Sportfishing awards current leaders

The tables below list the biggest fish caught in each category of the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program.

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Adult Catch & Keep Sportfishing Awards leaders

Species Lbs. Oz. Waterbody Town
Bowfin

 

     
Brook Trout 2 11 Bungay River Attleboro
Brown Trout 4 6 Stockbridge Bowl Stockbridge
Bullhead 2 1 Plainfield Pond Plainfield
Carp        
Chain Pickerel 6 3 Stockbridge Bowl Stockbridge
Channel Catfish        
Crappie 2 6 Queen Lake Phillipston
Fallfish        
Lake Trout        
Landlocked Salmon        
Largemouth Bass        
Northern Pike 16 4 Lower Highland Lake Goshen
Rainbow Trout 5 4 Lancaster Mill Pond Clinton
Shad        
Smallmouth Bass 4 12 Onota Lake Pittsfield
Sunfish        
Tiger Muskellunge        
Tiger Trout        
Walleye        
White Catfish        
White Perch        
White Sucker 3 9 Millers River Erving
Yellow Perch 1 12 Onota Lake Pittsfield

*Includes Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast Sunfish, Green Sunfish, and Rock Bass

Updated March 15, 2024

Youth Catch & Keep Sportfishing Awards leaders

Species Lbs. Oz. Waterbody Town
Bowfin        
Brook Trout        
Brown Trout 2 13 Housatonic River Pittsfield
Bullhead        
Carp        
Chain Pickerel 4 0 Queen Lake Phillipston
Channel Catfish    

 

 
Crappie 1 5 Connecticut River Gill
Fallfish        
Lake Trout        
Landlocked Salmon        
Largemouth Bass 4 12 Asnacomet (Comet) Pond Hubbardston
Northern Pike 15 0 Connecticut River Northampton
Rainbow Trout        
Shad        
Smallmouth Bass        
Sunfish 1 2 Connecticut River Gill
Tiger Muskellunge        
Tiger Trout        
Walleye        
White Catfish        
White Perch        
White Sucker 3 4 Merrimack River Lawrence
Yellow Perch 1 3 Connecticut River Gill

*Includes Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast Sunfish, Green Sunfish, and Rock Bass

Updated March 15, 2024

Adult Catch & Release Sportfishing Awards Leaders

Species Length Waterbody Town
Bowfin      
Brook Trout 17.75" Stillwater River West Boylston
Brook Trout 17.75" Asnacomet (Comet) Pond Hubbardston
Brown Trout 23.25" Long Pond Plymouth
Bullhead 15" Whitehall Pond Rutland
Carp 33.50" Charles River Boston
Chain Pickerel 28" Stockbridge Bowl Stockbridge
Channel Catfish      
Crappie 16.25" Indian Lake Worcester
Fallfish 15.50" Connecticut River Deerfield
Lake Trout      
Landlocked Salmon      
Largemouth Bass 25" Connecticut River Chicopee
Northern Pike 42.50" Onota Lake Pittsfield
Rainbow Trout 20" Bungay River Attlleboro
Shad      
Smallmouth Bass 21" Pontoosuc Lake Pittsfield
Smallmouth Bass 21" Mashpee-Wakeby Lake Mashpee
Sunfish      
Tiger Muskellunge      
Tiger Trout      
Walleye      
White Catfish      
White Perch 15" Taunton River Taunton
White Sucker 22" Merrimack River Lawrence
Yellow Perch 15.25" Indian Lake Worcester

*Includes Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast Sunfish, Green Sunfish, and Rock Bass

Updated March 15, 2024

Youth Catch & Release Sportfishing Awards Leaders

Species Length Waterbody Town
Bowfin      
Brook Trout 16.50" Greenwood Lake North Attleboro
Brown Trout      
Bullhead 13.50" Wickaboag Pond West Brookfield
Carp      
Chain Pickerel 26" Stockbridge Bowl Stockbridge
Channel Catfish      
Crappie 15.50" Indian Lake Worcester
Fallfish      
Lake Trout      
Landlocked Salmon      
Largemouth Bass 21" Wyman Pond Westminster
Largemouth Bass 21" Horn Pond Woburn
Largemouth Bass 21" Queen Lake  Phillipston
Largemouth Bass 21" Spy Pond Arlington
Largemouth Bass 21" Quacumquasit Pond Brookfield
Northern Pike 31.50" Connecticut River Gill
Rainbow Trout 17.50" Quacumquasit Pond Brookfield
Shad      
Smallmouth Bass 19" Queen Lake Phillpston
Sunfish 8.75" Queen Lake Phillipston
Tiger Muskellunge      
Tiger Trout      
Walleye      
White Catfish      
White Perch 14" Connecticut River Northampton
White Sucker 20.50" Merrimack River  Lawrence
Yellow Perch 14" Connecticut River Gill

*Includes Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast Sunfish, Green Sunfish, and Rock Bass

Updated March 15, 2024

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