Awards
MASTER ANGLER
APPLICATION
Master Angler — Kept Category — by length
Please print legibly
Certificate and patch – 1 patch per year
CHECK ONE:
____ Released Category
Master Angler — Released Category — by length
____Kept Category
Angler’s Name: _________________________________
Age: _________
Mailing Address: ________________________________
(Street)
__________­­____________________________________
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Phone: _______________________________________
Certificate and patch – 1 patch per year
Year-end Award for Released Fish
The Master Angler records for released fish (measured by
length) are announced at the beginning of the new year on the
CPW website at cpw.state.co.us. This record is for the year.
State Records Program
COLORADO
PA R K S
&
WILDLIFE
Colorado
Master Angler
Program
AWARDS FOR TROPHY FISH
For information on CPW’s original state fishing record program
that tracks different species of fish by weight, visit the CPW
website at wildlife.state.co.us/Fishing/AwardsRecords/
RecordsbyWeight/Pages/weight.aspx or call (303) 297-1192.
Species of fish caught: __________________________
Date caught: ___/___/___
Length in inches: _______
Location caught: _______________________________
County: _______________________________________
How caught (Type of tackle or lure used): _______________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
WITNESS VERIFICATION: (one witness is needed if
application includes a photo; two witnesses required without
photo).
Name: ________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________
City/State: _____________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________
Name: ________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________
City/State: _____________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
6060 Broadway • Denver, CO 80216
(303) 297-1192 • cpw.state.co.us
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is the state agency responsible for managing
wildlife and its habitat, as well as providing wildlife-related recreation. CPW
is funded through hunting and fishing license fees, federal grants and Colorado Lottery proceeds through Great Outdoors Colorado. 11-2012
www.wildlife.state.co.us
cpw.state.co.us
Colorado Master Angler
Award Program
HOW TO MEASURE A FISH’S LENGTH
SPECIES
NAME
There are two categories for anglers to consider in the
Master Angler Award Program. One category is for kept
fish, the other is for released fish. There is a year-end award
for released fish.
Anglers who catch a fish of qualifying length will receive a
Master Angler certificate and patch. Anglers who achieve
record status will also receive a matching lapel pin. Only
one patch per angler will be awarded each year. However,
anglers may submit more than one entry and will receive a
certificate for each accepted additional entry.
The Master Angler Program is designed to promote
the Conservation of Fishery
resources and quality fishing by
encouraging the careful release
of trophy-size popular sport
species. The program
recognizes anglers for
excellence in their
sport as well.
1. Fish must be hooked, played, landed and/or re-
leased on sport tackle by the entrant. (Snagged
fish are not eligible).
2. Only fish caught in Colorado are eligible for
entry.
3. All state fishing regulations must be followed.
4. How to measure: Close fish’s mouth and
measure from the tip of jaw to the tip of the tail.
This is the total length.
5. Entries must be sent within 60 days of the fish
NEW RULES
FOR PIKE AND BASS:
To promote responsible
conservation of fishery
resources, CPW will
recognize qualifying
length northern
pike and
smallmouth bass
caught in waters
west of the
Continental
Divide in the
“Kept Fish”
category only.
These
species have
negative
impacts on
other sportfish
and on native
species of concern
and they have been
illegally introduced in
a number of waters on
the Western Slope.
MASTER ANGLER
AWARD-QUALIFYING LENGTHS
being caught. A clear side-view photograph
must accompany the entry with one witness
verification. There must be two witnesses if no
photograph is available.
!
6. Mail entries to:
MASTER ANGLER AWARD PROGRAM
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE
6060 BROADWAY, DENVER, CO 80216
REPORT IT!
If you have
information about
illegal stocking
activity, contact
OPERATION
GAME THIEF.
You can remain
anonymous and
may be eligible for a reward.
[email protected]
or call 1-877-265-6648
LENGTH
(in inches)
Rainbow trout................................................... 24
Brown trout....................................................... 22
Brook trout........................................................ 16
Cutthroat trout................................................. 20
Snake River Cutthroat..................................... 20
Rainbow & Cutthroat hybrid (Cutbow)........ 22
Golden trout...................................................... 16
Lake trout.......................................................... 32
Tiger trout......................................................... 18
Splake................................................................. 20
Arctic char......................................................... 18
Whitefish........................................................... 15
Kokanee salmon (angling only)..................... 20
Grayling............................................................. 15
Northern pike................................................... 36
Tiger muskie..................................................... 40
Sauger................................................................. 26
Walleye............................................................... 26
Saugeye.............................................................. 26
Yellow perch...................................................... 12
Sacramento perch............................................. 12
Largemouth bass.............................................. 18
Smallmouth bass.............................................. 17
Spotted bass....................................................... 18
Wiper................................................................. 25
Striped bass....................................................... 28
White bass......................................................... 17
Green sunfish.................................................... 10
Redear sunfish.................................................. 12
Bluegill............................................................... 10
Hybrid bluegill.................................................. 10
Crappie.............................................................. 14
Channel catfish................................................. 30
Blue catfish........................................................ 30
Flathead catfish................................................. 30
Black bullhead.................................................. 14
Common carp................................................... 30
Grass carp.......................................................... 30
White sucker..................................................... 22
Longnose sucker............................................... 18
Drum.................................................................. 20
Tench.................................................................. 18
Pumpkinseed...................................................... 8