Master Angler Connor Ward-Merkl | Master Angler Manitoba for Connor Ward-Merkl, Manitoba

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Connor Ward-Merkl

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Overall Rank 458 Awards Achieved 10, Rank #466

Fish Caught 63, Rank #666 Species Caught 17, Rank #336

Award Badges

Congratulations on earning the Platinum Master Angler badge!

Earn diamond by catching 3 more unique species.

3 species until diamond

Bronze

For an angler's first qualifying trophy fish in any of the 30 eligible species

Silver

Catch one qualifying fish in five different eligible species.

Gold

Catch one qualifying fish in ten different eligible species.

Platinum

Catch one qualifying fish in fifteen different eligible species.

Diamond

Catch one qualifying fish in twenty different eligible species.

Specialist Badges

Earn these badges by catching five qualifying fish from each species.

Awarded

Black Crappie

+5 more (10)

Brook Trout

Bullhead

+1 more (6)

Goldeye

+1 more (6)

Rainbow Trout

+4 more (9)

Yellow Perch

In Progress

Brown Trout

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

Freshwater Drum

Lake Trout

Muskellunge

Northern Pike

Smallmouth Bass

Sucker

Tiger Trout

Walleye

Not Yet Caught

Arctic Char

Arctic Grayling

Burbot

Cisco (Tullibee)

Lake Sturgeon

Lake Whitefish

Largemouth Bass

Mooneye

Rock Bass

Sauger

Splake

Sunfish

White Bass

Fishing the waterways in Manitoba means travelling through Treaty 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Territories and through communities who are signatories to Treaties 6 and 10. Manitoba is located on the ancestral land of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations and is the Homeland of the Red River Métis. Northern Manitoba includes lands that were and are the ancestral lands of the Inuit.

Travel Manitoba respects the spirit and intent of Treaties and Treaty Making and remains committed to working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation and collaboration.

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