Get On Board!  A program for Charter Captains who support Release Over 20

We are looking for Guides to partner with us to help promote the concept of releasing bigger fish.  There are so many upsides, including a better fishery in the future, and more trophy fish for your clients to catch.  But, if that is not enough, we have built in incentives for both Guides and their Clients to participate.

What’s in it for Captains/Guides?

  • We rank your guide service based on the number of client releases.  The more releases, the higher your ranking
  • We plot monthly, yearly, and all time Charter releases nationally.  See how you rank among all other charter services in the nation!
  • We provide you with important science-backed information about WHY we should be releasing these fish
  • We send rewards for the national leading Charter Captain each month, so make sure to enter all your eligible fish!

What’s in it for Clients?

  • We provide free decals for captains to give to clients who simply agree to participate in Release Over 20 at the start of a charter, regardless of whether they are able to catch a fish to release.
  • We include a special monthly giveaway only for client releases.  Prize pack value averages around $100 and is made possible by our growing list of corporate sponsors.  The more the client releases, the better their chances of winning.

How to get Started

Download our new mobile app by searching on ‘Release Over 20’ in your app store.  Create a new registration and follow the onboarding steps.  Once you are onboarded, please enable ‘Guide Mode’ which will display some more fields in your profile to enter your Business name and enable a field for client party.

That’s it!  You’re all set.  When you enter a client catch, you now have a field to enter the client or group name to credit the catch to.  This field is “sticky” so you only have to enter it once.  Should be super fast and easy.  If we pick your release in our random giveaway, we will send you the pic to identify the specific angler and get their mailing address.  For that reason, we would rather you upload a pic with the client smiling and holding the fish to be released.

Please enter your client’s fish before the end of the month.  We only want entries from the current month please!

Now, you can go to our store and order your Starter Kit.  And, when you’re ready for more decals you can order more here.

Thanks, we appreciate you who are partnering with us.  Let’s make a measurable difference in our fishery by participating in Release Over 20!

FAQs

I’m not too tech-savvy.  Can someone help me get set up?

Yes, of course!  Please send an email to support@releaseover20.org and we will help you.

What if I need more decals?

No worries!  You can order more decals here.  Won’t cost you a dime.

What if I’m registered as a captain, but I’m out fishing for myself.  Can I enter my releases?

Yes, but we ask that you only enter them personally.  Please do NOT put your name in the Client name box.

Can my client enter their fish instead?

We ask that you do not have your clients enter their fish.  Most captains we have spoken to believe that most clients probably won’t enter their fish anyway.  We do ask that you enter fish for your clients.

I have other questions about the program.  Who can I contact?

Please reach out to our Get On Board Program Coordinator, Capt. Scotty Wasson swasson@releaseover20.org