Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: Recreational Fishing

2008 Skillful Skipper Award Winners: Capt. Dave Niemi, Capt. John & Son, and Capt. James Walsh, American Classic

2007 Skillful Skipper Award Winners: Capt. Dave Niemi, Capt. John & Son, and Capt. James Walsh, American Classic

Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2006 Winners
Species	Division	Name	Heaviest Fish	Weigh Station
Bigeye Tuna	Men	Arthur J. Camuso	183 lbs	Green Harbor IGFA Weigh Station
Black Sea Bass	Men	David Jones	7 lbs 2 oz	Powderhorn
	Men (tie)	Jeff Capute	7 lbs 2 oz	Sports Port
	Women	Karen Rock	6 lbs 2 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Sylvie Josel	6 lbs 10 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
Bluefish	Men	Jeff Capute	18 lbs 7 oz	Sports Port
	Women	Sandy Pietruska	16 lbs 1 oz	Main Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Eric Hagstrom	17 lbs 1 oz	Sports Port
Blue Shark	Men	Kener SoozaBatisti	425 lbs	Walsh's Deep Sea Fishing
	Women	Theresa Sexton	386 lbs	Joe's Lobster Mart/Red Top
	Junior	Melissa Ciolek	364 lbs	The Hook Up
Bonito	Men	Joe Canha	11 lbs 7 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Jack Mazeika	8 lbs 12 oz	Riverview Bait & Tackle
Cod	Men	John Panek	68 lbs 3 oz	Walsh's Deep Sea Fishing
	Women	Cherie Stasio	44 lbs 2 oz	Hilton's Fishing Dock
	Junior	Chandler Corderio	42 lbs	Cherry's Bait
False Albacore	Men	Dave Price	14 lbs 6 oz	Larry's Tackle Shop
Fluke	Men	David Hearn	11 lbs 10 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Women	Janet Mullert	14 lbs 15 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Colin Buckley	11 lbs 13 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Haddock	Men	Bob Paulson	9 lbs	Black Rose Charters
	Women	Chelsea Picchi	12 lbs 8 oz	Cherry's Bait
Pollock	Men	Joe Borowski	27 lbs 6 oz	Hilton's Fishing Dock
	Women	Diane Bahrakis	19 lbs 8 oz	Hilton's Fishing Dock
	Junior	Joshua Robbins	31 lbs 6 oz	Walsh's Fishing Dock
Scup	Men	Jeff Capute	3 lbs 13 oz	Sports Port
	Women	Karen Rock	4 lbs	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Leony Shnorhokian	3 lbs 3 oz	Red Top Sporting Goods
Spanish Mackerel	Men	Rocco DeTeso	7 lbs 13 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Striped Bass	Men	Lev Wlodyka	57 lbs 10 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Women	JoAnn Souza	36 lbs 2 oz	Canal Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Dan Matthews	46 lbs 14 oz	Canal Bait & Tackle
Tautog	Men	Matthew Olson	13 lbs	Bucko Brothers
	Junior	Matt Calvin	8 lbs	Uncle Ken's Bait & Tackle
Wahoo	Men	Kenneth Abbott	131 lbs 5 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Weakfish	Men	Daniel Hochberger	11 lbs 12 oz	Main Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Bradford Dupras	13 lbs 4 oz	M & D Bait and Tackle
Winter Flounder	Men	Toby Araujo	5 lbs 12 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Women	Sally Burke	6 lbs 3 oz	Cherry's Bait
Wolffish	Men	Bob Dow	37 lbs 6 oz	Cherry's Bait
	Junior	Therese Bambery	23 lbs	Yankee Tackle
Yellowfin Tuna	Men	Richard Montague	105 lbs	Powderhorn

2006 Skillful Skipper Award Winners: Capt. Dave Niemi, Capt. John & Son, Capt. Rick LaPierre, Yellowbird, and Capt. James Walsh, American Classic

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Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2005 Winners
Species	Division	Name	Heaviest Fish	Weigh Station
Albacore	Junior	Jamie Jaxtimer	40 lbs	Nantucket Anglers Club
Black Sea Bass	Men	Jeff Capute	6 lbs 15 oz	Sports Port
	Women	Judy Smith	6 lbs 2 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Justin Avila	6 lbs 4 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
Bluefish	Men	Bob Motta	14 lbs 13 oz	Blackbeards B & T
	Women	Eileen Genthner	14 lbs 1 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	James Simmons	12 lbs 8 oz	Uncle Ken's Bait & Tackle
Blue Shark	Men	Joseph Donnelly III	315 lbs 5 oz	Hilton's Fishing Dock
Bonito	Men	Jared Mackenzie	10 lbs 10 oz	Dicks Bait & Tackle
	Women	Deb Frodigh	9 lbs 2 oz	Blackbeards B & T
	Junior	Brian Fraser	6 lbs 14 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Cod	Men	John Monte	76 lbs 6 oz	Ippis Bait and Tackle
	Women	Becky Dean	51 lbs 13 oz	Winchester Fishing
	Junior	Ron Salmonson	55 lbs	Yankee Tackle
Dolphin	Men	Cody Hixon	18 lbs 3 oz	Nantucket Anglers Club
False Albacore	Men	Caleb Nicholson	11 lbs 2 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Tyler Rucker	10 lbs	Dockside Bait & Tackle
Fluke	Men	Roger Ouellete	13 lbs 2 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Women	Sandra Avila	10 lbs 14 oz	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Jacob LaBranche	9 lbs 2 oz	Blackbeards B & T
Haddock	Men	Robert Davis	11 lbs 10 oz	Bridge Rd. Bait & Tackle
	Women	Paula Gaurino	12 lbs 3 oz	Walsh's Deep Sea Fishing
Mako Shark	Women	Sandy Pietruska	233	Dicks Bait and Tackle
Pollock	Men	Don Losier	25 lbs 8 oz	Hilton's Dock
Porbeagle Shark	Men	Jay Martin	411 lbs	Green Harbor (DMF)
Scup	Men	Koko Apanian	3 lbs 11 oz	Red Top Sporting Goods
	Junior	Samantha Callow	2 lbs 6 oz	M & D Bait and Tackle
Spanish Mackerel	Men	Jim Fraser	7 lbs 5 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Women	Stephanie Smith	5 lbs 14 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Brendan Morris	5 lbs 14 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Striped Bass	Men	Louis Rebello Jr.	62 lbs 4 oz	Bucko Brothers
	Women	Jan Campagnone	50 lbs 4 oz	Red Top Sporting Goods
	Junior	Tom C. Reed	43 lbs 14 oz	Red Top Sporting Goods
Tautog	Men	Joe DeMello	15 lbs 14 oz	Main Bait & Tackle
	Women	Susan Kappler	9 lbs 8 oz	Macos Bait & Tackle
Thresher Shark	Women	Eileen Kane	316 lbs	Nantucket Anglers Club
Wahoo	Men	Robert Greene	79 lbs 12 oz	Hyannis Angler's Club
Weakfish	Men	Stephen Schultz	10 lbs 6 oz	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Winter Flounder	Men	Thomas Tutkus	4 lbs 8 oz	Red Top Sporting Goods
	Women	Chloe Blackler	6 lbs 8 oz	Cherrys Bait Shop
	Junior	Joshua Patterson	4 lbs 8 oz	Cherrys Bait Shop
Wolffish	Men	Brian Aylward	37 lbs 4 oz	Walsh's Bait and Tackle
Yellowfin Tuna	Men	Mark Richard	111 lbs 14 oz	Hyannis Angler's Club
	Junior	Jamie Jaxtimer	94 lbs	Nantucket Angler's Club

Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2004 Winners
Species	Division	Name	Heaviest Fish	Weigh Station
Albacore	Men	Gene Sartini	54 lbs 8 oz	Main Bait and Tackle
Black Sea Bass	Men	Jeff Capute	5 lbs. 13 oz.	Riverview Bait & Tackle
	Women	Patricia Wasierski	5 lbs. 10 oz.	Nantucket Anglers Club
	Junior	Moria Gannon	5 lbs. 2 oz.	Sports Port
Bluefish	Men	Tom Clancy	16 lbs. 2 oz.	Dockside Bait & Tackle
	Junior	Damien Dmitruk	20 lbs. 1 oz.	Eastmans
Blue Shark	Women	Marcia Kane	410 lbs. 6 oz.	Nantucket Angler's Club
Bonito	Men	Patrick Jenkinson	9 lbs. 2 oz.	Vineyard Striped Bass Derby
	Women	Bonnie Brooks	7 lbs. 8 oz.	Nantucket Anglers Club
	Junior	Zachary Margulies	7 lbs. 11 oz.	Dicks Bait and Tackle
Cod	Men	Charles Ferguson	67 lbs. 2 oz.	Hilton's Dock
	Women	Diana Allamby	51 lbs. 4 oz.	Yankee Tackle
	Junior	Brooke Miles	35 lbs. 6 oz.	Ippi's Bait & Tackle
Dolphin	Junior	Cooper Taymore	19 lbs. 5 oz.	Nantucket Anglers Club
False Albacore	Men	Joseph Correia	12 lbs.	Budds Bait & Tackle
	Women	Kitty Kania	10 lbs. 14 oz.	Nantucket Anglers Club
Fluke	Men	Gary Ritz	14 lbs.	Westport Marine
	Women	Heather Chicoine	7 lbs. 12 oz.	Dockside
	Junior	Douglas Fraser	12 lbs. 13 oz.	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Haddock	Men	Anthony Fugate	13 lbs. 12 oz.	Walsh's Deep Sea Fishing
	Junior	Matthieu Aubuchon	8 lbs. 1 oz.	Yankee Tackle
Halibut	Men	Ben Dixon	209 lbs.	Red Top
Mackerel	Men	Brett Bongazone	2 lbs.	Belsan Bait & Tackle
Mako Shark	Men	Tommy Acciavatti	340 lbs.	Dick's Bait & Tackle
	Women	Kitty Kania	303 lbs. 5 oz.	Nantucket Angler's Club
Pollock	Junior	Steve Sochocki	26 lbs. 8 oz.	Hilton's Dock
Porbeagle Shark	Men	Clifford Halik	414 lbs.	Nantucket Angler's Club
Scup	Men	Jeff Capute	4 lbs. 2 oz.	Sports Port
	Women	Claudia Pina	2 lbs. 4 oz.	Red Top
	Junior	Kevin Kissane	2 lbs. 14 oz.	Sports Port
Spanish Mackerel	Junior	Jordan Angelos	5 lbs. 8 oz.	Falmouth Bait & Tackle
Striped Bass	Men	Jack Browne	61 lbs.	Macos
	Women	Marianne Laforest	49 lbs. 5 oz.	Westport Marine
	Junior	Thomas Hulley	40 lbs.	Cuttyhunk/Lynch
Swordfish	Men	Steven Buckley	502 lbs.	Hyannis Anglers Club
Tautog	Men	Tom Armstrong	11 lbs. 10 oz.	Westport Marine
	Junior	Wade Henderson	10 lbs. 10 oz.	Mako
Thresher Shark	Men	R. Keith Allison Jr.	548 lbs.	Dick's Bait & Tackle
Wahoo	Men	Dennis McGillicuddy	89 lbs. 5 oz.	Eastman's Sport & Tackle
Weakfish	Men	William Simpson	9 lbs. 5 oz.	M & D Tackle
Winter Flounder	Men	Brian McCusker	4 lbs. 7 oz.	The Sportsman's Den
Wolffish	Men	Daniel Rochford	25 lbs. 3 oz.	Bridge Rd. Bait & Tackle

Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2003 Winners
Species	Division	Name	Heaviest Fish
Albacore	Men	Tommy Good	65 lbs.
Black Sea Bass	Men	Jeff Capute	6 lbs. 4 oz.
	Women	Orietta DiGeronimo	4 lbs. 5 oz.
	Junior	Kevin Owen	4 lbs. 10 oz.
Bluefish	Men	Mike Wilson	18 lbs.
	Women	Elena Rice	17 lbs. 14 oz.
	Junior	Taylor Sears	13 lbs. 5 oz.
Blue Shark	Men	Paul Trani	341 lbs.
Bonito	Men	Stanley Brown	10 lbs. 4 oz.
Cod	Men	Moe Howard	62 lbs. 12 oz.
	Junior	Robert Emond Jr.	45 lbs.
Dolphin	Men	Michael Kane	38 lbs. 8 oz.
	Women	Gretchen Mills	18 lbs. 15 oz.
Fluke	Men	Charles Monteiro	13 lbs. 9 oz.
	Women	Jill Tuch	10 lbs. 12 oz.
	Women (tie)	Pamela Bradford	10 lbs. 12 oz.
	Junior	Douglas Fraser	8 lbs. 13 oz.
Haddock	Men	George Kavgic	16 lbs. 12 oz.
Pollock	Men	Dennis Sullivan	34 lbs. 6 oz.
Scup	Men	Robert Conway	3 lbs.
	Junior	Nicholas Curry	2 lbs. 12 oz.
Spanish Mackerel	Men	Timothy Carbone	6 lbs. 12 oz.
	Junior	Julie Birch	5 lbs. 1 oz.
Striped Bass	Men	Gary Corsetti	54 lbs.
	Women	Kathy Theiling	46 lbs.
	Junior	Erich Bubb	51 lbs. 12 oz.
Tautog	Men	Brian Calef	12 lbs.
	Women	Holly Fabbricotti	14 lbs. 2 oz.
	Junior	Jonathan Morse	9 lbs. 1 oz.
Thresher Shark	Men	Jonathan Wietecha	506 lbs.
Weakfish	Junior	Joshua Folco	8 lbs. 10 oz.
Wahoo	Men	Rich Laurendeau	92 lbs.
Winter Flounder	Men	Dennis DeCarney	5 lbs.
	Junior	Zack Zero	3 lbs. 1 oz.
Wolffish	Men	Mike Comfort	36 lbs. 8 oz.
	Junior	Jess Crozier	23 lbs.
Yellowfin Tuna	Women	Marcia Kane	54 lbs.

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Massachusetts Saltwater Fishing Derby 2002 Winners
Species	Division	Name	Location	Date	Winning Weight
Albacore	Men	Robert Dary	Veetch Canyon	8/24/02	55 lbs.
	Women	Danielle MacPhee	Hydrographers Canyon	8/15/02	42 lbs. 13 oz.
Black Sea Bass	Men	Robert Medeiros	Vineyard Sound	7/7/02	6 lbs 8 oz.
	Women	Jacqueline F. Leitao	Buzzards Bay	5/22/02	5 lbs. 6 oz.
	Junior	Michael T. Crane II	Nomans Isl.	6/16/02	4 lbs. 14 oz.
Bluefish	Men	Joe Manzone	New Bedford	10/8/02	16 lbs.
	Women	Ellie Dale	Cape Cod Bay	9/17/02	15 lbs.
	Junior	Amanda Perry	Dartmouth	10/2/02	15 lbs. 3 oz.
Blue Shark	Men	Tom Acciavatti	Star	7/20/02	383 lbs.
Bonito	Men	Eddie Gomez	NB Dike	9/23/02	13 lbs 8 oz.
Cod	Men	Mike Mahurin	Jeffries	6/4/02	72 lbs 9 oz.
	Women	Leah Simas	Cape Cod Bay	6/22/02	42 lbs.
	Junior	Anthony Noel	Middle Bank	7/21/02	33 lbs. 10oz.
Cusk	Men	Art Bukaske	Middle Bank	8/25/02	21 lbs 8 oz.
Dolphin	Men	Kevin Rakos	Atlantis Canyon	9/22/02	28 lbs.
	Junior	Cooper Taymore	Hydrographers Canyon	8/2/02	14 lbs
False Albacore	Men	Stephen F. Halley	Edgartown Hbr.	9/2/02	16 lbs 3 oz.
Fluke	Men	Bill Pecha	Colliers	7/10/02	13 lbs 14 oz
	Women	Jill C. Tuch	Bird Island	6/27/02	9 lbs 4 oz.
	Junior	Emily Eickhoff	Great Point	7/6/02	10 lbs. 6 oz.
Haddock	Men	Jay Mollenhauer	Jeffries Ledge	4/24/02	14 lbs 8 oz.
	Junior	Steven Bednarcyyk	Jeffries Ledge	4/23/02	9 lbs.
Mackerel	Men	Bruce Lloyd	Cape Cod Bay	5/6/02	2 lbs 14 oz.
Mako	Men	Tom Acciavatti	Star	7/19/02	235 lbs
	Women	Kitty Kania	Gordan's Gully	9/7/02	301 lbs
Pollock	Men	Peter Chiapulis	Tillies Bank	8/25/02	39 lbs
	Junior	Dave Osier Jr.	Tillies	9/21/02	30 lbs.
Scup	Men	Jeff Capute	Nantucket Sound	6/12/02	3 lbs. 10 oz.
	Women	Lisa Simmons	Buzzards Bay	5/18/02	3 lbs 3 oz.
	Junior	Leah Foote, Kenny Simmons	Woods Hole	6/28/02	3 lbs 15 oz.
Striped Bass	Men	Michael D. Almeida	Quick's Hole	6/3/02	59 lbs 4 oz
	Women	Susan R. Erickson	Cape Cod Bay	8/4/02	41 lbs 6 oz.
	Junior	Nathan Paul Ostrom	Cape Cod Bay	6/25/02	41 lbs 10 oz.
Tautog	Men	Bill Duchemin	Fairhaven	5/11/02	13 lbs 10 oz.
	Women	Judy Silva	Clevland Ledge	4/27/02	14 lbs
Thresher	Men	Ed Sawlit	Fingers	7/20/02	416 lbs
Wahoo	Men	Joe Baca	Veatch Canyon	8/20/02	83 lbs 4 oz.
Weakfish	Women	Laurette Landry	Salters Pt.	7/15/02	10 lbs
Winter Flounder	Men	Phil Begley	Cape Cod Bay	10/25/02	5 lbs 12 oz.
	Women	Cindy Clark	Quincy	5/12/02	4 lbs
Wolffish	Men	William H. Dodge	Tillies	8/4/02	47 lbs 3 oz.
	Women	Anne Francis	Mass.Bay	7/8/02	39 lbs 1 oz.
	Junior	Mitch J. Graziano	Mass.Bay	7/14/02	24 lbs.
Yellowfin Tuna	Men	Bob Lind	Hydrographers Canyon	8/24/02	86 lbs
	Women	Danielle McPhee	Hydrographers Canyon	8/16/02	65 lbs 6 oz.

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