Uno Mas‘ Maria Magalhaes not only took home the win for the 2021 Top Female Angler but the Signature Triple Crown Top Series Angler Overall, becoming the first woman to claim this achievement.
The Few and Far Between: Professional Females of Sportfishing
Captain Jen Copeland is one of sportfishing’s pioneers with a career that started in 1997.
What is it like to be a professional captain and a woman? For me, the answer lies in one word: NOV·EL·TY (noun): the quality of being new, original, or unusual.
When people outside the industry have asked what I do for a living, this word describes exactly how I feel. It’s almost as if I hope they don’t ask, knowing what to follow is an in-depth, minimum 20-minute conversation with a slew of questions filled with intrigue and astonishment.
