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2010 Gold Pin Winners

Below is the list of Gold Pin Award Winners for the 2010 Freshwater Sportfish Awards Program. These are anglers who caught the largest freshwater fish species during the 2010 fishing season. Gold pins are awarded in a Youth and and Adult Category.

The 2010 winners and the Angler of the Year received their gold pins at a ceremony held at the Eastern Outdoor & Fishing Expo at the Worcester DCU Centre, at 4:15 PM, February 12, 2011. See the photos of the winners who received their pins and plaques on MassWildlife's Flickr website!



Adult Gold Pin Award Winners

2010 Adult Winners by Species
Species Lbs. Oz. Water Angler
Bass, Largemouth 8 10 Johns Pond,
Mashpee
Matthew LeBlanc,
Rockland
Bass, Smallmouth 6 11 Quabbin Reservoir Evan Brown,
Ware
Bullhead 3 14 Round Pond,
Haverhill
Roger Aziz, Jr.,
Methuen
Carp 31 3 Connecticut River,
Hatfield
Richard Banasiesk,
Hatfield
Catfish, Channel 18 3 Connecticut River,
Hadley
Kerry Fisher, Jr.,
Chicopee
Catfish, White 6 11 Mashpee-Wakeby Pond,
Mashpee
Eddie Lemieux,
Acushnet
Crappie 3 5 Indian Hill Reservoir,
West Newbury
Bret Twombly,
Rowley
Perch, White 3 0 Middle Pond,
Marstons Mills
Jeff Capute,
Centerville
Perch, Yellow 2 8 Shubael Pond,
Barnstable
Jeff Capute,
Centerville
Pickerel, Chain 6 14 Wachusett Reservoir,
West Boylston
Kimberly Beauchesne,
Spencer
Northern Pike 29 8 Onota Lake,
Pittsfield
Jason Sniezek,
Adams
Salmon (landlocked) 8 4 Quabbin Reservoir Thomas Watson,
Chicopee
Salmon (broodstock) 18 6 Comet Pond,
Hubbardston
Dave Ago,
Worcester
American Shad 5 3 Indian Head River,
Pembroke
Allan Scally,
Plymouth
Sunfish 1 7 Lake Mattawa,
Orange
Adelino Goncalves,
Chicopee
Trout, Brook 3 6 Walden Pond,
Concord
Brian Marchand,
Tyngsborough
Trout, Brown 13 1 Walden Pond,
Concord
Chastity Puchtler,
Waltham
Trout, Lake 17 5 Wachusett Reservoir,
West Boylston
Samuel Lent,
Millbury
Trout, Rainbow 4 12 Comet Pond,
Hubbardston
Andy Femino,
Barre
Trout, Tiger 3 12 Sheep Pond,
Brewster
Philip Henderson,
North Attleborough
Tiger Muskellunge 16 5 Spy Pond,
Arlington
John Wallace,
Arlington
Walleye 7 7 Connecticut River,
Montague
Kenneth Welch,
Chicopee

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Youth Gold Pin Award Winners

2010 Youth Winners (under 18) by Species
Species Lbs. Oz. Water Angler
Bass, Largemouth 6 4 Pratt Pond,
Upton
Mason Consigli,
Upton
Bass, Smallmouth 5 8 Wachusett Reservoir
Brenden Fuller,
Millbury
Bullhead 3 14 Sawdy Pond,
Westport
Brandon Costa,
Fall River
Carp 23 8 Connecticut River,
Montague
Logan Emerson,
Greenfield
Catfish, Channel 14 10 Connecticut River,
Hatfield
Douglas Enko,
Haydenville
Catfish, White 3 13 Charles River,
Boston
*Danny Grafton, Jr.,
Weymouth
Crappie 3 5 Connecticut River,
Hatfield
Matt Ziomek,
Amherst
Perch, White 3 1 Santuit Pond,
Mashpee
Alex Avila,
Sandwich
Perch, Yellow 1 12 Wequaquet Lake,
Barnstable
Thaddeus O'Dell,
Barre
Pickerel, Chain 6 6 Laurel Lake,
Lee
Michael Wheaton, Jr.,
Pittsfield
Northern Pike 15 14 Onota Lake,
Pittsfield
Austin Cancilla,
Pittsfield
Salmon (broodstock) 16 8 Comet Pond,
Hubbardston
Benjamin Benoit,
Templeton
Salmon (landlocked) 7 3 Quabbin Reservoir
Chloe Wright,
Athol
American Shad 4 8 Connecticut River,
Springfield
Eliot Madison,
West Springfield
Sunfish 1 5 Long Pond,
Lakeville
Zachary Lemieux ,
Acushnet
Trout, Brook 2 2 Nine Mile Pond,
Wilbraham
Jack Calcidise,
East Longmeadow
Trout, Brown 4 6 Mashpee-Wakeby Pond,
Mashpee
Shawn Deane,
Forestdale
Trout, Lake 12 0 Quabbin Reservoir
Joe Roman,
Holland
Trout, Rainbow 3 8 Quabbin Reservoir Haley Jean,
New Salem
Trout, Tiger 3 4 Peter's Pond,
Sandwich
Matthew Crowther,
Somerville
Tiger Muskellunge     No youth entries this year!  
Walleye 6 10 Connecticut River,
Montague
Trevor Lapinski,
Montague

*=2011 Angler of the Year

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