Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (2009)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.J6Description
The 2009 Master Angler pin features a bluegill sunfish. The fish is enameled in a dark green with lighter green behind, a white belly, and orange eye and chest. The sunfish's tail extends past the edge of the circle. It is on a black background, with Fish Ohio and the date in gold above the sunfish and the words Master Angler on the side in front of the fish.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.
