Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (2018)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.K12Description
The 2018 Master Angler pin features a walleye. The fish is enameled in decreasing shades of brown, starting with a darker shade on its back and ending with a white belly. The mouth of the walleye is open and extends beyond the circular base of the pin. Fish Ohio and Master Angler are above the walleye, and the date is 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.
