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Best Bets For Pike

Chain Pickerel
Northern Pike
Tiger Muskellunge

Pickerel, pike and tiger muskies belong to the Esocids family of fish. These fish are especially popular with ice fishermen. The listing below is only a sampling of waters with big fish. There are many more waterbodies where "pin" fish can be hooked in Massachusetts. Not all anglers submit their big catches to MassWildlife and big fish lurk in many bodies of water!

Need directions to a lake or pond? Click on the MassWildlife District for that pond, find the pond name, and click on the Google Map feature for driving directions. The MassWildlife District link also connects you to other regional pond maps and fishing information.

Chain Pickerel

The columns below can be sorted by Waterbody , Town, or MassWildlife District. Simply click the column heading to help you sort for the information you need. When available, links to a pond map or specific website are included.

**Best Bets for Chain Pickerel**
Waterbody	Town	MassWildlife District
Agawam River	Wareham	Southeast District
Assawompset Pond	Lakeville	Southeast District
Buel Lake	Monterey	Western District
Glen Charlie Pond	Wareham	Southeast District
Heard Pond	Wayland	Northeast District
Johnson's Pond	Groveland	Northeast District
Long Pond	Plymouth	Southeast District
Long Pond	Lakeville	Southeast District
Mashpee-Wakeby Pond	Mashpee/Sandwich	Southeast District
Mill Pond	Wareham	Southeast District
Monponsett Pond	Halifax	Southeast District
Norwich Pond	Huntington	Western District
Onota Lake	Pittsfield	Western District
Otis Reservoir	Otis	Western District
Pearl Lake	Wrentham	Northeast District
Quaboag/Quacumquasit Ponds	Brookfield	Central District
Raccoon Pond	Carver	Southeast District
Snipatuit Pond	Rochester	Southeast District
Stockbridge Bowl	Stockbridge	Western District
Tispaquin Pond	Middleborough	Southeast District
Wequaquet Lake	Barnstable	Southeast District
White Island Pond	Plymouth	Southeast District
Winnecunnet Pond	Norton	Southeast District

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Northern Pike

**Best Bets for Northern Pike**
Waterbody	Town	MassWildlife District
Buel Lake	Monterey	Western District
Charles River	N/A	Northeast District
Cheshire Reservoir	Cheshire	Western District
Cochituate Lake	Natick	Northeast District
Concord River/Heard Pond	Wayland	Northeast District
Connecticut River	N/A	Connecticut Valley District
French River	N/A	Central District
Hamilton Reservoir	Holland	Connecticut Valley District
Onota Lake	Pittsfield	Western District
Pontoosuc Lake	Pittsfield	Western District
Quaboag/Quacumquasit Ponds	Brookfield	Central District
Sudbury River	N/A	Northeast District
Webster Lake	Webster	Central District
Wequaquet Lake	Barnstable	Southeast District

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Tiger Muskellunge

**Best Bets for Tiger Muskellunge**
Waterbody	Town	MassWildlife District
Chauncey Lake	Westborough	Central District
Woods Pond/Housatonic River	Lenox	Western District
Pontoosuc Lake	Pittsfield	Western District
Quinsigamond Lake	Shrewsbury/Worcester	Central District
Spy Pond	Arlington	Northeast District

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