Best bets for chain pickerel
| Waterbody | Town |
|---|---|
| Lovells Pond | Barnstable |
| Middle Pond | Barnstable |
| Wequaquet Lake | Barnstable |
| Buckley-Dunton Lake | Becket |
| Great Herring Pond | Bourne/Plymouth |
| Greenland Pond | Brewster |
| Quaboag Pond | Brookfield |
| Sampson Pond | Carver |
| Robbins Pond | East Bridgewater |
| Great Pond | Eastham |
| Herring Pond | Eastham |
| Muddy Pond | Eastham |
| Monponsett Ponds | Halifax |
| Herring River Reservoir | Harwich |
| Norwich Pond | Huntington |
| Long Pond | Lakeville |
| Laurel Lake | Lee |
| Long Pond | Littleton |
| Mashpee-Wakeby Pond | Mashpee |
| Lake Buel | Monterey |
| Garfield Lake | Monterey |
| Otis Reservoir | Otis |
| Onota Lake | Pittsfield |
| Pontoosuc Lake | Pittsfield |
| Billington Sea | Plymouth |
| Long Pond | Plymouth |
| White Island Pond | Plymouth |
| Richmond Pond | Richmond |
| Snipatuit Pond | Rochester |
| Long Pond | Rutland |
| Shawme Lake Lower & Upper | Sandwich |
| Stockbridge Bowl | Stockbridge |
| Agawam River/Agawam Mill Pond | Wareham |
| Glen Charlie Pond | Wareham |
| Heard Pond | Wayland |
| Webster Lake | Webster |
| Long Pond | Yarmouth |
| Connecticut River |
Best bets for northern pike
| Waterbody | Town |
|---|---|
| Wequaquet Lake | Barnstable |
| East Brimfield Reservoir | Brimfield |
| Quaboag/Quacumquasit Ponds | Brookfield |
| Cheshire Reservoir | Cheshire |
| Hamilton Reservoir | Holland |
| Holland Pond | Holland |
| Buel Lake | Monterey |
| Housatonic River/Woods Pond | NA/Lenoxdale |
| Onota Lake | Pittsfield |
| Pontoosuc Lake | Pittsfield |
| Quinsigamond Lake/Flint Pond | Shrewsbury |
| Concord River | |
| Connecticut River |
Northern pike stocking
Northern pike naturally reproduce in several waterbodies in Massachusetts. In addition, MassWildlife occasionally stocks northern pike in select waterbodies with adequate pike habitat. A small number of 3–12" pike are obtained from the New Jersey Division of Fisheries and Wildlife through a cooperative exchange program, since MassWildlife does not have a warm water fish hatchery.
Northern pike stocking information is listed in the table below. Note: It takes 3–5+ years for pike to attain the 28" minimum legal catch length.
| Town | Water | Acres | Years stocked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | Spy Pond | 103 | 2024 |
| Brookfield | Quaboag Pond | 531 | 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 |
| Cheshire | Cheshire Reservoir | 418 | 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
| Framingham | Cochituate Lake | 559 | 2024 |
| Holland | Holland Pond | 65 | 2000, 2007, 2008 |
| Monterey | Buel Lake | 194 | 2006, 2023 |
| New Salem | Rohunta Lake | 250 | 2006 |
| Shrewsbury/Worcester | Quinsigamond Lake, Newton Pond, Flint Pond | 475 | 2002, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 |
| Sturbridge | East Brimfield Reservoir | 420 | 2002, 2006–2008 |
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