Angler Awards

you should have turned in your avator, probably gave you a big
patch for that.

haha, she wasn't big enough.....have to get one of them corn feds to meet the weight requirements of the program

The state fish is the brook trout and every patch they give out at this time has a brookie on it. As long as your certificate says steelhead on it all should be good then. Since I got my fisrt ever award from pa I have seen 3 different types of patches. What I always though they should dowas give out the main patch plus a cheveron naming the speices of fish you got it for. This is what the pathes for the in-fisherman awards look like. You will get a patch like bing baits has for an advatar plus a cheveron patch trimed in red with red lettering on yellow border with the fish speices on it.

ORIGINAL: D-MAC

Can you take measurments and a picture and submit that for an angler award that way you could release the fish unharmed and still qualify for the award......

Yes the state of Pa offers both catch and keep and catch and release awards.. For steelhead c&r I belive you need a 24in or better not to hard of a challange at all...lol here is a full list of requiorements for awards


The state offer awards for 31 species of fish.

fish type ..... catch and release... serior...junior
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bass largemouth ..... 20in , 5lb , 4lb

bass rock ..... 8in , 12oz , 8oz

bass smallmouth ..... 19in , 4lb , 3lb 8oz

bass striper Salt ..... 30in , 23lb , 21lb

bass striper inland ..... 23in , 10lb , 7lb 8oz

bass white ..... 14in , 2lb , 1lb 8oz

bluegill ..... 8in , 12oz , 8oz

carp ..... 28in , 14lb , 11lb 8oz

catfish bullhead ..... 11in , 1lb 8oz , 1lb

catfish channel ..... 24in , 10lb 8oz , 8lb

catfish flathead ..... 34in , 20lb , 16lb'

crappie ..... 10in , 1lb 4oz , 1lb

drum(sheephead) ..... 21in , 5lb , 4lb

muskie(also tiger)..... 39in , 28lb , 20lb

perch white ..... 9in , 12oz , 8oz

perch yellow ..... 11in , 1lb 4oz , 12oz

pickeral chain ..... 20in , 4lb , 3lb

pike northern ..... 27in , 11lb , 8lb

salmon atlantic ..... 21in , 5lb 8oz , 4lb

salmon chinock ..... 30in , 14lb , 11lb 8oz

salmon coho ..... 24in , 8lb , 6lb 8oz

salmon pink ..... 17in , 3lb , 2lb 8oz

sauger ..... 18in , 2lb , 1lb 8oz

shad american ..... 22in , 6lb , 4lb 8oz

sucker(any) ..... 17in , 2lb 12oz , 2lb

trout brook ..... 15in , 2lb , 1lb 8oz

trout brown ..... 21in , 5lb 8oz, 4lb

trout lake ..... 30in , 15lb , 12lb

trout palomino
golden rainbow ..... 20in , 5lb , 3lb 8oz

trout rainbow ..... 20in , 5lb , 3lb 8oz

trout steelhead ..... 24in, 10lb , 8lb

walleye ..... 23in , 8lb , 6lb

Thanks for the updates on the patches.  I thought they messed up, but I shoulda known the govt. doesn't do that. 

That kinda takes the fun out of it, cause I wanted to get a patch for each species.  Dunno if it'd be worth it to chase the paper awards or not. 

For the In-Fisherman awards, do you need to be a member or anything?

ORIGINAL: Johnny_Johnson

Thanks for the updates on the patches.  I thought they messed up, but I shoulda known the govt. doesn't do that. 

That kinda takes the fun out of it, cause I wanted to get a patch for each species.  Dunno if it'd be worth it to chase the paper awards or not. 

For the In-Fisherman awards, do you need to be a member or anything?

no you do not have to be a member to get an award from in-fisherman.If you do get largest of the year you will get a special certifacate and a pin. normal awards are just the patch and species cheveron no certifacate..also if you are in top 5 per species per region each year you will get your name in the magazines yearly award issue..below is what it looks like to have your name in a national magazine..yes my name is listed 3 times for coho ...king and steelhead.



and here is what a certifacte fromthen looks like..

awesome guys, thanks for the input and furthermore congrats on the fish!  I just went and found the In Fisherman application so I think I'll send my chromer into them as well and get that award.  Then I think I am gonna try to work my way through the species charts as well.

It'll give me and the kids something extra to shoot for.

Thanks again for the help.