Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (2015)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.K6Description
The 2015 Master Angler pin features a smallmouth bass, as did the 1990 pin. The bass is on an unenameled gold background. The bass itself is enameled in shades of green, with a white belly and red eye and has an open mouth. The fish's tail and dorsal fin extend slightly beyond the edges of the main circle of the pin. Fish Ohio and the date are below the fish and Master Angler is above it.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.
