Name/Title
Fish Ohio Pin (2021)Entry/Object ID
2022.4.00.L5Description
The 2021 Fish Ohio pin features a longnose gar. The fish's scales are shades of green with occasional dark brown spots. The belly is white. The nose and some of the fins of the longnose gar extend beyond the edge of the circular base of the pin. Fish Ohio is in silver around the edge of the pin and the date is centered just above the fish.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.
