I was ask by a co-worker that does not fish whats the defferents between fisherman and angler are they the same. at first i stated there the same but as i thought about it there not. you hear the word angler mostly in tournaments,bassfishin,a person that targets 1r2 species, only targets game fish, they take the sport that they love and make it a art & science.
to me a fisherman will fish for what is biting at a given time, uses live bait and lures, will use all methods rod&reel,trotlines,banklines,jugs,ext
and will catch bigger fish than a angler far the most part they target all.
my self I fish mosly rod&reel 50% of time i fish for Bass the other % im a die hard Big catman.