"Angler of the Year" Award Winners
Beginning
in 2002, the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife has recognized the
angler who weighed in the most species which qualified for the Freshwater
Sportfishing Awards Program for the previous calendar year. This is
being done in part to promote the awareness of some of the Commonwealth's
underutilized species and to recognize an angler's ability to catch
a wide variety of trophy species.
Some anglers become specialists, studying the habits of specific species
and learning how to target them, while others become generalists seeking
out all the species that the state's waters have to offer. This award
is also a way to recognize that the motivations for angling are as diverse
as the anglers themselves!
Pictured above is 2011 Winner Trenton Anestis with Director Wayne MacCallum
during the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Ceremony at Worcester in February
2012.
Angler of the Year
| 2012 |
Jake Souza, Berkley
Youth Angler!
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- *Bass, Largemouth, Big Sandy Pond, Plymouth
- Bullhead, Rico Lake, Taunton
- Bullhead, Rico Lake, Taunton
- Crappie, Long Pond, Lakeville
- Perch, White, Long Pond, Lakeville
- Perch, White (3), Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Perch, Yellow, Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Perch, Yellow, Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Pickerel, Chain, Brickyard Pond, Taunton
- Sunfish(2), Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Trout, Brook, Peters Pond, Sandwich
- *Trout, Brown (2 - 1 gold pin), Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Rainbow Trout, Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Rainbow Trout, Hamblin Pond, Barnstable
- Trout, Tiger (2), Peters Pond, Sandwich
*--2012 Gold
pin winner
Jake, age 14, is the third Youth Angler to receive the Angler
of the Year award.
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| 2011 |
Trenton Anestis,
Youth Angler!
Boxborough |
- Bass, Largemouth, Chauncey Lake, Westborough
- Bass, Smallmouth, Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston
- Bullhead, Chauncey Lake, Westborough
- Bullhead, Concord River, Carlisle
- Carp, Concord River, Concord
- Catfish, White, Concord River, Carlisle
- Catfish, Channel, Connecticut River, Hatfield
- Crappie, Chauncey Lake, Westborough
- Perch, White, Chauncey Lake, Westborough
- Perch, Yellow, Chauncey Lake, Westborough
- Pickerel, Chain, Long Pond, Littleton
- Pike, Northern, Concord River, Billerica
- Shad, American, Merrimack River, Lawrence
- Sunfish, Spectacle Pond, Lancaster
- Trout, Brook, Hathaway Pond, Barnstable
- Trout, Rainbow, Fort Pond, Lancaster
- Trout, Tiger, Hathaway Pond, Barnstable
Trenton is the second Youth Angler to receive the Angler of the
Year award and youngest to date. He was 12 when he submitted most
of his fish.
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| 2010 |
Danny Grafton Jr,
Youth Angler!
Weymouth |
- Bass, Largemouth, Whitman's Pond, Weymouth
- Bass, Smallmouth, Peter's Pond, Sandwich
- Bullhead, Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Carp, Charles River, Boston
- Catfish, White (2), Charles River, Boston*
- Crappie, Glen Charlie Pond, Wareham
- Perch, White, Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Perch, Yellow, Snake Pond, Sandwich
- Salmon, Broodstock, Cliff Pond, Brewster
- Shad, American, Indian Head River, Hanover
- Sunfish, Glen Charlie Pond, Wareham
- Trout, Brook, Hathaway Pond, Barnstable
- Trout, Brown, Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Trout, Rainbow, Peters Pond, Sandwich
Danny Grafton is the first Youth Angler to receive the Angler
of Year award since this award was created in 2003. Congratulations!
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| 2009 |
Roy Leyva
Plymouth |
- Bullhead Mashpee-Wakeby Pond
- Catfish, White Mashpee-Wakeby Pond
- Crappie Glen Charlie Pond, Wareham
- Perch, White Herring River Reservoir
- Perch, Yellow Glen Charlie Pond, Wareham
- Pickerel, Chain Herring River Reservoir, Harwich
- Salmon, Broodstock, (2) Peters Pond Sandwich, Sheep
Pond, Brewster
- Salmon, Landlocked (2) Stillwater River, Sterling
- Sunfish Little Pond, Plymouth
- Trout, Brook Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Trout, Brown Peters Pond, Sandwich
- Trout, Tiger Peters Pond, Sandwich
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| 2008 |
Roger Pyzocha
Ludlow |
Winner in 2002, the first year of this award!
- Bass, Largemouth Quabbin Reservoir
- Bass, Smallmouth Quabbin Reservoir
- Bullhead Quaboag Pond, Brookfield
- Carp, Connecticut River
- Catfish, Channel Connecticut River
- Crappie Quabbin Reservoir
- Perch, White Quabbin Reservoir
- Perch, Yellow Quabbin Reservoir
- Pickerel,Chain Quaboag Pond, Brookfield
- Pike, Northern Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield
- Salmon, Landlocked Quabbin Reservoir
- Shad, American Connecticut River
- Sunfish Quabbin Reservoir
- Trout, Brook Swift River
- Trout, Tiger Swift River
- Walleye Connecticut River
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| 2007 |
Roy Leyva
Plymouth |
- Carp, Brookline Reservoir, Brookline
- Crappie (2) Oldham Pond, Pembroke and (2)Brookline
Reservoir, Brookline
- Catfish,White Charles River, Cambridge
- *Perch, White Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston
- Perch, Yellow Hoxie Pond, Sandwich; (2) Little College
Pond, Plymouth
- Pickerel,Chain Long Pond, Yarmouth
- Pike, Northern Concord River, Carlisle
- *Salmon, Broodstock Cliff Pond, Brewster
- Shad, American North River, Pembroke
- Sunfish Pond Meadow Pond, Peabody
- Trout, Brook Jamaica Pond, Boston
- Trout, Brown Jamaica Pond, Boston
- Trout, Tiger Jamaica Pond, Boston
- White catfish (2), Charles River, Cambridge
- Yellow perch at Pond Street Pond, Dunstable
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| 2006 |
Joe Baker
Lowell |
- *Bullhead, Plugs Pond, Haverhill
- Carp, Merrimack River, Methuen
- Chain pickerel, Laurel Lake, Lee
- Channel catfish,Connecticut River, Springfield
- Crappie (2)Oldham Pond, Pembroke and Concord River,
Billerica
- Landlocked salmon, Quinapoxet River,West Boylston
- Smallmouth bass, Long Pond,Harwich
- Sunfish (2), Concord River, Billerica
- Tiger trout, Peter's Pond, Sandwich
- White catfish (2), Charles River, Cambridge
- Yellow perch at Pond Street Pond, Dunstable
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| 2005 |
Todd Matera
Palmer |
- Chain pickerel in Long Pond, Yarmouth
- Channel catfish and Walleye in the Connecticut River
- Largemouth bass at Garrett's Pond, Barnstable and Quabbin
Reservoir
- Smallmouth bass at Quabbin Reservoir
- Sunfish at Ludlow's Red Bridge Impoundment on Chicopee
River
- White perch at Quabbin Reservoir
- Yellow perch at Spectacle Pond, Sandwich and Rocky
Pond, Plymouth
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| 2004 |
Roy Leyva
Hyde Park |
- Broodstock salmon, Brook trout from Peters Pond,
Sandwich
- Brown trout, Smallmouth bass*, Sheep Pond, Brewster
- Bullhead, Snipatuit Pond, Rochester
- Carp, Neponset Reservoir, Milton
- Chain pickerel, White perch, Harwich Reservoir,
Harwich
- Channel Catfish, White Catfish, Charles River, Cambridge
- Landlocked salmon, Wachusett Reservoir
- Largemouth bass*, Little Cliff Pond, Brewster
- Rainbow trout, Walden Pond, Concord
- American Shad, Indian Head River, Pembroke
- Sunfish, Concord River
- Yellow perch, Bakers Pond, Orleans
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| 2003 |
Scott Osmond
Lowell |
- Carp, Channel catfish, American shad, Sunfish from
Merrimack River, Lowell
- Brook trout, Rainbow trout from Deerfield River, Deerfield
- Walleye, Connecticut River
- Chain pickerel, Nashua River, Groton
- White catfish, Concord River, Concord
- Broodstock salmon, Jamaica Pond, Boston
- Bullhead, Attitash Lake, Amesbury
- Black crappie, Smallmouth Bass, White perch, Quabbin
Reservoir
- Yellow perch, Spot Pond, Stoneham
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| 2002 |
Roger Pyzocha
Ludlow |
- Crappie, Smallmouth bass, Landlocked salmon, White perch
from Quabbin Reservoir
- Carp from Connecticut River
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*Gold Pin fish
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