LIFESTYLE Girl, age 12, wins top fishing prize of 'Master Angler Milestone': 'She does it all' Lucy Moore of Maryland is the first female and youngest angler to win the state award ...

Price, who started fly fishing in 1993, said “Once I found fishing, I was like ‘this is it, this is my calling.’” In 2010, he began entering fish in the department’s new Master Angler ...

Cecil County angler breaking barriers with prized catches 02:19. BALTIMORE - Lucy Perez, an 11-year-old from Cecil County, is forging her own path and breaking barriers along the way when it comes ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Don Adcock's 120.79-pound, rodeo-record amberjack gave him the extra quarter point he needed to break a tie with Michael Fournier Sr. to claim Master Angler honors at the ...

An angler shows off her Master Angler award-winning rainbow trout. For this species the minimum length for the award is 20 inches, while a typical length for the species is 16 inches.

The Master Angler program requires an angler to complete six slams, each requiring them to catch a set number of fish species that meet specified length criteria within a designated time period.

More than two decades later, the 30-year-old earned the 18th Master Angler Milestone Award, given by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.

The Master Angler program began in 2019, the last Master Angler was awarded in mid-May, according to the FishMaryland website. Stay Connected. Like Us. Follow Us. Newsletter Sign up /sign-up ...

The period for Master Angler Patch applications for fish caught between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 remains open until Jan. 10 of the following year.