Carl A. Johansen

Carl A. Johansen (1934–2026), known along the Cape Cod Canal as "Angler #1," fished the Big Ditch for 80 years, starting in the 1940s when a kid earned the title of "Canal Rat" by carrying gear and rigging baits for the men who taught him. A Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Forrest B. Royal during the Vietnam War, he was a Master Instructor with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Urban Angler Program, teaching the sport to newcomers for years.