Are you a fishing enthusiast? We are launching a brand new initiative for Columbia & Montour Counties: a Master Angler Passport! Organized through the popular fishing tournament company, iAngler, this program allows visitors and residents alike to get out on the water in our counties and record the fish species you catch in the iAngler mobile app. This is a FREE passport designed to be fun for the public. Those anglers who catch enough species throughout the year will be awarded the title of “Master Angler” for Columbia & Montour counties in 2025. They will also receive corresponding commemorative prizes for reaching the Master Angler tier, and will be entered to win a year-end Grand Prize drawing.

Each passport-holder must submit their scores via the iAngler Tournament app. Participants may only use cellphone cameras for recording fish. Location and date/time functions must be turned on. Photographs should be taken at maximum resolution.

TOURNAMENT DIVISIONS:
Passport Holder are divided into two (2) categories:

1. Youth – 15 years of age (or younger) at time of registration
2. Adult – 16 years of age (or older) at time of registration.

ELIGIBLE SPECIES:

• Bass
  • Largemouth bass
  • Smallmouth bass
• Panfish
  • Sunfish (Various Types)
  • Yellow perch
  • Rock bass
  • Crappie
• Trout
  • Brook trout
  • Rainbow trout
  • Brown trout
  • Golden Rainbow/Palomino trout
• Catfish
  • Channel catfish
  • Flathead catfish
  • Bullhead catfish
• Other
  • Sucker
  • Carp
  • Northern Pike
  • Chain Pickerel
  • Walleye
• Bonus
  • Muskellunge (Muskie) / Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie)
  • American Eel

2025 PRIZE CATEGORIES:

• YOUTH: Catch six (6) different identified fish species to be awarded a Master Angler Patch & Hat combo.
• ADULT: Catch nine (9) different identified fish species to be awarded a Master Angler Patch & Hat combo.

Stickers will be awarded for each identified fish species caught. A GRAND PRIZE (~$500 value) will be drawn/awarded to one YOUTH & one ADULT that accomplished the Master Angler designation. Additional details regarding the GRAND PRIZES that will be awarded will be revealed in the coming months.

Each identified species caught will earn one (1) entry into the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING. Eash identified BONUS SPECIES caught will earn ten (10) entries into the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING. Please note – you can submit as many of each species as you’d like, but will only receive an entry per unique species. For instance, if someone catches and submits 10 of a single species, they will still just receive 1 Grand Prize entry. 

Again, the Master Angler Passport is a “Catch, Photo and Release” tournament. We are fishing for FUN, and to help sustain the fish population in the waterways of Columbia & Montour counties. At the same time, our goal is to get people out and about in our area and on the water fishing.

Full rules and regulations can be found on the iAngler tournament website, linked in the green button below.