Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (1993)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.F6Description
The 1993 Master Angler pin features a largemouth bass.The bass's fins and scales are enameled in shades of green and the belly is in off white. Fish Ohio, Master Angler, and the date are in gold along the border of the pin. This is one of the few years that the regular Fish Ohio pin also uses gold letters. The year the gold background differentiates the two pins.Use
The Master Angler category is for anglers who catch four different Fish Ohio-qualifying species in a single year.Context
The Fish Ohio program recognizes anglers for noteworthy catches of Ohio’s fish. Since 1976, more than 400,000 anglers have been recognized for their catches. The Ohio Division of Wildlife took over the program's management in 1980.
Each angler with a qualifying catch receives a collectible Fish Ohio lapel pin. Each year’s pin has a different species of fish on it, along with the year, so the pin that the angler receives won’t necessarily have the same fish on it as the qualifying fish caught. Fish must be taken by legal angling and not from pay lakes.Collection
Personal Collection of Dan Yoder
