Name/Title
Fish Ohio Pin (2019)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.L1Description
The 2019 Fish Ohio pin features a pumpkinseed sunfish. This is one of the most colorful fish featured on the pins. The scales are outlined in the same silver color as the words Fish Ohio and the date above the fish. They are individually enameled in shades of blue and green on the top half of the fish and shades or orange and red on the bottom half. The fins are a light orange and the face is blue. The background of the pin is not enameled in a color.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.
