’s approved. If your account is paused, please contact us.

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