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Nate Choinski FishMaryland Master Angler 202506

Harford County high school student named 20th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Nathan Choinski, a 10th-grade student from Harford County, has been named the 20th Master Angler by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program, recognizing his achievement of catching 10 trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland waters. Choinski, of Churchville, began fishing during the COVID-19 pandemic after friends introduced him to the sport and the FishMaryland program. What […]

Parkville man named 19th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A Parkville man has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award from Maryland’s FishMaryland program. The FishMaryland program recognizes anglers who catch and release ten trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland waters. Jeffrey Spicer achieved the milestone on March 16, 2024, when he caught a 32.25-inch Chesapeake Channa (northern snakehead) near Aberdeen. Spicer, who learned about the program from […]

Harford County angler earns Maryland Master Angler Milestone Award

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Chris Montcalmo

DARLINGTON, MD—A lifelong Harford County fisherman has become the 18th person to earn a Master Angler Milestone Award since the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program started in 2019. Thomas Over Jr., 30, of Darlington, achieved the milestone by catching and releasing ten trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland waters. Over, who grew up in Jarrettsville and moved […]

College student from Baltimore City named 17th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A 20-year-old Baltimore City college student has become the 17th person to earn a Master Angler Milestone Award since the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) FishMaryland program began in 2019. Roman Dombrowski achieved the milestone with a 66-inch bluefin tuna caught off Ocean City. Dombrowski, an Environmental Studies major at Salisbury University, said he started fishing at the […]

Luca Tucciarella FishMaryland Master Angler DNR

Harford County teen earns FishMaryland Master Angler milestone

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A 15-year-old angler from Forest Hill has become the 16th — and third youngest — person to earn a Master Angler Milestone Award from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program. Luca Tucciarella achieved the milestone Nov. 17 when he caught a 38.25-inch northern pike in Loch Raven Reservoir, the department announced on Wednesday. The FishMaryland program recognizes […]

Cecil County man named 15th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Nick Perez of Perryville, Maryland, has achieved the prestigious Master Angler Milestone Award from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program. He is the 15th angler to reach this milestone since the program began in 2019. Perez’s daughter, Lucy Moore, was the 10th Master Angler, making her the first youth and first female to receive the award. Perez’s […]

Jeremy Elmore FishMaryland Master Angler

DNR names 14th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A Caroline County man has become the 14th person to earn a Master Angler Milestone Award since the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) FishMaryland program began in 2019. Jeremy Elmore, 36, of Preston, caught ten trophy-sized fish of different species in Maryland waters to qualify for the award. Elmore said he started fishing at a young age with […]

Landon Derbyshire FishMaryland Master Angler

15-year-old lands massive sand tiger shark off Maryland coast, becomes 13th FishMaryland Master Angler

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Landon Derbyshire, a 15-year-old from Eden, has achieved the 13th FishMaryland Master Angler Award. He caught and released a massive sand tiger shark off the state’s coast last month. He caught the shark on a boat just beyond the breakers off of a Maryland ocean beach on August 27, 2024, at the age of 15…just two weeks before his […]

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