Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (2017)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.K10Description
Like the 1984 and 1994 pin, the 2017 Master Angler pin features a muskie. This pin has a pewter colored unenameled background with a raised edge. The fish is in shades of green with orange-red fins. The belly and mouth are white, and the mouth and fins extend slightly over the edge of the pin. Master Angler is written above the muskie, with the words Fish Ohio and the date below 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.
