Massachusetts Freshwater Fish Records

Trophy anglers, the Sportfishing Awards Program offers yearly recognition to anglers who catch the largest fish in each category.

Records by Species
Species	Water Body	Weight	Angler	Year
Bass, Largemouth	Sampson Pond Carver	15 lbs 8 oz	Walter Bolonis	1975
Bass, Smallmouth	Wachusett Reservoir	8 lbs 2 oz	Barbara Sasen	1991
Bullhead*	Forest Lake Methuen	6 lbs 4 oz	Roger Aziz Jr	2008
Carp	Connecticut River	44 lbs 2 oz	Roger Pyzocha	1993
Catfish, Channel	Ashfield Lake Ashfield	26 lbs 8 oz	Dana Dodge	1989
Catfish, White	Baddacook Pond Groton	9 lbs 3 oz	Michael Payne	1987
Crappie	Jake's Pond Plymouth	4 lbs 10 oz	James Crowley	1980
Perch, White	Wachusett Reservoir	3 lbs 2 oz	Ray Richford	1994
Perch, Yellow	South Watuppa Pond Fall River	2 lbs 12 oz	James O'Conner	1979
Pickerel, Chain	Laurel Lake Lee	9 lbs 5 oz	Mrs. James Martin	1954
Pike, Northern	South Pond Brookfield	35 lbs 0 oz	Don Greenwood Jr.	1988
Salmon, Broodstock	Lake Mattawa Orange	22 lbs 15 oz	Donald Savoy	1997
Salmon, Landlocked	Wachusett Reservoir	10 lbs 2 oz	Richard Gagne	1985
Shad, American	Connecticut River	11 lbs 4 oz	Bob Thibodo	1986
Sunfish	South Athol Pond South Athol	2 lbs 1 oz	Heather Bulger	1982
Tiger Muskellunge	Pontoosuc Lake Pittsfield	27 lbs 0 oz	James Lambert	2001
Trout, Brook*	Ashfield Lake Ashfield	10 lbs 0 oz	Peter Harand	2008
Trout, Brown	Wachusett Reservoir	19 lbs 10 oz	Dana Deblois	1966
Trout, Lake	Wachusett Reservoir	24 lbs 0 oz	Michael Sienkiewicz	2004
Trout, Rainbow	Wachusett Reservoir	13 lbs 13 oz	Jeffrey Greco	1999
Trout, Tiger	Peters Pond Sandwich	9 lbs 7oz	Michael Shelton	2004
Walleye	Quabbin Reservoir	11 lbs 0 oz	Robert Methot	1975

*=new state record

Last Updated: 05/28/2008