Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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FishMaryland Master Anglers

FishMaryland​ is Maryland’s recreational fishing award program, and has been running since January 2019.  This is a fun way to explore year-round recreational fishing and enjoy Maryland’s affordable, accessible, diverse and high quality fishing opportunities.
 
Recreational fishing offers opportunities for families and friends to spend quality time together while enjoying the abundant natural resources Maryland has to offer in both saltwater and​ freshwater. The FishMaryland Program includes any of more than 60 eligible species in five categories (Atlantic Coast, Chesapeake Bay, Nontidal, Catch and Release and Invasive).

The Master Angler Award is the highest of the three Milestone Awards​ in the FishMaryland Program (Angler Award, Expert Angler Award, and Master Angler Award).

Keep reading below to learn more ​about each Master Angler and their catches. Follow these directions to submit your catch for FishMaryland.

FishMaryland Master Angler
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Angler Angler Photo Catches
Awarded on 11/18/2025 Vincent Tucciarella Vincent holding smallmouth bass
  • Blue Catfish - 41”
  • Chain Pickerel - 26”
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.25”
  • Northern Snakehead - 30”
  • Bullhead Catfish - 15.25”
  • Hickory Shad - 18.5”
  • White Perch - 13”
  • Yellow Perch - 14.5”
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20.5”
  • Redbreast Sunfish - 8.125”​
Awarded on 11/3/2025 Darwin Hayward darwin holding a blueline tilefish
  • Brown Trout - 24.25”
  • Blue Catfish - 40.25”
  • Striped Bass - 45”
  • Northern Snakehead - 30”
  • Muskellunge - 41”
  • Largemouth Bass - 21”
  • Hickory Shad - 18”
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 83”
  • Bluefin Tuna - 69”
  • Blueline Tilefish - 26.5"
Awarded on 10/6/2025 Jim Frazetti Jim holding a striped bass
  • White Marlin - 68”
  • Weakfish - 24.5”
  • Spanish Mackerel - 24”
  • Swordfish - 41”
  • Striped Bass - 46”
  • Yellow Perch - 14.5”
  • Blue Crab - 8.05”
  • Blueline Tilefish - 29”
  • False Albacore - 27.5”
  • Golden Tilefish - 36.5”
Awarded on 8/4/2025 Canden Michalski candan holding a catfish
  • Hickory Shad - 18.25"
  • Northern Snakehead - 30"
  • Crappie - 15.25"
  • Bluegill - 11.25"
  • Spot - 12"
  • Blue Catfish - 47"
  • Largemouth Bass - 22"
  • Carp - 36.5"
  • Flathead Catfish - 36.5
  • Redbreast Sunfish - 8"
Awarded on 7/28/2025 Jesse Black jesse holding a rock bass
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.5"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24" 
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Rainbow Trout - 20" 
  • Brook Trout - 14"
  • Walleye - 27"
  • Bullhead Catfish - 16"
  • Carp - 38"
  • Bluegill - 11"
  • Rock Bass - 11"
Awarded on 7/23/2025 Jake Prior jake holding a largemouth bass
  • Northern Snakehead - 30"
  • Yellow Perch - 15"
  • Hickory Shad - 18"
  • Blue Crab - 8"
  • White Catfish - 20"
  • Carp - 30"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 82"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24.5"
  • Redbreast Sunfish - 8.5"
Awarded on 7/23/2025 Ryan Kaler ryan holding a wahoo
  • White Perch - 13"
  • Blue Shark - 96"
  • Striped Bass - 45"
  • White Marlin - 67"
  • Hammerhead Shark - 38"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24.25"
  • Red Drum - 45"
  • Cobia - 45.5"
  • Blueline Tilefish - 26.5"
  • Wahoo - 64"
Awarded on 7/23/2025 Andrew Reier andrew holding a tilefish
  • Blue Marlin - 115"
  • White Marlin - 68"
  • Swordfish - 35"
  • Blue Crab - 8.25"
  • Golden Tilefish - 43"
  • White Perch - 13.125"
  • Yellowfin Tuna - 50.25"
  • Blueline Tilefish - 33"
  • Summer Flounder - 24.5"
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 72"
Awarded on 5/30/2025 Nate Choinski nate holding a snakehead
  • Pumpkinseed - 10.2"
  • Bluegill - 11.1"
  • Hickory Shad - 18.1"
  • Striped Bass - 43"
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20"
  • Northern Snakehead - 31"
  • Blue Catfish - 40.5"
  • Crappie - 15"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
  • Bullhead Catfish - 15"​
Awarded on 5/19/2025 Jeffrey Spicer jeff holding a snakehead
  • ​Hickory Shad - 18.5"
  • Crappie - 16.5"
  • Striped Bass - 40"
  • Northern Snakehead - 32.25"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20.25"
  • Channel Catfish - 30"
  • Redbreast Sunfish - 8.25"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24.25"
  • White Catfish - 20.25"​
Awarded on 3/24/2025 Thomas Over thomas holdig a striper
  • Northern Snakehead - 30.1"
  • Blue Catfish - 41.25"
  • Rock Bass - 10.5"
  • Yellow Perch - 14.25"
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20.75"
  • Muskellunge - 40.75"
  • Striped Bass - 44.25"
  • Blue Marlin - 78"
  • White Marlin - 60"
  • Crappie - 15.5"
Awarded on 12/12/2024 Roman Dombrowski roman holding a red drum
  • Bullhead Catfish - 17”
  • Sheepshead - 23”
  • Carp - 39”​
  • Bluefish - 34”
  • Striped Bass - 47”
  • Thresher Shark - 91”
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 70”
  • Red Drum - 43”
  • Largemouth Bass - 23”
  • Bluefin Tuna - 66”
Awarded on 12/2/2024 Luca Tucciarella luca holding a northern pike
  • Carp - 36"
  • Brook Trout - 12"
  • Flathead Catfish - 34.5"
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 79"
  • Bullhead Catfish - 15.25"
  • Rock Bass - 11"
  • Blue Catfish - 44"
  • Largemouth Bass 22"
  • Northern Pike - 38.25"
  • Chain Pickerel - 25.75"​
Awarded on 11/12/2024 Nick Perez nick holding a carp
  • Northern Snakehead - 34"
  • Redbreast Sunfish - 8.5"
  • White Perch - 13.5"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
  • Bluegill - 12"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24"
  • Redear Sunfish - 11"
  • Rock Bass - 10.5"
  • Crappie - 16.5"
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
Awarded on 10/7/2024 Jeremy Elmore jeremy holding a chain pickerel
  • ​Northern Snakehead - 30"
  • Spanish Mackerel - 27"
  • Sheepshead - 24"
  • Striped Bass - 48"
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Carp - 31"​
  • Chain Pickerel - 24.5"
  • Cobia - 46"
  • Red Drum - 41.5"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
Awarded on 8/27/2024 Landon Derbyshire landon holding a red drum
  • Carp - 31.5”
  • Sheepshead - 24.5”
  • Blue Shark - 85”
  • Red Drum - 51”
  • Striped Bass - 45”
  • Cobia - 53”
  • Blueline Tilefish - 28”
  • Northern Snakehead - 31”
  • Spotted Seatrout - 24”
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 73”
Awarded on 7/12/2024 Ben Halfpap ben holding a blue catfish
  • Northern Snakehead - 32”
  • Blue Catfish - 42”
  • Flathead Catfish - 41”
  • Channel Catfish - 30”
  • White Perch - 13”
  • White Catfish - 21”
  • Striped Bass - 45”
  • Hickory Shad - 18.25”
  • Carp - 30”
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 84”​
Awarded on 7/2/2024 Eric Packard eric holding a shad
  • Chain Pickerel - 26"
  • ​Largemouth Bass - 22.25"
  • Northern Snakehead - 30"
  • Red Drum - 45"
  • Crappie - 15"
  • Spanish Mackerel - 22"
  • Hickory Shad - 18"
  • Carp - 31"
  • Striped Bass - 43"
  • Spotted Seatrout - 24"
Awarded on 5/6/2024 Lucy Moore lucy holding a bluegill
  • Chain Pickerel - 27”
  • White Perch - 13”
  • Bluegill - 11”
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Crappie - 15"
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20"
  • Hickory Shad - 18"
  • Carp - 33"
  • Pumpkinseed - 10"
  • American Shad - 24"​
Awarded on 4/18/2024 Adam Krauss adam holding a snakehead
  • Largemouth Bass - 21"
  • Northern Snakehead - 31"
  • White Perch - 13"
  • Rainbow Trout - 24"
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 84"
  • Striped Bass - 48”
  • Hickory Shad -  18”
  • Yellow Perch -  14”
  • Chain Pickerel -  24”
  • ​Carp -  31.5”​​
Awarded on 3/25/2024 Jason Michalski jason holding a snakehead
  • Northern Snakehead - 33.5”
  • Smallmouth Bass - 21”
  • Crappie - 16.25”
  • Rainbow Trout - 27”
  • Striped Bass - 45”​
  • Pumpkinseed - 10"
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Bluegill - 11"
  • Hickory Shad - 20"
  • Carp - 30.25"
Awarded on 3/11/2024 Zeljko Koretic zeljko holding a flounder
  • Red Drum - 43”
  • Northern Snakehead - 34.5”
  • Blue Catfish - 41.5”
  • Striped Bass - 49”
  • Cobia - 48”
  • Channel Catfish - 30.5”
  • Summer Flounder - 24”
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.5”
  • Yellow Perch - 14.25”
  • Crappie - 15.5”​
Awarded on 2/26/2024 Rashan Hunt rashan holding a chain pickerel
  • ​Northern Snakehead - 34.5"​
  • Blue Catfish - 50.5"
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.5"
  • Carp - 32.5"
  • Channel Catfish - 30.5"
  • Striped Bass - 45"
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Hickory Shad - 18"
  • Crappie - 15"
  • Chain Pickerel - 24"
Awarded on 12/22/2023 Tim Campbell tim holding a red drum
  • Chain Pickerel - 25"
  • Largemouth Bass - 22"
  • Red Drum - 42"
  • Carp - 36"
  • Spanish Mackerel - 24"
  • Crappie - 15"
  • Hickory Shad - 18"
  • Northern Snakehead - 31"
  • Walleye - 28"
  • Striped Bass - 45"​
Awarded on 11/13/2023 Jason Paugh jason holding a largemouth bass
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.25"
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20"
  • Crappie - 16.75"
  • Northern Pike - 47.25"
  • Chain Pickerel - 25.25"
  • Rock Bass - 10.75"
  • Yellow Perch - 14.25"
  • Carp - 38"
  • Bluegill - 11"
  • Brook Trout - 12.25"​
Awarded on 5/23/2023 David Moore david holding a sheepshead
  • Kingfish - 14"
  • Red Drum - 50"
  • Striped Bass - 50"
  • Sand Tiger Shark - 112"
  • Black Drum - 49"
  • Bluefish - 39"
  • Hickory Shad - 19"
  • Spanish Mackerel - 24"
  • Sheepshead - 20"
  • Summer Flounder - 24"
Awarded on 4/10/2023 David McCollum dave holding his certificate
  • Rock Bass -10.5"
  • Striped Bass - 46"
  • Yellow Perch - 14"
  • Northern Snakehead - 31.25"
  • Red Drum - 47"
  • Walleye - 27"
  • Spotted Seatrout - 24"
  • White Perch - 13.5"
  • Channel Catfish - 30.5"
  • Hickory Shad - 19.25"​
Awarded on 11/18/2019 Gary Simpson gary holding a largemouth bass
  • Chain Pickerel - 25.5"  
  • Largemouth Bass - 21.25" 
  • White Perch - 13"  
  • Walleye - 27" 
  • Striped Bass - 44" 
  • Crappie - 15.25" 
  • Smallmouth Bass - 20.25" 
  • Blue Crab - 8.5" 
  • Red Drum - 40.75" 
  • Carp - 32"​

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