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2011 Gold Pin Winners
Below is the list of Gold Pin Award Winners for the 2011 Freshwater Sportfish Awards Program. These are anglers who caught the largest freshwater fish species during the 2011 fishing season. Gold pins are awarded in a Youth and and Adult Category.
The 2011 winners received their gold pins at a ceremony held in February 2012 at the Eastern Outdoor & Fishing Expo in the Worcester DCU Centre.
Adult Gold Pin Award Winners
| Species | Lbs. | Oz. | Water | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass, Largemouth | 9 | 4 | Johns Pond, Mashpee |
Michael Werling, Littleton |
| Bass, Largemouth | 9 | 4 | Cliff Pond, Brewster |
David Ahola, New Bedford |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 5 | 12 | Long Pond, Harwich |
Jeff Capute, Centerville |
| Bullhead | 5 | 15 | Styles Pond, Boxford |
Roger Aziz, Jr., Methuen |
| Carp | 39 | 10 | Connecticut River, Montague |
Shane Emerson, Greenfield |
| Catfish, Channel | 12 | 12 | Connecticut River, Chicopee |
Justin Sypek, Belchertown |
| Catfish, White | 7 | 1 | Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee |
Richard Doolin, Forestdale |
| Crappie | 2 | 15 | Webster Lake, Webster |
Richard Lonczak, Chicopee |
| Perch, White | 2 | 12 | Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston |
Yisheng He, Worcester |
| Perch, Yellow | 2 | 7 | Wequaquet Lake, Barnstable |
Jeff Capute, Centerville |
| Pickerel, Chain | 7 | 2 | Stockbridge Bowl, Stockbridge |
Paul Tawczynski, Great Barrington |
| Northern Pike | 24 | 11 | Quaboag Pond, Brookfield |
Robert Cummings, Ware |
| Salmon (landlocked) | 6 | 14 | Quabbin Reservoir | Robert Wright, Athol |
| Salmon (broodstock) | 14 | 5 | Horn Pond, Woburn |
Daniel Tumbarello, Stoneham |
| American Shad | 6 | 8 | Merrimack River, Lawrence |
Roger Aziz, Jr., Methuen |
| Sunfish | 1 | 2 | Lake Pond, Sandwich |
Cindey LeGeyt, Yarmouthport |
| Trout, Brook | 3 | 1 | Little Pond, Plymouth |
Dimitri Papaliolios, Weymouth |
| Trout, Brown | 8 | 15 | White Pond, Concord |
Kenneth Brown, North Billerica |
| Trout, Lake | 14 | 0 | Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston |
Stephen Elia, Clinton |
| Trout, Rainbow | 5 | 2 | Hamblin Pond, Barnstable |
Jeff Capute, Centerville |
| Trout, Tiger | 3 | 5 | Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield |
Steve Ramsey, Sr., Spencer |
| Tiger Muskellunge | 19 | 2 | Pontoosuc Lake, Lanesborough |
Herb Pirzl, III, Lanesborough |
| Walleye | 8 | 14 | Connecticut River, Gill |
Lance Bristol, Greenfield |
Youth Gold Pin Award Winners
| Species | Lbs. | Oz. | Water | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass, Largemouth | 6 | 5 | Big Alum Pond, Sturbridge |
Felicity Dineen, Ware |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 4 | 14 | Higgins Pond, Brewster |
Maxwell Leonard, Orleans |
| Bullhead | 2 | 1 | Concord River, Carlisle |
*Trenton
Anestis, Boxborough |
| Carp | 30 | 15 | Quinsigamond Lake, Shrewsbury |
Scott Pustis, Shrewsbury |
| Catfish, Channel | 11 | 2 | Connecticut River, Springfield |
Ian Sypek, Belchertown |
| Catfish, White | 4 | 15 | Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee |
Jake Calogero, Middleborough |
| Crappie | 3 | 5 | Cook Pond, Fall River |
Brandon Costa, Fall River |
| Perch, White | 2 | 8 | Quabbin Reservoir | Sophie Putnam, Athol |
| Perch, Yellow | 1 | 12 | Connecticut River, Easthampton |
Nathan Crosby, Easthampton |
| Pickerel, Chain | 5 | 12 | Metacomet Pond, Belchertown |
Brett Atwood, Chicopee |
| Northern Pike | 17 | 0 | Pontoosuc Lake, Lanesborough |
Troy Wendling, Lanesborough |
| Salmon (broodstock) | 20 | 5 | Comet Pond, Hubbardston |
Brandon Costa, Fall River |
| Salmon (landlocked) | 6 | 8 | Quabbin Reservoir |
Haley Jean, New Salem |
| American Shad | 5 | 6 | Merrimack River, Lawrence |
Austin Aziz, Methuen |
| Sunfish | 1 | 0 | Mattawa Lake, Orange |
Josef Whitman, New Salem |
| Trout, Brook | 3 | 9 | Cliff Pond, Brewster |
Tyler Brundage, West Yarmouth |
| Trout, Brown | 6 | 10 | Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield |
Troy Blondin, East Brookfield |
| Trout, Lake | 8 | 0 | Quabbin Reservoir |
Ashlyn Zajac, Ware |
| Trout, Rainbow | 3 | 12 | Quabbin Reservoir | Andrew Rogalski, Bondsville |
| Trout, Tiger | 2 | 7 | Higgins Pond, Brewster |
Maxwell Leonard, Orleans |
| Trout, Tiger | 2 | 7 | Flax Pond, Brewster |
Stephen Kalinick, Brewster |
| Tiger Muskellunge | No youth entries this year! | |||
| Walleye | 3 | 4 | Connecticut River, Gill |
Trevor Lapinski, Montague |
*=2011 Angler of the Year