# 🎣 Simple Fishing standings tracker

> Track fishing tournament standings with points, total weight, and event wins. Schedule and player stats on the same page.

Canonical: https://simplestandings.com/fishing

## What your fishing standings look like

Default columns for fishing: PTS, Events, Wins, Total Weight. You can customize, add, or remove any column.

| # | Team | PTS | Events | Wins | Total Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Team 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Team 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Team 3 | — | — | — | — |

## Player statistics for fishing

Default stat columns: GP, Total, Avg, Best. Check Statistics when creating to enable a player stats table on the same share page.

| # | Player | GP | Total | Avg | Best |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Player 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Player 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Player 3 | — | — | — | — |

[Learn more about league statistics tracking](https://simplestandings.com/league-statistics-tracker)

## Fishing schedule

Check Schedule when creating to add games on the same share page. Visitors filter by team or venue automatically, so each angler sees only their own games.

| Date | Time | Venue | Home Team | Away Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — |

## The easiest way to track fishing standings

Whether it is a bass tournament trail, a local fishing derby series, or a fly fishing league, Simple Standings makes it easy to track cumulative points, total weight, event counts, and wins — then share with the anglers. It does more than the table, too: tick Schedule to add games with dates, times, and venues that visitors can filter by team, and Statistics to track games played, totals, averages, and bests. Enable any combination — all three sit on the same shareable link.

## How fishing standings work

Most fishing tournaments are won on **weight**: each angler or team weighs in their best fish up to a limit, and the heaviest bag wins. Kayak and catch-photo-release events often score on **length** instead, measured and photographed on a board, so the fish go straight back.

A season trail then turns each event into **points by place** and adds them up, so one huge bag does not decide the year. Many trails also give a **big fish** prize, and many take penalties off the weight for dead fish or a late check-in.

## A worked example

Five anglers, three events, 10-8-6-5-4 points by place, weights in pounds:

| Angler | E1 | E2 | E3 | Total Weight | Wins | PTS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ted | 15.08 | 10.02 | 13.31 | 38.41 | 1 | 23 |
| Ray | 14.62 | 13.40 | 11.95 | 39.97 | 0 | 21 |
| Sal | 12.10 | 16.25 | 9.48 | 37.83 | 1 | 20 |
| Val | 9.84 | 12.77 | 14.06 | 36.67 | 1 | 20 |
| Wes | 11.35 | 8.90 | 12.40 | 32.65 | 0 | 15 |

Ray caught the most weight over the season and never won an event. On points, Ray’s two seconds and a fourth are worth less than Ted’s win, second and fourth.

Sal and Val are tied on 20. Total weight breaks it: Sal 37.83, Val 36.67.

## Common fishing tiebreakers

When anglers finish level, these are applied in order until the tie is broken:

1. **Total weight** across the season, when points are level.
2. **Big fish** — the heaviest single fish.
3. **Most event wins.**

## How fishing seasons are scheduled

- **A tournament trail** of monthly events on different lakes.
- **Derby series** over a season, sometimes with daily or weekly leaders.
- **Divisions** — boater and co-angler, kayak and boat, youth — each with its own table.

## Setting up fishing standings in Simple Standings

Pick Fishing when you create a league and the standings start with PTS, Events, Wins, and Total Weight. New fishing leagues sort by PTS. Every column can be renamed, removed, or added to. A computed column can read every typed-in column, plus any computed column to its left.

The preset is PTS, Events, Wins and Total Weight, sorted by points. To break ties on weight, add `PTS × 1000 + Total Weight` — season weights stay well under 1,000 pounds.

Add to totals adds each event’s points, weight and a 1 for the event. The schedule doubles as the trail calendar, filterable by lake.

## Features for fishing leagues

- Custom columns tailored for fishing (wins, losses, points, and more)
- Computed columns for auto-calculated stats like win percentage and point differential
- Shareable read-only link for players, parents, and fans
- Dark and light mode — set your own colors for each theme
- Smart schedule filters — visitors filter by team, venue, or any column automatically
- Public description for announcements, rules, or league info at the top of your page
- Add links to your share page — waivers, social media, sign-up forms, anything
- Game schedule with custom columns, dates, times, venues, and scores
- Player statistics table prefilled for fishing — games played, totals, averages, and bests
- Customize colors and fonts for your shareable page
- QR code sharing and CSV export
- Your league’s logo and custom pages in your league’s navigation
- Box scores for every game: the final score, each player’s line, and a page of its own
- Works on desktop and mobile — no app to install
- No spreadsheets, no imports — just type it in

## How to set up fishing standings

### 1. Create your standings

Sign up, click “Create new”, and choose Fishing. Default columns (PTS, Events, Wins, Total Weight) are ready to go.

### 2. Add anglers and enter results

Type in your anglers names and fill in the stats. Update them after each game or whenever you like.

### 3. Share the standings

Hit “Share” to get a read-only link. Send it to anglers, coaches, parents — anyone who wants to see the standings.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I create fishing standings?

Sign up for a free account, click "Create new", choose your columns (wins, losses, points, etc.), add your anglers, and type in the data. No spreadsheets or imports needed.

### Can I share my fishing standings with others?

Yes. Every standings you create gets a unique shareable link. Anyone with the link can view the standings — no account required.

### Can I make a fishing schedule too?

Yes. Check Schedule when creating and add games with dates, times, venues, and scores. Visitors can filter the schedule by team or venue, so each angler sees only their own games.

### Can I track fishing stats?

Yes. Check Statistics when creating and you get a stats table with the columns already prefilled for fishing — games played, totals, averages, and bests. Add computed columns for anything you work out with a formula, and sort by whichever column matters.

### Is Simple Standings free for fishing leagues?

Free — standings, schedule, and statistics with no team limits, no game caps, and a public share link included. Public pages carry ads, which is what pays for it; a one-time $9.99 USD removes them from a league, with no subscription and no renewal.

### Do fishing scores automatically update the standings?

Only if you want them to. Typing the table in yourself is the default, and it is what most leagues stick with — no syncing, no broken formulas. You can also enter one game at a time and let it do the arithmetic, report a score and have the standings update themselves, or keep a full box score for each game that updates the standings and every player's totals at once.

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