AIM Supports Fish Conservation & Good Stewardship of Natural Resources. AIM’s exclusive Catch-Record-Release™ (CRR™) format is an integral part of how the owners of AIM view modern day tournament fishing. The CRR process allows exciting tournament competition to be held on heavily regulated waters with minimal impact to fish resources and fisheries. Exclusive AIM Format Innovations CRR
The primar
y innovation is the exclusive AIM Catch-Record-Release™ (CRR™) format. With CRR, anglers measure each walleye on the official AIM ruler and take a digital photograph to verify the length. The length of the fish is then recorded on the official scorecard and the fish must be immediately released. NO fish are brought to the “weigh-in” stage. Instead, anglers select the largest walleyes (may be 5 or 7 fish - depending on AIM Series) to be tallied for their daily weight. The length of each walleye is converted to pounds and ounces using a standardized length-to-weight conversion formula. The photos of the largest walleyes caught are displayed to the weigh-in fans – and also included on any live streaming of the proceedings on www.aimfishing.com or other AIM media and social media properties. Because all fish are recorded and then immediately released, anglers are allowed to “weigh” fish within local “slots” that would otherwise be excluded from the daily bag. The AIM Catch-Record-Release™ format has three huge advantages for the sport of competitive angling. First, AIM tournaments can be scheduled at the best times of the year for catching the most fish at each tournament site. Tournaments have been prohibited in many locations at certain times of the year due to fish kills associated with conventional formats that hold the fish in “live wells”. Second, AIM tournaments reward the anglers that catch the biggest fish – not the anglers that were fortunate enough to catch fish in a certain order, dictated by local slot limits and possession rules. Anglers can fish up to the last minute of each tournament day and every fish caught may be scored. In multiple day events, large swings in the final standings are likely as CRR makes it possible for anglers to come from behind and advance many places. Third, AIM anglers can not suffer penalties that are assessed in other formats for fish that are not releasable. With many events being decided by mere ounces, “dead fish” penalties are never a deciding factor in AIM tournaments. AIM Pro Walleye Series Events - Pro/Co - Pro/Pro/Co - Pro Team
AIM runs a variety of events for professional anglers using Pro/Co, Pro/Pro/Co, and Pro Team tournament formats. In Pro/Co events, every pro is randomly assigned a different co-angler for each tournament day and these two anglers work together using CRR to determine their weight for the day. In Pro/Pro/Co events, two pro anglers sign up as a team and draw different co-angler partners on each tournament day. In Pro Team events, pro anglers sign up and fish together with no co-anglers in the boat. AIM Weekend Walleye Series Events
AIM Weekend Walleye Series (AWWS) events feature exciting team style competition aimed squarely at grass-roots tournament anglers. AWWS tournaments are held in several states and regions and teams that excel in their particular region are invited to participate in a national tournament event.
