Massachusetts freshwater fish records

MassWildlife keeps records of the biggest fish caught in Massachusetts’ waters that have public access. Check out the record holders for both catch and keep and catch and release categories.

Massachusetts freshwater catch & keep records

If you think your trophy fish may have broken a catch and keep record, it  needs to be weighed by a MassWildlife Fisheries Biologist. Please email [e-mail] to make an appointment to bring your fish into one of our office locations. The fish must be presented in its entirety (whole). In keeping with MassWildlife regulations prohibiting the transportation of live fish without a permit, any fish submitted for weighing must be dead.

Species	Lbs.	Oz.	Length	Water	Angler	Year
American Shad	11	4	32	Connecticut River	Bob Thibodo	1986
Bowfin	9	10	29.25	Taunton River	Andrew Langley	2020
Broodstock Salmon	22	15	36	Mattawa Lake, Orange	Donald Savoy	1997
Brook Trout	10	0	23	Ashfield Lake, Ashfield	Peter Harand	2008
Brown Trout	19	10	31	Wachusett Reservoir	Dana Deblois	1966
Bullhead	6	4	23	Forest Lake, Methuen	Roger Aziz, Jr.	2008
Carp	46	5	42	Quinsigamond Lake, Shrewsbury	Shane Felch	2012
Chain Pickerel	9	5	NA	Laurel Lake, Lee	Mrs. James Martin	1954
Channel Catfish	26	8	35	Ashfield Lake, Ashfield	Dana Dodge	1989
Crappie	4	10	NA	Jake's Pond, Plymouth	James Crowley	1980
Fallfish	1	15	16.50	Connecticut River, Montague	Cam Tucker	2023
Lake Trout	25	7	33	Quabbin Reservoir	William Roy	2016
Landlocked Salmon	10	2	29	Wachusett Reservoir	Richard Gagne	1985
Largemouth Bass	15	8	28	Sampson Pond, Carver	Walter Bolonis	1975
Northern Pike	35	0	47	Quacumquasit Pond, Brookfield	Don Greenwood, Jr.	1988
Rainbow Trout	13	13	28	Wachusett Reservoir	Jeffrey Greco	1999
Smallmouth Bass	8	2	22	Wachusett Reservoir	Barbara Sasen	1991
Sunfish	2	1	12	South Athol Pond, Athol	Heather Bulger	1982
Tiger Muskellunge	27	0	46	Pontoosuc Lake, Pittsfield	James Lambert	2001
Tiger Trout	9	7	26	Peter's Pond, Sandwich	Michael Shelton	2004
Walleye	11	0	30	Quabbin Reservoir	Robert Methot	1973
White Catfish	9	3	26	Baddacook Pond, Groton	Michael Payne	1987
White Perch	3	8	18	Wachusett Reservoir	Val Percuoco	2016
White Sucker	3	8	21	Merrimack River, Haverhill	Andrew Langley	2023
Yellow Perch	2	12	17	South Watuppa Pond, Fall River	James O'Conner	1979

 

Massachusetts freshwater catch & release records

Be sure to follow the rules for measuring and photographing your fish to be eligible.

	Species	Length	Water	Angler	Year
	American Shad	25.00	Chicopee River, Granby	Paul Beauchesne, Jr.	2017
	Bowfin	34.50	Connecticut River, Northampton	William Pellerin, Springfield	2023
	Brook Trout	20.75	Swift River, Belchertown	David DeSimone	2021
	Brown Trout	32.00	Littleville Reservoir, Huntington	David DeSimone	2020
	Bullhead	21.50	Stiles Pond, Oxford	Roger Aziz, Jr.	2021
	Carp	44.00	Connecticut River, South Hadley	Kenneth Langdon	2021
	Chain Pickerel	32.50	Bog Pond, Carver	Nicholas Gurney	2023
	Channel Catfish	34.75	Connecticut River, Gill	Cam Tucker	2023
	Channel Catfish	34.50	Connecticut River, Hatfield	Kenneth Langdon	2020
	Crappie	18.25	Lashaway Lake, North Brookfield	Matthew Menard	2019
	Crappie	18.25	Putnamville Reservoir, Danvers	Thomas Melanson	2020
	Fallfish	18.50	Connecticut River, Northampton	Andrew Langley	2023
	Fallfish	18.50	Connecticut River, Northampton	Cam Tucker	2023
	Lake Trout	37.00	Wachusett Reservoir	Jeff Evans	2023
	Landlocked Salmon	27.25	Quabbin Reservoir	Gary Morin	2018
	Largemouth Bass	25.00	Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee	John Gonsalves	2017
	Largemouth Bass	25.00	Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, Mashpee	Dylan Towne	2018
	Largemouth Bass	25.00	White Pond, Concord	Tracy Como-Bowe	2018
	Largemouth Bass	25.00	Forge Pond, Granby	Will Pellerin	2022
	Northern Pike	45.50	Onota Lake, Pittsfield	Ashley DePaoli	2017
	Northern Pike	45.50	Onota Lake, Pittfield	Craig Strong	2021
	Rainbow Trout	27.25	Swift River, Belchertown	David DeSimone	2021
	Smallmouth Bass	24.25	Chicopee River, Chicopee	William Pellerin	2023
	Sunfish	13.00	Wrights Reservoir, Westminster	Griffin Sabolevski	2021
	Tiger Muskellunge	34.00	Pontoosuc Lake, Lanesborough	David DeSimone	2021
	Tiger Trout	25.50	Ashfield Pond, Ashfield	David DeSimone	2021
	Walleye	29.50	Connecticut River, Holyoke	Michael Taylor	2018
	Walleye	29.50	Connecticut River, Turners Falls	Jason Wingrove	2018
	Walleye	29.50	Connecticut River, Holyoke	Michael Taylor	2022
	White Catfish	30.00	Connecticut River, Deerfield	John Truitt	2018
	White Perch	18.00	Wachusett Reservoir, West Boylston	Prince Dukuly	2018
	White Perch	18.00	Wachusett Reservoir, Boylston	John Ceccolini	2022
	White Sucker	23	Swift River, Belchertown	Colin Duarte	2023
	Yellow Perch	16.50	Coonamessett Pond, Falmouth	Peter Brundrett	2015
	Yellow Perch	16.50	Long Pond, Plymouth	Mark Mohan, Jr.	2016