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2012 Gold Pin Winners
Below is the list of Gold Pin Award Winners for the 2012 Freshwater Sportfish Awards Program. These are anglers who caught the largest freshwater fish species during the 2012 fishing season. Gold pins are awarded in a Youth and and Adult Category.
The 2012 winners will receive their gold pins at a ceremony held in
February 2013 at the New
England Fishing & Outdoor Expo in the Worcester DCU Centre.
Adult Gold Pin Award Winners
| Species | Lbs. | Oz. | Water | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass, Largemouth | 10 | 5 | Marys Pond, Rochester |
William Souza, Somerset |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 6 | 6 | Quabbin Reservoir | Todd Matera, Palmer |
| Bullhead | 2 | 5 | Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee |
Eddie Lemieux, Acushnet |
| Carp* | 46 | 5 | Quinsigamond Lake, Shrewsbury |
Shane Felch, Shrewsbury |
| Catfish, Channel | 24 | 10 | Nine Mile Pond, Wilbraham |
Mark Bailey, Wilbraham |
| Catfish, White | 7 | 10 | Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee |
Eddie Lemieux, Acushnet |
| Crappie | 2 | 12 | Webster Lake, Webster |
Jason VanHillo, Winchendon |
| Perch, White | 2 | 9 | Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston |
Howie Turcotte, North Oxford |
| Perch, Yellow | 1 | 15 | Demond Pond, Rutland |
Matthew Power, Rutland |
| Pickerel, Chain | 6 | 2 | Charles River, Waltham |
Raymond Scichilone III, Newton |
| Northern Pike | 25 | 12 | Quaboag Pond, Brookfield |
Kevin DeSanto, Holland |
| Salmon (landlocked) | 5 | 12 | Quabbin Reservoir | Carl Hewitt, Sterling |
| Salmon (broodstock) | 15 | 4 | Comet Pond, Hubbardston |
Juan Cornejo, Boylston |
| American Shad | 6 | 0 | Merrimack River, Lawrence |
Roger Aziz, Jr., Methuen |
| Sunfish | 1 | 2 | Hinkley's Pond, Harwich |
David Terrill, Dennisport |
| Trout, Brook | 3 | 11 | Cliff Pond, Brewster |
James Tremper, North Eastham |
| Trout, Brown | 11 | 11 | White Pond, Concord |
Kenneth Brown, North Billerica |
| Trout, Lake | 17 | 11 | Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston |
Paul Piergallini, West Boylston |
| Trout, Rainbow | 5 | 4 | Carbuncle Pond, Oxford |
Philip LeBlanc, North Grosvenordale, Connecticut |
| Trout, Tiger | 2 | 15 | Cochituate Lake, Framingham |
Stephan Potter, Framingham |
| Tiger Muskellunge | 18 | 3 | Pontoosuc Lake, Lanesborough |
Lou Baker, Lanesborough |
| Walleye | 10 | 0 | Connecticut River, Northampton |
Francis Koske, Holyoke |
* = new state record
Youth Gold Pin Award Winners
| Species | Lbs. | Oz. | Water | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass, Largemouth | 9 | 7 | Big Sandy Pond, Plymouth |
*Jake Souza, Berkley |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 5 | 0 | Quabbin Reservoir, |
Alexis Danault, Ware |
| Bullhead | 2 | 12 | Crystal Lake, Orleans |
Colin Wright, Shrewsbury |
| Carp | 26 | 7 | Merrimack River, Haverhill |
Chase Anestis, Boxborough |
| Catfish, Channel | 10 | 12 | Connecticut River, Northampton |
Matthew Nowak, Southampton |
| Catfish, White | 3 | 7 | Concord River, Concord |
Chase Anestis, Boxborough |
| Crappie | 2 | 0 | Webster Lake, Webster |
Tony Yeulenski, Webster |
| Perch, White | 2 | 8 | Quabbin Reservoir | Sophie Putnam, Athol |
| Perch, Yellow | 1 | 8 | Lower Naukeag Lake, Ashburnham |
Jac Carrigan, Ashburnham |
| Pickerel, Chain | 5 | 0 | Herring Pond, Eastham |
Ernie Largey, Eastham |
| Northern Pike | 18 | 5 | Quaboag Pond, Brookfield |
Brandon Mason, Spencer |
| Salmon (broodstock) |
No youth entries this year!
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| Salmon (landlocked) | 4 | 8 | Quabbin Reservoir |
John Hannam, Rutland |
| American Shad | 3 | 15 | Connecticut River, Hadley |
Andrew Rogalski, Bondsville (Palmer) |
| Sunfish | 1 | 3 | Mill Pond, Falmouth |
Aidan Webb, East Falmouth |
| Sunfish | 1 | 3 | Jenkins Pond, Falmouth |
Dylan Ruzzo, East Falmouth |
| Sunfish | 1 | 3 | Coonamessett Pond, Falmouth |
Thomas McAuley, East Falmouth |
| Trout, Brook | 2 | 12 | Sheep Pond, Brewster |
Chad Avery, Brewster |
| Trout, Brown | 8 | 8 | Peters Pond, Sandwich |
Jake Souza, Berkley |
| Trout, Lake | 5 | 10 | Quabbin Reservoir |
Hunter Karas, Honolulu, HI |
| Trout, Rainbow | 5 | 12 | Great South Pond Plymouth |
Morgan Harvey, Plymouth |
| Trout, Tiger | 2 | 3 | Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield |
Matthew Menard, Brookfield |
| Tiger Muskellunge | No youth entries this year! | |||
| Walleye | 2 | 6 | Connecticut River, Montague |
Trevor Lapinski, Montague |
*=2012 Angler of the Year