Provided herein are methods and systems for a recreation monitoring platform that includes an angling apparatus to identify angling events, the apparatus comprising a fishing rod and a reel adapted to be secured to the fishing rod, an angling event sensing device adapted to be secured to the fishing rod and comprising at least one sensor to generate data indicative of a parameter of the rod or reel when the rod or reel is in use, and at least one processor in communication with the angling event sensing device programmed to identify an angling event based on the data indicative of a parameter of the rod or reel.
