Name/Title
Master Angler Pin (2019)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.L2Description
The 2019 Master Angler pin features a pumpkinseed sunfish. The pin is one of the most colorful of the Fish Ohio pins. The sunfish is intricately enameled with scales in shades of blue, orange, and red. The face is blue and the fins are a light orange. The outline of the fish is in the same gold as the words Fish Ohio and the date above the sunfish and the words master angler below it.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.
